When I was little, I remember my Mom telling me and my sisters that "we don't fight over food." For some reason, we were concerned over how much was there and how many different things we were having (but, Mom, we're only have 2, 3 things) and we were GIRLS. Fast forward many years and I've got two growing boys at my table. Most days, they are ravenous so you don't dare take something off their plates. And, the days of going out to eat and having them SPLIT a meal are long gone. Knowing all this, I should not have been surprised by the incident at lunch this past Friday (April 15).
The boys and I picked up Kevin and heading to the Blue Tractor for lunch. It was a bit of a late lunch so I knew they were hungry. We had to get an appetizer to tide them over until Harmon's macaroni and cheese and Simon's cheese quesadilla were ready for consumption. Harmon inhaled much of the appetizer and his macaroni and cheese and then started asking for more. I asked him if he wanted some of Simon's quesadilla but he was lobbying hard for dessert (which I told him we weren't getting). Meanwhile, Simon was working his way through an adult-sized quesadilla (the plate was huge) and had one piece in his hand and two pieces left on his plate.
Out of nowhere, Harmon dove for Simon's plate and swiped one of the remaining quesadilla pieces and Simon was none too happy. In his defense, he was a little on edge as we had to wake him from his car nap to go in but he went pretty crazy. He screamed and yelled at Harmon and we had to calm him down. We tried to get Harmon to put it back but he had already taken a few bites of it. Our last-ditch effort was to try to get Harmon to retroactively ASK Simon for a piece of quesadilla but Harmon's half-assed requested landed on deaf (and angry) ears.
Kevin and I looked at each other and just shook our heads. While this was the first time, we highly doubt it's the last time!
