one more bite

the other nite we had spaghetti for dinner. talan did a fairly good job of eating, or at least making a mess of himself to make it look like he had eaten, but tina thankfully stepped in to help him eat a bit more. he took a few bites but once hayden broke out the candy talan lost interest in the spaghetti and only wanted a sucker.
we then spent about 5 minutes trying to get talan to take just one more bite before he could have the sucker. at one point some of the spaghetti made it in to his mouth but he then immediately spit it out as if we were feeding him liver. the game went on. showing him the sucker, telling him to take one more bite and him screaming. even hayden was there telling him "come on talan! you just have to take one more bite! it's easy! we're not teasing you, you can have the sucker if you take one more bite." yeah, hayden is one to talk!
eventually a bit more spaghetti wound up in talan's mouth and as he tasted it, it was as if he finally realized....ohhhhh, THIS is what they want me to eat. yeah, i like this. he then opened his mouth and took the last bite and then was given his sucker.
thanks for all the hard work and patience, tina!


he can be quite dramatic:

a visual aid:

finally:
the prize at the end of the spaghetti: