Hi friends! Guess what? I was brave and tried two new foods today! Mom made me some shrimp for dinner. I am not sure if I like it yet.
Have you ever tried a new food but could not decide if you liked it? Mom says sometimes you have to try a food more than once to decide. I will try shrimp again next week to see if I like it. Do you like shrimp?
After dinner, we went for a walk and I picked three blackberries all by myself! There were some pokey bushes with thorns (ouch!) but I was careful. I went slow so I did not hurt myself.
I ate three blackberries and here is what I realized: when I took a bite of the small one, it tasted sour and YUCKY! I could not understand why people liked blackberries! I spit it out. EW! I said, “Mom, that was GROSS! I don’t like blackberries.”
Mom gave me some water and you know what she said? She said the berry was sour because it was NOT RIPE! I needed to find a ripe berry to eat.
I didn’t know what ripe meant, but now I do. RIPE berries have had enough time growing in the sun. The sun makes the berries sweet and plump.
I was worried about trying another berry, because the first one was so sour. Mom told me the other two berries I found were ripe. And you know what? I was so brave and tried again, even though I didn’t like it the first time…
They were delicious! SO YUMMY!
I am so glad I was brave, because now I have decided that blackberries are one of my favorite foods. I just need to make sure I eat the ripe ones. It just goes to show, you don’t know ’til you try!