Lucy found out that Dorothy and Grumpy (who by the way are currently under 5 inches of ice) have been featured on megzo.com, so she was feeling left out. For those of you who haven't seen her in awhile, here's a pleasant shot of her doing what she does best. No, that isn't snow on Lucy's lower lip. I commiserate with Lucy over our premature gray hairs.
Something really hit me the other day that I hadn't thought about before. It's pretty cool when your kid makes you laugh and they understand that they said or did something humorous. You can see this joy pour out of them when they realize that you find them funny. Here's how that played out...
At dinner, we have to try all sorts of tricks to get Megan to eat. She generally just picks at her food and would be perfectly happy not eating anything and going to bed on an empty stomach. A light bulb went off the other night and I resurrected from my childhood the 'Clean Plate Club'. Very simple concept...if your plate is empty, then you're a member and you get special member benefits like dessert, etc. Well, it's a hit so far.
One night at the table Tanya & I were talking and Megan stops eating, raises her pointer finger in the air, and looks at Tanya with a very serious look in her eyes.
Megan: 'Remember Mommy, you know the rule.'
Tanya: -not sure what she's talking about- 'What rule is that Megan?'
Megan: -lowers her voice to a whisper with her finger still in the air- 'The Clean Plate Club'
I don't know why it struck us as being so funny, but both Tanya & I burst out with laughter and so did Megan. We laughed for minutes and it was so fun to see Megan beaming with pride at making us laugh.
Hey! I am a charter member of the Anderson's Clean Plate Club. In our house we changed it to making "A Happy Plate is an empty plate." Try this one out: to get your child to try a new food, tell her to have a "no thank you helping." What's that? If your child eats at least one fork/spoonful and still doesn't like it, at least they tried the food and can now say "no thank you" to a full serving. Since implementing the "no thank you helping", our girls have tried everything that crosses our table and have discovered they actually like foods they thought they wouldn't, like yams and pickles (separately) PS.Good luck all you folks with picky eaters!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you'e got a good thing going. I can picture Megan pointing her finger like Cathy in the comics. Lucy's lookin' pretty good too.
ReplyDeleteIn the last 2 days, Megan has announced before dinner that she doesn't want to be a member...so it's not all that good. She went to bed last night on 1 bite of spaghetti pie. That was after 45 minutes of trying. Her latest trick is that she will put a bite in her mouth, but she won't swallow it...that's where the 45 minutes came into play.
ReplyDeletemaybe you just need better desserts. well, that would work for me.
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