Trash man

Lately, Nathan has had the appetite of a grown man. He will eat more than me and as much as Bruce for dinner and then ask for more to eat an hour later. The other day I had asked him if he had a trash man that lives in his belly and steals his food. He laughed and will now occasionally ask for food for the trash man. He must be going thru a growth spurt.

For example the other night at dinner, he ate a crescent roll, two good size helpings of Hamburger Helper and probably half a can of corn. Then he took a shower and about an hour after dinner he said he was hungry and wanted cereal. He kept asking for more cereal and eventually he had as much cereal as I eat in a sitting. He ate that bowl, asked and ate a second bowl. He asked for a third bowl and this time didn't fill it as full and ended up eating it all.

Bruce or I will have to get a second job to pay for our food bills if all the boys eat like this someday. I am shocked at the amount of food that Nathan can pack away.

Since we are getting ready to butcher, Bruce made two packs of tenderized pork the other night. He figured that he could use all the leftover meat for sandwiches for the next week. By the time both boys ate their fill, we packed lunches for the next day (both Bruce and the boys) there were only two 5 ounce pieces of meat left. Back from my Pork Queen days, 3 ounces of meat was about the size of a playing card. I bet I only had about 5 ounces of meat and the boys just kept asking for more. Darren has turned into a HUGE meat eater.