Don't you just love when your kids start doing new, cute little things. Like when they mispronounce a word and it comes out so undeniably cute and funny sounding. Or when they start making a funny new face or have a new little quirk (that we hope doesn't stay with them throughout life). Or perhaps the way they like doing tasks in their own particular way. Well, Jerry has this "new" thing he likes doing. He has started choking and gagging himself, when he doesn't like something to eat or takes too big of a bite, causing himself to puke everywhere. I don't know why or where he has got this new behavior from but it is disgusting and can often be embarrassing. He has on more then one occasion done this in public and a restaurant. Luckily, no one in there right mind would assume this child is doing it on purpose so we usually get those servers that are more sympathetic then annoyed.
Last night, we went to Logan's to eat and it was towards the end of our meal and our server was working up that tip by standing there talking to us and showing interest in our children and their ages and applying it back to his life as if we have so much in common. Then he asked us about our "holiday" and I told him that we celebrated it Christmas. Making it all the more awkward (for him). As he was telling us about him having to work on New Year's and about his brother, the #1 rated young Elvis impersonator, and how China is trying their hardest to get him over there, Jerry is eating some mac and cheese and takes a large bite. I see it starting. The look in his eyes, they grow wide, and he makes the initial gag face, the universal quiet gag face. Then comes the bigger ones. I get JT's attention because he is sitting closer but it is too late. JT tries to stop it but we can't. Jerry has already started gagging himself and it is at the point of no return. Out comes the mac and cheese and the rest of dinner. Elvis's brother just stands there staring, horrified and confused. JT caught most of it in his hand, so Elvis's brother just says, "Uhh, do you need some more napkins?" Yes, please. So, JT goes to the bathroom to clean up and I am there cleaning Jerry and the table and Elvis's brother is still being kind and once again applies this to his life. "That happened once to me when I was a kid." Oh, this? This is not him getting sick. He does this. It's his new thing. Whenever a bite is too big or he doesn't like something he gags himself. And he replied. "That's weird." Yeah, I know. But he's mine and I love him. Some kids write stories or sing, mine pukes. I'm still wondering if China even knows who Elvis is.
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