(I'll be dropping this one off at parenthacks to see what they think of it - they liked my first one about the headlamp very well indeed. Here goes...)
The kids used to really enjoy corn on the cob. It's a fun shape, it's noisy, it's good for them...but as with all foods for the little ones, sometimes you need to tart up the presentation to keep them interested. And what entertains the little ones more than druids, hm?
Tonight we had boiled up the usual ears of corn, but they sat uneaten at the table until yours truly got the idea to cut them into thirds, then re-stack them on the plate in the form of the place where the banshees live (and they do live well). After that came om nom nom nomsville, y'all.
Oh, of course. Here are the lads:
UPDATE: there really is a Cornhenge - in Dublin, Ohio. Not edible like mine, though. And not very hengey, if you ask me.
It actually happened tonight. Her Awesomeness made some yummy shepherd's pie, but Beast and Noodle weren't having any of that. At least Noodle picked around the ground buffalo and gobbled up the mashed potatoes and corn - but still, it was frustrating enough that out came:
If you don't eat your meat...um...
(at this point we realized what we'd said and that we might as well bring it on home)
...you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
And then a "stand still, laddie!" for Beast just for good measure, even though he was by now happily plowing his way through the shepherd's pie. For our next trick, we'll have breakfast while a giant inflatable pig soars over the kitchen table.
