You have to feed the kids how many days in a row? Does the food keep?
All I know is that the hairs on my neck went up when I read the last part of your note and I got an obstinate feeling.
"In the future, I would appreciate some communication far enough in advance so that I don't have a dinner prepared and three kids that have already eaten."
Is the issue a prepared meal or what's being taken away.. the family time that comes from eating together?