It's funny what a 12 year old takes away from a conversation about food. When all of this started I had a frank discussion with my son about the basics..."OK dude, if mom is asleep and YOU CAN'T WAKE ME UP, call 911 then your Tia/uncle since they live 2 minutes down the road, then call your dad... got it?" He says he's got it. I also explain that I won't be able to eat some of the same things he does and that it does not mean he has to change his eating habits necessarily but that he could stand to be a little more adventurous with me. His smirk to that might as well have been him saying "yeah right mom!" He was witness to the famous Spaghetti Meltdown.... see post Save the Spaghetti.... and my occasional frustration about what to eat when I don't feel like cooking a meal and we have a fend for yourself night.
Ihop is going to drive me insane!!! I will be glad when their all you can eat pancake special is over!!! I want pancakes, not the healthy for you kind I can find a recipe on pinterest for, that I could have with sugar free syrup, NO I want the huge fluffy, buttery, drowned in sticky sweet syrup pancakes that you can only get at Ihop!! Not only do I want the pancakes but I want the crispy golden hash browns and scrambled eggs that go with them!!.... are you hungry yet because my mouth is watering even as I sit here typing this. My tummy is even joining in on the act with a little growl. With that said, here is what my son took away from the conversation I had with him about what I could eat and what would be better for me to avoid.....
"Mom, you can't have the pancakes but you can have all the other stuff you want." Me- "Why can't I have the pancakes?" Son- "Cause the syrup has carbs in the sugar" Me- "Only the syrup?" Son- "Yup, see I was listening when you were talking"......I love that kid, if there were only carbs in the syrup I would eat a giant stack of those pancakes without the syrup, and have those hash brown with not a care in the world!!!!! So it seems I need to do a little more education with him. I can still have those things, just in moderation. Even if I am very strict on myself.
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