Monday, April 14, 2008

Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes..

I know this isn't gourmet fair, but can someone please explain why it should make my kids cry when it's served to them? The girls loved it, but that's because "they don't know any better". But the boys sat at the table last night and cried with every bite we forced them to have. Another wonderful family dinner, full of threats "If you don't eat that, then you're not getting dessert" which btw were m&m ice cream sandwiches. Or "If you don't stop crying and eat your dinner, then I'M going to eat all of the dessert!"
It always ends the same way, we bargain with them "eat 4 more bites and you can have dessert"
And we wonder why they act this way??

2 comments:

christhadasister said...

I think it's a universal battle. We couldn't get our little Miss to eat any of her cashew chicken or crab rangoon the other night- no matter how much bargaining or threats of not getting peanut butter cup ice cream- she just refused all the deep fried and high calorie food...

Ballard Greener said...

Iknow why they didn't eat it. Let me guess, turkey meatloaf?hhmm...Try ground beef with diced onion, garlic, carrot, and bacon in it. They won't eat that either but you'll savor every left over bite.