Play with Your Food

"Mom, you tell us to play with our food, right?" my son said.

"Yes."  

My nephew looked a little surprised.

They can play with their food as long as it doesn't fly.  Whenever reasonable, I want them to engage their creativity.  They don't mess with their food very often, but whenever we eat mashed potatoes, you'll see all kinds of landscapes on the plate.

A couple of days ago, we dug up a new batch of cool carrots from my mother-in-law's amazing garden. When I was cleaning them up for dinner last night and saw the legs, I couldn't resist putting together the rest of this 100%-from-a-garden dude.  Yeah, he looks a little weird, but I try to practice what I encourage.