Dinner is served

While Erica and Rachie were here Paul wanted to make dinner for us- and do the whole thing himself!  He made menus, took our order and served the food.  Ellie wanted in on the action too, so she helped serve us. It was so cute.

Here is the table set with menus and all!

The Menu: On the left is food for all us- Annie, Chickie (Rachael), Emily, Darren, Ellie, and Paul.  On the other side of the menu you will see it says, "for Kyle:"  That's because Kyle is the pickiest eater in the world.  That kid has given me more headaches at dinner time than I can count.  His choices are: Cereal, Pears, a Sandwitch, or  anything we have.  Yea, we get that desperate.  It reminds me of the time we bribed him with an ice cream cone to take a tiny bite of shepherds pie. Before he had even swallowed he threw up all over the table.  Yea.  Fun times.  But back to the menu.  Notice that all of the food is free, free to my kids and guests that is. 
Under the "Protein" section we have a choice of: Orange Chicken or Nuts.  Not a lot of choices there.   Next is the "Fruits and Veggies" section.  The choices include: frozen grapes, pears, apples,  kiwi, and bananas.   hmmm, maybe it should have just been a "Fruits" section, but it makes me feel better that he wrote "veggies" on the menu. 
"Grains" is next with rice, crackers, or toast.
"Dessert" includes one item: Pudding.  Which no one in my family likes, nor do I ever buy, so I have no idea why that was even on there.  No one had dessert that night.  My kid is smarter than me.  I saw that and thought, "how cute, he spelled dessert wrong, it only has one s in it.  Like desert, hmmm that just doesn't look right, I feel like going on a walk through the desert.  ok I'm dumb."

Waiter Paul!

Cheers!

You know it's funny for me to look at that menu.  It says a lot about how our family eats.  Typically during dinner I will point out what food we are eating will go into which category- like protien, carb, etc.  When it's time for the veggie, there usually isn't one and I have to dash to the cupboard for a can of corn while my food gets cold.  We always have a protein, a carb, lots of fruits, and usually no desert.  Yea, that's right no desert.  So, this meal is pretty much a typical dinner at the Ernst's house.  Come join us sometime- my kids would love to serve you!