My older child is a very picky eater. It seems the older she gets, the less types of food she eats. She would eat fruit and "snacks" all day long. So for lunch today, she was given chicken, carrots, and applesauce. The first to go was the applesauce. Next came one or two carrots. Finally she took one bite of chicken and exclaimed, "I'm done!"
So I said to her, "Did you know that your muscles need protein? Chicken is protein, and it's really good for your muscles."
She looked at me with quite a puzzled look on her face, but didn't ask any questions. I stepped out of the room, in which I then heard this:
"Don't worry protein. Don't ever ever worry. I am going to give you to my muscles." Then she came running into the room I was in and exclaimed that she gave the protein to her muscles and she could already feel her muscles getting big and strong. :)
Now if I can convince her how important vegetables are!
