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Back to School Grilled Cheese: How Facebook Saved the Day

August 26, 2014 By Lauren

It’s all began when I told the boys they could choose whatever they wanted for a ‘Night Before School Starts’ dinner. I thought they’d choose something kid-friendly, but still dinnerish. You know, pizza, nuggets and fries, something like that.

Instead, Eli wanted a grilled cheese and Samuel asked for something shaped like a golf club. Huh?

Grilled Cheese for Breakfast

“Come on guys,” said Mom the killjoy, “I meant something dinner-y. How about pizza?”

“Wellll, okay I guess,” said the ever compliant Eli.

So I made pizza S'mores, yum!and everyone willingly ate it, without as much as a word of protest. We had s’mores for dessert, played a bit, then got the kids showered and in their PJs. Then we tucked them in nice and early so they could get a good night sleep before their big day.

Eli asked to stay up to watch an inning of the Red Sox game. “Just one inning! Please?!”

“Sorry buddy, you have school tomorrow and need to get to sleep.”

That’s when he decided to play his guilt card. “You said we could choose anything we wanted for dinner. Anything! Then I chose grilled cheese and you said no. So I should get some other special thing.”

“You’re not getting up to watch the game.”

I’d like to say that was the end of the argument, but my son is persistent. I came downstairs, did the dishes, got some work done on the blog, and the entire time Eli was yelling down to me about the unfairness of it all. Finally I went back upstairs and informed him in no uncertain terms that he was not getting up and he needed to go to sleep because he had school the next morning.

“I’m not going to school tomorrow. I made myself a sign so I wouldn’t forget in the morning. And I’m not going all week.”

I came back downstairs to share my troubles with the Facebook world because isn’t that what Facebook is for?? Then the amazing Christine offered the perfect solution (read it in the comments!). (So yes, that’s exactly what Facebook is for!!)

https://www.facebook.com/ohhonestly/posts/333346503488662

I climbed the stairs again and asked Eli if he would like to have a grilled cheese for breakfast. His first comment was, “You’ll probably say it’s not breakfast-y enough.” Touche, kid, touche. But when he realized I was serious, he agreed to that solution and finally went to sleep, appeased at last.

https://www.facebook.com/ohhonestly/posts/333351956821450

I was up early this morning to pack school bags, get the kids dressed, take First Day of School pictures, and of course, make the Breakfast Grilled Cheese.

http://instagram.com/p/sKHCnDKz_4/?modal=true

So thank you, Christine! You saved our morning from grumpiness, headaches, and really bad First Day of School pictures. And you gave us a new tradition: The Back to School Grilled Cheese Breakfast. Who wouldn’t love that?

Back to School

Happy boys

Filed Under: Family Life, Parenting Humor Tagged With: back to school, breakfast, dinner, facebook, first day of school, grilled cheese, save the day

About Lauren

If you enjoy picture-perfect home decor, perfectly prepared recipes, and perfectly behaved children, you've come to the wrong place. Meet Lauren. She isn't perfect, but she's perfectly real.

Comments

  1. Alicia @ Felt With Love Designs says

    August 26, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    Oh my gosh! That is hilarious!! I never would have thought to make grilled cheese for breakfast. Genius solution!

    And “something shaped like a golf club” … HAHAHA!! Such a typical kid response. I laughed so hard.

    • Lauren says

      August 26, 2014 at 7:49 pm

      I wouldn’t have thought of it either! I’m so glad I shared my woes on social media so someone could come to the rescue 😉

  2. Kristen says

    August 26, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    Love it! You are mom of the year! I wish my kids would eat grilled cheese….my one new food?

    • Lauren says

      August 26, 2014 at 8:05 pm

      Haha, I don’t think it’s very good for you. When Eli was little, I made it with cheddar so I felt a little bit better about it. Then for some reason I stopped doing that and now I don’t think it has any nutritional value at all. Oh well.

  3. Bronwyn Joy says

    August 28, 2014 at 10:03 am

    Great solution. I love it! See? Facebook isn’t totally evil after all 🙂

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