I CAN'T!!!

When Cole is having a face-off with some dinner item he doesn't like - broccoli or peculiar looking soup or spaghetti sauce with green stuff - he will often get a look of despair on his face. He will throw his arms up in exasperation and say, "I CAN'T EAT IT! I can't!"

We know exactly what he means.  But sometimes we will take this moment to be philosophical.  I know it's lost on him.

Mark will sometimes softly say, "Cole, In the Peron family we don't say can't".

And occasionally when Cole is complaining to me that he can't eat what's in front of him, I will reply, "Some days, you'll be shocked at what you're capable of!"