We eat dinner as a family (me and the boys) at the table every night, except for Friday nights which has turned into Pizza/family movie nights so we eat on TV trays and watch a movie. DH works wonky hours so if he's home he eats with us, otherwise he eats at the base or when he gets home. It does get crazy sometimes when we have sporting events, but I still work around it and we eat together at the table (be it REALLY early like 4:00 or later in the evening). It just seems like the only time we all can slow down and be together for a half an hour or so!
Boys drink milk, I drink milk or water and DH is a die hard Dr Pepper addict. Course I'm a coffee addict so I can't complain too loudly.
I usually only make one thing for the family, but sometimes I have to make something different for Kyle since he has food allergies (peanut, soy, egg). The peanut is completely out, but sometimes I fix chinese for the rest of us and a corn dog for him, or a bean burrito or something. DH is lactose intolerant as well so that limits what I can fix too. But what I fix is what I fix, and if you are hungry later, the food will be cold but still there! No cleaning the plates required, just a good attempt at trying stuff.
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