Sennet slept in this morning, and Stacie had an early photoshoot so I was going to take Sennet to school. He woke up about 7:50 and asked if he could have pancakes. He’s wanted pancakes the last couple of days. Since I already had informed work that I would be late because I was taking him to school, I decided to take him over to the Hi-Spot Café around the corner from our house for breakfast. First I made him a home-made fresh squeezed juice of apple, carrot, and orange with a little bit of kale and beet in it. He loved it.

At the restaurant, he ordered Mickey Mouse pancakes and I asked if he wanted berries or bananas on them. He said no. I asked if he wanted butter or syrup on them. He said no. He ate them plain, and loved them. It is interesting, because he likes berries, bananas, butter and syrup, but just wanted plain pancakes today.

For only being four years old, he has a pretty sophisticated – and unusual I think – palate.

When we order pizza, he really only wants to eat the “Verde Primo” pizza that has artichoke hearts, mushrooms, pesto, goat cheese, garlic, and mozzarella with tomato sauce. Most little kids I know only eat cheese pizza, or maybe pepperoni. And he will eat that occasionally, but he always has two or three pieces of the Verde Primo. I don’t think I would have touched a pizza like that until I was in high school maybe. With the pizza sometimes we order a pasta salad that has corkscrew pasta, sweet peas, and artichoke hearts tossed in a creamy pesto dressing. He gobbles it down, often asking for more. And a lot of the time he’ll ask if he can eat Stacie’s crust from her pizza. Seems most little kids only eat the “pizza” part, and leave the crust. He loves the crust, and sometimes eats that part first.

And he loves all bread, really. He loves bread and butter, and he’s a fiend for dipping bread in olive oil & balsamic vinegar. And he eats his sandwiches crust and all too.

When we went to the Red Mill Burger’s place with Finley a couple weeks back, Finley would only eat his burger with each bite dipped in a ton of catsup – same with his fries. I didn’t offer Sennet any catsup and he didn’t ask for any. He ate his burger and fries just as they came, with no extra condiments at all, and kept humming and saying “Yummy, yummy for my tummy.”

(plain M.Mouse pancakes)

EDIT: we ordered Thai food for take-out last night. We got green curry with chicken, Phad Thai with fresh tofu, and wok fried garlic green beans. Sennet had white rice with a little bit of the green curry on it (glad I didn’t put too much on because he thought it was a bit spicy), some green beans, and some of the Phad Thai. He took a bit of the fresh tofu and said, “Yum, this chicken is good!” I told him it was called tofu. He ate a few more bites as he thought about that. Then he said, “Chicken is called tofu?” I explained that it wasn’t chicken, it was something different that looked a little bit like chicken but was called tofu. He asked how to make it and I told him it was a plant called soybeans. He ended up asking for more and eating about 10 pieces, along with more beans, Phad Thai noodles, and most of the rice. Good little eater.