Dinner with little kids is frustrating and hilarious. I laugh at the lengths we take as parents to get our kids to actually eat food, and if at all possible, food that’s healthy. Getting kids to eat healthily is kind of like playing poker…
Good evening everyone from the World Series of Family Dinners. He’s Norman Chad and I’m Lon McEachern. Tonight we’re looking in on the Speight family dinner. Danielle and Carson are attempting to get their kids, Hudson and Ella Jane, to eat healthy food.
Chad: Should be a great one, Lon. I remember getting me to eat vegetables was like stuffing an elephant into a goose. Not easy.
Lon: Haha, I bet not. OK, it looks like Danielle has prepared a delicious, healthy meal and she’s bringing it to the table.
Ella Jane: I don’t want dat!
Lon: Ooh, Ella Jane came for a fight tonight. She wastes no time in playing her first hand aggressively.
Hudson: What’s dat? Are doze vegetables in dere? I don’t want vegetables.
Lon: Looks like Hudson is in no mood to get pushed around, either.
Chad: I can’t blame the kid. The vegetables aren’t completely hidden. I’d suggest Danielle buries those things like a culinary undertaker.
Lon: Well it’s called around to Carson, what will his move be?
Carson: Oh my gosh honey, this casserole is delicious! You guys have to try this. So good.
Chad: Not a bad bluff, but did he just say the “C” word? You just can’t mention casserole next to a food item. Immediately ruins the chance of them trying that food.
Danielle: Oh, it’s not casserole Daddy. But it is so good. This is all the stuff you like, guys. Beans, cheese, and rice.
Chad: Wow! Dani is subtly goading them to go after what’s in the pot. But as my ex-wife always said when I would try to feed my pet snakes, “You cant make ’em bite!”
Lon: And what’s this? Ella Jane is making a move toward the casserole. Looks like she’s betting on lots of cheesy rice being under that mysterious layer of goo.
Chad: Watch out Ella Jane! You might regret that risk. Just like I regret not signing a pre-nup for my first two marriages.
Hudson: Mommy, what’s dis?
Lon: Oh no! Hudson has opened the casserole and exposed Danielle’s hand. Good golly those green beans are everywhere!
Chad: Now that is getting beat on the turn.
Hudson and Ella Jane: We don’t want green beans. We want a treat.
Chad: Danielle’s stack has dwindled and I really don’t know what she can do right now to regain control of the table.
Danielle: Ok, well if you don’t eat your food there will be no treat.
Lon: Wow, just like that Danielle has gone all in with a pair of cookies!
Chad: And the children are gobbling down their food. They look like Uncle Bubba at the buffet of my third wedding!
Lon: Well folks, that’s it. We’ve witnessed a fascinating final table where in the end a couple of rookies were no match for a seasoned pro. We’ll see you next time on the World Series of Family Dinners.