A rare occurrence

I just had to write this down because this is one of those rare treasurable moments that I am sure won't come along often. He had his entire serve of dinner in under ten minutes yesterday! I know, you were expecting to read something more impressive, but hey, if you are a mother with a fussy-eater, you know that it is impressive. The meal was nothing fancy - just some rice with broccoli mashed with tomato dal for some flavour. It was a warm day, so I took him out in the garden to feed. He pointed to the gate so I sat him down on one of the gate posts. He looked at the cars zooming past and ate it all without a single turn away of the head. I kept waiting for the moment he will refuse to open his mouth as it usually happens after a few mouthfuls, but it never came. I used to have days like that a long time ago but it has been a very long time since. Long enough for me to want to write and record it. All the while I was thinking how people who noticed us there must be tut-tutting about the appropriateness of my feeding location!