Kiddie Crack and Gas Prices.
Ok. Those who have kids have to know these meals…
If you don’t have kids, surely you’ve seen them in the grocery market. They come in 11 varieties (though, good luck finding them all). I’ve gotta admit, they are pretty good. It’s the only way Chris and I can convince Gabe to eat vegetables, albeit corn. Hey, I’ll take what I can get. He loves the pizza, fish sticks, corn dog, chicken…but his favorite, by far, is taquitos. I think he just likes saying it. Tonight, however, it was fish sticks.
Anyway, back to the point. Look at the initials - K.C. A disguise, I say. Really, they are called Kiddie Crack. They just figured that wasn’t a very marketable name, so they disguised it as Kid Cuisine. But Kiddie Crack is more appropriate. Because these meals are THE way to get Gabe to do ANYTHING!!! THE way for him to eat vegetables…VEGETABLES!!!
Case in point. In the grocery store. By the time you get to the frozen food aisle, both kids are going nuts. Can’t get them to behave worth anything. But, ah…pull out the Kiddie Crack card…
“Well, Gabe, since you can’t listen and stay next to the cart, I guess we can’t get any Kid Cuisine.”
“NO!!! I’ll be a good boy!!!” {pulls out angel wings and halo, does whatever is asked for the next few hours.}
Or, those times when he hasn’t wanted to eat all day, and that parental ‘he must eat’ instinct kicks in. Pull out the Kiddie Crack card…
“Gabe, what do you want for dinner?”
“Nothing. I’m not hungry.”
“Do you want Kid Cuisine?”
“Yeah!!!!!” {child RUNS for the kitchen, ignoring all toys and cartoons, and sits at the table. Sometimes he even starts setting it w/o being asked!}
Kiddie Crack, I tell you.
On another note, I just got excited about ‘only’ paying $2.45 for gas. How sad is that. And, thanks Katrina - it will probably be right back up to $2.65 again by the end of the week. Sure am glad I don’t live in California anymore.
