Thursday, August 26, 2010

WE LOVE OUR FOOD

Here we all love to eat it seems,snack or a full meal;all the children here eat good- even my picky eaters walk away stuffed. this week we have been eating lots of fresh fruits on my "Let's get healthy" plan. Claire and Gracelyne ate fresh strawberries and peaches one morning this week here for breakfast,about twenty minutes after they ate Claire looks at me and says "Got any Oatmeal"? well she got oatmeal as well as three other children,funny thing here is that almost every time it's a Claire day, Clair comes in and first thing out of her most mornings is just that,"Got any oatmeal" I think she'd eat it every meal. Now one of the children's favorites here is corn dogs (not the mini-dogs) and cheese puffs. All the children love vegetables too,we sometimes have just vegetables for lunch,and yesterday I heard Gracelyne tell Claire "Mmmm I smell fried potatoes" to cute,they love lunch time,we all eat together,and after blessing the food, we jump right into talking about what we did last night when we got home and Eryn loves to talk about her shopping trips.They all love talking about what toys they have in their room and where they went over the week-in and Eryn,Claire,and Gracelyne talk about church a lot and like singing songs they sing in Sunday school.

I just love to sit back and listen to them chat and oh how I love to see children prefer,fruits and vegetables over cakes and candy. some times Eryn does ask for a Moon Pie-wink! When we had cup cakes last only one child ate them,others licked a little icing off the top and they was done.(Gavin has a sweet tooth-hix Gavin will eat anything that is not nailed down-the word snack will make him race for the kitchen)

This week on my fruit list we had: watermelon,cantaloupe,strawberries,bananas,apples,and peaches (all fresh)----I love fruit for breakfast. Now the children are really getting into it also,so I see grapes.apples,raisins,and more watermelon on my list for next week. Gracelyne loves apples and peanut butter. When we have cereal most will eat raisin brand and fruit and brand cereals over the real sugary ones.

One thing we want cut out is our occasionally chocolate gravy over buttered biscuits and good old pancakes covered in butter,maple syrup,topped with strawberry preserves! Breakfast is out favorite meal,I can not wait for more cool mornings to take our breakfast out to the balcony. Oh Yes.
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Anonymous said...

How many baby sitters still cook a hot meal---you take such good care of the children,one can see how much you love children.