Every time I turn into monster mommy and tell John, "I am going to get you.", he runs and throws his little arms around me or he waits to be gotten.  On the rare occassion he will run.  He always runs from other people.  Usually he wants to chase me. Today was no different.  I stood up, took out the tickly fingers and say, "I am going to get you!"  He puts down his toys and comes squealing toward me face lit up with a smile, he threw his little arms around me and I scoop him up.  I tell him that he isn't supposed to let me get him.  He lays his head on my shoulder, wraps his arms around my neck, and gives me a big hug.  It didn't work all the other times I tried to explain it to him either.

John loves Michael Jackson.  He especially loves the Jackson Five.  He has been trying to copy Michael Jackson's moves.  I am not sure from where he gets his rhythym.  It cracks me up to see him imitate what he sees on TV.  First it was George Jefferson's walk.  Now it's Michael Jackson's zombie twitch facial expression and all.

He has been experimenting with walking.  He has perfected walking on his toes like a ballerina.  This week he started walking on his heels with his toes sticking up, walking on his knees, and he is determined to learn to walk with his head dragging on the ground. It's fun to watch the moves he comes up with.

John's tastes in food amazes me sometimes.  While he loves the typical toddler dishes such as hot dogs, dino shaped chicken nuggets (dinos) and smiley shaped tater tots (monkeys), he doesn't like mashed potatoes or mac and cheese (but we've just introduced mac & cheese).  Today I found mushrooms from a local farm in Manna Grocery.  I thought they would be great with orzo and pesto.  They were.  I didn't think John would be interested in trying it at all b/c he has never seen pasta with pesto sauce.  Instead, while I was cooking it, he whined and reached up at the stove (something he does when I am cooking oatmeal or pizza sphaghetti).  He sniffed the finished dish excitedly, gobbled it up, and gobbled it down with iced mint tea.  I never know which things I cook that he will like.  He didn't want the oven fried chicken, but that might have been b/c he has been eating lots of dinos lately.  He ate Canadian bacon instead.  I was going to make a recipe with Canadian bacon and orzo for him anyway.  As snacks, he elected to eat a Kind Bar (these are expensive but so amazing), a couple of squares of Green and Black's Organic chocolate, and an apple.  We do have chips and such in the house.  He wants the healthy stuff.  I hope this continues as he gets older. 

I am going to look on-line to see if the mushroom farm has other kinds of mushrooms.  While the mushrooms were good, they didn't have much flavor.  I am beginning to see why some people are choosy about where mushrooms come from.  I am going to say that it must be the kind of mushroom before I say that it's the mushroom farm.  regardless, I'll be buying my mushrooms from this farm. I have been trying to buy more local stuff when I can afford it.  Since the mushrooms cost the same as other mushrooms, It's worth it.