chocolate-y goodness

we waited quite a while before having Molly try her first chocolate. her father has a bit of a chocolate problem, it's his only vice really, so i think he was a little reluctant to start her on the habit. plus it's one of those high allergen foods...so we waited.

i was finally able to convince Zero that chocolate would not lead Molly down the road to ruin and we decided it was time. she was a year and a half, and we wanted her first chocolate to be really special, so we made her some homemade chocolate mouse (with a glass of milk of course). my mom was visiting at the time, and we kinda made it this big deal. the mouse was amazing, we thought, she'll LOVE it! but, it was a very so-so reaction (see to the left). so i figured well, she won't be that into chocolate, and that's not a bad thing....ha!

like her father, she LOVES the stuff now. actually, i blame my colleagues at work (you know who you are!) who like to take her out to ice cream every once and a while. the last time they went, she got chocolate, and it's been "chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!" ever since. here she is very much enjoying her ice cream cone (also see above). oh, and by the way ladies, it took her days to come down from that sugar high!

anything chocolate will do. chocolate bunny cookies, chocolate cupcakes (see below), ice cream...you name it, if it's chocolate (or as she sometimes calls it, "black") she'll try it. like father, like daughter!