Strawberries are the angels of the earth, innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward. ~Terri Guillemets
In addition to the fish, the salad, the rice and the corn-on-the cob on the dinner table, there was also strawberries on the table tonight.
It's been customary in our house that you must eat the other food on the table before you eat the strawberries. If you don't, it is certain you will fill up on strawberries and be too full for all the other food on your plate.
As toddlers our boys would stand in their chair to spoon piles of strawberries on their plates. If we didn't take the bowl from the table they would keep eating the strawberries until the bowl was empty and their tummies were ready to pop.
Although they have grown older, we still don't eat the strawberries until our plates are empty. Tonight, after my plate was clean, Caleb asked me if I wanted any strawberries. Before I was able to say anything, Logan piped up saying, "He already had strawberries. It was the first thing on his plate."
I looked at Logan saying, "Zip it."
"Why can't we eat strawberries with our fish," says Caleb.
"Seriously," says Paula. "You might almost be a teenager but you still can't control yourself when it comes to strawberries."
Strawberries are most definitely a favorite at our house. And healthy too!
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