Breakfast

Amanda really isn't much of a breakfast eater. I try to feed it to her every day, but she's got other ideas. She'll ask for cereal, but then leave all the flakes and only pick out the small pieces of dried fruit, which drives me crazy. Or she'll take one bite of her waffle and then drop it on the floor or offer it to me. Most mornings she asks for a cookie or candy, but I've stuck to my guns that those just aren't breakfast foods (however I did break down the other day and give her a pop tart. We don't usually have them in the house but I got a box free for spending $10 at the grocery store).

This morning I was tired. I went to bed uber late and then got up three times with the girls over the course of the evening. Sarah had to go the bathroom at 3a, Amanda woke and I pulled her into bed with me at 4a, and Sarah woke again around 5a because she missed Daddy. Yes, baby, I missed him too, believe me! Due to my tiredness I wasn't really picky about what Amanda had for breakfast as long as she ate something and it wasn't cookies or candy. That gave her a very wide berth.

When she got out the box of goldfish crackers and asked me if she could get a bowl for them Sarah couldn't believe I said yes. Amanda was super excited that she was in charge of her breakfast, and scooped out a few handfuls without even spilling them. She did leave the box on the kitchen floor, however, so I need to work on that. She sat down at the table with Sarah to eat.

I don't remember if she already had a glass of milk or if she asked me for one, but she wanted it in her "Amanda" mug with a straw instead of a sippy cup. As long as she stays at the table I'm okay with that, she's got to learn how to drink from a cup eventually. Somehow she got the idea, most likely from Sarah who tends to put crazy little ideas into Amanda's head, that she should dip her goldfish crackers into her milk. I had no objections to this as long as she still ate them. To each their own.

Except she didn't eat them. She filled her milk cup with goldfish crackers and then left the table. For all I know she didn't eat a single one. Another failed attempt at the morning meal. Below is the remains of her "breakfast".