But you love bananas!?

Ever seen Bee Movie? Where Jerry Seinfeld is the voice of the main character bee. Anyway, there is a scene where Barry (the bee) is trying to get out of a NYC apartment and goes to fly out the window but bonks on the window. He then repeats this several time while saying "this time, this time, this time". So funny.

So, this is how I feel feeding three toddlers. It seems there is a magical window that I continue to bonk my head on all the while thinking this time I have figured it out. Feeding toddlers is a task! Toddlers are big time food critics and for me, that is a panel review on each and every morsel I serve.

Last night I made chicken tacos but I knew the kids weren't going to be into the chicken so I made them mini-black bean tostadas, on tostidos scoop chips, hoping that the chip would entice them enough to eat the black beans. Voila! The were adorable and the kids ate them up! Yea! Great success! Why hadn't I thought of mini-tostadas before?? Its brillant! I could probably get them to eat all kinds of things if I put it on a scoop chip! So the next day for lunch guess what I made? Mini-tostadas!!! Yeaaaaa.....nooooooooooo. They hated them and smeared them all over the plates.

Two days ago the kids were hungry and calling "cheerio?" from the gated playroom while I made breakfast for them. Happy that they were hungry I made them one of thier favorites: soaked mini-wheats, cut strawberries, grapes and bananas, an english muffin half and some yogurt to dip fruit in. Lily was most vocal with her dire requests for cherrios which we have always interpreted them to mean food in general as that is most times the case.

Not---this---time. I happily set the kids in their chairs for breakfast and Lily began to wail "noooooooooo" as soon as eyes became table level. She turned her face in the most unhappy upside down smile you have ever seen with instant tears and wailed!!! (I mean can you imagine how insane it would be for you to react this way to dinner at a resturant or your mother-in-laws?!) She was mortified and wanted nothing to do with breakfast.

Until I poured some cheerios on her plate. So what? I caved...sue me.