Healthy Eating?

“Mama, you’re totally missing out, these are deee-lish!”

Recently when Elijah’s speech therapist came over, she came to both boys and I in the avocado trees.  She thanked me for letting our kids explore, climb and get dirty.

“Um….you’re welcome?” I laughed.

She told me she goes into a lot of homes where the kids aren’t allowed to go out often, and when they do they can’t get dirty.

“Oh man, well, that’s impossible here, plus I think dirt is good for kids.”  (Cute, encouraging older speech therapist, such a sweetie)  “They need to explore their world!” she exclaimed.

Finley was so into the leaves I actually tried one as well, it was so gross and tart, way too tough.

“Finley, do you like these so much?” I asked him laughing, not showing him that I was spitting it out.

“Yeah mama, watch, I get more!”

“Oh honey, why not…”

I love his adventurous spirit of trying new things.

And look at all the baby avocados!  It looks like we will have a big crop this year, which will be so good.  I heard recently that if you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one food, avocado would be the way to go, it provides so many nutrients and healthy fat.