Green Mothers Digest

Tomorrow daughter number one (DN1) is going on a class trip to Disney World.  And I already know, along with the fun in the sun, there is going to be absolute ueber-indulgence in junk foods.  She told me what they are going to eat on the trip and I still got heartburn from listening.  Let’s put it this way, lots of crunchy stuff with salsas, and stuff in cans that would burn holes into shoulder steaks if soaked in it overnight. 

But….. I won’t say anything.  Every so often I feel kids can have their fun, if junk food is their idea of fun, as long as the madness doesn’t go on every single day of their growing up.  I may be wrong about this, but — let them have a blast all the way.  Mothers will pick up the pieces and put everything back together again, whether it is restoring order in the house after play dates, or reinforcing again good eating habits.  Meanwhile, as someone said the other day, nobody likes the kid that brings rice cakes to the birthday party…..