Monday, August 22, 2011

Green Eggs and Ham

Lately, Luke has been borrowing lines from one of his favorite books, Green Eggs and Ham. When he doesn’t want to try something, he proclaims, “I no like it in a boat, with a goat, I no like it in a train, in the rain, in a house, or with a mouse”………and on and on.  And he says it with such drama too!

So the other day, for lunch, Joy asked me if we could make green eggs and ham for him. So without letting Luke in on the lunch plans, she went to work. She pulled out the green food coloring and ham. While she did that, I worked on the eggs.



He LOVES surprises, so no problem getting him to close his eyes and wait at the table. He did and we put the eggs and ham before him. He was pretty tickled about it….obviously.....see that grin?



And he ate every single bite too. We put an old shirt over his clothes because I was envisioning green everywhere. However, he did very well and didn’t even make a mess. Joy was the one with green fingers!



Luke was happy to tell everyone that he had green eggs and ham for lunch. Who knew a simple thing like that would make him so happy.




19 comments:

Wendi said...

Fun!

LynnMarie said...

SURPRISE! He had a blast! I used the red paint and glaze this weekend. I like it very much but may put a bit more glaze on it. Thank you so much. Oh is that a wood buning stove behind Luke?

Joy ~ Doodlebug ~ said...

Mama,

I LOVE that last picture of Luke! I'm telling you, he is THE CUTEST little boy in THE WORLD...and he's OURS!

Making green eggs and ham with you was fun (and almost all the green came off my fingers that same day)!

I love you! 8!

God bless you!
Love,
Joy :D

At Home With Amy said...

This is just precious Tammy! Oh the memories you and Joy are making for your little guy! He will treasure these forever.

Hugs,
AMY

Joy Graham said...

Oh my GOODNESS!!!! He is so cute, I want to just squeeze him!!! Congradulations Tammy, you won the PJ's and Book for your little guy!
Please email me at
www.joy4him@windstream.net

and let me know what size he wears and a P.O. box number or address that I can mail them to!

The third grade group of girls here in our neighborhood had their Tea Party and looked over the books from our list. They all said that "you rock!"

I can't wait to show them your little guy with green eggs and ham this afternoon.
BLESSINGS-JOY

Sharon said...

He is so cute and that grin is so precious.
Thanks for sharing him and his lunch.

Linda ★ Parker's General said...

Tammy, you and Joy are so sweet to this darling boy! He is so handsome and charming. It looks to me like it was a big hit!
Big hugs,
★Linda★

Penny said...

So cute and fun!! Love that little face of his in the last pic...... he was one happy boy!
Kudos to Joy for coming up with a great idea!

STITCHINPRIM said...

OH HOW PRECIOUS AND WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA FROM JOY... SHE IS JUST THE BEST SISTER ANY LITTLE BOY COULD ASK FOR..

GREEN EGGS AND HAM LUNCH WAS SUCH A SPECIAL THING TO DO FOR HIM.. AND CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE HIS READING.. I KNOW YOU ARE..
WHAT PRECIOUS MEMORIES YOU ARE MAKING..
BLESSINGS,
MAURINE

bettyj said...

How much fun! I did that with my grandson. The outcome was completely different!lol

Never So Simple said...

He gets cuter and cuter every post. I love the green eggs and ham.

Donna

Elle Bee said...

Too cute!!

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Sherry said...

I love that idea. I tried it once with scrambled eggs, but my daughter wouldn't eat it. I think I'll give it another go with my four year old boy. That last picture of your little guy is just plain adorable. I wanna squish him. =)

Hollie said...

Aww, what a precious surprise! I just love his smile!!! I always liked Dr. Seuss growing up! Of course, I still HAVE TO SEE Dr. Seuss' Christmas Special EVERY YEAR also! LOL

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