Chocolate
Trying to control the amount of chocolate children eat during the Easter Period is impossible. I buy them an egg each, and so does their father and Gary (boyfriend.) Then so do my parents, and my ex in-laws, both brothers (though it’s their wives that actually do it,) a couple of my friends,an old family friend and then one or two of their school friends.
It all amounts to a bucket-load of Easter eggs for each of them. I ration them but the sheer amount means chocolate treats for about six weeks or letting them go mad and eat them all in a week, so that we can get back to a reasonably healthy eating regime.
I try to stop them eating their way through their chocolate mountain too quickly while they try to negotiate for more and more.
We’re all relieved when the chocolate season is finally over!
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too many frogs... said,
March 25, 2008 @ 9:08 am
Hahaha, I know what you mean about it being impossible! I think my mother’s strategy was just to turn a blind eye as we scoffed it all down in an hour on Easter Sunday, and then just smirked to herself as our sugar highs wore off and she knew it was going to be a good few months before we got our hands on any chocolate again. Tough love!!!
D said,
March 25, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
LOL. and it’s funny that something that makes children completely hyperactive can give me such a wonderful lift.