Thanks Alexandra and Todd! I loved your posts (and I always do!) I
thought I'd share some of the favorite and not-so-favorite, edible and
not-so-edible things that have been consumed at our house. Keep in mind
that some of these items were not willingly given to the kids but were
rather sneakily pilfered on their part and then whisked away to remote
dark places, only to be found at a later date either by the intriguing
smell or just by dumb luck........

The first and most common one around our house to find is the favored
Solanum tuberosum. OH Yes! this member of the nightshade family is
highly prized in it's raw form and if I leave a bag of them anywhere
within 4 feet of the floor an entire twenty pound bag will disappear in
less than a night and we spend the next month finding both intact and
remnants of the damn things all over the house in various stages of
sprouting and rotting....and they also have a broad spectrum of
coloring for these stages too! 

Yes by now we have all figured this one out....it is the potato. U.V
adores them and can't seem to get enough......in any form raw or cooked
but his two favorites are raw or french fries. Izzy loves french fries
too, but the both of them love every and any-thing deep fried...
chicken, cheese sticks, mushrooms, egg rolls, pickles, fish,
shrimp.....you name it. If it is fried, the cholesterol kings will seek
it out and devour it. Lace loves baby food. Now you can give her an
intact green bean or chunk of turkey and she will give you a very
annoyed quizzical look as if to say " Surely you have lost all sense of
judgment and reason....you can't possibly expect ME to eat THAT!" But
when offered the same items pureed all smooey and gooey in a jar of
baby food, she will devour every last bit and beg for more. Anything
from chicken in chicken gravy to tutti frutti to squash....When she is
finished with that, she will top it off with a bit of looted kibble
from the dogs dish if available.

Fenris loves anything carbonated, confectioned, or made from
latex-rubber.....Truthfully we are still unsure whether he truly likes
drinking carbonated beverages or if he just enjoys dancing around in
the bubbly liquid once he dumps the glass.........

Here are more items that have been on the "menu" over the years:

cool whip (from a container stolen out of the trash)

tomatoes (another food item that has to be put up up and way out of
their reach lest we find dehydrated and rotting pieces of that as well)

cheerios

ham

popcorn

eggs

butter (stolen from the grocery bag while the groceries were being put
away)

fruit loops

Gerber fruit puffs (banana)

hamburger

the cat

the dog

several field mice that snuck in the house and met an unfortunate
demise ( were taken away as soon as we saw what they had)

beef jerky

hot dogs

pizza rolls/pizza

heavy cream

fish food

aquarium water (with head submerged while excitedly watching the poor
fish swim around)

cheese

nacho cheese corn chips

raisins

chicken nuggets

dinner rolls

gerber wagon wheels (carrot and cheese flavor)

Cheetos

gummy worms/bears

bacon

honeydew melon

dish soap

graham crackers (anyone noticing the theme we have going with the
toddler foods?)

toothpaste...which is strange considering the fight that ensues when
it is time to brush their teeth. They act as if I am trying to murder
them. And then to top it all off, after all the junk they think they
want to eat, they ALL refuse to floss!

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