Food for Thought

We’re lucky, I suppose. Our kids are pretty good eaters. Thanks to Grandma instituting “thank you bites” they will even try at least one bite of absolutely anything. Little E has been our pickiest and trickiest eater. The boy refuses to eat meat and most vegetables. Meat especially. As much as I try to disguise and bury it in dishes, his little tongue will distinguish it and spit it out while swallowing the rest of whatever may be in the meal. Surprisingly he is still a pretty good sized kid… but I think I know why. Mr. Man has these kids eating out of his hand. If he feeds them they WILL eat ANYTHING. Strangest thing, why a two and three year old would enjoy this, I don’t know, but they love it! They have migrated from my end of the table to his and at some point into dinner the cries of “feed me Daddy” can be heard from every angle. Last night we had a rice dish, and since we had our “China” country night with chopsticks, the kids have insisted on using chopsticks each time we have rice. I couldn’t help but snap a picture when Mr. Man obliged and was feeding the two boys simultaneously with chopsticks!!! (But, as you can see, even Little E ate the meat!)

***Note the goose egg on Little E’s forehead in the dinner shot too! It actually looks a lot better here, but the poor boy nearly lost it running with his full body weight into the wall yesterday!