Hungry, Hungry Hippos

Last year we planted carrots in the garden. By fall, we were pretty much done getting anything out of our garden, but all winter we noticed a few carrots that kept getting bigger and bigger. They had bug holes in them, and I was just going to dig them up and throw them out when we were ready to plant this year. But the dog beat me to it. Apparently we're not feeding her enough because she always acts like she's starving to DEATH, and she'll eat anything. We gave her pop rocks and gross jelly beans after Sophie's party just to see what she'd do, and she loved them. This afternoon I noticed the dog had dug the last of the old carrots out of the garden and was chewing on it. Whatever. Dogs eat all sorts of gross things and they don't really care. But I guess I'm not feeding Claire enough either. She's kind of like the dog in some ways. She acts like she's starving all the time. She eats like a hobbit (first breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies...). And she'll eat anything too, like those same flavors of jelly beans. I think it's because she's so used to my sub par cooking, she takes it for granted that food is for staying alive, not necessarily for tasting good. I just let her in from playing outside with her sisters to find she'd acquired said carrot from the dog and was eating it herself (blech!). I'm sure she was thinking,"Sick, moldy carrot or mom's dinner....I'll take the carrot."