Our Children..... Kaden especially are about the WORST eaters ever! Avery is usually pretty good, but today was an exception. We have tried many tricks to coerse our kiddos to eat.. some work.. others don't work so well. We've done the timer method. Which usually ends up with Kaden being so worried about the timer going off that he stops eating all together. We've done the "give me 5 bites" method... which works off and on.. but usually ends up having us feed our 5 year old (not cool). Sometimes it's pure frustration and we just give up all together and figure he's not going to starve if he doesn't eat his dinner. Then there are the other times..... times like this.... you know.... the times when you've had it with the typical threats and you have a little sense of humor in you so you bring out the big guns. Or in this case.... THE BLOW TORCH and a couple FAVORITE TOYS. As I'm writing this, it just dawned on me that we've just become our parents. Not that they ever threatened to burn our favorite things... but I know they would "encourage" us to get things done in slightly traumatizing ways. It's quite entertaining really. So entertaining that as my children were about to have a nervous breakdown with Brian's threat, all I could do was grab the camera and say... "This is so blog worthy!". So there you have it... Who's the worst parent here? Brian for almost burning our kids toys for not eating their dinner... or me.... taking pictures of them in their time of distress?
But... all you parents out there with any bit of sense of humor or sense of frustration that comes from child rearing... I think you'll enjoy this little series of events you are about to see. If you don't... please forget you ever saw this post and try not to call child services on us :)
AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE KIDS TO EAT..... DAD BRINGS OUT THE BLOW TORCH AND TWO INNOCENT LITTLE TOYS.
THE LOOK OF PANIC IS IN THEIR EYES.... BUT WILL THEY EAT?
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BLOW TORCH DID THE TRICK!!!! THEY WERE SHOVING FOOD IN THEIR MOUTHS!
AHHHH... BABY DOLL IS SAFE WITH HER MOMMY. (AVERY TOLD BRIAN... "DADDY, THIS ISN'T YOUR BABY.. THIS IS MY BABY" AND SHE WOULD NOT PUT IT DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING)
PARENTING RULES!!! IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT KEEP IT ENTERTAINING. YOU GOTTA LOVE KIDS!
13 comments:
that is so funny! thanks for the idea! i need all the help i can get. lol!
That is so funny. I am going to have to remember that trick. Brian tends to like to torment the kids sometimes, especially when they are grumpy.
wow! i am still laughing! that is about the funniest thing i've seen in a long time! you are hilarious.
That is so funny. You have the best posts!
Such a great idea. I hope they leaned thier lesson, but if they are like my kids, they probably haven't. But a good laugh for us.
I am curious to know what you were serving for dinner. That is something that Mark and I would do, but I didn't think you and Brian would stoop so low. Awesome. Way to go.
Hilarious!!!!! I think I'll have to try it too. What a great idea.
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I love it! That is so funny and a good idea:) Love the pictures and the real emotions in their eyes.
Oh you're so evil!!! Seriously though, I should let you borrow this book I bought when my girls were little. I think it's called "toddler foods" or something like that. I got a lot of great ideas out of that book.
Do you have any idea how hard it was NOT to laugh OUT LOUD while I read that post? My kids are sleeping and I sounded like a dying cow with tears strolling down my face from laughing so hard! That is priceless! I'm showing my whole family tomorrow at Sunday dinner! You guys rock!!!
oh my word turia. your joking. this is the funniest thing i have ever read. this is britney spears style parenting. ok not really. hahaha thanks for making me laugh.
Ah that is so funny! I could just here avery saying that to brian!
Turia, I love this post! You're not alone....I feel like I bribe and threaten more than I don't lately to get anything done, but especially with food too. Why is that?...I love food, you'd think kids would too! Thanks for the laughs!
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