But I'm huuuuuuuuuuuuungry!!
It's amazing how my children can always be so hungry yet never actually EAT anything they are served... unless it's something that falls into the "junk food" category.
My daughters ate exactly one bite each of their lunch yesterday. They ASSURED me they were no longer hungry and that they UNDERSTOOD there would be nothing else until snack... and that there would be NO SECONDS on snack.
As I am smarter than they are, I saved their plates.
Sure enough, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe an hour past lunch, the younger one informs me she's "STARVING!!!". I pointed her towards her uneaten lunch and suggested she eat it now that she was hungry. No can do, she tells me. No teeth. Too hard to eat a turkey (her choice, I might add) sandwich when you are missing all the front teeth.
I told her if she was hungry she would find a way to eat it, and that if she couldn't eat a nice soft sandwich, I seriously doubted she could eat anything else.
She managed to eat the entire thing... and the apple slices.
The older one lasted about 90 minutes before she too was dying to hunger. When I reminded her that I had SAVED her peanut butter and jelly (again, the sandwich she requested) sandwich for her and that she could certainly eat it now that she was hungry, the drama began.
And continued through to snack time. See, she may have been dying of hunger, but apparently she was not hungry enough to actually eat the sandwich in question. Only complain about it.
Come snack time, every child got a serving of animal crackers. Both the girls INHALED theirs and were absolutely incensed when I told them there were no seconds, sorry. When they continued to complain about being hungry, I offered carrots. Amazingly enough, neither was hungry any longer, at least not for carrots.
So you'd think there wouldn't be a repeat performance today, wouldn't you? HA! There is one indigo plate and one pink plate (yes, they all have their own colors) sitting with plastic wrap on each as both ate scarcely more than 1/3 of their hotdog... and did not touch the carrots or peas that were also served.
I can't wait til they starve to death again. ;)
My daughters ate exactly one bite each of their lunch yesterday. They ASSURED me they were no longer hungry and that they UNDERSTOOD there would be nothing else until snack... and that there would be NO SECONDS on snack.
As I am smarter than they are, I saved their plates.
Sure enough, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe an hour past lunch, the younger one informs me she's "STARVING!!!". I pointed her towards her uneaten lunch and suggested she eat it now that she was hungry. No can do, she tells me. No teeth. Too hard to eat a turkey (her choice, I might add) sandwich when you are missing all the front teeth.
I told her if she was hungry she would find a way to eat it, and that if she couldn't eat a nice soft sandwich, I seriously doubted she could eat anything else.
She managed to eat the entire thing... and the apple slices.
The older one lasted about 90 minutes before she too was dying to hunger. When I reminded her that I had SAVED her peanut butter and jelly (again, the sandwich she requested) sandwich for her and that she could certainly eat it now that she was hungry, the drama began.
And continued through to snack time. See, she may have been dying of hunger, but apparently she was not hungry enough to actually eat the sandwich in question. Only complain about it.
Come snack time, every child got a serving of animal crackers. Both the girls INHALED theirs and were absolutely incensed when I told them there were no seconds, sorry. When they continued to complain about being hungry, I offered carrots. Amazingly enough, neither was hungry any longer, at least not for carrots.
So you'd think there wouldn't be a repeat performance today, wouldn't you? HA! There is one indigo plate and one pink plate (yes, they all have their own colors) sitting with plastic wrap on each as both ate scarcely more than 1/3 of their hotdog... and did not touch the carrots or peas that were also served.
I can't wait til they starve to death again. ;)
posted by KB at 12:46 PM
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