Sure, you can tell them that there are people starving in this world. You might also want to tell them that you slaved for several hours preparing this meal and a fish gave it's life so that they could eat.
You might want to tell your child who earlier that day was pretending to be a grizzly bear, that salmon is a favorite food of grizzly bears, and if they want to grow up to be a big and strong grizzly bear, they need to eat their dinner.
"Here comes the choo-choo train!! OPEN WIDE!!!"
When all else fails, you might want to try opening wide your freezer and removing what I like to call "Heaven in a Carton."
Suddenly, salmon isn't the worst thing imaginable.
Ah, but if only my cooking could elicit this kind of response.
I can't wait till I can bribe my 1yrs to eat ...heehe
ReplyDeleteWow, could he look more like his daddy in these pictures? Awesome. We have the same sort of thing going on in our house and the 20-month-old is taking notes from the 3-year-old.
ReplyDeleteI love mealtime. It is my favorite time of the day. When else do you get to witness just how long a person can keep a piece of masticated chicken in her mouth? It is fabulous, I tell you.
Ohhhh, I found that type of ice cream about a month ago at the grocery store. It is now gone, has been for at least 2 weeks. My husband may have gotten a scoop, but just the one. I got mine in Butterfinger. Sooo delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe salmon looked yummy to, ok perhaps I am just really hungry right now. :)
i'm with william on this one! i'd eat ANYTHING for chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream! (oh, well, ok. no bugs or icky creatures, but other than that ...)
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha - very nice! I have to admit, the only way that I can get Garrett (who is also 3) to eat anything is to put dessert out in front of him and tell him that he can't have it until he eats his dinner.
ReplyDeleteMean? Maybe. Effective? Like nothing else!
Hey. I used to tell my kids everything was chicken! Brian always had a problem with eating salmon, shrimp, etc b/c of a documentary we watched when he was younger. At times he still protest stating how "important fish are to the enviroment & we should let them live!". (He's five)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Cute Pictures. That William is such a cute little guy.
As an icecream lover...I can relate - think I'll go get some...yum.
Love, Marg
Oh how wonderful Ice Cream is!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute picture story, made me laugh out lound at my desk!
Been there. Glad it works. Otherwise my kids would still be eating pancakes and pb&j only.
ReplyDeleteHAhahahahahaha! My daughter did just about the same thing last night! We had bought doughnuts at the grocery and I told her she had to eat every last bite of her spaghetti dinner to recieve it. I've never seen that girl chow down so fast without complaint!
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ha! love it! The photos are priceless. Of course, it's all fun and games until they start saying things to you like, "I'll give you some Loaded Dreyer's if you don't make me go to bed." Trust me, they start that kind of thing way too soon.
ReplyDeleteThis was awesome! We bribe at our house too.
ReplyDeleteNicole
Hilarious post!!
ReplyDeleteThat is hysterical. He acted like you were trying to poison him!!!! See, I bribe mine with Kefir, fermented milk, and that works. I can't imagine what they would do with that ICE CREAM! Holy Smokes! They'd probably eat brussel sprouts for that! Maybe we should try that!
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ReplyDeleteLove the blog....fun to read about your great kids and the ups and downs and know that my cousin Charlie has married well. I am the cousin with the horses in the country so y'all pack up and visit us someday in Virginia!
Those same pictures could be taken at my house. It's always a topic of discussion at our dinner table. "Is tonight dessert night?"
ReplyDeleteIf I want them to finish dinner, the answer is always yes.
And I think I'm off to buy some of that ice cream right now. Ice cream and peanut butter cups- my two favorite things in the world!
What that boy needs is a little hummus. Hummus makes everything good. Even fish.
ReplyDeleteYour unofficial and completely unauthorized authority on healthy eating and other triplet tricks,
Debbie
Gag me, Michele S....Fermented milk????
ReplyDeleteWIlliam, the drama King! Where's his cape, where's his crown? Oh wait there's ice cream
ReplyDeletewhat a scream.
...oh sure, Charlie gets ice cream AFTER I leave... and my favorite, too! I would've eaten more pizza and drank more wine if I were bribed with ice cream! LOL!
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