A certain kids eat free deal.

I love using Twitter. It helps me do my job and if I lost that and my iPhone, I would be so lost it's not funny. Right now the hottest deal EVERYONE is Tweeting about is IKEA Kids eat free thing. Ok so I'm all for a good deal but come on! It's only a $.99 deal to begin with AND it's only mac & cheese or the meatballs. I went there a little while ago and their meatballs do not taste as good as they used to. My kids won't even touch them anymore.

You really have to look at the deal and the quality of the food before you take your kids there and IKEA is not the place where I want my family to eat. I always wish there were cheaper, healthier places to eat since my kids do eat just about anything but I know what I can get away with and where with them.

I have noticed that as my kids have gotten older, they have become better eaters. If you have picky eaters, it can change and the way to change it (which I have done this) is tell them what they can eat at the restaurant. My kids know that if they want to eat out they do not get to eat grilled cheese, mac & cheese or quesadillas. Why? My kids are growing kids and that stuff is not only unhealthy but also not filling. Since my oldest can read I ask him to read what they have and tell me what he'd like to eat. It makes it so much easier.

Off point though. Please when taking your kids out to eat, please feed them something that is filling and isn't horribly bad for them. If they start bad habits now, you may not be able to change them later.