Much Awaited Treat

Okay, okay I am a terrible mother! Today was the first time my toddler ever had peanut butter and jelly. I was reminded of this fact a few weeks ago when Gracie and I were playing "picnic" with her pretend food and she said she was making peanut butter and jelly. I started to wonder where she ever even heard about the kid-friendly treat. I vowed then that she would get one. Well, with the trip and the unusual lack of bread (our bread is molding quickly, I guess from the heat, I have started storing it in the refrigerator now) this fun sandwich had to wait.

This afternoon after a fun trip to the library for story time and a healthy helping of new books to read, I fixed Gracie her first peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I have never been a sandwich person, but I was sure our sugar-deprived Gracie would gobble it up. I felt very mother-like as I spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread and the jelly on the others. You should have seen me, I totally belonged on one of those Jif commercials! :) Well you know me, I couldn't just slap the sandwich on her plate--so I found my cute cookie cutters and made her a cow shaped sandwich.

She wasn't so sure about trying the sandwich, and I realisedI should have let her make her own sandwich. So, when I couldn't get her to even taste it, I let her make one. I helped her spread out the peanut butter on one side and jelly on the other, and then she picked out the cow shape again. Apparently, making it herself made it more appetizing, because she gobbled it up, and then she ate the one I made her.

I believe peanut butter and jelly were a success!