Last night...

This was taken from an email I sent my Mom today about my evening with Lana last night. I just enjoy her so much and am having a great time with her. This is how our evening went, and in my mind, it was wonderful...

Last night we had a great time. It was just about perfect. She ate really well. In the morning, she saw the watermelon on the table and wanted some, but I told her we’d do it later. So, as soon as we got home, she started asking for it “I want watermelon! There it is! Cut it!!! Cut it!!!”. So, I cut up the watermelon and gave her some, and sat her down to watch Dora while I cut up some more and prepped dinner. She came back in three times for watermelon refills. I said, “did you know mommy ate a watermelon every week I was pregnant with you?” “Yes, “ she responded. She came back for a fourth serving but I convinced her that we were going to eat dinner. So, I took her some black beans, broccoli, and a piece of cheese. She ate a few beans, but demolished the broccoli, eating just the dark green off and leaving “stems” behind. She asked for more… so I gave her the rest of the broccoli I cooked. She then wanted more and I cooked more broccoli to satisfy her.

After she was done eating, we went outside to play. She wanted to paint, so I set up the eisel and watercolors for her outside. I had filled up a bucket with the watermelon rinds and broccoli stems to take back for my compost pile but Lana noticed the watermelon rinds and grabbed one. I told her it was trash and put it back in the bucket. I tried to get her to paint again… she seemed interested, then she went right back to the bucket and pulled out a watermelon rind, turned her back to me so she could “sneak” bites from the rind. I took some pics and laughed so hard at her determination and desire for the watermelon. I told her I couldn’t stand to see her gnaw on the rind trying to get any of the watermelon remains, so I got her a big slice to eat… and she ate it all. She was smiling and laughing and having such a good time.

After the watermelon was done and so was the painting, we played in the backyard for a while. I then decided to give her a special treat because she still wanted to eat something. I made some frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut (first time I ever did this). She thought it was awesome. She immediately started eating it. After her first taste, she said, “mmm, chocolate”. We sat on the back porch while she went on and on with “Mmm. That’s good. Mmmmm. Mmm. Banana.”