How I have ruined my children

About every other week I’ll make pancakes for dinner. The kids love it! But there’s one problem. I’m not much of a June Cleaver making pancakes on weekend mornings, so the other day when I offered them pancakes for breakfast, they freaked out.

Pancakes for breakfast??? You should have seen the looks they gave me. You would have thought I offered to make them steak.

I’ve clearly corrupted their brains more than I thought.


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21 responses to “How I have ruined my children”

  1. Davids Avatar
    Davids

    How funny! When I was young I was made breakfast for dinner on occasion but I never thought that it was only for dinner.

  2. Summer Avatar

    *snort* How funny!

  3. Karen (miscmum) Avatar

    My kids get cereal for tea every other week :)

  4. Kathy Avatar

    That's funny. My dad was the "pancakes for dinner" parent in my house.

  5. Liz Avatar

    We had waffles – usually with ice cream – for dinner on a lot of Fridays. My father went straight from work to his Friday night poker game, so my mother took the opportunity to have what SHE wanted for dinner!

  6. Eden Avatar

    This made me laugh almost too much ;)

  7. Stimey Avatar

    Hilarious. You got me thinking about how we're conditioned to eat certain foods only at certain times. Interesting.

  8. JavaMom Avatar

    When I told my son we were going to have pancakes for dinner for Shrove Tuesday he said, "Pancakes for dinner? Are you CRAZY?!!" So clearly you are the Yin to my Yang! : )

  9. MammaLoves Avatar

    I LOVE breakfast for dinner. As long as you make sure to provide them with the knowledge that other families eat pancakes for breakfast before they start going out for sleepovers, you've done your due diligence.

  10. Mark Avatar
    Mark

    I grew up with a father that ate cold pizza and salmon pie for breakfast, pancakes for dinner seems perfectly normal to me.

  11. Angie [A Whole Lot o Avatar

    I LOVE bfast for dinner, but I never cook it for actual bfast. My kids have to wait for my mom to make it for them.

  12. thatgirlblogs Avatar

    God I hate cooking. Anywho, wanted to say I enjoy your "daily photo" thingamajig…

  13. Glo Avatar
    Glo

    Our favorite dinners are often breakfasts. Who says you can't eat vegetables in the morning and all those sweet, gooey breakfast goodies for dinner? Whatever works!

    Just thinking about this makes me hungry… and it's bedtime.

    Fun blog!

    Glo

    Blog – "Let's talk about kids… and life" and author of new book of daily readings for parents, GUIDING THEIR WAY – DAY BY DAY.

  14. pickel Avatar

    obviously I have not been here in a while…love the new look! My son gets waffles for lunch everyday because of his diet. PB &J on a waffle. He loves it.

  15. Peace& Harmony Avatar

    My kids love pancakes. For breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, they are happy to have pancakes. In Japan, many people like Japanese pizza with cabbage, leek, flour, pork in it. Some like to have it for lunch or for dinner and others say it is just an afternoon snack. And it depends on family especially Mom. I loved to have Japanese Pizza for dinner when I was small, but my husband didn't. For him, it is just a snack and doesn't want to accept it for meal.

  16. turnitupmom Avatar

    Stopping by your site for the first time….thanks for a good laugh!

  17. Liz@thisfullhouse Avatar

    Almost a month later and this is STILL funny :)

  18. Erika Jurney Avatar

    Almost a month later, and I'm still a slacker blogger!!

  19. Groovy Mom Avatar

    Ha!! That is funny. But also kind of sweet. I'm sure they'll remember their family pancake dinners fondly when they grow up. :)

    By the way – love your daily mugshot on the sidebar.

  20. thatgirlblogs Avatar

    at least you make breakfast.

  21. Cassandra Rae Avatar

    What an awesome story! And come to think of it the only time I make pancakes is for dinner. Breakfast is always a cup of coffee and Balance Bar. Plus, my "baby" is 16 yo so she makes her own breakfast. Sweet! There are some perks to teenage-dom :~)

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