Brady and Ian have very hearty appetites, but what sends me to the grocery store a few times a week is their drinking rather than their eating. One week I kept count of how much they drank:
3.5 gallons of milk
1 gallon of orange juice
almost 1 gallon of apple juice
Between the two of them, they consistently drink a half-gallon of milk each day. I have to stop at the store at least twice a week in addition to my normal Saturday grocery trip just to keep the fridge stocked.
The boys eat a lot as well. In a typical week the four of us go through 3 dozen eggs, 2 loaves of bread, and too much fruit to count. Ian and Brady love every kind of fruit they've tried, and they will eat most vegetables. Their favorite vegetables are sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, and broccoli (yes, broccoli). In the past, they haven't been wild about eating meat, but they will now take at least a few bites of whatever meat is on their plate.
A lot of the time, the boys can eat as much as me (and I'm eating for two)! For example, it has become our "tradition" to have a big Sunday breakfast, and every week the boys will each eat scrambled eggs, a piece of turkey sausage, one and a half cinnamon rolls, and fruit. If we have something for dinner they love - like pizza or lasagna - they'll eat two helpings. When we go to Cracker Barrel, they can each eat an entire kids' meal and a biscuit.
It makes me cringe to think about what our grocery bills will look like 10 years from now!
2 comments:
Amy, you neglected to mention the gallon of milk and the gallon of o.j. they drink at Nana's Mon-Fri. What can I say, they're growing boys.
Nana
Sounds like the are great eaters! Andrew should take some lessons.
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