Bought mc d's on the way home from a day out, dished up, left kids (5 and 7) in the kitchen eating, I went to sort some stuff out in laundry. Kids come in 10 minutes later big smiles saying they had eaten all their tea. Immediately suspicious as the dog was hanging around and it normally takes them forever to eat, I asked if they had given it to the dog. Dd (5 and has form for lying) says no, ds who is generally more honest said yes. Turns out they ate about half a burger and a bag of chips between them.
I am fuming, not only at the wasted food (i could so have eaten the burger) but at the lie from dd. to make things worse while giving kids a good bollocking about wasting food I said the happy meals cost £2.99 each, to which ds said £2.99, that's nothing. I have therefore made him take £2.99 out of his money box, likewise for dd. I have also sent dd to bed half an hour early for lying.
I have also not allowed them to have anything else to eat, if they are hungry perhaps they will start to value the food that's dished up to them!