More peas please, in a pod that is.

Well I guess it has come to no surprise that my kids are just a tad strange and their palates are no exception to that, my girls love green peas, yes green little round peas that most kids despise and often have trouble eating, with forks it is hard to jab them, spoons they roll off of, but my girls could eat them with chopsticks if they had to. I often find that peas usually just become an accessory to other things on kids plates they will not eat, they use them to decorate their mash potato's, and sometimes even stick them up their noses....whats up with that anyway, now that is weird, but than again we are talking about kids. I recall one day the girls kept going back for seconds, thirds and even fourths for peas one day so I sarcastically ask Macy "would you like some more peas?", she responds with an ear to ear grin and says "YES, peas make you happy!", I just giggled as she returned and got more, you could hardly see the bottom of her plate as it was, looked like it had sleeted several inches of peas right on her plate and yet that just wasn't enough. I am happy my girls love peas and they love them without all the extra butter and salt, which is even more weird but hey in this day and age I am glad that I do not have to puree, fry or smother them with cheese to get my kids to eat them, fried peas...hmmmm, maybe that will be the next big thing at the fair next season, I can see it now, they can fry mac-n-cheese guess they could peas. So today I put the peas to the test and decided to see if they really could make you feel better, make you happy as they say...after a long day and one that wasn't the greatest I could use just a little pick me up, so I made peas for dinner and I must say that there just may be something to the pea thing, I do feel better, and yes it probably wasn't as much the peas itself but the mere fact that now every time I eat them I get a boost from the the fact that there is now something sentimental to the peas, anything that makes our kids happy, makes us happy, and every time I look at peas I can't help but think of my three little "peas in a pod" and the big smile on my Macy's face as she exclaimed how peas made her feel, they make her happy and in return makes me happy!! Love my peas, in a pod that is!! Thanks to my girls for making peas something I can now enjoy, even if they aren't my favorite veggie at least they make me happy now! :)