Ryan: What are you sending for a snack?
Me: Cheese sandwich crackers
Ryan: *grabs the cracker package, flips it over to the nutritional information and reads intently* I can’t take this because it has 11 grams of fat.
Me: You are 7. You are a growing boy. What does it matter that it has 11 grams of fat?
Ryan: The boy next to me always reads all my snacks and says there is too much fat.
Me: Huh? *pause and then I spy the Pretzel snacks and grab them* Here, take this. The boy next to you should be fine with these.
Ryan: *turns the package over for the important news* Oh great! Only .5 grams of fat. Good job mom. Thanks.
Lord have mercy on me. Ryan sits next to the snack police at school…I was in the pantry picking out a snack for Ryan to take to school (first grade) when he came running in.
Ryan: What are you sending for a snack?
Me: Cheese sandwich crackers
Ryan: *grabs the cracker package, flips it over to the nutritional information and reads intently* I can’t take this because it has 11 grams of fat.
Me: You are 7. You are a growing boy. What does it matter that it has 11 grams of fat?
Ryan: The boy next to me always reads all my snacks and says there is too much fat.
Me: Huh? *pause and then I spy the Pretzel snacks and grab them* Here, take this. The boy next to you should be fine with these.
Ryan: *turns the package over for the important news* Oh great! Only .5 grams of fat. Good job mom. Thanks.
Lord have mercy on me. Ryan sits next to the snack police at school…
Ryan: What are you sending for a snack?
Me: Cheese sandwich crackers
Ryan: *grabs the cracker package, flips it over to the nutritional information and reads intently* I can’t take this because it has 11 grams of fat.
Me: You are 7. You are a growing boy. What does it matter that it has 11 grams of fat?
Ryan: The boy next to me always reads all my snacks and says there is too much fat.
Me: Huh? *pause and then I spy the Pretzel snacks and grab them* Here, take this. The boy next to you should be fine with these.
Ryan: *turns the package over for the important news* Oh great! Only .5 grams of fat. Good job mom. Thanks.
Lord have mercy on me. Ryan sits next to the snack police at school…
Thats another good use for duct tape.
My sons NEED all the extra fat and protein they can get. Peanut butter crackers are one of my favorite ways to get that into them. Whether it sticks or not, is another question.
Have you been watching ‘America’s Next Top Model’ with your son? 😉
I know we all want our children to eat healthy but that is a little extreme!
Wow, that’s scary. And a boy? Huh!
Ha Ha ..Landry went thru a phase like that in Kinder.. He told me how much sugar was in everything.. not fat just sugar and he wouldn’t eat any snacks if they had over 9 grams of sugar.. Have fun.. I’m glad you had an acceptable snack. 🙂
I’m sure he runs around enough to burn off the 11 grams of fat. 🙂 I know mine does. He eats everything in sight and still doesn’t get any bigger. Taller yes, Bigger no.
Either that boy is a bit chubby, or his mother is a dieter. LOL
you tell that little Ryan of yours he actually needs fat to grow — especially his brain. tell Ryan Madge gave him permission to tell the snack police he is WRONG.
I think that boy’s mother has issues.
The snack police boy’s. Not Ryan’s.
Well, maybe Ryan’s too, but that’s another discussion for another time! :0)
Thanks for keeping me entertained while I’m up with Zach at this awful hour!