April 6, 2008

Let Him Eat Cake!

Jacob brought his birthday cake home from his office last week. It took Oliver about 3 minutes to notice it the next morning. It had a plastic covering over it and as soon as he did notice it, he panted until I let him touch it, on the counter. Then, I thought, "this might be kind of fun, let's put it on the ground, with the cover." He studied that thing, poked and prodded it for about 20 minutes, not moving from his spot. Then, I thought again, "this could REALLY be fun, let's see what happens when I take the cover off." Now, if you will refer to his b-day post from August last year, you'll see that we practically had to force-feed him his cake, so I wasn't expecting much action. I was wrong. Well, actually, at first, he just gingerly reached down and got a little touch of icing on his finger and stuck it in his mouth. Then, every bite following was a little bigger until he got a handful of cake and icing in his mouth. That's when I decided the show was over. I grabbed the cake and put it in the trash. And he screamed for 10 minutes, banging on the garage door where we keep the garbage. It was good times while it lasted, though. Right, Ollie??





10 comments:

Rachel said...

Those pictures are hilarious...he definitely does look like a careful eater. You should have put him outside with it and then hosed him, and the lawn off afterwards. He would have enjoyed himself for hours!!

Shauna said...

so funny.

and i made those cake truffles today, except with chocolate cake and frosting and BOY are they delicious. Check out this blog
www.bakerella.blogspot.com

SO CUTE, huh?

Andrea W. said...

So funny, I love that he stalked it for awhile first. Love the pictures! We're so going through those 10 minute tantrums around here too!

Andrea W. said...

So funny, I love that he stalked it for awhile first. Love the pictures! We're so going through those 10 minute tantrums around here too!

Shauna said...

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Amanda said...

There is nothing like cake for breakfast! The pictures are cute.

Eliza said...

cute pictures, I love how scientific and cautiously curious he was. We miss ollie!

Shauna said...

ha, i love your braindump....and no brad was in the studio and asked her out and has been texting her and stuff, they both live in austin. SO FUNNY HUH?

Kara said...

That's hilarious, Oli's such a cutie! But sheesh, why did you have to be so mean and take his fun away, why not eat a whole cake for breakfast??? ;) Thanks for your last comment too, your so sweet

The Allred Family said...

Reba- those pics aren't even messy. I was thinking it was gonna be all over his face, your floor, etc. I think you could've gone a little longer. :) He's so cute.