Dinner Hit

This evening, I made a dinner of pasta, cannelini beans, and peppers sauteed with garlic and seasoning.  It's a real hit within the household.  Ethan at least ate the pasta and peppers, but decided to forego the beans entirely.

Madeleine just had issues with everything but the pasta.

MADELEINE: Mommy?  What are these beans?  Are they beans?
ME: Honey.
MADELEINE: Well, what are they?
ME: You answered your own question.
MADELEINE: Are they beans?
ME: Yes.
MADELEINE: But are they SAFE to eat?

No, Madeleine, I decided to poison the whole household tonight.  Good thing Ethan was too wily to fall for the tainted beans.

Madeleine pushed all her beans to one side of the plate, ate all the pasta, and began inspecting every single slice of pepper before putting it in her mouth.

MADELEINE: Mommy?  Is this pepper safe?
ME: Yes, honey.
MADELEINE: Mommy.  Look.  (holding out the pepper on her fork for me to see) Is this black stuff on the pepper safe?
ME: Yes.  It's seasoning.
MADELEINE: (turning the pepper around and around with her fork before finally eating it)  Can I just have more pasta??

Julia might not have loved the beans, but she at least found that eating the pasta and beans in combination was tolerable

JULIA: Mommy, I made this...Three Little Pigs??...is that what you call it?
ME: (blank stare)
JULIA: (pointing to a bean inside her rigatoni) Like, this thing?  Like a mini hot dog?

Close, honey.  Pigs in a blanket.

I'll tell you who DID like the dinner, though.  Auntie Shannon's chihuahua gobbled up all the beans the kids decided to drop on the ground for her.  At least I had one fan of my cooking.