Step One: Suggest, out of boredom, that having a tea party would be a fun activity for the afternoon. Suggest it to the enthusiastic, party-planning 5-year-old who doesn't let these kinds of things slide.
Step Two: Raid fridge and pantry. Discover that you are completely out of all things tea-party appropriate (juice, cookies, snack-y ANYTHING). Panic a bit. Shed a tear of frustration as you feel your awesome-mommyness crumbling.
Step Three: Grab a box of Frosted Mini Wheats. Rename them "crumpets". Say it in a bad British accent: "Dah-ling, would you like mo' crumpets? Is your water/tea to your liking?"
Step Four: Take that awesome-mommyness award and treat yourself to some more crumpets. You are awesome.
4 comments:
You really are good at sneaking that stuff.
That is an awesome idea! Of course, my kids really like shredded mini wheats. Probably because that was the only thing that I really like to eat while pregnant with Hunter.
Ahhh, a tea party! I LOVE tea parties. I love crumpets, I love water tea, I love fake British accents,I love the enthusicatic 5 year old and the creative mommy-ness. Sunday I was telling Radene about the tea party we had in our backyard one summer long ago...how the lizards served us and how we played croque...(I never could spell that word)but I didn't tell her about Mrs....and her twins!
Hey- that's a much better idea than just dumping a bunch of sugar on their kix, or adding plain cheerios to a very high-in-sugar type of cereal to begin with. Crumpets eh? I'll give it a try!
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