My kids usually have "cold" lunch. They go to a charter school where the lunches are $2.50 per day. Now, that is definitely an improvement from $4.00 a day which it has been for the past few years; but it is still expensive when you have 3 kids in the school. So as a result my kids only each get to pick 4 hot lunches a month. So....they get a little tired of sandwiches (and it is only 1st grade!!!).
All year it has been the same, i.e., if they are having turkey sandwiches, Hannah wants cheese, Seth does not; Hannah wants mustard; Seth does not. The other day as I drove them home, here was the dialog:
Hannah (in dramatic tears): "Mom!! Stop putting cheese on my sandwiches! It is slimy and feels like I am eating snails!"
Seth (whiny): "Mom, how come you never put cheese on my sandwiches?"
Me: (ever so sweetly) "Well, you have never wanted cheese and Hannah has always wanted cheese so I didn't know...."
Seth: (in know-it-all voice) "Well, Mom don't you know your taste buds change every seven years?"
Me: (in wonder and confusion) "No.....where did you learn that?"
Seth and Hannah: (indignantly) "In science!"
Me: (Hmmmmm....I could use this to my advantage!)
Next morning:
Me: (Sweetly conniving) Seth, how about you try mustard on your sandwich today since you are seven now and your taste buds have changed?
Seth: (heavy sigh): "Yea, I guess I better, but try not to put too much on since I am still getting used to my new taste buds."
Well, who knew? Learn something new every day!
Happy St. Patrick's Day 2026
1 month ago
4 comments:
Your kids are too stinkin' cute! I can just hear your sweet voice!
Okay, it's official. Your kids are smarter than the average kids. My 15 year old still hates everything but pizza, mac-n-cheese, and Top Ramen. I can't get him to even try something new. He's already made up his mind that he hates anything other than his favorites. I can't even bribe him anymore. I hope he goes somewhere foreign on his mission where he has no idea what he is eating or what animal it might be. ha ha That would be a mother's revenge. Is that bad?
If we could only get the science teachers of the world to unite and convince all children that moms have learned just exactly what those tastebuds change into liking. And we learn it at the same time that they give us Santa's phone number.
haha! I love it when you can turn their logic around and use it on them.
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