Experiments

You asked for oatmeal this morning

I mashed bananas and mixed them in, since

they were going bad and variety is good

right?

Your first bite.

Gag. choke. big tears well up in your eyes.

You spit the mouthful back into the bowl

and look at me in despair and anger.

How dare I taint your favorite breakfast dish?

I'll put some chocolate chips on it.  Bananas are

good with chocolate right?

You nod.  Oh how you trust your

Mommy.

2nd attempt.

Gag. Choke. Alligator tears spill down over your cheeks.

You chew a few more times, moaning, apparently trying to

convince yourself that chocolate chips make

everything better

but they don't.

thin brown drips of pureed banana oatmeal chocolate chip

mush begin streaming from the corners of your mouth

swallow. I order. just swallow that bite and you

don't have to eat anymore.

um! um! You shake your head.

nauseated chipmunk cheeks puffed out.

Daggers in your eyes.

JUST swallow and take a drink

um!um!  moreheadshaking

don't spit that out.

ummmmm, moaning, desperation

you hold your mouth open like a baby bird

keeping the watery goo in, but taking some breaths

of air through your mouth.

gulp.

done.

drink.
finally.

You've earned a bowl of Lucky Charms instead.

Lesson learned:  mashed bananas in oatmeal sounds better

than it tastes.