A Month of Snacks

Chinese culture values a healthy and diverse diet, even from a young age. Josiah is generally a picky eater, but attending school has forced him away from his typical snacks of fruit or pretzels or toast. And I do mean "forced," as this value is very strong at the school and a simple "no thank you" does not suffice. I know there have been some tears along the way, but his teacher reported that he did, in fact, eat his vegetable soup snack last week. Amazingly, Josiah's eating patterns at home have also improved... probably because at least we aren't making him eat pumpkin congee!

I thought you might be interested in Josiah's snack schedule for March:

Every Monday:

Fruit

Every Friday:

Cookies

But Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are quite diverse:

Broccoli Macaroni

Vegetable Soup

Tuna Fish Spaghettis

Tomato & Potato Soup

Sweet Potato Soup

Butter Corn

Bun

Hot Dog

Congee with Minced Pork

Bean Curd Porridge

Vegetable Noodle

Milk Oatmeal

Toast

(I'm pretty thankful that I don't have to eat some of those snacks!)

(And yes, the bun and the hot dog are on different days.)

Of course, he would always prefer this!