Thursday, June 2, 2011

A Sneaky Dinner

In preparation for Bess’ upcoming birthday, today Wylie, Bess and I made multiple pans of rice krispies!  As usual my two little kitchen helpers were right by my side for all the cooking fun- eating every step of the way!  In typical fashion, everything I used in my recipe, they also had in their bowls.  So today, their bowls consisted of marshmallows and rice krispies! 

Fast forward to dinner:  While it was anything from gourmet, watermelon, hotdogs and pudding were on the menu!  I plopped all the kids down and immediately begin to hear Wylie’s sob story about how she no longer wants the items on her plate.  In true motherly fashion, I informed her this was the only thing that was being served at this diner and eat it or go put on pajamas!  And then, she became quiet.  Thinking I had made such an impact and won the dinner battle, I kept on going about my kitchen duties while they ate, never taking the time to focus on the oh-so-elegant paper plates! 

Only, when I finally did walk over to the table, this is what I saw on Wylie’s supper plate! 

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Voila!  A new supper fit for our sneaky junk food eater!! 

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When asked where her hot dog and watermelon were, I was quickly informed “Mommy, they are hiding!  Just like hide-n-seek! “

So yes, I caved.  All I could do was giggle and shake my head.  Tonight, Wylie won the dinner battle! 

Oh well, we shall aim for veggies tomorrow!

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