As a child we rarely ate boxed cereal....actually eating cereal for breakfast didn't happen often in our home. For a Christmas treat my parents started a tradition of letting us pick any cereal we wanted....a box of cereal of our very own choosing and we didn't have to share it with anyone. I remember picking Frankenberry or Booberry or Count Chocouberry as my choice.
Barry and I have continued this tradition with our family, as we too, rarely have boxed cereal for breakfast, well at least boxed cereal that the kids deem as "good" (unless we find a really great sale, I'm a sucker for a good sale). We eat toasted oats, corn flakes or bran flakes occasionally, usually it's pancakes, muffins or oatmeal gracing our breakfast menus.
Our kids love this tradition as much as me and my siblings did years ago. We allow them to open the box on Christmas morning, to eliminate the anticipation that they are already dealing with in waiting for Santa's arrival, we purchase the cereal the day of Christmas Eve. Mmmmmm, can't wait for that nutritious chocolately goodness.
I want some cookie crisp, now!
ReplyDeleteThat is a fun traditon. I loved reading all the new posts about your Christmas celebrations.