Entry FeedMy family is obsessed with cereal. I hate cereal, and never, ever, eat it. However, the other four members of my family love cereal, and eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Currently, there are 14 boxes of cereal in my pantry. Usually, there are closer to 20 and they start taking up counter space.
It seems like different cereals go through cycles of popularity. Sometimes it is Corn Pops, other times Mini Wheats. Last winter is was Lucky Charms and Life.
This month, Daughter's favourite is "Daddy's cereal" - Raisin Bran. Except she doesn't like raisins. And she wants it with milk, but doesn't eat it once it gets "soggy."
Raisin Bran boasts "Two Scoops of raisins and those delicious flakes of bran!" Their raisins really are these weird mutant, XL raisins with a odd, powdered coating that is probably sugar and fat.
Daughter picks out the raisins; if Daddy is home, then she hand feeds them to him. When he is not, she puts them back in the box (as long as they aren't wet from milk - then they just get put on the table to dry and stick.)
I've tried buying her plain bran flakes, but it is not the same. Plus, she thinks that "Scoops" is her name on the box, because they both have "S". Since she is only three, we are trying to encourage this reading.
Daddy now gets extra raisiney raisin bran as Daughter eats her way through a box of raisin bran, hold the raisins, please. And I am left to ponder how I, a life-long hater of cereal, find myself in the family of cereal enthusiast. Lucky for me - they are all magically delicious!