Pink Swirlies

Its funny how the littlest things can thrill a child.

Making breakfast at 6am is such a chore for me for two reasons. First, Its 6am for crying out loud! "Ack, where is my coffee and zip it will ya!".. Secondly, it is a chore unto itself to get kids to eat.

So anyway, last week I thought I would get creative with an old mainstay, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I got my rolling pin out and rolled flat two pieces of bread. On these I spread a layer of crunchy peanut butter and rolled them up like a taquito. Then I took a bit of jelly and a bit of butter and whipped it up in small bowl to make "pink" dip. (If you have girls then you KNOW pink is always a hit). Tylea loved them so much that she named them.

Now, this is important to consider.. kids only name things they love. I don't recall kid names for schoolbooks and chores and I don't recall fond names of doctors or dentist. Kids name puppies and cars and games and food. Needless to say I knew I had hit a home run when she dubbed my PB&J creation. . . "Pink Swirlies"

There is, however, one downside... Now every meal she jumps up and down and says "MOM!!! Make Pink Swirlies!"

Chalk one up for Mom!

Proverbs 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it."