For the first time, Cookie (5) and I have a *real show that we are watching together, MasterChef.
This creates all kinds of "teachable moments" like:
If you read this post about me hating food you might be confused as to why I would even watch such a show. I guess I am desperate. I need inspiration, I need to stop reading labels. The hardest part about motherhood is teaching these chicks how to eat.
So I wrote up some guidelines to try to turn this battle into a game I call MasterEater.
I made it all rainbow, so hopefully I can hold Cookie and Squeak's attention.
This creates all kinds of "teachable moments" like:
- What is real?
- counting backwards
- being nice
- showing respect for food and for cooking
- it's ok to not eat the raw chicken
If you read this post about me hating food you might be confused as to why I would even watch such a show. I guess I am desperate. I need inspiration, I need to stop reading labels. The hardest part about motherhood is teaching these chicks how to eat.
So I wrote up some guidelines to try to turn this battle into a game I call MasterEater.
I made it all rainbow, so hopefully I can hold Cookie and Squeak's attention.
*as in not Transformers, Justice League or Batman cartoons.
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