Dear M&M Research and Marketing Department,

You started a candy revolution with these little morsels.

You improved on perfection when you added nuts.
I was sure you had reached Mt. Everest with these babies.

You have done a remarkable job.

You have brought joy and happiness to the world.

Your product is recognized world-wide.

We all believe you. We buy your little treats in every color,

on every holiday. People put their faces on your candy.

Children have learned the letter m from you.

You have done your duty. We all love you.

So please....

for Pete's sake....
STOP!!

For the love of flabby armed mothers everywhere,

stop making irresistable new ways for me to get fat.

Sincerely,

{m}indy.

The simple things

There's nothing like a good bowl of ice cream.

This one would eat ice cream every day if I let him.

Wouldn't that be just lovely?

Balanced meal?!?

So ya know when kids start thinking they're big enough

to make their own plates at family parties?

Ethan thought it was time for him to be a 'big boy' and

dish up his own plate at a recent family party.

I decided to let him go for it and see if he has listened to

me when I lecture the kids about making healthy food choices.

I was fairly confident that he would make me proud.

Don't ya love it how kids keep you humble and remind you

that there is always something to improve on?

What? What's wrong with olives and Fritos?

There's some grain in there somewhere.

And I'm sure the "it's a 'veggie' factor" far

outweighs the "they're loaded with fat" factor.

Whatever.

and p.s. Mindy, don't ever let his hair get that long.

It's not cute.

The 5th Food Group

Is it very, very terrible
that this

was what we had
for Dinner????


Or do you secretly wish
you lived at my house?

They were so delicious
that I couldn't even have
too much guilt about it.

We had milk with them.
*said in my best,
"Does that count for anything?"
tone*