It occurred to me the other night while getting dinner ready, that while our kids are both good eaters, they have very distinct likes and dislikes which sometimes make meal-time challenging. For instance:
Carmen loves carrots, corn and avocado. Max will not touch any of those but does like broccoli, mushrooms, and lettuce, all which Carmen despises.
In the fruit category, Carmen can't get enough of strawberries and will tolerate tomatoes but won't touch a blueberry, blackberry or raspberry. Max is not picky, he gobbles up any type of fruit and then asks for more. Fortunately, they both are fond of apples, bananas, oranges and grapes. However, it's skin on the apples for Max and 'no thank you' to the skin for Carmen.
Carmen will drink a 1/2 gallon of milk by herself each week and Max refuses milk at all times unless it's in his cereal. Although, he has no problem with yogurt and cheese.
One of Caremen's favorite things to eat is eggs. She's not particular about how they are prepared--scrambled, fried or egg-toast. Max, not so much. It's usually one small bite and he's had enough. Sigh.
There are however many, many things that the two of them share a love for (pineapple pizza for example). Most of them are in the 'treat' and 'snack' categories. Carmen savors everything and nibbles at it for a while whereas it takes Maxy about 1.2 seconds to devour everything. Carmen loves ice cream but is not a big fan of cake or cupcakes; Max is not particular. All treats = yummy.
It's fun seeing their tastes, likes and dislikes develop and change. If nothing else, it keeps things interesting around here!
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