Grape Tomatoes

So, from my previous posts you may think that I think being a mommy is the hardest, most grueling thing you could ever do...well it is, but it's also the best thing ever especially when it comes to grape tomatoes.
Last night, as I was pulling into the driveway (of our new house that we've only been in for 2 weeks) actually, as I was pulling into my huge 2-car garage that doesn't ever require me to freeze my behind off scraping snow and ice off my car so I can at least partially see through my window to get to work :D our new neighbor came running over "amy! do you guys like grape tomatoes?? because if you do, we're picking some and we have a ton and you can have as many as you want", so I said "sure! we'll be right over." so I got Cooper out of his car seat and walked over. I met their grandson (and later their daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter) who just loves picking grape tomatoes with "me-maw" (hehe) but doesn't like to eat them! now, to be honest, I'm not a big tomato fan either but I figured if Ryan didn't eat them, I'd cut them up and cook them in something. These were our new neighbors and I had to be polite. So her and her grandson picked a big ol' bowl of grape tomatoes and, to my surprise, handed the whole bowl to me! I was like "oh my goodness! we won't eat all these!" She insisted I take them all, even if we don't, just because they have so many.
So as we stood there and chatted (this is when I met the rest of the family) Cooper decides that the red things in the bowl look oh-so intriguing, so he reaches down, snatches one right up and puts THE WHOLE THING into his mouth. We were shocked! So we just watched him, knowing for sure any second the whole thing would plop right out and end up all down mommy's shirt. He just chomped away, cheeks bulging, seeds sliding down off his lower lip (and subsequently onto his and mommy's shirt)... he really liked it, actually he LOVED it! Everyone was cracking up that not only did he put the whole thing into his mouth but he didn't spit it back out or choke on it!
As we were laughing about the whole thing, he must have been thinking about how yummy that was because he reached right down, grabbed another one, and shoved it into his mouth before I can intercept it!
At that point, I then retracted my statement about not eating all of them...
He had (cut-up!) grape tomatoes for dinner...we couldn't cut them up fast enough! and we sent some to the sitter's today.
Who would have known that grape tomatoes would remind me of how wonderful it is to be a mom :D