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The Six O'Clock Scramble cookbook
A whole year of Scramble recipes!
Aviva and Celia
giving samples and signing books at Olsson's Books
Solomon
Solomon making a smoothie
Aviva and family in Costa Rica
After first zipline, I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to eat again!
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5 comments:
After reading your column, it sounds like our family may be the exception to the rule, but we allow our kids to have dessert every night after dinner. One of the reasons we do this, is because I like to have dessert every night. I never had a lot of sweets as a kid and always felt "denied" in that department. As an adult, I sometimes have a hard time controlling myself around sweets (is this too much info??) and I don't want my kids to feel the same way. We talk a lot about "everything in moderation" including dessert.
Our kids have a "treat" most nights after dinner. But the "treat" can range from yogurt (sometimes, if we are really being crazy we put sprinkles on it!) or fruit to the more occasional cookies or a piece or two of candy. We talk about eating the "growing food" and then a little bit of "fun food".
We struggle with the dessert thing, too. I don't like the "dessert-is-a-reward-for-eating-a-good-dinner" theory and yet I don't think my kids should have something sugary if they don't eat something healthy first. Fortunately, my kindergartner is (almost) just as happy to have a piece of whole wheat bread or an apple for "dessert." I think, for her, it's more about getting something "extra" than the sugar. But I do think it would be so much better for all of us if we had a rule - like only on the weekends, or something like that.
When my brother and I were young, we would ask my Mom for dessert and she would usually tell us that if we wanted some (plain) yogurt and (homemade) jam or applesauce or fruit, we could get it ourselves. Sometimes we did and sometimes we didn't. My Dad would sometimes let us have cookies, but never more than two.
My daughter is too young for this to be an issue yet, but I know that I usually crave something sweet to end the evening. I think I will try Mom's no-big-deal approach for most weeknights, keeping something healthy and slightly sweet around if requested. I hope to make the more serious sweets an occasional treat.
On weeknights (aka school nights!) we occassionally have fruit with a "special" topping (ie, whipped cream, or honey). We reserve sugary desserts for weekends, and let the kids choose from whatever we have on hand (cookies, ice cream). It's always in moderation, and only if they finish their dinner.
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