This morning while getting the girls ready for school I was also trying to think of dinner. What am I going to make? Do I need to run to the grocery store? I was already getting annoyed. Not only am I not a huge fan of cooking, but my kids are so freaking picky, I (very) quickly run out of things they will actually eat. Then it dawned on me…they have cheerleading pictures tonight at 5pm & we’ll be lucky if we can get out of there in an hour. Little angels with harps starting playing in my head. Problem solved, we’re getting McDonald’s. Yep, that’s right. My name is Jessica & I (occasionally) let my kids eat fast food.
All you green eating, GMO free people can roll your eyes at me all you want. Look at me, I was allowed to eat it (occasionally) as a kid & I have grown into a semi-normal, thriving adult. But seriously, our schedules are bananas (yes, I had to sing the song to spell that). Like crazy insane & I only have 2 kids. I don’t know how my friends with 3 or more kids do it (shout out to my girl Renee who has FIVE damn kids).
Just about every day of the week we have SOMETHING–gymnastics, acro, cheer, CCD, Girl Scouts. Most things run during dinner so by the time everything gets over & we get home, it’s late. Y’all do not want to see my kids when they are tired & hungry. Soooo, insert McDonald’s (or whatever fast food we drive by). It’s quick, it’s easy & somehow, they are less picky about eating nuggets that come from test tube chickens.
I won’t lie, I still feel shameful when I go through the drive thru (you didn’t think I actually went in, did you?!) & order 2 kids meals. I always look at the car behind me to see what their reaction is when they hear me order. And I duck down a little in my seat when I go up to the window thinking the worker is silently judging me for feeding my children this crap.
Look, they don’t eat it 7 days a week. I do cook at home & they generally eat pretty healthy so stop judging me. It keeps them happy & it keeps my sanity. It’s a win-win.
Don’t be a judgey-judgerstein. No one likes that. Plus you aren’t fooling anyone. We’ve all done it. So let’s make a pact! From here on out, no more judging. No more slinking down in your seat with shame. Hold your head high & hand that money over with pride. We have nothing to be ashamed about. There is no scientific evidence that shows eating chicken nuggets turns your children into future serial killers (I don’t think). However, a tired, stressed out parent that now has to rush home & cook for people who probably won’t eat it anyway, is a true recipe for serial killer-ness.
Soooo what’s for dinner tonight?!
P.S. we order pizza some nights too so suck on that one.
