The Breakfast of Champions

Every morning I wake my twins, help them with sunscreen (remember, we use the Blue Lizard kind), and then I prepare their breakfast while they are getting dressed and brushing teeth. Before preparing their breakfast, though, I ask them what they want. My daughter often chooses an English muffin, her brother Max almost always asks, "Sissy, what do you want?"

I can't say that I blame him, I was much the same when I was a kid. I always wanted to know what my brother chose to eat, do, etc. before I would make my choice. Then I would so irritate my parents by deciding that I would have or do whatever he chose, too. Interesting, I am so not like that now, just ask my husband. In fact he often says, "I'm not sure why you are asking me, is it so you can automatically choose something different?" So, there is hope for Max, too.

Okay, I digress, but I have not ever figured out why Max asks because there is no pattern to what he chooses after he asks, sometimes he will have the same and often he will pick something different. Although I can say that he is generally a sweet person for breakfast. I try to feed them a healthy breakfast but that proves to be difficult when we are on the run (and my husband will often cave to the likes of a pop tart!). About as healthy as we get is waffles and yogurt. Not too bad but could be better. Max and Sissy don't seem to mind, however, they seem to like a little routine in their lives and who can blame them?