the art of parenting or maybe just parent art

[dinahprincedaly]

The youngest is fourteen and she remains a finicky eater... my husband has resorted to a tactic we used when she was like three which is food faces... and it totally works still... she eats most if not all at a meal she would ordinarily not eat... and he gets to have some form of daily self expression besides writing... here are two of his recent

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[razorart]

Awwwww...you guys are the best parents!!!!!

[dinahprincedaly]

well, we amuse ourselves!!!

[dinahprincedaly]

..also, notice, I used PEARS for eye-lids, or maybe those are eyebrows, whatever... kiwis are out of the question... she flat out won't eat kiwi

[tinkrbellicoptr]

wow. that's some serious, wow. that's like the woody allen of grapefruit. very, very impressive.

the woody allen grapefruit...

[dinahprincedaly]

its not a grapefruit... its a pomelo, which is comically huge-er and green and not as sour... and somehow yes, they should have named it the woody allen grapefruit

[matildasmom]

Are the first two faces yogurt? I love the third one's eyes

[dinahprincedaly]

yes, he made yogurt faces... I left the yogurt optional on the side

[mulgaun]

Ha ha ha! Food monkeys!

[dinahprincedaly]

yes, I see that now, totally monkeys!