Ever the Optimist

Apparently Mama pushed the food envelope a little too far this evening.  Sitting down at the dinner table  with plates full of colorful, curried  veggies on a bed of creamy coconut jasmine  rice I asked my little one, “Does it look good Ella” and my sweet little eternal optimist looked at her plate, looked up at me and answered, “Not yet Mama” and then  looked back down hopeful that someting might have changed in the last nano-second.  Ella ate a bowl of Rice Crispies this evening while mama enjoyed the feast.