School Birthday Snack 101

Let the Birthday Weekend Festivities begin...

Miles celebrated his birthday at preschool yesterday with his friends. It was so cute. He wore his golden birthday crown all day long. I caught a glimpse of him with it on in the hall and had my friend snap a quick picture. I think he is just the cutest kid with his big cheesy smile.

Being a preschool teacher and all, I feel like I have being a preschool PARENT down to a science now having sent three kids through EEP. When choosing a birthday snack (or any snack for that matter), there are a couple of things one should remember: pick snacks that your kid eats. Don't get me wrong, the brightly colored cupcakes are cute but rarely eaten and simply a MESS. If you must select cupcakes, go for the small ones that are easy to handle and don't have icing as tall as the ceiling. Also, if your child doesn't eat cake or cupcakes, let them pick out something they DO like such as cookies, brownies or donuts. Most likely, all the kids will also like those. I took Miles to Kroger to pick out his birthday snack. I even prompted him to select the mini cupcakes, chocolate donuts, a cookie cake...NOPE, he wanted bakery cookies.

Of course, I like to bring in two snacks for the kids to gobble down. Cheese crackers and chips of any sort usually go over well. SO, birthday celebration numero uno consisted of chocolate chip cookies and Cheese-Its. Is it the healthiest of snacks? Why NO. Does it get eaten? Yep. And, really, if I'm going to fork out money on a snack, it might as well be one the kids will eat and not throw away.

Here's my birthday boy with his teacher Ms. Windy. Ms. Windy was working on a Thanksgiving project yesterday with the kids. She asked each one of them what they are thankful for when they say their prayers at night? He looked at her and pointed to her and said, "I'm thankful for YOU." Such a smooth talker =). We're looking forward to celebrating his 4th this weekend with family and friends. YAY!!!