Saturday, March 10, 2007

My boy loves them veggies!

I have mentioned in previous posts that I am not very gifted when it comes to the task of meal planning. Yet, meal planning has its advantages as you save money and can eat better if you have a plan of some sort. So this afternoon, my husband and I set out to try and put together a menu for the next three weeks.

We started by asking the boys (the baby girl doesn't have a say yet) what their favorite foods were. We also asked them to name their favorite vegetable. Our 4 year old said he liked lima beans. Our 2 year old chimed in and said, "I like jelly beans." :-)

What makes this even more humorous is that our oldest didn't know what chocolate was (actually, he didn't know what it was called) -- let alone jelly beans -- until he was at least three. I knew that would be a tough act to follow with the younger kids, but I now realize by how much!

3 comments:

  1. So true. We start off with good intentions, but by the time it gets to the second (or third) child, they get started on the unhealthy stuff much sooner.

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  2. Renata,

    I don't get it... What's wrong with jelly beans? You should encourage him to eat vegetables like jelly beans. They go very well with doughnuts.

    -Alan

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  3. Hahaha! Sounds yummy Alan! Did I mention to you, Renata, that I love yogurt?

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