Weekend Highlight – Adventures with Watermelon

A lot of our weekend was spent at home, which was nice, but you probably don’t want to see photos of us lounging on the couch or playing on the floor 🙂

We did get out on Saturday for something really fun though.  My husband’s company had a “family day” event.  Their offices are in a series of old houses in a great Austin neighborhood, so the event was held in the front yards.  There was a summer camp theme and it was super cute.  They had a rock climbing wall for the older kids, a gourmet hot dog food truck, a smores station where you could roast marshmallows, crafts, etc.  There was also a photographer, so I’m excited to see his pictures of James soon.

We had such a nice time chatting with everyone, introducing little James, and meeting others’ children.  James saw another baby, got the funniest surprised look, and insisted on reaching out to touch her.  She did not seem pleased.  I thought his look of surprise was funny since he sees lots of babies at story time every week, but I suppose it was out of context and he wasn’t expecting it.  I imagine him saying, “Oh look!  One of my people is here.  Thank goodness, I thought I was alone.”

When we were sitting down to eat, we noticed someone with watermelon and looked at each other.  I hadn’t thought of watermelon when brainstorming first foods for James, but it’s easy to hold, easy to eat (this one was seedless), so why not?!

I think it’s safe to say that this was James’s favorite food so far (although he seems to really like broccoli too).  Usually he’ll explore the food for a little while and eat some, but then be decidedly done and ready to move on.  With the watermelon, he clutched it tightly, protecting it, and ate almost the whole big slice!  I was amazed.  One of the guys at the party mentioned that cold watermelon is great once they start teething, so I’m going to keep that in mind as well.

We are still very early in the process, but so far, are loving baby led weaning!  It’s so fun to be able to make James healthy meals at home, but also see him enjoying impromptu treats when we’re out and about, just part of the family enjoying a party on a Saturday afternoon.