Table Manners

The other night as we were about to get dinner on the table, Jake crawled into one of our chairs looking like he was ready to go. As we got things ready, we attempted to put him in his high chair, and he proceeded to throw a little fit. We went ahead and gave in, strapped his booster seat to the chair, then sat him down. He did very well at the table, and had that look in his eye that said, "Yeah, that's right, I'm a big boy."

He's also continuing to work on his utensil skills, which made him seem even bigger/older. I can't believe my little boy is sitting at the table, eating off a plate, and using a fork!

Of course, eating with utensils is hard and frustrating work at times, so every once in a while you must use your hands...

His "fork" is more like a spork, so most everything can be scooped into it and it's actually used more like a spoon. He surprised me even more with his big boy skills and actually used the fork as a fork to eat his watermelon.

We still have a long way to go until we reach proper table manners, but I have to say, we're definitely making headway!