Scooter Hal
After a week or so of warming up, Henry has begun scooting. He'd been moving short distances seemingly by magic- I'd turn my back on him happily playing on the floor and when I would look back a few moments later, Poof! he'd be eight feet away happily chewing on the laptop power cord- but over the last 36 hours he's suddenly put together the tools to move from room to room via an action that's 75% crawling and 25% swimming. The latest maneuver, navigating under the table and over the splayed-out table legs, earned him a milestone bonus: the first recorded finding of neglected and perfectly good food on the floor.

He won't remember this moment years from now when he scores a mostly-fresh piece of pizza off of his friend's dorm room's floor or the only 65%-freezer-burned tub of ice cream from last July's office social, but hopefully I will.

Just think, little man, just a few feet further and you would have found an even lusher jackpot: the not-quite-empty cat dish!
Comments
I would expect Joel's spawn to eat anything and everything that came across his plate (or line of scooting) no matter how fit the item is for human consumption.
Posted by: pam | December 15, 2009 10:41 PM
So far this is true for Henry. Adelaide, not so much.
Posted by: Joel | December 16, 2009 5:59 AM
No surprise to anyone I'm sure, but Joel ate an awful lot of dog kibble growing up.
Posted by: phoebe | December 16, 2009 8:25 AM
I have a photo of Joel chewing on one end of a hambone at about Henry's age, with the cat chewing on the other end.
Molly
Posted by: molly | December 16, 2009 9:52 AM
Ahh Joel - the truth finally comes out! And I thought lasagne for breakfast was unusual!
Posted by: Don | December 16, 2009 7:10 PM
Like father like son!
Posted by: Don | December 16, 2009 7:11 PM