Children are Hobbits in disguised.

I honestly believe that Children are actually Hobbits. Especially my own two little ones. I have believed this since I been around kids, but more so since the birth of my own. 

On Friday Ben and I made Crepes for breakfast. He makes the batter and I cook them. The recipe "says" it makes about 24 crepes. Ben ate two, I had one and the kids ate all the rest. So more batter was made, actually he made a double batch. It was a good thing because the kids did eat a lot more, and I got to eat a decent breakfast.

That night at dinner I gave the kids left over chicken noodle soup (meal 1) while I was making dinner for Ben and myself. I made alfredo shells (meal 2), but I thought there would be plenty for us and if the kids wanted more. I had a small serving, and Ben along with the kids ate the rest. They asked for more (like always) so I made more alfredo shells (meal 3). I told Ben that if anyone wanted anything more to eat he had to make it himself. Because I refused to make more. I made the same amount of shells and wasn't suprised that they could still eat more. 

Tonight I made meatloaf, rice and green beans. Usually I don't make meatloaf because I don't like to make it because I don't like it for a couple of reasons. One is I don't like meatloaf, second I don't like to mix it in with my hands, third I don't like extra dirty dishes. Tonight I thawed the meat like usual, but instead of dumping the meat into a mixing bowl I just dumped the rest of the ingredients in the ziplock bag with the meat. I was able to mix the meatloaf in the bag without getting my hands dirty. Then dumped it into the loaf pan. I smoothed it with the measuring cup that I had already used. Added BBQ sauce and smoothed again. I was happy that I didn't have a mixing bowl and spatual to clean after. It was great to just throw out the bag.

Usually I have to give the kids their sides like rice and green beans first then the meat. Rice and beans were served while the meatloaf was still cooking. The kids devoured the meatloaf. I lost track of how many servings the kids had, they ate a lot more than me. So out of everything that the kids ate, they wanted more green beans. We had to open another can of beans. They were really excited to have more beans. Ben and I think 1 1/2 cans of green beans were eaten by James and Emily. It's great that the kids wanted more green beans. I have very little food leftover from dinner. It's too bad that the kids and Ben were too full to eat the little meatloaf that was left.