You win some, you lose some

We've had our share of what I would call #fail around here. We've also had a couple #wins. Looking back on this month and our Whole30 attempt, I would say that I thought I was well prepared, but I wasn't. I only planned 3 meals a day. Seems like that would be enough, right? But the thing is....sometimes those meals were not very appetizing (especially to 3 year olds). Sometimes we didn't have the ability to pull dinner together before little people were demanding to be fed. Sometimes I was worried it was neglectful to feed your children SO many bananas in one day. The truth? Hot dogs became my crutch. The boys ate more hot dogs this month than they have in their entire lives. Granted, they were organic, grass-fed, nitrate-free, humanely raised, all-beef hot dogs. But still, man cannot live on bananas and hot dogs alone.

I was feeling kind of guilty about this, and then I put this "snack" on the table for Tucker:

And I'll be darned if that kid didn't eat the whole dang plate of asparagus. As a snack!

Later, after a lackluster chicken dish, I made this:

Tater tots. I made my own tater tots! And now I feel like a badass again...