Dear Mom what could be better than cinnamon toast?

Dear Mom what could be better than cinnamon toast?

Every morning after we put on our clothes Claire and I go downstairs and eat breakfast. It has turned into a routine that is mostly habit now. But she seems to want the same thing.

“Would you like some cereal and milk?”

“No” she answers.

“Would you like some pop-tarts?”

“No” she answers.

“Would you like a waffle?”

“No thank you.” She is half asleep but will not give in.

“Would you like a bacon, onion omelet with cheese sauce a side of hash browns and chocolate milk for breakfast?”

“No thank you, I just want cinnamon toast.”

Every once in a while pop-tarts can win out, but it requires a build up. Just as we are putting on our shoes I have to start selling it. “Boy, those pop-tarts sure are going to taste great this morning!” “I sure am looking forward to those pop-tarts this morning!”

About half the time it is followed by: “That’s okay Daddy, I just want cinnamon toast.”

Why do I go for pop-tarts? Experience has taught me that if I want to veer off the cinnamon toast I must use my best weapon and pop-tarts seem to have the highest success rate. Still, even pop-tarts stand no chance against yummy cinnamon toast.

I have no idea why I even fight it. I am fairly certain the nutritional content of a pop-tarts is not that much different from cinnamon toast anyway.

The alternative is just making something and watching her stare at it for half an hour. “Dad can I have some cinnamon toast instead?”

Love Mike