Penny is Ready to Go!

 


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  1. Comments11 December 2020 at 16:10

    From Lisa Millington:
    Penny, vegetables are delicious. Lots of children think that they won’t like them to start with but then they realise how yummy they can be! Well done for trying them – It shows just how grown up you are getting. My favourite is raw carrot sticks mmm…
    Lisa xx (I’d love to hear which ones you like the most)

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    1. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:28

      Thank you for telling me that you like carrot sticks. I am going to try them. from Penny xxxx.

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  2. Comments11 December 2020 at 16:10

    From Jo:
    Dear Penny,
    What a great idea this is! The trick is to keep trying them even if they taste really yucky because they are SO good for you!
    I didn’t like tomatoes for a very long time. I had to pick them out of all my sandwiches and all my salads and my friends got tired of me always giving my tomatoes to them! Soooo…..I taught myself to eat them! I started with the outside, just a bit at a time….and it was VERY yucky! Then when I got used to the big tomatoes I tried the little ones. Then I had to get used to the seeds!! That was the hardest part!
    It took a long time but I kept going and didn’t give up and now they are one of my most favourite things!
    My nieces and nephews love this funny book all about eating vegetables
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegetable-Glue-Mini-Board-Books/dp/184539299X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375117906&sr=1-1&keywords=vegetable+glue+book
    Check it out! They really like the page where his bottom falls off!!
    Good luck! I can’t wait to hear which vegetable is your favourite!
    from
    Daddy’s friend Jo in the Isle of Man
    xx

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    1. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:29

      I hope you like the tomatoos. Maybe I would like tomatoos one day. from Penny. xxxx

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    2. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:30

      We’ve ordered that book Jo! Thank you 😀 Emma x

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  3. Comments11 December 2020 at 16:11

    From Nicole:
    Good luck Penny! I’m going to show this to Jessica, who is also six. She likes quite a few vegetables but doesn’t like trying new things. Maybe you can try new things together and you can let her know what you like, and she can let you know what she likes? Have fun trying new things!

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    1. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:29

      Thank you for telling me that Jessica is six too and I am going to tell her that I will try new things too. I will try every kind of vegetable. from Penny. xxxx

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  4. Comments11 December 2020 at 16:11

    From Jussy:
    Hello lovely Miss Penny! I am sending you this message all the way from New Zealand (ask Mummy to show you on the map where it is) and down here we just LOVE our vege’s!! We eat lots of them everyday!! I hope that you try lots of lovely, different vege’s and maybe you could even try growing some (carrots are yummy fresh from the garden!). I look forward to hearing about all your vegetable adventures!! Tonight we had pasta with lovely brocolli and mushrooms for our dinner!

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    1. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:30

      I can find New Zealand on my map and I think I will try vegetables. I hope I will love a vegetable patch with lovely fresh carrots. from Penny xxxx

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  5. Comments11 December 2020 at 16:12

    From Stephanie Leuer:
    Good luck, Penny!

    Will and Kate (Just like your prince and princess!) love Ants On A Log! Do you have that in England? It is celery with peanut butter and raisins. I bet it would be good with almond or sun butter too.

    Stephanie

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    1. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:31

      We don’t have it but we can make it. I hope we I will like it. from Penny. xxxx

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  6. Comments11 December 2020 at 16:16

    From Mich:
    Hi Penny,

    My children didn’t like vegetables for a long time until we went to Cornwall and they tried cauliflower and brocolli grown in my auntie’s garden. Now they really like both. But can you keep a secret, even if I buy the veg here in the supermarket, I have to tell them a white lie and say it’s cornish and they eat it all.

    Good luck Mich xx

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    1. Emma11 December 2020 at 16:32

      That is funny. I will keep the secret! Thank you. From Penny. xxxx

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