A few weeks before we left Geneva, Noah discovered Scooby-Doo. It has become an obsession. He watches the same two DVDs over, and over, and over again. He never seems to tire of them. In one of the episodes, Scooby-Doo eats clam chowder. For those of you who watched the show when growing up, you may remember that Scooby and Shaggy never stop eating...they will eat anything. Well, this seems to have had an impact on Noah.
One night last week we went out to the Union Oyster House http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/ for a nice dinner. Once we got there, Noah started asking about clams. We ordered something from the children's menu for him, but he persisted in talking about clams. He asked if they had clams in a shell at this restaurant. We put him off, and finally, he asked the waitress directly, if they had clams in shells at the restaurant. When she answered yes, he asked if he could have some! She looked to us for direction, and we said that he could try one if he wanted to.
The waitress came back to the table with a plate with one raw clam on it...along with a slice of lemon and some seafood sauce. We all sat and watched in amazement as Noah squeezed the lemon juice over the clam (he declined the seafood sauce) and with a look of disgust on his face, took a bite of the raw clam. The waitress was so impressed! Kevin and I were so impressed! I couldn't believe that he had the courage to eat a raw clam! I never thought I would see the day!
I have some pictures of this event to share. I can't post them yet...we still need an adapter for our Swiss bought printer. (The printer also serves as the drive for our digital memory card). I will have to post them at a later time.
So, who says that TV is bad for kids?!
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Goose is convinced that Swiper the Fox lives in our basement. She's scared out of her mind!
Of course she can count to seven in Spanish and knows a few Spanish songs, too, so Dora can't be all bad!
How on earth did she become convinced that Swiper lives in the basement?! That is too funny!
Do you find that Goose watches a lot more TV now that Little Blue has arrived? That was a definite side effect of Rebekah's arrival for Noah!
There's one Dora episode where Swiper flies around in a helicopter; about the time we saw it, we started running the fan on our heater. So Goose thinks the heater sounds like Swiper's helicopter touching down ...
I don't even want to admit how much TV she watched when Little Blue was born -- especially the six weeks at my parents' house with satellite TV!!!
So did he enjoy the clam?? Will he eat them again lol
No, the clam didn't go over very well. Wait until I get the photos posted. Then you will have a really good laugh!
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