First garden tomato

Elsa has never really been interested in eating tomatoes but ever since she sees them growing in the garden, she has has become really interested in them. She wants to check out the plants, hold them, examine them, and take bites out of them. They are no longer safe on the dining room table.

We've gotten some cherry tomatoes but today we got our first ripe tomato (we successfully kept it from the deer).  Elsa starting asking for it this evening.

I was pleasantly surprised that she actually ate it. She is good about asking for something and not eating one bite of it. Notice she is sporting her "dancing headband" while eating.

 She's working on poking her food with her fork but it usually ends up like this:

or just going straight to using her hands