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Note to Self Saturday: Im far from perfect...

Im far from the perfect mother...
I try very very hard to be perfect...
but sometimes I slip...
we all do, right?
Well, I guess we all just dont admit it... ;)

Anyways, Im gunna put myself on the chopping block here for a minute...
in honor of my "wanting to blog more than just giveaways"
and tell you all a little story...

My house is crazy busy all the time...
though im VERY thankful...
the shop keeps be working 7 days a week...
and if Im not juggling toddlers and sewing...
im juggling toddlers and sending emails...
I finally cracked down on myself and said okay...
its summer... were going outside to play EVERY DAY...
just play... not run errands... or hit walmart... JUST PLAY.
And its been great, refreshing... but thats a different blog...

Monday & Friday is mommy time... after a healthy dinner.
I sew, email, etc. while daddy watches the boys.
We are really good about cooking almost all of our meals...
we sit together as a family... every night... every meal.
Im very proud of that... now heres what Im not proud of...

Daddy works usually 6 days a week... 2 of those nights (Tuesday & Thursday)
he has band practice... and isn't home till after 10pm.
So dinner is just me and the boys and its always whatever is in the cupboard...
Izzaq BEGGS for Ramen noodles... Zave loves Mac n Cheese...
Mommy loves.... whatever is quick. haha.
But this Thursday was different...
Earlier in the week I was grocery shopping and in passing...
the Kid Cuisine meals caught my eye...

They were on sale... so I asked the boys and they both chose one...
Chix Nuggets, Mac n cheese, corn and Vanilla Pudding...
I hung my head in shame while putting in the cart...
*Mom failed* the ultimately lowest lazy unhealthy dinner... bluh.
Izzaq was so excited about this... I started to regain my faith...
Good mommy! Make the babies happy!
Plus really, corn - vegi (worst vegi) but still a vegi!
Calcium in the cheese and pudding... Protein in the chicken... Grains...
there are worse things, right? Uhhhhh..... right...

So flash back to Thursday... there we were scouring the cupboards for dinner
when I remembered these meals...
the boys were super stoked and mommy was happy to get them a quick warm meal.
Even if it wasn't the perfect meal...
*Here is where my problems begin*
The box says they "each" take a total for 2 minutes and 45 seconds to cook...
Awesome... quick...
So two boxes... about 5 minutes...
I gotta say, they came out so scalding lava hot...
that not even Superman could eat these...
So I let them be for 2 minutes like the box said...
2 minutes later... still lava...
I put them in the freezer for 7 minutes before they were edible...

Edible? Yeah, that would mean they actually had to EAT them...
Izzaq ate two chicken nuggets... didnt touch anything else, not one bite...
Zavery ate the blue pudding... YES BLUE!!!
It came with a little pack of sprinkles.
What I didnt know is that it came with color changing ones in the pack as well...
and it was basically like blue food coloring in the form of vanilla GOO.
Zaverys face was tinged blue for 2 days.

Recap:
$5 down the drain... literally... the garbage disposal...
Almost 15 minutes of cook time before they could eat...
Had to RECOOK something that they WOULD eat...
feed them... then bath time...
so I could scrub the blue off Zave's face...

Note to self:
In that amount of effort I could have grilled chicken on the Forman...
Made some fast cook wild rice and boiled some vegis...
Id have felt alot better about the choice...
and the boys would have actually Eaten!

I need you:
Help me plan some quick, healthy meals...
that almost 2 and almost 3 year old boys will eat...
I need to come up with 2 a week.
What do you do when you in a pinch?
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