Inadvertent Social Experiment?

With kids, our weekends are packed with stuff, not necessarily of our choosing. Sunday was a run for Mom, followed by swimming lessons for the girls, with as small window for lunch before going to a festive art show birthday gathering for Riley's teacher.

After swimming, we may or may not on a regular basis, stop for a little Mickey D's. Today Riley wanted "chicken nuggets" (I use the term loosely), Kate did not. Mommy likes to do quality control on the french fries.

Festive party was very near a Whole Foods in our old pre kids neighborhood. After Kate, Jeff and I all picked out our healthy lunch choices loaded in compostable containers, we hit the cafe area to dine. I KNEW that Riley would want more of her lunch.. so I had 'hidden' it in my reusable grocery sack for just this moment. I put out the 2 chicken nuggets that were left onto a whole foods napkin, hoping it would blend in... and no sirens would go off or preservative/trans fat/bad for you stuff police would show up in sustainable hemp and bamboo outfits to confiscate our lunch. "I want the box Mommy!!" Why yes, of course you do.

I will not be judged by these people I boldly think to myself as I pull out the McDonalds Chicken Nugget box AND chocolate milk with red and yellow straw and settle it in front of her. These are community style tables and we were sharing ours with two older women.... and then it came.

I got it. The updown. The scowl. I kind of wished I was taking video of this. And then mentally decided I was taking the approach of this being a purposeful social experiment.

Yeah. Okay. (That's kind of the look Jeff gave me as I tried to get rid of all the left over french fry evidence in the car afterwards..)