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{"id":357,"date":"2016-12-29T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mom-gene.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2016-12-29T05:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T11:42:23","slug":"i-play-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mom-gene.com\/2016\/12\/29\/i-play-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"I Play Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"Last week my mom and I took the kids to Steak \u2018n Shake. It was a last minute decision because we had been on a mission to buy a new vacuum as our Christmas tree destroyed the last one (don\u2019t ask). The restaurant was in walking distance from the store and dinner that involves no dishes and not having to load everyone in the car again is a no-brainer.<\/p>\n
The restaurant was crowded. Charlie was restless because I had left the wheelchair at school so he was constrained to a stroller. The twins were in pajamas (I would if I could too) and were determined to hunt down every germ. Jonas sampled each french fry he found on the floor like a connoisseur\u00a0 while Cora swung from greasy chair rails. It was also 90 degrees in there, a miscommunication between the fifty degree weather outside and the heater indoors. Hot sauna burgers.<\/p>\n
The promise of food is the only thing that will get them to be still.<\/p><\/div>\n
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But something happened to turn it all around. Cora asked for pepper in her ketchup. Those who know me know I love all things spicy. Last week at an Indian restaurant the manager asked me if I had Indian blood in me after polishing off the spiciest vindaloo. Fire in my veins, or as Jody would claim, no taste buds. As I watched Cora lick the pepper off the fry my heart did a quick pirouette. She was my girl, my heart, my mini me! We had a moment.<\/p>\n
Of course, most of the time she and I fight to the death. She knows how to push me to the edge and then watch as I crack.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo mommy, we have to eat the banana in here. We always eat it in here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy you need to sweep that up.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy you have to fold it like this” (I kid you not).<\/p>\n
She is determined and OCD and basically me. Most of the time this does not work in our favor. I fear for both of us when she reaches teen-dom. I may take a sabbatical.<\/p>\n