Peter is my son. He is seven and often hungry. Once in a
while, if I prepare one of the few foods for dinner that he doesn’t like, he
will act un-hungry and then ask for a bowl of cereal an hour later. And then
ask for dessert. “But I’m hungry!”
His second grade class did a project on adjectives,
describing themselves. This was Peter’s:
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Giving a hungry boy a snack is so easy. I can give him
cookies (almost any kind) or a granola bar (again, any kind) or grapes or
blueberries or a bowl of cut-up strawberries and if I happen to have whipped
cream he’d like it on top but if I don’t that’s okay and if I don’t have time
to cut them up he’ll just pick them up and bite them, that’s okay too. He’ll
drink kefir or milk or juice or water. “Soda has too much sugar, no thanks.”
He is my good eater gift to balance Rebecca. Rebecca is thirteen and only eats
pasta, broccoli, green beans, and cheddar cheese (which she prefers sliced, not
in the block variety). It may
sound great that she eats broccoli and beans, and it is, I realize.
But when a person limits herself to only those two items in
the entire realm of fruit and vegetables, it gets, shall we say, boring.
Giving Rebecca a snack is tricky. I can give her cookies
(only chocolate chip, no nuts) or a granola bar (must be covered with chocolate
coating and have chocolate chips inside) or ice cream with hot fudge and just
the right-sized dollop of whipped cream if I happen to have it. She’ll drink milk or water or juice or
any kind of soda. (Yes, soda is her area of flexibility.) Or if we’re feeling
healthy that day she’ll eat sliced cheddar and a cracker but she doesn’t really
like crackers so she’ll just have a slice of cheddar. Which is a weird snack
but she’s thirteen so whatever.
Bridget is twelve, and somewhere in the middle regarding
snacks, except when it comes to whipped cream. Bridget’s favorite snack/dessert/meal is a giant bowl of
whipped cream with almost anything underneath it, and then more whipped cream
on top.
We have to hide the container from her.
My boy will snack on almost anything too. My girl's a bit more picky. But my teen boy can empty the pantry the day after I've filled it up. :-)
ReplyDeleteWait a minute! Do your kids know mine? My little guy is a second grader who eats everything and anything! My oldest is a fifth grader who is basically on the south beach diet. Steak and bacon, yes please. Fruit, no way!
ReplyDeleteMy kids adore whipped cream. They might even eat fried liver, if it was under whipped cream. Actually, that is gross. I will never serve that, I swear!
ReplyDeleteI get hangry on a regular basis.
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