{"id":41,"date":"2006-03-01T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelandofka.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2006-03-01T19:21:08","modified_gmt":"2006-03-02T03:21:08","slug":"a-foodie-kailan-is-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelandofka.com\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"A Foodie, Kailan is not!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font size=\"3\">Dinnertime is always an interesting affair with a toddler.\u00a0 We struggle daily trying to get some variety into his diet.\u00a0 He has a rather simple palate.\u00a0 If he had his choice, it would be cheese sticks, cheese chunks, apple juice, and maybe some yogurt to mix it up.\u00a0 However, if there is something he can dip in ketchup, then he will give it a try. <span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><font size=\"3\">Piece #1 is submerged in the ketchup just a little bit.<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\">Piece #2 gets a full dunking in the ketchup.<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/font><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><font size=\"3\">Piece #3 gets dunked in the ketchup, flipped and dunked one more time.<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\">Piece #4 gets left on the plate, as he puts 2 fingers in the ketchup and ecstatically licks it off.<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><font size=\"3\">At this point it is utter coercion\u00a0to try to get him to eat anything other than the ketchup.\u00a0\u00a0 Ketchup is <em>not <\/em>a condiment for Kailan, rather it is a food group.\u00a0 I think we can all say a collective \u201cIck!\u201d to that!<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\">Speaking of foodies, since our little girl became mobile, she has become quite adept at finding bugs and putting them in her mouth, regardless of morbidity.\u00a0 We have a large contingent of elder bugs that have decided to live out the winter in our house.\u00a0 No matter how often we sweep, they just seem to multiply.\u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\">We just don&#8217;t get it.\u00a0 Perhaps she likes the feeling of multiple wire-like legs running on her tongue.<span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; 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