We go hiking, but we don't eat green stuff

Did you know that today, June 17,  is National Eat Your Vegetables Day?

Neither did I.  I wish I’d found out earlier, and I could have prepared a cucumber snake with an olive eye, red pepper tongue, and a snake pit of hummus (snack suggestion from Disney Family Fun magazine).

Except A would run screaming from the table at the sight of such a monster.  C might eat some of it, since she loves dipping, but most of the poor serpent would end up on the floor… My girls do not love vegetables.

“Mommy, I grew out of broccoli,” said C, who used to assuage my mothering guilt by eating brassicas.  A, on the other hand, has grown out of every veggie but the occasional baby carrot.

But it’s summer and I need to lighten up!  My girls devour their Yummy Bears candy-style multivitamins daily.  And we’re eating quarts of fresh strawberries, at least, bursting with antioxidants and Vitamin C.  It’s my intention to make healthy homemade strawberry yogurt popsicles, if I can only figure out where to buy popsicle forms.

When it comes to parenting, my philosophy is to know your strengths, not lament your weaknesses.  Our family strength is FRUIT, and by golly I’m proud of that.  Let the cucumber snakes go eat some ants-on-a-log.

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