Corn on the Cob

[la_rainette]

We decided to show off our newly acquired Northern American cooking skills to our French guests, so we had corn on the cobb the other day (OK, so corn on the cob is not entirely UNknown in France, but it's not all that common either). We were so busy demonstrating how to eat corn on the cob properly that it took us a while to notice that Froglet (who LOVES corn on the cob) wasn't eating. She was hunched over her plate, contemplating her corn with huge, sad eyes.

rainette: What's up, Froglet? Don't you like it?
Frioglet *wails* Yes, I do. But I can't eat it. I haven't got any TEEFF!

Her new front teeth aren't long enough yet, and the longer baby teeth on the sides get in the way. :D How silly of us not to think of that.

Don't worry, my sweet. They will grow, I promise, unless you walk into a wall face first in the next few month, of course, and there is no replacement coming this time, so I strongly suggest you watch where you are going. *sighs*

ETA: Eating green peas, however, has become fun since the top front teeth came out: Froglet keeps her jaws glued together and slides the peas through the hole, and Tadpole is of course INSANELY jealous and wants her teeth out NOW so that she can race her sister. :D The corn on the cob came just in time to show Tadpole that it's OK to have her baby teeth still.

Comments

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Awww, so adorable.

*hugs her*

and, omg, we saw the most ADORABLE little dresses in the dress place on saturday!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Really? I have to buy dresses for the girls for the wedding, OMG they will be SO PLEASED! They love to have new dresses, especially for Occasions. *g*

[notions.livejournal.com]

I remember when my parents had to cut the corn off the cob when I had my braces... Its very sad not being able to eat corn on the cob! The pea-thing is adorable though. :D

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*nods* that's what we did, too -- we cut the corn off the cob. But it's a lot less fun, cos then you don't get to eat with your fingers, which is half the fun to begin with...

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

You can tell Froglet, if you like, that perhaps she can whistle now! I found, when I chipped a front tooth so that there was a tiny space there, that I could WHISTLE really loud!

OH AND CHOCOLATE!! It came, today, and my own huge hulking children were madly jealous. I shared, a bit.

Thank you!!!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* Oh, that's a good idea! I'll try that. (Though I'm not very good at whistling, myself. Maybe I should ask Husband.)

You're welcome! I'm glad you like the chocolate :D

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

You did? And you remember liking that?

I remember having one very stubborn tooff that took forever to fall off, but apart from that? Well, I don't remember much of it, frankly. It just happened, at some point or other.

How are your boys doing with teeth? My friend's 11-year-old son has apparently lost only 8 teeth so far. The adult teeth are ready to come out, but the baby teeth aren't coming out! If they don't fall off in the next 2 years, the dentist said he would have to pull them...

[terrylj.livejournal.com]

That's too funny! Corn on the cob is a staple here in the South. We always have the teeff problem too. And then it's absolutely horrible if you have braces...

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

OMG, I can imagine! *giggles at mental image that evokes*

I love corn on the cob, especially when camping cos it means No Dishwashing - though obviously I'll have no such luck this year, cos we have to cut if off for Froglet...