The Poor Cow

I have been totally exhausted since our company left and we celebrated survived Halloween.  Today I threw a roast, carrots, and potatoes in my CrockPot so I wouldn't have to stand up and cook tonight.  I LOVE my CrockPot.  Anyway, my kids try to be super picky.  Not Butters, she eats ANYTHING. But Biscuit and Sausage are always claiming they don't like whatever I cook.  They are required to try everything and if they finish a small portion, still don't like it, and still claim to be hungry I will fix them a sandwich or a bowl of cereal.

I was fully prepared for the battle this evening and due to the whine factor that was running rampant, I sent kids to their rooms and they didn't get a snack.  I'm pretty sure this helped me.  When I finally put their plates in front of them they both claimed they didn't like it and of course, they wanted "different food."  After our normal conversation, they started eating slowly.  Much to their surprise, they liked everything!  As I was getting Sausage a second helping I heard him say "The poor cow is yummy.  Why does everybody kill all the cows?"  And since they already know all about hunting and why we eat animals, I said, "because they're yummy."  Sausage then exclaimed, "they should kill MORE!"

That boy cracks.me.up.  It almost made up for all the whining.  Tomorrow Butters has her belated 9 month checkup and all 3 are getting flu shots, so there's sure to be some insanity.