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    Last Modified: Sep 24, 2018 by Tara Ziegmont 6 Comments

    My Weird Kids Are Just Like Their Mother

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    My kids are weird.

    Last week, Grace was grumpy and tired and - being too old to lie down and take a nap - I suggested we watch a movie and just relax for a little while.weird kidsPin

    Okay, she agreed.

    "How about Tangled?" I asked, trying to come up with something we hadn't seen in a while.

    No, she responded. Looking over the DVDs, she asked, How about the Sound of Music?

    We watched The Sound of Music. On one hand, I was proud of her for choosing a quality classic film over a Disney Princess flick, but... that's kind of weird, don't you think?

    The next day, the girls and I were eating lunch together when Allie noticed my moussaka.

    Eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, ground beef, and a creamy custard topping - YUM!

    Allie thought so, too.

    Allie won't eat homemade baby food. She rarely eats anything that's typical for babies or toddlers.

    But she loves moussaka. That's kind of weird, don't you think?

    I remember clearly a remark my brother-in-law, my older sister's husband, made when I was about nineteen.

    "... if you weren't such an old lady..."

    At the time, I scoffed. "You're much older than me!" I objected.

    "Maybe I was born before you, but you're about sixty-two!" he reasoned. "You listen to Louis Armstrong. You play Yahtzee and Scrabble with Grandma. Those aren't normal teenager things.

    Even then, I had to admit that he was right. I'm not a normal person my age, and I never have been.

    I'm an old soul.

    My kids are old souls.

    At least we're in good company.

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    1. Stephanie says

      September 13, 2011 at 12:14 pm

      My kids are weird too. My 7 year old son won't eat spaghetti, my 5 year old hates hot dogs, but they'll both eat a steak and they LOVE corned beef...lol

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    2. Deb says

      September 13, 2011 at 10:42 pm

      My kids LOVE tzaziki sauce. It's so loved in our house, we've even nicknamed it "ziki." I can put it on anything and they'll eat it. Yet, if I try to feed them grilled cheese, they turn up their noses. Hmmm...maybe I should serve them grilled cheese with ziki! Yes...we fit into the weird group too. I think it gives us all character and I much prefer it that way.

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    3. Mychal B. says

      September 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm

      My oldest doesn't like cheese. He refuses to eat grilled cheese or mac & cheese, which to me goes against the very idea of being a kid. Don't all kids like grilled cheese and Mac & Cheese? I think all kids are weird in their own little ways. At least your little one like "real" food, that's a plus.

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    4. Cindy says

      September 19, 2011 at 5:42 am

      Freak. ;0)

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    5. Jimmie says

      September 19, 2011 at 11:38 am

      Funny! I am always telling my daughter that "normal" kids love ranch dressing on everything. My daughter eats her salad PLAIN -- nothing on it! WEIRD!

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    6. Kris @ Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers says

      September 19, 2011 at 8:46 pm

      Um, we went through a period where we drove around listening to The Sound of Music soundtrack and singing along at the top of our lungs. Does that answer your question? 😉

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