Today, I decided to switch it up a little. No sandwich for Keith today! No, indeed. Instead I made some hummus and put it in a jar. I cut up some vegetables (carrots and celery) and placed them in a bag. I also added some garden fresh cherry tomatoes and spinach to another bag. All of the veggies were for dipping. I also put some crackers in a bag for dipping as well. I gave him some strawberries and as a treat, a little bit of whipping cream to dip the strawberries in. For his drink, he had some apple juice. And I really need to take a picture of his bounty before packing it all up.
The lunchbox picture is his. The food on the plate is what Faye and I had for lunch. Essentially the same thing minus the strawberries and crackers, but add in a cheese stick.
Can I just say, those tomatoes are to die for! They taste like they were planted in a pile of sugar and watered with honey. I actually cringed a little from the sweetness of them. Too sweet, almost. Those babies could have been eaten with the whipping cream! I am sure they were less astringent than the strawberries. Yum!
So, when I picked Keith up from school, today, his lunchbox seemed a little too heavy. I unzipped it, and everything tumbled out. He had eaten his strawberries, licked the dish of whipping cream clean, and he had eaten his celery. That was it.
I tell you, this boy is making it hard for me to do the whole lunch thing. When I give him pb&h over and over, he eats it. When I try to mix things up and add a little bit of flavor, he leaves it, and Faye and I eat it on the ride home. Because those tomatoes?
To. Die. For.
I am learning that Keith's palate is a lot like Jeffrey's. They like things simple and boring. Hummus? Not for them. Herbs and spices? They turn their noses up at those, too. But give them a frozen bean and cheese burrito every day for a year and they will be as happy as a clown. The smiling clowns, not the frowny ones.
At any rate, tomorrow will be another experiment, so fingers are crossed to see how he does on that one.
