Someday, they'll thank me for this!

[elfs]

I made minestrone for the kids tonight, the real kind, with the pasta cooked separately and added last to prevent mushiness, with pancetta and chicken broth. I even cubed bread and melted cheese on top for Kouryou-chan, and the kids still didn't like it. Grr. They eat well enough, but sometimes I wish they'd appreciate all the effort.

Yamaraashi-chan is writing cute skiffy for a nine-year-old, and Kouryou-chan got her hands on the labeler last night and now I have a label: "daddy".

Omaha threatened to slug me if I uploaded the video I took last night of her seizure up onto YouTube.

I went to the gym today. The New Year's Resolution crowd seems to have gone now, and I busted my butt doing the arms, abs and back exercises.

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They eat well enough, but sometimes I wish they'd appreciate all the effort.

Amen. I was just lamenting this recently - my children have NO idea that they're terribly fortunate to have a good, interested, cook for a mother. They have no basis for understanding how many kids eat spagetti with ketchup-sauce or whatever.

So they complain when something isn't a favourite. I've taken to making it very clear that if I hear more complaints than thanks, I will stop making accommodations. (No meat for Stone, no potatoes for Joy, etc.) Most recently, I've come down hard on Joy not eating parts of her dinner then being hungry before bed. Her plate gets saved adn if she's hungry, that's what she eats.

I think I really noticed it because LSB is the best food groupie EVER. He does this lovely happy dance when I put something tasty in his mouth, and it just really thrills my heart. *sigh* I just have to remember that they're kids, and someday they'll drive their spouses nuts comparing them to "mother's cooking." ;-)