Bob’s Corner
Food and young chilren
From our weekly issue dated March 24, 2010
Major excitement in the life of the co-publisher involving food. And young children. And food.
Was gone a week, which involved four days of “baby-sitting“ two granddaughters during my visit to Carlsbad in San Diego County while Mom Vicki was on a short trip. Must say that taking care of Natalie, 7, and Ella, 4, was: interesting, entertaining, eye-opening and exhausting. Anyone who does it full time has my super admiration.
And that especially goes for Jan, mother of our two boys and one girl. They“re now in their 40s. Ha-ha, they“ve learned what it“s like to be a parent.
What was involved (“) in Carlsbad for “PopPop,“ which is what they call me — delivering and picking them up for elementary and nursery schools, meals, baths, getting ready for school, getting ready for bed, disputes, arguments, tears and laughter, knock-knock jokes and riddles, practical jokes, reading stories, playing at the neighborhood park, juvenile humor (my type), helping with homework, monitoring TV watching and computer use, playing games, and plenty more. (Items too numerous to mention: I think I“ve forgotten a lot).
Oh yeah. Also being careful to avoid stepping on toys and stuffed animals. Then instructing them to pick up said toys and animals. (Mostly they do it.)
After Vicki returned, Matt (Vicki“s husband) took us one evening to see the latest version of “Alice in Wonderland.“ Some 15 minutes into the movie, Ella began asking, “Is it over yet“ Can we go now““ Vicki had predicted that. I enjoyed the flick for the most part, except for the volume of the music and sound effects that drowned some dialog. But the popcorn was good.
About that first item though, involving food and young children. What happened is that we got together with Vicki“s friend, Heather, and her two children, Eli, 8, and Lily, 5. The plan was to have a meal together.
Do not imagine a quiet supper. But picture (or color) a fun-time dinner at a kid-friendly restaurant. You know, one of those with a children“s menu with some of their favorites like grilled cheese san, mac & cheese, burger with fries, chicken nuggets, and stuff like that. The youngsters also get crayons to keep them busy.
Noisy“ Yeah, but kids will be kids. All of them. And it didn“t matter if our table of seven was a bit boisterous at times: The whole place was like that. PopPop got the swing of the place, and we all had a good time. Plus good food and service.
And I got to color my placemat.
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