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Jargon, jargon, jargon.

Well, I can tell you what.

Lies.

As an exemplary stay at home mom, MOST days I have a snack ready for my kids when they get home

from their hard trek

through our super safe neighborhood

where it’s four blocks from the school to our house,

complete with cross walk guards

and sidewalks

and other kids from working class families.

It usually consists of fruit, crackers and a small treat.

Nothing ground breaking.

{Obviously.}

But one day…

{ominous}

I was rummaging through our chest freezer and found some…

taquitos!

I.know.

We NEVER have taquitos.

But I had purchased them for our Christmas Eve fingers food dinner.

And then completely forgot about them.

So I’m like, yes.

This will be awesome.

My kids will sit around the dinner table YEARS from now and reminisce about that surprise-taquitos-for-snack-with-salsa day.

Classic.

Enter healthy food propaganda campaign at school to combat childhood obesity.

On that exact day.

So instead of yummy, warm, fresh baked IN THE OVEN NOT THE MICROWAVE TODAY! taquitos.

My kids came home requesting apples, oranges and bananas.

Oh, and then asked for their treat.

And I’m like.

Nu-o.

It’s either processed freezer snack with a unhealthy dose of sugar for absolutely no reason…or nothin’.

I guess Providence Medical Center partnered with the National Heart Association and Southern Oregon was picked as a trial area for this six week program to initiate a health foods campaign.

So out of 50 states and like 15 elementary schools, ours was picked.

Clearly, I did not stand a chance.

Fingers crossed my free range chicken eggs, home orchard and freakishly large garden will make the cut…

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We skipped story time at the library for some tickling.

You know, just the sludge from the bottom of her hot chocolate mug.

He bought himself some spurs at the dollar store.

Bryce bought me a cast iron skillet as big as Rhode Island for Christmas.

Double batch of German pancakes.

I think it was the wrong shoes?

The kids had a day off from school so we hit up the science museum.

Chex Muddy Buddies

Reading by the fire.

Uh, she called him an old man.

Making donuts.

My bear house from when I was younger.

An obscene amount of pictures on the swing and on his bike.

Hope your husband is around and that half your kids didn’t wake up at 5:30 this morning!