Gusi Had Roast Beef, Mama Had None

Gusi is a happy boy these days. His Papa is back from a business trip and life couldn't be better. He laughs all the time, he's dancing when he hears music, he's splashing in the tub--he's another little boy all together.

He is even eating better now that his Papa's home. He's pretty much a good eater but when PapaGus is gone his sleeping and eating patterns change drastically, so it's great when the whole family is together.

Today when Gusi woke up from his nap he made it quite clear that he wanted to go out (*more* bye-bye) so off we went to a local bakery/sandwich shop. It's one of these white bread sandwich shops, no ciabatta or honey-wheat-olive loaves here, but I do think they offer wheat and rye bread if you ask for it. In any case, I got a roast beef sandwich (on white), some Zapp's Mesquite BBQ potato chips and a carrot salad to share with Gusi. I tried giving him the carrot salad first but that was a no-go. It came right out and even though I tried throughout the course of the meal, it just wasn't happening. Then he had a bite of what I thought was my sandwich and he loved it. He ended up eating 3/4 of it and I only got the other quarter because he was distracted watching some little girls in their ballet outfits twirl around the table next to us. When the last crumb of the bread was gone I folded up the wrapping and got ready to throw it away at which point Gusi let out a loud scream indicating that he wanted more. I had already finished the Zapp's and the salad so aside from the crackers in the diaper bag there was nothing else to offer--unless I wanted to wait in a super-long line and lose our table. Luckily he munched away on the crackers and all was well.

Perhaps next time PapaGus goes on a business trip I'll remember to stock up on roast beef so Gusi is tempted to eat more than just a few strands of pasta.