I have talked to our kids ad nauseam about their attitudes when approaching the kitchen table at meal time.

I thought I had put an end to “Ohh, that’s gross.” Or, “It smells so bad it makes me want to puke.” But yesterday, I heard a new one.

I had served the girls a sandwich, some mango slices and some cut up orange pepper strips for lunch.

The girls are used to red pepper strips and Ellie looked at her plate confused.

“Mom, I like the sandwich and the mango. I like red peppers, but orange peppers….” She looked up waiting for a reaction from me. “I hate orange peppers. They make me plug my nose like I’m swimming underwater.”

Baby: “Water.” plugs nose and then tosses peppers on the floor.