I May Not Got Game

So. So the sandwich was not a success. So he cried when faced with it. So.

I took it hard, guys, I did. I was all, "Oh, so I guess it's going to be a cold cuts kind of youth, eh, Oliver? Eh, three-year-old Oliver who's not into my kalamata-f--kin'-olive-f--ckin'--avocado-with-gourmet-other-sh-it-thrown-in-no-meticulously-placed-just-so-sandwich?"

I was all that to myself. To him, I said, "Sorry you didn't like that sandwich, bud."

And he was all, "It's ok, mom. But why did you do it?"

And I was like, "Because I love you and food is emotional, Oliver."

And he was like, "Girls have vaginas, mom."

And I was like, "High-five it, Oliver."

So we got through it, obviously.

Anyway, I felt a wee defeated but I won't stay down, god_ammit. (I love the blank spaces for politesse, btw). I will up the ante. I whipped up an orzo, asparagus (tip), tomato, carrot, lemon thyme soup. Try to resist that, Mr. Man. Just try.

 

 

Comments

[Monique]

Hm. Cream cheese roll ups? Pasta salad? Quesadillas are good cold too. Pita bread pizza. You can do it Kiley. And if I was one of those kids in O's class, I'd be beating him up for his lunch, although it doesn't sound like he'd put up a fight. ;-)

My mom's trick was to cut up everything into small bites. Somehow this made it more fun. Use a cookie cutter to make shapes. I bet avocado sandwiches would go down if they were star shaped.

But then again, I'm a girl.

[australian shepherds oregon]

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[Paradais Sphynx]

adorable!!!!