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11.09.2009

practicing safe lunch.

once upon a time...
...mk fell in "lub" with ketchup. i'm not sure of the day or time that this condiment first hit her tongue, but i do know that it was love @ first taste.

i take that back.
this might be the day (feb of 08)...
'true
...i think her grin is a definite seal of approval.
and she now requests ketchup with everything.

chicken nuggets.
eggs.
mac & cheese.
fruit snacks.

say what you will, but there are many'a breakfast that a plate with a small squirt of ketchup sits beside her bowl of cereal. don't judge her! i'm beginning to think that it's for security or something. because she doesn't actually use it.
well, usually.
now, ketchup isn't the easiest word to say, either. and since she has been requesting ketchup since before she could form phrases like "hey, i need some more of that!" or really, before she could say anything @ all, she has always referred to it as "pill." the hubster and i are convinced have joked that it's a drug.
get it!? pill.......?
*sigh*
yea, i won't quit my day job.

yesterday, she opened the fridge and asked "can i have more of that...ketchup?"
wait...ketchup...?
first, i was excited.
and then, i felt sad.
"pill" has a new moniker.
and my baby is growing up.

oh, and her and ketchup live happily ever after.
the end.

6 comments!:

Amanda said...

My kiddie love ketchup too.

Pill. I get it. You crack me up too.

;)

Blessings-
Amanda

Laura said...

Alright, THIS is why I love her so much! Ketchup is definitely MY drug of choice too. :) (minus the fruit snack part...never tried it but still...) So glad the story has a happy ending. :)

Carrie said...

this girl definately knows whats up - ketchup on eggs is the sign of a genius - just ask me and my dad lol

Hayley said...

Ha ha. Pill. I got it. I was naughty in my former life.

My ex used to eat ketchup on mac and cheese, and it makes me gag just thinking about it!

I get what you mean about mourning their silly words. Cade used to call waffles "waff-waffs" and now he just calls them waffles, which made me so sad. I still call them waff-waffs, though.

yoga ninja mama said...

oooooh my gosh. she is so adorable! and she's perfect for sage. sage is a ketchup monster. i have a video of him straight up eating a heaping spoonful of ketchup. he also asks for ketchup with EVERYTHING: french toast, cheese sticks, toast, raisins.

i'm like, "kid. no. it's not a food group." i mean, i know lycopene is good for you. but shit. everything in moderation, ya know?

eh. maybe moderation is overrated when it comes to ketchup :).

shannon said...

HAHA, yay! you all got my joke! i was a little worried. not that you guys aren't hip, just that it was a lame joke.
ANYWAY...i'll admit ketchup is my drug of choice, too. i would never in a million years put it on mac & cheese or raisins! but still, it's good.
and yea, their silly words. *sigh* people will think i'm crazy years from now when i am still calling ketchup "pill" but whatevs!

i say, moderation shmoderation. ;)

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