I love cereal.
When I was made aware of a national day to celebrate, I had to break out my favorite bowl and a spoon and celebrate.
As a child, I remember all of the healthy cereal my mom made us eat. We were not allowed “sugar” cereal unless we were on vacation when she brought out the mini boxes and we could partake of the forbidden good stuff. I enjoyed those little boxes as much as I enjoyed the vacation itself. I longed for the day when I could eat the cereals that I loved whenever I wanted.
I didn’t deprive my kids of the sugar cereal and didn’t feel one bit convicted that they shouldn’t be eating it. I rationalized that they eat healthy in other areas so let’s splurge. However, eating cereal takes time. If you are going to enjoy a bowl and read the box and refill your bowl with more cereal, if your rations of milk and cereal were off… time is of the essence when you’re eating cereal. Too much time for a school morning, so when my big boys were little, we instituted Cereal Sunday.
Cereal Sunday seemed to make sense for our family.
I work a long day on Sundays and many days lunch isn’t until 2 p.m. Then back to work for a few more hours, rolling back to the house at about 6:30 p.m. and I am just exhausted. So Cereal Sunday was created and there are only a few rules.
Rule #1
You must have cereal for dinner; mom is not cooking or cleaning.
Rule #2
You are to eat any cereal that is on top of the fridge or in the freezer (Yes, you can freeze cereal! I buy it when it is a steal and freeze it in the deep freezer.) and have as many bowls as you want. Mixing cereal or having a few different bowls of different types is allowed.
Rule #3
Carry this tradition on with your family.
It’s just that simple.
We STILL do Cereal Sunday and this year, I challenge you to do the same as you celebrate National Cereal Day on Sunday, March 7!
Just imagine, a Cereal Sunday on National Cereal Day on a Sunday!
Spoons up!
