First, before I get into my intended topic, allow me to answer a burning question left on the comments portion of my last post. Yes, Jessica, I DO really love the Carpenters. Especially their Christmas Portrait album (not so much Old Fashioned Christmas for some reason). I remember listening to Karen croon about rainy days and Mondays when I was just a wee tot, and my mom singing along with her. I think my favorite Carpenters song, though, has got to be Superstar. I taught Emma the lyrics to this song when she was four in the hopes she would sing it for talent night at our family reunion, but she balked. Any other closet Carpenters lovers out there?
OK now on to my ruminations for the day. I'm not sure why, but Tess and Case have a hard time calling foods by their proper names. For example, a year ago, everything was pizza. That phase passed and to Tess everything became pancakes (now she only calls tortillas pancakes). Just yesterday I caught Tess rummaging around in the cupboard looking for a cheeseburger. She pulled out a loaf of whole wheat bread and called it a cheeseburger. Also yesterday I had the twins in the cart at Target and Case saw some carrots. Louder than anything he started yelling "carrots, YUCK!!" Many times. Today Case announced he wanted a Dr. Pepper, which is funny because I don't usually drink Dr. Pepper, but I found a 12-pack of caffiene-free diet Dr. Pepper at the store last week and wanted to try it out. So he learned the name (nasty stuff by the way).
Based on these little tidbits, you would think that I feed my kids nothing but junk food, and actually have taught them to dislike things that are healthy for them. Not true! But to the casual observer a logical assumption. So let me tell you here and now, I do feed my kids things other than pizza, pancakes, cheeseburgers and Dr. Pepper. Oh, and chocolate chips. That's another frequent request from Case when he wants pretty much anything to snack on.
I think I've found a solution though. I'm going to start giving fake names to things. I'll call cookies "carrots" and brownies "salad" and chips "yogurt." This way, when my kids want something horrid, other people will think "hey, that is a GREAT mom! Her kids are ASKING for a salad!"
So smart, I am.
1 year ago
2 comments:
when theres no getting over that rainbow......... when my smallest of dreams wont come true... I can take all the madness the world has to give but I wont last a day without you!
dont you remember you told me you love me baby? you said youd be coming back this way again baby..........
I say goodbye to love... no-one ever cared if I should live or die ...... time and time again the chance of love has passed me by....
Yep I love the carpenters! depressing but brilliant!!!!
p.s the celine dione christmas cd is a hum-dinger!
Great post, Katie! I'm reminiscing about Karen Carpenter too now. Her voice was low and reminds me of my Mom's. No one sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" better. (Thinking about Christmas makes it somehow seem cooler outside when it's still over 100 degrees in September) Grrrrr!
Love your plan about the "healthy" food! I'm definitely going to try to stay away from the "carrots" today after our great workout at the gym this morning:-)
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