Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Eating food instruction

I just thought of a funny thing about the night we evacuated for Ike.  Earlier that week I had come across those yogurt in a tube things but it was better because it was from Stoneyfield Farms and was organic yogurt in a tube.  They were really convenient to toss into each of the kids' snack bags for the road trip.  I was so proud of myself, yogurt without the mess or need for a spoon!  Great invention. 

Well, I neglected to show the kids how to eat the yogurt in a tube.  I know O had problems with it but was able to take some direction from C so he figured it out.  M took quite a while before she began to figure it out.  She was trying to suck it like a straw and had no luck at all.  It was very frustrating for her and added extra stress for me while I was trying to drive as I was waiting to get squirted with yogurt.  That wouldn't smell very good in my car a few days later.  I was trying so hard to explain how to push the yogurt up from the bottom once she had squeezed it all up from the middle.  While it was frustrating for both of us, it did give me the chance to giggle a bit in the middle of all of that chaos.  Who knew I'd have to hold a class on how to eat yogurt from a tube!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I gave up on yogurt in a tube. My kids just make a mess of it and are better with the cup spoon combo. You are daring to try those in the car.

wyowedls said...

My littlest guy took one of those to school in his lunch too. Apparently the heat throughout the morning began to cause the tube to expand, therefore when he opened it the dang thing popped out all over. He actually got blamed for squirting the yogurt in the lunchroom! We don't mess with them anymore either. Nice try!