Stew
On Tuesday night I told James that we were having stew on Wednesday. (I think he asked- his stomach likes to plan ahead) He said he didn't like stew and he wanted Zoodles. (or a canned equivalent) I said he had to TRY the stew, but if he really didn't like it I would make the Zoodles (or equivalent)
On Wednesday, after I got home from work, James was onto me about the stew and how he wouldn't like it.
I had him look at the stew and he was sure he wouldn't like it. He's had it at daycare previously, you see.
I took 2 pieces of meat out of the stew and set them on a plate and asked the boy to try it. He ate both pieces quite vigourously and then declared that he didn't like it. I was like- what? you loved it?
Through some sort of bargaining, which I can't remember (and I really wish I could because I want to use it again!), he agreed to have a plate with the meat and the carrots but not the 'other' stew stuff. It was a compromise that we were both happy about. He also agreed to eat the broccoli I was making (but he loves broccoli, so that wasn't a big deal).
I put out the plate of meat and carrots.
Within a few minutes, he had cleared the plate and was saying "More please. That was yummy!"
He ended up having a total of 4 servings. I could not believe it!
In other news, we have new edging in James' room and a new bathroom fan. The bathroom fan freaks me out because it switches on when the light does and I'm not used to it yet. It's pretty loud for an ultra quiet fan. Not sure what their loud ones sound like. After I thanked Julian for doing the work (he had to be up in our nasty attic), he thanked me for hiring him. I thought my mom would like that. He's good people, as Al would say. (and he could finish the church basement too if the other options fall through:)
On Wednesday, after I got home from work, James was onto me about the stew and how he wouldn't like it.
I had him look at the stew and he was sure he wouldn't like it. He's had it at daycare previously, you see.
I took 2 pieces of meat out of the stew and set them on a plate and asked the boy to try it. He ate both pieces quite vigourously and then declared that he didn't like it. I was like- what? you loved it?
Through some sort of bargaining, which I can't remember (and I really wish I could because I want to use it again!), he agreed to have a plate with the meat and the carrots but not the 'other' stew stuff. It was a compromise that we were both happy about. He also agreed to eat the broccoli I was making (but he loves broccoli, so that wasn't a big deal).
I put out the plate of meat and carrots.
Within a few minutes, he had cleared the plate and was saying "More please. That was yummy!"
He ended up having a total of 4 servings. I could not believe it!
In other news, we have new edging in James' room and a new bathroom fan. The bathroom fan freaks me out because it switches on when the light does and I'm not used to it yet. It's pretty loud for an ultra quiet fan. Not sure what their loud ones sound like. After I thanked Julian for doing the work (he had to be up in our nasty attic), he thanked me for hiring him. I thought my mom would like that. He's good people, as Al would say. (and he could finish the church basement too if the other options fall through:)
posted by Aphra at 2:34 PM
1 Comments:
did sarah butler put you up to that last line?
smells so like her. i will have you all know that the project is moving ahead. albeit a bit slower than even i would like.
the stew story was great with the added parentheses.
loved it
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