Why is it that no matter what I cook my children don’t want to eat it? I make dinner and we sit at the table as a family every night and every night my kids turn their noses up. It doesn’t matter what it is. I feel like they conspire in the other room.
Noodle” OK mom made mini pizza’s and I know you like them but lets cry real hard when she puts them on the table!” Goon “Yeah great idea, and I’m gonna throw the carrots at you when we sit down!”
I know that if I just made them fish sticks every night they would be thrilled but I just can’t be that irresponsible. I have invested in cookbooks full of “creative recipes for kids” yeah they hate them! I have tried hiding veggies inside food they like and somehow they know and all of a sudden HATE that food. I searched Pinterest for fun ideas and came up with what I thought would be a slam dunk! Only to Foul out in the end. Hot Dogs stuffed with Pasta what a great idea! A little spaghetti sauce on the side for dipping and some puzzle shaped carrots a perfect meal. I mean how can I go wrong the kids ate hot dogs all summer on the deck and loved them! Famous last words. I told the kids they were having Octopus for dinner. I even let them help me make them thinking that would get them excited. It worked they were excited they loved helping me prepare the food. I am not sure what happened between the boiling water and the dinner plates but as soon as the Octopus was on the table the kids tag teamed me and revolted! What was suppose to be a successful dinner with my family turned into another night of crying, whining, making deals and threatening. Oh yeah and also resulted in my dinner being ice cold and my husband being frustrated that he couldn’t eat dinner in peace. Yep welcome to Dinner Time! Honestly when does this get easier? I am so tired of hearing “I hate dinner!” every night. One of the reasons I am a stay at home mom is to make sure we have dinner as a family every night. I just wish somehow at about 5PM every night my little boys would magically sit like angels and eat everything on their plates without a complaint. Then at 5:30PM they can turn back into wild animals! Hear me universe????
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