Cereal Saturday

This is one of the best traditions that I started. The kids love it and it gives me a break. A while back I was complaining to a friend that most people get off of work on the weekends, but moms don't have a break ever. How, on a non-school day, I would love to get up and not rush into making breakfast. She suggested letting the kids do it.....and Cereal Saturday was born. Saturday mornings was cereal and cartoons for me. But, cartoons are on all the time now, and not such a cool thing, like they were for me. So, kids get bored and hungry quick. I don't usually let my kids eat sugary cereals, but Cereal Saturday is their chance. Maddy is the leader of this operation. There are 3 tupperware out on the table. One, is Cheerios. They get 1/2 cup of that and the other 2 are sweet, sugary fun cereals. Currently, they are Cookie Crisp and Honey Grahams. They get 1/4 of each one of those. So, not only does Maddy get a chance to be very responsible (which she loves) she is doing math without even knowing it. There is fruit at the table for the cereal, if the want it, and the milk of the week... which can be anything from coconut to almond. My kids see these different options as normal now...which I think is pretty cool. So Cereal Saturday is a success and will be a tradition for years to come in our house.