Feeding the Monsters

The theme for today is feeding a one year old and a two and a half year old.  A better description would be feeding the two of them without cooking anything.  Feeding TJ is easy.  If he can get his paws on it, he eats it.  I just need to make sure it is small enough that when he shoves the entire item in his mouth he can still swallow.  Aurelia has started to develop specific "tastes" in food.  Depending on mood, time, day, audience, weather, location, and 75 other things she may like or hate anything prepared for her.  In response I tend to give her small portions of a lot of items.  For example, dinner yesterday was banana, pretzels, cereal, milk, bagel with cream cheese, string cheese, and fish.  TJ had the same thing, but ate most of his, then threw the rest on the floor for the dogs.  This is a "funny" thing to watch, as he inevitably starts looking around for more food when he is finished.  Meanwhile, Aurelia is saying things like "Buddy eat?  Buddy banana?  Buddy milk?"  Translated this means give TJ food, a banana, and milk.  Now.

Editors note - Buddy comes from Jamie and I asking how our little buddy is doing.  Aurelia has decided that this is what she calls TJ.  She can say TJ, but prefers to refer to him as Buddy.

How do I decide what to feed them you ask?  Simple.  What do we have that takes no prep work and doesn't require me to do dishes.  The most complicated thing I make is Mac N Cheese, and I only do that because I worry that the kids aren't getting enough Riboflavin.  

Editors note - Riboflavin is super important.  I used to get my allowance through Cheetos, but we have since moved to Mac N Cheese.  I think that Riboflavin is the vitamin used to ensure stuff stays orange.  No idea why the body needs it, but it makes sense.

Once completed, dinner is slapped on the fewest amount of dishes and served with milk.  There may be some science stuff out there that says too much milk isn't good for kids, but I have chosen to think otherwise.  Kinda like I am a Fundamentalist solely regarding milk consumption.

Aurelia also refuses to eat most things until she gets a large pile of "Keppup" on her plate.  Keppup is either ketchup, ranch, or barbecue sauce, depending on the dish.  One of her worst habits is to make the keppup the main dish and to use the food as a utensil to get it to her mouth.

Final editors note - Tonight I discovered what happens when you mix Mac N Cheese, bagels, cream cheese, and nachos in Aurelia's stomach.  I only give thanks that her mother was holding her at the time.