Friday, November 21, 2008

A Boycott and a New Tradition!

So each year the week before Thanksgiving rolls around and all the parents are invited to school to join their kids for a special Thanksgiving lunch--turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, you know the drill. Normally my kids completely refuse to take hot lunches other than when pizza is on the menu [chalk it up to their good taste...ha!], but for whatever reason they always insist on trying the Thanksgiving lunch.

So year after year I choke up the $3.40 and join the kids in eating the chewy, flavorless memories of my own childhood lunches...leaving the school feeling unsatisfied, gypped, and still hungry.

This year I was feeling rebellious [and hungry], so I decided on a new family tradition...
a quick stop at Subway for a sweet-onion chicken teriyaki to share with the kids. A win-win-win for everyone [a win for each of the three meals I ate at the school that day].

Now that's a tradition I can stick with!

4 comments:

  1. Did you get your hair done Lara? Very nice.

    It sounds like a good tradition!

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  2. Nope. No new hair-dos. Just a lucky day with the brush.

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  3. I love eating lunch with my kids at school, and I prefer your new tradition over the schools!

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  4. Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki! Good choice...

    Hope you bought three cookies and some chips as well.

    Emma and Ellie look like they enjoy this tradition.

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