as of late, leif and sam have shown huge resistance to eating the meal that i have prepared for them. it's become a power struggle. for example, they sware they want "batman cheerios", so i pour them a bowl of batman cheerios to find that 10 minutes later, they are just chatting each other up about the latest superhero and haven't eaten a single bite! this usually results in me telling them (politely at first) that they need to eat. i'm usually met with, "but i don't want batman cheerios" (or whatever else they had begged for initially) "Whaa-, then why'd you ask for them?" ..."they make me sicky" "they're old" "i'm full" "i don't like them" " they're yucky" "i wanted pops" ..and any other excuse you can think of. i have tried everything to persuade them -tenderness, bribery, threats, the stuffing of food down throats (just kidding) they have even gone without. anyway, on to the main point. last night i'd had enough. so i cleared the table of everything -drinking cups, main dishes, butter, everything except the boys plates and the contents. after telling them they could not get up (or have a batman fruit roll-up) until they were all done with their dinner, Jared and i got up and left the table (big mistake, i was thinking they'd hurry and snarf their food so they could be a part of things...yeah, right). Jared sat on the couch and i took care of some things around the house in preparation for bedtime.
10 minutes later...
what you see is a mixture of "smashed potatoes", ketchup, "guys" (mind you i had put everything up but their plates...) and a measuring cup? how they got their "guys" in the mix...i'm not sure? AAAAHHHH, so frustrating...in the grand scheme of things they had successfully eaten everything else i guess...nevertheless, off to bath and bed they went...no fruit roll-up, they so know better than this. leif is 4 yrs old for crying out loud!!! anyone got any ideas? i'm all out.
ps i'm sure the taking of the picture sent mixed signals, but who gets the right idea unless there is a picture involved? ;)
