Today is President's Day. Besides the traditional meanings of this auspicious day, there is another significance. One that causes mothers everywhere to heave a sigh of sugary-sweet relief. This day marks the end of our national over-eating season.
The season begins with Halloween and buckets of snack-sized candies. One bucket from traditional, around-the-hood trick-or-treating, one bucket from school, one from a neighbor or co-worker who is on a diet and thought your kids would like to have her left-overs, one from church, one from prizes at a party at a classmates house, one from trick-or-treating at the mall and one full of your left-overs. But, hey, it's Halloween. I, personally, love Halloween. I even love the occasional candy-corn, though it hurts my teeth.
Next is Thanksgiving. And that is all about over-eating. The turkey! The sides! The bread! The wine! The pie! More pie! A little more pie! One more slice with just a dab of whip cream and. . . sleep.
Then, come the "Holidays" with cookie exchanges, kid's parties, office parties, parades, plates of cookies, fancy dinners, gingerbread houses (I love those too, even though they also hurt my teeth), fudge, your own special cookie recipes, some store-bought cookies as back up in case you run out of time to bake or burn your homemade cookies, and special flavors of ice cream available at the grocery store. Then, New Years, the Super Bowl and, finally Valentine's Day. By President's Day, most of the Valentine's candy is gone and, at last, the over-eating-season is over for another year.
So, let's celebrate this day! Maybe have a cake. . . or some cookies?
OK, wait. I do have some solutions that can make next year's over-eating-season a bit less unhealthy- but without becoming uptight or skipping your favorite treats. The solutions are in Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family. Go to www.feedingthekids to find out more.
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