Just another example of how strong a role genetics plays in a person's development, and most importantly, quirks. Yesterday, Trinity had spent the entire day running around and refusing to stop and eat any meals, because she was far too busy playing and coming up with new things she wanted to do (sounds familiar). Before I drove Rai and Norma to their respective homes, I filled a snack cup with Pepperidge Farms Goldfish, which is Trinny's newest favorite treat. She was so hungry in the car that she started stuffing handfuls of goldfish in her mouth all at once (also sounds familiar). I realize her little hands are tiny, so a handful of goldfish is only a few, but her mouth is proportionately tiny, so it filled up quickly. She was so hungry that she kept stuffing more in before she had bothered to chew and swallow what was already there. Slightly concerned, Norma took the snack cup away and told her she had to swallow what she had before she could take any more. She did, or tried to, but instead managed to throw up the whole lot of it. After a long day of work with us, poor Norma found herself in the back-seat of our car with a handful of pre-chewed cheesy goldfish. Yuck!

Anyway, for some reason, the goldfish incident reminded me of a story that Andy once told me. When he was in college in London, he had treated himself to a packet of Mr. Kipplings Chocolate Cupcakes. Apparently they are similar to Hostess Cupcakes, with the layer of chocolate frosting on the top. His favorite way of eating them was to eat the sponge cake first, and save the tops with the frosting for the end. He made his way through the packet of 3 cupcakes, and after eating the sponge, he methodically starting stuffing the 3 chocolatey tops into his mouth, savoring the flavor, and allowing the chocolate to melt in his mouth. Unfortunately he was listening to a comedy radio show at the time, and something extremely funny happened on the program. He started to laugh, and the melted chocolate sort of snorted up into his nose. His roommate, known as "Big Rich" at the time, walked in on Andy just as he started cracking up and a bunch of melted chocolate was shooting out of his nose. Rich simply said all that could be said, which was "that is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen!" Upon reflection, Andy says that it was probably a nicer thing to experience than to watch.

So, I guess that the goldfish incident is just a hint of what's to come!