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Grab your
favorite springtime muffin as you lend an ear to this weeks’ Muffins with Mom
tale.
In the story
of Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack traded the family cow for magic beans. In my
house, I traded money for groceries. Just as Jack heard grumblings when he
returned home, I was met with the same after my shopping trip.
Once I
arrived home, my teen boys were given the assignment to unload the groceries
from the car and put them away.
One son was
happy, “Oooo, you got Gatorade and pretzels and cereal…”
The other
son was a little less excited, “You didn’t get Captain Crunch?”
After
putting away all of the groceries, one son discovered the receipt in the bottom
of a bag.
“You spent
$90 on cereal and snacks?”
My glare would have set him on fire if I was a comic book villain, but instead I paused before speaking.
My glare would have set him on fire if I was a comic book villain, but instead I paused before speaking.
“Next time
you can do the shopping. I bought fruit and veggies too, maybe you over looked
those items. And I earned fuel points.”
The next
time we needed something from the grocery store, I gave the boys money and the
grocery list and sent them on their way. I sat in the car and read a book while
they shopped. They made substitutions, purchased off brand in some cases, and
slipped in a snack to share with each other.
My boys
discovered that they had to make sacrifices of some things in order to get
others.
At the end
of the day Jack learned a lesson and so did my boys. Jack’s lesson may have
been, obey your parents and don’t try to
take the easy way out. The lesson for my boys was, if you get smart with me, I will find more work for you to do.
Is there a
fairy tale that describes an episode that you’ve had with your child?
