Guilt ridden fruity notes

As you know, I am a working mother. So, during the summer my kids are home. Alone. And, so, I worry about them eating their fruits and vegetables. (I worry about a few other things too.) Thats two meals a day of unmonitored eating and it gave me a LOT of culturally sponsored parental guilt.

 So, I asked them to eat one fruit item from the fruit stocked bowl on the counter. I said, "Do you think you could eat one fruit after lunch each day?" Which I think means "You will eat a fruit every day after lunch." but the kids interpreted it as "Eat fruit but, only if you want to." 

They did not eat any fruit. I think its because we have a freezer stocked with popsicles. 

So, in the end, I ate the fruit.

I took the fruit with me to work due to the guilt of them going bad. But, I have a secret. I don't really like fruit. (No gasping) Well, thats not exactly true I just prefer a veggies. And so, the other day, when I went to get the pear to take to work. I did not really want to. And, then....

I had this idea.

And, it worked!

And even though, it was only 1 piece of fruit over the three months of summer. The guilt is gone.