When You Have Four Boys Whose Ages Are All in the Double Digits…
things change. Like the cost of food. Sure, there’s the grocery bill with the four gallons of milk and ten boxes of cereal. But let’s talk about Cracker Barrel because that is what Sam chose for his 10-year-old birthday lunch.
I remember a time when we could take our then-family of six to Cracker Barrel and feed them all for about $25. Chewydad and I ordered adult plates, Brig, Ben and Drew ordered kid meals with chocolate milk, and we asked for a plate of biscuits. Sam was a baby and would chew on whatever we passed his way.
It has gotten easier to go to Cracker Barrel–no high chairs or boosters, no guilty feelings for the mess we were leaving on the floor or for the spilled milk and sticky handprints. But GOOD GRIEF! I never thought I’d see the day when I’d pay $72.46 for a meal at Cracker Barrel.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Oh Momma….you are in for it now. My mil had four boys all about 2 years apart, and the food….she still talks about how much those boys ate during their teenage years.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:20 pm
All I have to say is, Sam has great taste! Cracker Barrel is my birthday dinner destination of choice, too.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 am
LOL. My brother and I worked at a summer camp one year and my mom told us we couldn’t come back home because her grocery bill had been cut in half!
April 24th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Only four gallons of milk a week? You have it easy. . . *LOLOL* Seriously, I remember when my boys were little thinking that another child just meant another potato in the pot. Now? Oh, my. And I only have TWO in double-digits so far. . .