May 23

Blueberries and Strawberry Milk

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While I was making a shopping list Thade asked if we could buy Strawberry Milk and Blueberries. Here is how the conversation went down…

Thade: Mom can we please buy blueberries and strawberry milk?

Mom: Thade, do you even like strawberry milk and blueberries?

Thade: I love them, I had them at school.

Mom: Really?!?

Thade: Yep, they are delicious, I promise I will eat them…

Mom: (thinking it over and realizing that Thade NEVER asks for fruit, so it might be a good idea) O.k. we’ll add them to the list.

Thade: Yay!

Then we went shopping, and I came home and made a delicious snack for the kids which included Strawberry Milk, Blueberries, and Bananas. Here is the result:

Thade: (popped a blueberry in his mouth) I don’t like blueberries!

Dylan: (also popped a blueberry in his mouth, and then spit it out quickly) Eeewwww yucky! I don’t like them, but I’ll squish them on my plate.

So this was a big blueberry FAIL! What to do with all of the leftover blueberries though…

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I tried sneaking them into homemade blueberry muffins, but still this one was also a  miss. I like them, but none of the guys liked them one bit.

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Yesterday I whipped up a batch of Strawberry-Banana-Blueberry Ice-Pops for the kiddos, and I’m going to see if they like the berries better in frozen form. We’ll see if they like them or not… I guess it is good that I didn’t invest in a berry patch for the backyard.

6 thoughts on “Blueberries and Strawberry Milk”

  1. I know how you feel. I put them in yogurt and make smoothies. My kids ate them when they were in grade school, but now they think they’re yucky.
    Have your kids had kiwis yet? I bet they’d like them.
    When I send fruit trays to my kids class parties, all the kids fight over the kiwi slices.

  2. My oldest Jake loves kiwi! funny, i don’t think I knew they existed when I was 4! I make smoothies alot, it’s the best way to get the youngest to eat fruit!!

  3. I will send Corrynn over to eat blueberries with you! I broke down and bought her some today. Those ice-pops look good after being outside for ball practice : )

  4. Thanks Mimi! Good job sneaking in blueberries too. I’ll give the kiwis a try, my hubby loves those! My boys are funny, Thade is really picky and doesn’t like his fruite and veggies and then Dylan will eat anything.

  5. Thanks Heather! Kiwi are super yummy 🙂 My hubby loves them too! I want my kiddos to get more fruits and veggies in their diet, but Thade is super picky. Maybe he’ll grow out of it one day.

  6. Thanks Stacey! I was thinking about Corrynn when the boys wouldn’t eat their blueberries. I think I even said that she likes them 🙂 The kiddos really liked the ice pops too, and they didn’t want ice cream, when the ice cream truck rolled by.

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