juliebove
07-21-2006, 03:09 AM
Now this actually seems like a silly request. We were grocery shopping when she spied those single serve packs of organic baby carrots. I'd bought them before. Many times! Put them away in the little drawer of her refrigerator then threw them out, uneaten and expired. Sent them in her lunch to school. They always came home, shriveled up and uneaten. The big refrigerator has big bags of baby carrots. It has big carrots. It has purple carrots. If she wanted carrots they were there. But at this particular moment in time she wanted baby carrots in a single serve pack. So I bought them for her. She said she would eat them. And she did.
She also asked for a salad with dinner. We dined out. She ordered a kid's meal. They don't come with salad. She often orders an adult sized dinner. Not that she needs the larger portion mind you, but given her food allergies she is limited as to what she can eat. And most of the time the stuff on the kid's menu (grilled cheese, mac and cheese, chicken nuggets, burger) is stuff she can't eat. But this particular restaurant does have one kid's option for her. She said she wasn't very hungry so she only wanted a small meal. But she said she really wanted a salad. She then asked if she could have one. And when I said she could, she got a puzzled look on her face and said, "Does it cost extra?"
"Yes", I said. "It does cost extra. But that doesn't matter. You can always have a salad if you want one."
She then mentioned the hot weather and said, "I don't know why but on days like this I only want to eat light, cold food."
She has been going to various dance camps these past few weeks, most of which require a lunch to be brought. She doesn't like to be left alone so she has managed to weasel a way for me to be there in some way every day. Mainly it's the lunch. Wants me to come eat lunch with her. And this week it is fine. I've been doing it. Haven't anything better to do.
I've seen what the other kids have been bringing. It's all healthy food. They were discussing it. The subject of "Lunchables" came up. One of the girls said they looked good. Another girl shrugged. Said she'd never had one. Her mom didn't allow it. So what were these girls eating? I did see the usual sandwiches. I saw some chips. But I also saw all kinds of raw veggies and fruit. Almost all of them had apple slices and baby carrots. My daughter told me she thought she should be eating them because they were.
Yesterday there was a 6 pack of Oreos in a lunch. The girl whose lunch bag they were in turned up her nose at them and began offering them around. She didn't offer my daughter one, probably because she knew of her food allergies. One girl took one and ate it. She was worried because her mom had not shown up with her lunch. Turns out her mom was at work and couldn't get away. So she was hungry and ate the cookie. A couple of the other girls took a cookie but did the strangest thing with them. Neither of them ate it. They examined them, played with them for a while, tossed them around like frisbees, then threw them in the trash. They all commented on how disgusting they were. All but the girl who had eaten one. Three cookies remained in the package. She protested when the owner was going to throw them away. Said she wanted them and would eat them. "Nope!", replied the owner. "You don't need them. They're not good for you." Into the trash they went.
I do know that the dance studio is very into nutrition. They do have snack and drink machines but are picky as to what goes in them. There is also a health food store right next door and most of the time when someone does get a snack they get it from there.
So anyway, I'm a wee bit annoyed that I had to pay "extra" for those single serve bags of baby carrots when I already had plenty of carrots in the house. But pay extra I will! I will never turn down a request for veggies. Especially raw ones.
She also asked for a salad with dinner. We dined out. She ordered a kid's meal. They don't come with salad. She often orders an adult sized dinner. Not that she needs the larger portion mind you, but given her food allergies she is limited as to what she can eat. And most of the time the stuff on the kid's menu (grilled cheese, mac and cheese, chicken nuggets, burger) is stuff she can't eat. But this particular restaurant does have one kid's option for her. She said she wasn't very hungry so she only wanted a small meal. But she said she really wanted a salad. She then asked if she could have one. And when I said she could, she got a puzzled look on her face and said, "Does it cost extra?"
"Yes", I said. "It does cost extra. But that doesn't matter. You can always have a salad if you want one."
She then mentioned the hot weather and said, "I don't know why but on days like this I only want to eat light, cold food."
She has been going to various dance camps these past few weeks, most of which require a lunch to be brought. She doesn't like to be left alone so she has managed to weasel a way for me to be there in some way every day. Mainly it's the lunch. Wants me to come eat lunch with her. And this week it is fine. I've been doing it. Haven't anything better to do.
I've seen what the other kids have been bringing. It's all healthy food. They were discussing it. The subject of "Lunchables" came up. One of the girls said they looked good. Another girl shrugged. Said she'd never had one. Her mom didn't allow it. So what were these girls eating? I did see the usual sandwiches. I saw some chips. But I also saw all kinds of raw veggies and fruit. Almost all of them had apple slices and baby carrots. My daughter told me she thought she should be eating them because they were.
Yesterday there was a 6 pack of Oreos in a lunch. The girl whose lunch bag they were in turned up her nose at them and began offering them around. She didn't offer my daughter one, probably because she knew of her food allergies. One girl took one and ate it. She was worried because her mom had not shown up with her lunch. Turns out her mom was at work and couldn't get away. So she was hungry and ate the cookie. A couple of the other girls took a cookie but did the strangest thing with them. Neither of them ate it. They examined them, played with them for a while, tossed them around like frisbees, then threw them in the trash. They all commented on how disgusting they were. All but the girl who had eaten one. Three cookies remained in the package. She protested when the owner was going to throw them away. Said she wanted them and would eat them. "Nope!", replied the owner. "You don't need them. They're not good for you." Into the trash they went.
I do know that the dance studio is very into nutrition. They do have snack and drink machines but are picky as to what goes in them. There is also a health food store right next door and most of the time when someone does get a snack they get it from there.
So anyway, I'm a wee bit annoyed that I had to pay "extra" for those single serve bags of baby carrots when I already had plenty of carrots in the house. But pay extra I will! I will never turn down a request for veggies. Especially raw ones.