Oatmeal Princess

Every morning just as the dawn is cracking, Katelyn peaks into our room, looks out the window to see if there is even the slightest hint of daylight, if there is she shouts
"mommy it's wake up time. I wan a eat oatma-el"
some mornings I try to be diplomatic about it and ask Dallin what he wants to eat but somehow she always manages to convince him that he wants oatmeal too. so we eat old fashioned oatmeal...every single day. if by chance we don't have it for breakfast then by lunch time Katelyn is asking for it.


Oatmeal is one of the healthier choices so it wouldn't be a problem at all if it weren't such an involved process. You see, she likes the bring the water to a boil, cook for 5 minutes, let stand to cool type. and then she has a melt down if its the slightest bit warm so as soon as it's done I pop it into the freezer while we set the table and get everything else ready for breakfast. When everything is ready Katelyn and Dallin scrutinize over their bowl analyzing it from all angles and if there is the slightest hint that it could possibly be warm they insist that we blow on it. once it is adequately cold they gobble it up and usually finish off mine too.



It's amazing what we are willing to do for our kids day after day.
(OK so their not actually eating oatmeal in these pictures, but you get the idea.)