Firsts

At some point in Anson’s early childhood, he determined that he didn’t like soup.

So, I pretty much stopped making soup.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but from time to time when I DID decide to make soup, I created side dishes and meal alternatives to accommodate Anson’s soup aversion.

My mother-in-law gave me a pressure cooker for my birthday this year, and I had a tortilla chicken soup recipe that I was dying to try in it. Today, I finally made it. And as I was putting the finishing touches on the topping-chopping, I contemplated making Anson and Maddox quesadillas or some other somewhat-aligned side dish.

Because Anson doesn’t like soup.

And then I remembered that the kids had quesadillas for dinner the night before.

And I also remembered that Anson is four years old, and I’m 35, and like, he can probably just eat whatever we eat.

So, there was no backup plan dinner.

I did rebrand the soup “taco soup” to appeal to the children’s love of the book “Dragons Love Tacos” but other than calling it something different, the kids had what we had for dinner tonight.

Soup.

And as Anson ate his 3rd or 4th unprotesting bite, he announced, “Ohhh Mom this is the best soup I’ve had in years.”

And he wasn’t wrong, other than that it was the ONLY soup he’d had in years.