Breakfast is one of those meals that I have skipped most of my life. When we were homeschooling, even Taylor skipped this often because we usually got a late start on our days (one of the joys of homeschooling). Now that we are trying public school again I know I need to send him off to school with a good breakfast since he is on a schedule there.
While I would love to “cook” a full breakfast for him each morning, frankly that just doesn’t happen. I’m not a morning person either so many times I just am not ready for that kind of stuff. Some days I am and I make eggs or pancakes. I’ve learned I can make a large quantity of steel cut oatmeal and reheat it throughout the week for him too. Other days – well it comes down to cereal. To be honest, I really feel guilty sometimes for that. So many places we see/hear/read that we need to do x, y, and z in the morning for our kids – and in a perfect world we all could – but life happens. We are busy, we are stressed, we have 1000 things on our minds. Most of us grew up as cereal eating kids even and heck, we aren’t bad people for it! So I am officially trying to get over the I-feel-guilty-for-not-cooking-a-hot-meal-every-morning-mom-syndrome!
The good news is that cereal companies like General Mills are committed to reducing sugars in cereals – especially those marketed to kids. They are also working to increase things such as calcium and vitamin D, and providing whole grains. General Mills has a page about cereal & health that is interesting also – you might want to take a look. As an adult who grew up with the previous versions I can tell the difference sometimes, but our kids don’t have that cereal history so to them it’s all good still. Ready to buy a box of cereal? Taylor would always recommend Honey Nut Cheerios – his personal favorite. Here is a $1 off coupon for General Mills Cereals you can print out.
The Giveaway: One lucky reader will win a coupon good for one free box of any General Mills Cereal – up to $6.00
Required Entry: Tell me your guilty-mom moment that you are going to let go of and not worry about any longer. Winners are notified by email only, so make sure I have a way of accessing your email address when you comment.
Extra Entries: The following are all extra things you can do for more entries. Leave an additional comment for each thing you do to earn extra entries.
- Subscribe via email here to my feed and then leave a comment letting me know you have done so. If you are already a subscriber, let me know that in the comment instead.
- Follow me on Twitter @RobynsWorld and send a tweet about the giveaway. You can do this once per day. Leave a direct link to your tweet (instructions here) in your comment for an extra entry for each tweet Here is a tweet you can use (or make your own):
Win a coupon for a free box of any General Mills cereal from @RobynsWorld http://snurl.com/cerealisgood Please RT - Follow my blog via Google Friends and leave a comment. You can find the widget on the right side of my blog, just scroll down a bit. Make sure to include the username you follow me with in your comment so I can verify the entry.
- Share this giveaway on any giveaway site and tell me where (share the direct link)
- Share my giveaway on your own blog or facebook page (instructions here) including a link to me and a link to the sponsor and tell me where (share the direct link)
- Grab my button (see right side of my blog) and add it to your own blog OR add my link to your blogroll – again tell me where (share the direct link)
Rules: Only one of each entry method listed per person/family/household. No entering on behalf of others, using extra identities or others identities, no automated program entries, etc. If I catch you cheating you will be banned from this and all of my future giveaways! This giveaway is only open to those in the USA, ages 18+ only. All entries must be received by 11:59 pm Central Time on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. I will pick the winner and email them and they have 48 hours to claim the prize. If no response, I will pick a new winner. Good luck!
General Mills provided me with free coupons and information via My Blog Spark
