yum...coke icee...

Yesterday, during my usual trip to Wal-Mart for groceries, I stopped on the way out to get a sugar & cinnamon pretzel and a coke icee. Of course, when Charlie saw the cup, he immediately wanted some, so being the wonderful mother I am...I pulled the straw out gave him some from the bottom of the straw. Unlike other liquids though, it doesn't come out the end of the straw without sucking on it. Charlie managed this fine but kept wanting more, as any normal person would, but I was trying to get out to the car. I had intended on having my snack in the car in between my trip to Wal-Mart and Publix. Charlie had other plans. On our way out to the car, Charlie is fussing at me to give him more coke icee. Since he was sucking through the straw from the bottom earlier, I tried to get him to suck out the top....success! Charlie accomplished sucking through a straw! I've been trying to get him to do that periodically so that I don't have to keep "straw-feeding" him when we're out to eat. (He loves my sweet tea!) But, I guess when you have motivation like a coke icee, you figure things out rather quickly. :) Needless to say, Charlie sat in the buggy and drank the whole time I unloaded groceries into the car. Between that and the sugar & cinnamon pretzel he helped me eat...no afternoon nap for Charlie! I think he thought it was worth it though!