While no one in my family would try the soup, Meg kept commenting that first night about how good it smelled. Unfortunately I was unable to coax her into trying it. Instead she insisted on a bowl of Cheerios for dinner. Yesterday I had a late lunch and had heated myself up some soup while Meg was starting her homework. Once again she kept commenting on how good it smelled. I offered her $1 to try a tortellini. She said that wasn't near enough so we ended up settling on $5. (I know Mom and Dad are shaking their heads right now but I do what I have to do.) She finally tried the pasta...no broth, tomatoes or spinach...and smiled. For another $5 she ate a small bowl (no spinach) and agreed that she would eat it for dinner next time I fixed it. Bribing a child to eat might not be "your thing" but in my house, it's money well spent.
Now a little bit about Randy's latest project. He has been very hard at work in our backyard.
He's always grown winter tomatoes but this year he has great expectations of a full vegetable garden. I'll keep you posted as to his progress.
PS - My sis got the inspiration to the title of this post correct. It was a line from Steve Martin in the Jerk, as you already know, one of my all time favorite movies.
4 comments:
Not sure we can afford to have Meg here for Thanksgivng. ;-)
ROFL at your mom's comment! Good luck to Randy on the vegetable beds!
he-he-he...we bribe too, my son is a very picky eater and it is the only way.
The soup sounds yummy!
Karen
Can I come over and have you cook for me then collect $10 when I try it?? Sounds like a pretty good deal...
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