Healthy Lifestyle

Football has come to an end, and it is bittersweet.  The kids made it to their first playoff game ever and they hung in with a monster of a team for the first two quarters at least.  I could tell the boy was struggling a bit with the closure, but I think as of this morning, it has passed.

All of the sudden, he can come right home from school!  This means a few things, the first is catching the bus.  His bus is always the first bus parked on the edge of the school semi-circle.  Yet, on the 3 occasions this year that he actually NEEDED to catch the bus, he could not find the big, yellow, 30ft beast that was number 31.  ?  Today, he must catch the bus.  I was at lunch with my gal pal and asked her if she would make a bet that he does not find his bus.  She said, "That is a sucker bet my friend, and I do not make sucker bets."  He's gonna be walking home today, I know it.  I will get a text or a call to see if I can scoop him up, but I have meetings that will be interfering with said pickup.

Other things he will be able to do now that football is over.  SLEEP!  Yes, the ever elusive SLEEP!  1pm on the weekends is not late enough. We left the boy to his own devices yesterday to go to a birthday party.  This means he must feed himself. We leave the pancake paraphernalia on the counter for him, but on this day, he skipped the pancakes and went right to the Tuxedo cake.  5 layers of cakey, moussey, chocolatey goodness.  1/2 of the cake was left, 1/2 of the cake was eaten for breakfast.   BUT!!!!  It was washed down with Orange Juice, therefore it is part of his often talked about HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.  Now, the kid is 6'4", and while in football could consume 4000 calories a day.  He has an insatiable sweet tooth, one that I have never seen the likes of.  We have taken to "candy bar" runs to the Wawa so he can get his two King Size Hershey bars with Almonds.  This is accompanied by Orange Juice to make it, yes,  "A Healthy Lifestyle."  We are currently going through 4-6 jugs of Valencia orange juice a week.  We are also going through 6-8 King Size candy bars a week, not including other treats like the Twinkie, The Oreo Double Stuff cookie, and assorted cakes, etcera.   

He will not eat any cooked vegetables, mashed potatoes or anything that has onions.  For a person that could eat an onion raw, this has presented its significant cooking challenges.  I now make roasted potatoes, at least 4 times a week.  Scrubbing, peeling, chopping and mixing.  I used to love roasted potatoes, now....not so sure.  One of the host mothers told me that she never made a special meal for the kids, they either eat what they get or they don't eat.  I tried that for about 30 seconds and I caved.  Weak, I am weak I tell ya.  So, for the time the boy is here, I will continue to make two meals so I can get my veggies and he can get his healthy lifestyle of chocolate and orange juice.