Ketchup Anyone?

Joshua hates to get dirty. He hates to get his fingers dirty from touching food; he hates to get his feet dirty from walking without shoes; and he hates to get any food or drink on him while he is eating. To help Joshua get over being so picky about things, we are trying to teach Joshua that it is okay to get dirty usually. But, with a picky child, this can be a hard concept to get across.

So, we have been teaching Joshua that when he gets food on his fingers that he needs to wipe it off with a napkin. Well, just recently my parents have been showing him how to lick things off his fingers. In an effort to please them and also in an effort to try "not to complain" about getting dirty my creative son Joshua decided to take his "licking things off" to a new level.

While eating his meal at my parents home, he managed to get ketchup on his knee, fingers, and elbow. So, without anyone saying anything or even commenting that Joshua was "messy", Joshua proceeded to lick off his ketchup. Here are pictures of his attempts to lick it all off. Though you can't enjoy the event as much as you could have, had you been there, at least you can enjoy the pictures of Joshua's attempts anyway.

Joshua gets ketchup on his knee, fingers, and elbowJoshua trys to lick the ketchup off his knee