Monday, February 13, 2012

Where Have All the Green Beans Gone?

Baby Lowly is not a huge fan of mushy baby food, so I normally cook up some steamed vegetables and let her gnaw away on them.  Yesterday was green bean day.

As Lowly was finishing up her green beans, WeeBee started whining about wanting crackers.  Now, one of WeeBee's many little quirks is that he will not eat crackers that are just handed to him out of the package.  They must be placed in a bowl, or on a plate, otherwise there is much wailing and grinding of teeth and probably some flailing around on the floor.  I have absolutely no idea where he came up with the idea, but as he always throws his dishes in the sink when he's done, I live with it.

Wanting to save some time (and space in my dishwasher,) I reused Lowly's green bean bowl, which still had four or five beans at the bottom, half hoping he might finish the beans himself.  At the time, WeeBee didn't seem to care.  He had his three or four crackers, and life was good.

I went back to clearing off the counter, and out of the corner of my eye I noticed WeeBee chuck the bowl into the sink a few minutes later.  We then had the following conversation.

"WeeBee, did you finish the green beans?"
"No."
I looked in the sink.  Empty bowl, no green beans.
"Well, what happened to them?"
"I put them in Lowly's shirt."

You've heard of feeding your vegetables to the dog?  Well, when your sister is wearing a jumper that's a little big on her, and your dad assumes you're just standing at his elbow eating crackers and talking to your sister, and your mom has her back turned, you can take your vegetables and leave them in the folds of your sister's sweater/jumper/onesie.

At least he's honest.

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