I LOVE sugar cereal! I HATE sugar cereal!
You see, I was totally deprived (nice choice of words don't you think?) of sugar coated cocoa ringed cinnamon snapped cookie like frosted crisped type cereals growing up. We ate regular Cheerios and Wheaties. I remember in eigth grade I would visit my best friend's house and I would eat bowls of Cocoa Puffs and Fruit Loops!
Now as a mom, I know why the Cheerios were bought. The amount of sugar in cereals nowadays is ridiculous. It was easy and cheaper when there was only 3 kids in the house to buy the natural no sugar, fruit sweetened kind of cereals. BUT, they can cost up to $5.00 a box. We would go through 2 boxes in one sitting nowadays. So I came up with a solution. I mix cereals. This is just one that I do now because Fruit Loops came out with the 1/3 less sugar brand. I also mix Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios and Wheat Chex with Corn Chex. I have been doing this for years. The kids don't feel deprived, and I feel great when they are chowing down on breakfast!
I do love my sugar cereal, but you are right about the cost. Good idea. (I already do this with cat food, but never thought about it for the 2-legged kids). Completely unrelated -- but I couldn't find any other way to contact you here -- I posted a question about cafepress on MomAnswers tonight over at ClubMom, and someone suggested I talk to you. I won't bog down your comment space with more of it here, but if you would contact me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Posted by: Marie | March 07, 2007 at 10:09 PM