The Little Carnivore

Okay, vegetarians out there you might want to skip this post. It turns out that Mr. Energy is a huge carnivore, except for apples and bread. Okay he likes some fruit too but for whatever reason wheneve we are eating meat be it chicken, beef, fish, pork or wild game all he eats is the meat.

He will eat 2 adult portions without batting an eye and if we offer him anything else and I do mean anything else he just pushes it aside and goes back to the meat. I'm really not sure why it is. We eat a rather balanced diet at our place. There is usually fruit at snack times and veggie sticks (no dressing) and a wide variety of healthy sandwiches and soups - all of which he will eat in their proper time and place.

But if you put a pork chop on the table he acts as if it is the last meal being served and everything else is poison.

Thank Goodness for Lucky Charms

You know, that cereal with the little dried out marshmallows in it. Without that I don't know what my kids would do for breakfast. Except my daughter, who can put away six fried eggs if you let her. But Mr. Energy refuses to eat anything but cereal and his favorite, you guessed it those dried out marshmallows.

He just climbs into a chair by the table and sits and waits for his bowl. He doesn't talk but I know what is on his mind. And then he sits there, as quiet as he will ever get through the day, munching cold cereal and smiling like a fool. Breakfast is a happy time.