Friday, October 12, 2007

Toothsome #2

I don't deserve toothsome #2. She has been blessed with some amazing gifts and I just get to be her mother and watch her unfold. She is my child that everything comes naturally for her and as a result, I often get credit, where none is due.

Case in point, she was born with a natural love of healthy foods. When she switched from baby food to table food, she discovered tomatos and from then on, any fruit or vegetable was all she would eat. I would take her to McDonald's as a toddler and she would ask if she could get a salad with her kids meal. I would then put the salad, chicken mcnuggets and fries in front of her and all that would get eaten was the salad. A perfect lunch for her is an assortment of fruits and vegetables and I have to convince her to eat something with protein in it.

Let me remind everyone that she is just 6 years old. Her latest health kick happened one morning at breakfast when she read the back of our Cherrios box. It reads, "Did you know that in just 6 weeks Cherrios can reduce bad cholesterol by an average of 4 percent?" It then encourages one to take the 6 weeks challenge and "you will feel better." She read that, and decided to take the 6 week challenge. We are on week number 2 and every morning, she says, "Mom, get me my Cherrios." Now that we are on week 2, she is saying things, like, "I already feel better. Imagine how great I am going to feel in 4 more weeks?" What a nut!

6 comments:

love.boxes said...

That is the cutest. My kid would like to live on candy. I'm a little jealous.. if they eat healthy that cuts out a lot of worries.

(Let's) GO FLY A KITE!! said...

That is a great story! What a cool kid. You know...you are going to get the blame for anything not so positive your kids do in the future, so why not take the credit for the good things? Here...let me start...you must really be a great mother to have a daughter who eats such healthy food...good for you!

(Let's) GO FLY A KITE!! said...

That is a great story! What a cool kid. You know...you are going to get the blame for anything not so positive your kids do in the future, so why not take the credit for the good things? Here...let me start...you must really be a great mother to have a daughter who eats such healthy food...good for you!

(Let's) GO FLY A KITE!! said...

That is a great story! What a cool kid. You know...you are going to get the blame for anything not so positive your kids do in the future, so why not take the credit for the good things? Here...let me start...you must really be a great mother to have a daughter who eats such healthy food...good for you!

(Let's) GO FLY A KITE!! said...

Ok...I don't know why that posted 3 times...sorry

jo said...

So, when I have a child, can she come over and teach them how to eat healthy foods?