A Goedken/Lynch/Froehle/Heiderscheit Tradition

I remember eating Dippin' Eggs as a child.  They're soft-boiled eggs with the top chopped off, so you can dip your "little soldiers" into the yolk.  The little soldiers are made from toast that's been cut in half and then into half inch slices to fit into the hole at the top of the egg.  I hated eggs, but loved these, because of the experience.  Our eggs were placed into wooden egg cups that had faces painted on them.  When I had my children, Uncle David brought us back glass egg cups from Denmark.   My children loved them.  Even Rebecca, who also didn't like eggs.  Nathan doesn't care for eggs, either, so we thought it was time to try Dippin' Eggs.  We have a convert!  We're celebrating a rite of passage to the fifth generation. 

It takes special technique to dip deep enough to cover your little soldier, and not go so deep the yolk starts to ooze out of the top.

I think we actually digest a slice of self-satisfaction along with the egg.  Andrew enjoyed eating the white part of the egg, and Nathan was happy to give his away to his brother, without tasting it.  The boys have learned to be very suspicious of the food put before them.  I don't know what their parents are trying to feed them, but the boys are always on the lookout for a parental plot.  This will prepare them for dealing with the government.

Andrew keeps reminding me that he doesn't like broccoli, even if I'm offering him a banana.  I always tell him, as I did his father, "Not, yet?  Well tastes change.  Perhaps someday."  Ryan Joseph used to try something every time it was served, just checking if his tastes had changed.  Andrew isn't going to fall for that.  But I do think Ryan Joseph eventually learned that I was right.  Who knew you might have to get old before it happens.  (Your tastes to change and for your children to find out you may have been right.)

Andrew is working on his sense of style.  He enjoys dress up as much as Gramma.  He is at the cutting edge of fashion mixing his prints.

Andrew and Grampa have a face to face...

Which always ends with a huge smile.

Andrew's still big into silly faces., especially at the table.  He gets this talent from Uncle Matt.  Anyday, he will be hanging a spoon from his nose.  If he can get away from Matt.

Nathan is very, very interested in anything to do with violins.  He brings them up many times during the day.  It could all end quickly if Gramma ever pulls out her violin and plays for him.