[blparent] after school snacks

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I've had the same trouble this year.  My daughter comes home hungry from 
school, but if she eats much of a snack, then it's hard to interest her in 
dinner.  So I try to give her healthy snacks and a small dinner, which is 
difficult because Dad comes home hungry and gets irritated when the kid 
won't eat at dinnertime.  Mom can't win!

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jennifer Stewart Jackson
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 7:34 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] after school snacks

Lately the balance between after school snacks, dinner, and our schedule is
a struggle for me again. My two youngest get off the bus about 30 minutes
apart, and we have to be to wrestling 4 nights a week by 6. Wrestling is
only another 6 weeks or so, and this problem will resolve itself for a while
thank goodness.



Still, sometimes the timing is off, or a boy is just not hungry for dinner
beforehand and we end up eating dinner pretty late. It makes it even more
important that our snacks be on the healthier side. I thought perhaps we
could all inspire each other and share our ideas.



I just put the ingredients to make spinach balls on my shopping list. I will
make a big batch and then put them in the freezer to be pulled out a few at
a time for snacks. I know the kids like these, so I am hoping they will be
successful at snack time too.



For the record, I offered everyone a donut and a glass of water yesterday. A
pretty big fail on the healthy side. J I still gave myself points for having
a plan in place and ready to serve when they walked in the door.





Jennifer

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