🦃I use to arrive at Holiday parties having already given my kids the, “Now before you go off and play you need to eat first,” speech in the car, and struggled through making them a plate, while trying to make my own, and then trying to fight them to eat said food on their plate before running off to play with cousins and friends. My food ended up getting cold, and it was never an enjoyable experience.
Then I had an epiphany: 🤔All I want to do is sit and eat hot food in peace. All they want to do is go run around and play. Whhyyy am I ruining this for both of us? 🤷🏽♀️
And it was then that I decided that I would feed myself first, take my time to enjoy good company and good food, and whenever the kids got hungry, they would eventually make their way on over and let me know.
And Mamma, let me tell you, this has been a GAME CHANGER! I enjoy myself more at holiday dinners and parties and the kids do too. AND I have found that all of that running around has allowed them to work up an appetite which causes them to actually eat more than two bites of the food on their plates! 👏🏽
So, Mamma, this Thursday, enjoy your Thanksgiving meal *first*. Eat a nice, hot plate of turkey and stuffing, and all of the fixin’s. And when your little turkeys are finally ready to eat, they’ll let you know. 😉
Enjoy! 🍽
MAMMA ARIANNA 