We didn't have any plans tonight so we took a family trip to the grocery store to buy dinner supplies. Since it was a special family occasion we even went to the expensive grocery store! Ben and Lauren each got their own mini grocery cart to push through the store and Jack helped me find each of the vegetables on our list. It was an exciting treasure hunt through the produce department to find each item on our list. When we got home Travis and I turned on the music and poured a glass of wine, the kids danced, Travis chopped and I stir fried the veggies. We had a great relaxing evening as a family. I was hoping that Jack would want to eat his veggies since he helped pick them out, but no such luck, I still had to talk him into it.
Me: Jack, do you remember what that is called?
Jack: What?
Me: The purple one.
Jack: Ummm...
Me: Remember, it has a confusing name...
Jack: Oh yeah, it's red cabbage, even though it is purple!
Me: Right! Eat it!
Jack: Why?
Me: It will give you the luck of the Irish.
Jack: What?
Travis: If you eat your cabbage you will be lucky!
Believe it or not, that convinced Jack to eat all of the cabbage on his plate and ask for more. We continued our dinner chit chatting and enjoying each other when Lauren's constant fidgeting caused her to fall off her chair onto the floor.
Jack: This cabbage IS LUCKY, that was FUNNY!
Jack was right, it was funny and him pointing it out made it even funnier to Travis and I. We spent the rest of the dinner pointing out why cabbage was lucky and encouraging each other to eat more.
I hope these are the nights our kids remember for the rest of their lives.
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Sounds like a perfect evening.
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