"Mom, why do we have pancakes for breakfast? Why can't we have something else?" It seems that no matter what I make I can't win. If we have oatmeal Allison is unhappy. If we have cream of wheat Andrew is unhappy. If I make pancakes too many days in a row Kathryn is unhappy. Depending on their mood the little boys will boycott breakfast (or any other meal for that matter). I try to be a good mother and fix the kids a hot breakfast every day. Not only is it better for them but it is way cheaper than cold cereal.
As a kid it seems like we ate hot cereal every day for breakfast. I know it wasn't quite that often but there wasn't a whole lot of variety. I confess I do make pancakes a lot. I can make them start to finish in about 15 min. Of all the breakfast choices the kids complain about pancakes the least. But I think I better try for a little more variety or else my kids will whine later in life that all I ever made for breakfast was pancakes. As if having pancakes every day is a burden.
I really do think it was almost every day we had hot cereal - at least 5 out of 7 days. But we did at least have a good variety of hot cereal choices (cracked wheat and apples was my least favorite - everything else I loved)
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