Last week I wasn’t feeling well. In fact, I was downright miserable. In listening to me contemplating whether my family would eat grits or cereal for dinner, my mother took pity on them and baked us a big dish of beefy macaroni and cheese – it’s one of the kids’ favorites. As I was serving it up, it occurred to me that they should have something green or leafy on their plates so I quickly tossed some sugar snap peas into the microwave to steam. Placing the ensemble down in front of them was very rewarding – what can I say? They love food that someone else has prepared and they get that honestly because quite frankly, so do I.
While looking over her meal, our little red-headed pixie acknowledged the presence of the green peas and I commented that yes, it was important to have some kind of a veggie so this was tonight’s fare.
Looking for some silliness (as usual), the youngest red-head then commented about how funny it would be if they ONLY ate green peas.
Rolling her eyes, the all-knowing oldest child had to put in her 2 cents worth of wisdom. “No Spencer, then you would be a Vegenarian.”
Both parents had to exit the room at that point to contain themselves.
