Ah the great spaghetti debate. The four year old screams and cries "I don't want sauce!!" every. single. time., only to be met with, "I didn't give you any that's not your spaghetti!" every.single.time.

Then of course my little Rose asks for sauce, sees Four without sauce and can not possibly have sauce on hers... but she does want cheese and pepper flakes. So the sauced bowl I'd given her becomes mine.

Five wants sauce and meatballs but no cheese until he's half finished. He also wants pepper flakes but can not for the life of him handle spice so I have to very carefully make sure only the tiniest flecks enter his bowl.

Seven wants sauce and cheese with no meatballs. Heavens forbid you try to give a kid that LOVES meatloaf a meatball.

Nine, Thirteen, and Sixteen want it proper at least, with everything.

Eighteen won't usually eat anything but pizza rolls, but hey she's an adult now she can eat what she wants so long as it doesn't mess with what I'm doing.

I can't let anyone serve themselves either because chaos.

About once a week. I make spaghetti a lot because its the easiest dinner option I've found yet.