Family Meal Organizer Gifts

"You realize, of course, that a gentleman always serves himself last."

"See? I told you changing his food would be traumatizing."

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

'I'd say your caravan's a tad overloaded, sir.'

"Who ordered the double chocolate parfait with a cherry on top?"

Chez Nous Menu

'I'm worried about him, he eats his vegetables, but not his dessert!'

"Mom, does the Russian borscht you made for dinner give me foreign-policy experience?"

"Be sure and eat your frozen vegetables."

'Thanksgiving's no holiday for turkeys or the women who cook them.'

"Can you turn these mashed potatoes into french fries?"

Making healthy substitutions at mealtime

Mrs. Robot attempts to improve her family's diet.

The family picnic is at 5. Would you please boil the eggs, Twig? And Teddy? Go clean out the cooler! Oh! Grab the badminton set, too. Stop. Your little cousins will need entertaining! Leave it to mom � To take the independence out of Independence Day.

"When it comes to turkeys, Mom, you sure know your stuff-ing."

A man and baby wearing bibs

"Can you reinvent the classic grilled cheese for me?"

"Tia Carmen, if you had a bucket list, what would you put in it?"

"I can't party like I used to, I've got enough Tupperware"

'A hacker broke into our computer and, in an act of human kindness, deleted your mother's recipe for peppers and meat loaf.'

"Teddy, you call this a 'clean room'?"

'I'm saving some for leftovers tomorrow.'

"All good things must come to an end...unless I use both of my giant-size super-pots."

"You're close, but you're not the record. The record for one family in one booth—all from out of state, each ordering a complete breakfast—was set in 1978, with fifteen."

"Mum, why can't we just have a normal Sunday roast like other families?"

"Mother will never be able to rest on her laurels. If they're green, she'll cook them."

Summer Outing Planning

"Mom told me to make my vegetables disapear."

'For the last time, Megan, she won a blue ribbon at the Imperial Valley Fair... I mean, my hands are tied here.'

Excess Baggage: The younger the traveler, the greater the amount of luggage required.

"So...that's B11, C8, F5, and A3?"

"I mean, he does have a point."

"Tonight, we'll be eating hot dogs with a mustard-ketchup-and-pickle purée, accompanied by peas lightly sprinkled with ketchup. Then fettuccine al dente with a ketchup sauce, followed by applesauce maison with a dollop of you know what!"

'After you with the camouflage.'

"Apparently it's my fault, somehow, that we have an S.U.V."