. finger lickin' .

i ALWAYS said that my children would not be picky eaters.  i wasn't going to let them.  they were going to like a good variety of healthy foods and eat whatever i cooked.  then i became a mom and reality set in.  i did start feeding both girls healthy food, fruits and veggies from the very beginning.  they ate frozen peas when they could first eat solids and fruits galore.  somewhere between cute baby cheeks and sassy toddlers, their palates changed.  i'm not sure where we went wrong or what changed, but they are pretty darn picky now and it makes this mama crazy.  there's a very select group of foods they will eat, but luckily they eat most fruit and a few veggies with a good bribe. 

tonight, however, i think i found the grand champion of all dinners.  they licked their plates clean.  maybe they were still starving from refusing to eat what i slaved over made last night.  tonight i made these yummy honey drumsticks (recipe on my menu i posted monday).  they were AMAZING, if i do say so myself.  each girl ate TWO whole drumsticks, down to the bone.  i also made corn on the cob and baked beans.  here's crazy baby gnawing on her chicken bones ..

ok, so i'm pretty sure this could qualify as their favorite meal.  there's a good possibility that if there wasn't ice cream cones and cookie cake that mimi brought for dessert, that they would have eaten every last drumstick i made.  that ice cream was just too tempting though ...

what?  you know you have a picture posted with an ice cream cone.  everyone does.  right?  ok, so this was the only way i could get a picture of karsyn.  period.  i told her i needed a picture of her cone.  hey, do what you gotta do.  and when my girl has eyes as blue as those, i do what i can to get a good shot.