Breakfast is an important meal to start the day. Trying to get yourself and your family dressed, teeth and hair brushed, fed, and out the door can be an insurmountable hurdle. Many families will ask if there children can have breakfast at my house so they can alleviate at least one pressure off of the morning, or if its okay for them to come in their pajamas etc…
Friday morning, Dad comes rushing in, “I am sorry we are running late, here is their clothes, they had breakfast already. I am so incredibly late!”. I grabbed the bag, the children, and off Dad ran. Looking down at two sweet little chocolate covered faces, I knew my morning was going to be very eventful. I decided to ask the kids what they had for breakfast as I washed them up. They gushed with excitement and delight to reveal they had eaten chocolate cereal that had a chocolate filling! Getting them dressed was also a trying event 🙂 Their energy was absolutely vibrating around them.
Attempting to help them wear off some of their sugar rush proved to be a bit of a challenge. Unfortunately trying to get my own family up and ready for the day just added to the chaos. Once my family had left, we went outside for a walk to the park. Still so much energy, so we did exercises. I was getting exhausted trying to keep up with them. Although they survived, they had a wicked sugar crash on the playroom floor, both of them sleeping for two hours. Time for me to recover 🙂
Explaining to their Mother at pick up that although I understand breakfasts can be fun, so much sugar and caffeine in the morning was probably too much for their little bellies. She looked at me bewildered, so I explained breakfast 🙂 She looked at me in disbelief, explaining that she had had an early meeting so Dad was responsible for breakfast that morning. Shaking her head she apologized. Laughing I told her it was okay, we had survived.
My revenge was sweet. Mom was leaving the following Friday for a girls weekend away. Dad arrived to pick up the children. I smiled as he looked down at their sweet little chocolate bar smiles 🙂