Do I really have to cook???

I know that sometimes as a mother I often wonder if I really have to cook supper.. LOL I also often wonder where my kids put all the food. They come home from school starved to death and eat and eat and eat go outside play for a little while and are wanting supper.. Really?? I am like there is no way you are hungry and they are like yes mom we are starving.. Feed them a big supper and before bedtime they are like wanting to snack again, this irritates me especially when we have a late supper.. I am like where do you put all the food at, there is no way you can be hungry.. Of course we all know they are STARVING.. They eat like they have not eaten all day.. 
Now let me be honest here my kids are all big enough to make themselves a bowl of cereal or toast for breakfast and most of them can make ramen noodles, or the little chef boy r d cups or sandwich's. So often times in Saturdays because they all get up at different times and are doing different things they will grab breakfast on their own and depending on the schedule they fend for themselves for lunch.. (please tell me this makes me a mom and not a bad person) Then I will fix a big nice supper and after we have eaten supper and we are getting ready for bed one of my kids always says to me either right as I am cooking supper or afterward. Mom you did not make lunch or my personal favorite as they are going to bed, but mom you did not cook lunch. They think if I did not cook it or make it for them that it does not count as a meal.. LOL I am like you have been eating all day have you starved... Well no, but.... But what?????
I try to make sure that I have made homemade cookies, cupcakes or something for them to have after school everyday and believe me when I say they are hungry after school. They will eat yogurt, pudding, jello, toast and then eat chips, cookies, fruit and a lot of it. How in the world can these kids put away that much food..
I love to cook, but golly jeepers where in the world do they put it all.. I love cooking and baking and my kids are spoiled and do not like it if I cheat and do not make something from scratch, now they will come to your house and eat it, but if mom makes a cheat meal you better watch out..
Here is probably the number one reason I ask myself if I really have to cook.. The reason is that although I love to cook and love hearing people talk about how good of a cook I am I sometimes think it is just like laundry or cleaning.. You cook a good big meal, they eat it and you are left with the dirty dishes.. LOL
I know that sometimes I think cooking is a thankless job, but in reality I am blessed to be able to cook for my kids, our friends and others. I am blessed to know how to cook and how to feed my kids well and that we do not have to just eat sandwich's, rice, or beans. That we live in a place where we have a variety of foods to cook, eat and produce. So even when I am not wanting to cook I praise the Lord for allowing me to be in a place where I am able to cook a good meal with a variety of foods for my kids.. I am blessed indeed so yes the answer is I really do have to cook.. :)

Till Next Time... God Bless