Forrest’s First Fruit Bowl Carving

After our first breakfast cook left, I was had to take over the fruit bowl carving for the weekend buffet. I really don’t have any artistic talent, so it takes quite a while for me to come up with the carvings, but I really do enjoy doing it. This weekend Forrest said he wanted to do the carving. He had grand plans if doing a bird cage like I had done a couple of weeks ago, but I suggested that he start out a little smaller with a basket. He ended up agreeing with me, and he made a pretty nice basket. Actually it is a lot nicer than my first one a couple of months ago. He and I have been prepping the fruit for the buffet together for the past few weeks, and he has really been wanting to try to do a carving of his own. Now the question will be how will we determine who does the carving each week. I did a carving of a swan out of a honeydew while he was carving his basket, and he accused me of trying to steal his moment in the spotlight.

Often when people find out that I am a single parent and that I work another job besides owning the café they will ask how I find any time to spend with my son. There are days that we don’t see much of each other, but that is usually because his social calendar is so full. Between bicycling and all the other events he is involved with, Forrest gets around town quite a bit. Even so, I would say we spend a lot of time together. Definitely more than the amount of time I spent with my parents when I was his age. He is very involved with the daily operations of the restaurant and I really count on him when I am not here. When we are here together, there is nothing more enjoyable than working together. Forrest loves learning new things, and he wants to know every detail of how the café works. He really loves the café and dreams of running the place someday, so when you see him working hard it isn’t because I am an evil slave driver, it is because he really enjoys it here.