I did it! On Tuesday morning I got up 20 minutes early and started breakfast. I kept it simple with french toast sticks (1-slice of bread cut into 3 pieces), strawberries (which I prewashed Monday night) and yogurt with muesli. I know it sounds silly, but I was proud of myself to serve Christian a 'real' breakfast instead of boxed cereal with a banana or with a a cut orange. Tuesday morning my boy sat and enjoyed his breakfast thoroughly, then turned and said "Thanks mom, that was good!". Ahhh... now that is encouragement to keep it going.
Ok so I have to admit that breakfast at our household during school days had been very rushed and not so healthy. I would always let Christian pick out the oh so common cereal box that we all see advertised on TV. I'd pour a heap of sugary cereal with 2% milk into a bowl and set it on the table. I've obviously been slacking and taking the easy, unhealthy way out. Breakfast is referred to as the most important meal of the day, but somehow I don't think that a bowl full of sugar is what they are talking about. Breakfast is supposed to refuel my child and help boost his brain power for a busy day at school. Recently I've been making a better attempt to start Christian's day out with a healthier meal. I am keeping on my track of incorporating more fruits and because we have a super-sized box of cornflakes in the pantry I figured we'd have to use them up first. At a closer look at the labeling though I realized that the cornflakes aren't so bad compared to...
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