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We grilled some fig and proscuitto pizza last night and invited Dana over for dinner to enjoy the brief season of fresh figs from our front yard. She brought over a wonderful Chianti, a funny trailer park story, and a pint of chocolate gelato. Marshall barely ate his dinner but managed to snarf down an entire nectarine. Later as I got ready to bring out dessert, he did the “excited” dance as I grabbed bowls, spoons, and an ice cream scooper. He got as much gelato as we all did and he managed to finish it faster too.

BTW, earlier today I asked Marc if he thought Marshall would prefer a vanilla or chocolate cake for his birthday. We both thought it was difficult to tell at this point and tabled the topic. Suffice it to say that we’ve given him vanilla ice cream many times before but we’ve never seen him clean up like he did below. I think the answer to the chocolate vs vanilla question is obvious.

After finishing his gelato Marshall tipped the bowl into his mouth and attempted to remove every last drop of melted chocolate. I think he was trying to lick the bottom of the bowl in the photo to the right.

As he finished working on the bowl I gave him the empty gelato container to work on. We were dying of laughter by now.

By this time Dana wisely excused herself for the evening seeing the mess that would have to be cleaned up. Love that demi-chocolate moustache Marshall!

Marc and I were at the fruit stand the other week and he spotted these cute mini-grapes. They were tiny little things, each grape the size of a kernel of corn. They were so small that they were definitely not choking hazards. He added them to our purchase (for Marshall of course) and we gave him the toddler-scaled grapes when we got home. Marshall took a liking to them at once, doing the sign for “grapes” over and over.

They little guy and his to-scale cluster of grapes.

Here he is doing the sign for grapes.

Mmmm!

In our house, you can never eat without feeling like you’re being watched.

I took Marshall to Fred Meyer last weekend and they had a display of cute kids sunglasses. I had to try them all on him and settled on purchasing a red and black pair with flames on the side for him. He loved wearing them to the farmers market and even at home. Here he is on his truck, wearing his cool glasses. I think he looks like a crazy tourist driving a big rig.