I know that parent teacher interviews are actually a time for the teachers to talk to me to about my kids’ progress and things we need to work on. That said, it’s also the day that I get to show them that I am not the disorganized, disinterested, dishevelled mess they picture when they are sending home yet another overdue library book notice or emailing a reminder to send in that permission slip. However, owing to time constraints and social norms, there is a lot of stuff I wish I could cover, but cannot. They are as follows:
1. I do feed my kids

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12 quick and easy on-the-go breakfast recipes
My oldest is impossible to rouse in the morning. Like a teenager, my burned-out eight-year-old consistently (and stubbornly) sleeps through breakfast and only gets dressed when he hears his sisters putting on their coats and boots (unlike a teenager, he is terrified at the prospect of being left at home alone). While I will not wait around for him to eat breakfast, I do always grab him a muffin or piece of toast for the road. However, one day a couple of weeks ago he was disappointed by the pumpkin loaf that I brought and refused to eat it. And then the next morning, he didn?t eat again. As it turns out, he was choosing not to eat on ...