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Cheerios Blogger Circle: Breakfast of Choice

As a member of the Cheerios Blogger Circle, I was given several topics to write about this month. One stood out and I thought ... What a great interview topic! Children are so fun to interview or question because their answers can be so honest and so far out there!

So for this exclusive interview, I’d like to introduce Bradley an eight year old, third grader and also my son!

These answers are straight from his mouth…some are the answers I actually hoped (such as his preference for healthier food). His other answers, well, you can see they are straight out of the mouth of an eight year old boy!

Question:  If you could choose anything to eat for breakfast, what would you choose?

Answer: Cheerios or Donuts

Well at least he has one healthy option as an answer! Original Cheerios has been a staple in our house for breakfast food for years. Occasionally, we treat Brad to Honey Nut Cheerios…but Original Cheerios is his typical breakfast.

Question:  When did you start eating Original Cheerios?

Answer: When I was 2 years old probably.

Actually he’s been eating them since just over 1 year old as a finger food. But he’s pretty close!!

Question:  Why do you like them?

Answer: Because they have a good taste and it has magic in it.

Magic? Cute answer! In hindsight, I should have probed the magic answer a little further.

Question:  Do you like to put anything in your Cheerios?

Answer: Yes. I like to put milk in my cereal. I also like to put dried cranberries in my cereal. My grammy (my mom’s mom) got me started on liking dried cranberries on my Cheerios when I would spend the night at her house.

I’m actually fairly impressed he remembered who introduced him to adding dried cranberries to his cereal. AND he called them by the proper name. Until only recently he was referring to them as red raisins.



Question:  Does anyone else in your family eat Cheerios?

Answer: Well I don’t know what my mom eats because she eats breakfast after I leave for school. But I eat it and sometimes my cat, Cleo, will sneak up on the table and drink the milk out of my bowl…but that’s only if my parents aren’t there.

Good to know! Maybe I need to keep a better eye on little Cleo during the breakfast time rush. Wonder what else Brad lets Cleo do without my knowledge?

Question: Why do you think mommy and daddy want you to eat Cheerios?

Answer: Because it is healthy for me at lowers my cholesterol.

When Brad answered this question…my husband and I giggled for a while. Cholesterol? Luckily he won’t have to worry about that for a while. But it’s good to know he understands we want him eating healthier food and him liking and asking for this food is an even bigger plus!

Question:  What do you think Cheerios are made out of?

Answer: Nuts and magic…it makes them delicious

OK…maybe not entirely (or any part) correct. He thinks many things are made of nuts that actually aren’t. Maybe it’s the crunch? Or maybe it’s the magic?

Question: What do you think the reason is why so many children love Cheerios?

Answer: Because some other cereals have lots and lots of sugar and not a lot of fiber. Cheerios has a lot of other healthy stuff too.

If only all children wanted the healthier option with less sugar, right?

What breakfast option does your child ask for?

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Cheerios with Red Raisins and Quality Time

Cheerios asked some of us moms in the Cheerio’s Blogger Circle how we use the quality time we spend with our children to ensure the best nourishment for body and mind. So in the spirit of sharing, I’ll let you in on a little moment during my day which I hold very dear.


One of the little life lessons we try and teach our son is about making healthy choices. I’m not just talking about teaching our son that drinking milk is a healthier choice than soda or that a snack is different than a treat…learning to make healthy choices in life expands beyond what kids learn to eat. It involves showing our kids what choices they make throughout the day are good choices…and what choices are not so good.

One of my favorite moments of my day is the time right after my son, Bradley, gets out of school and before the madness of homework, dinner time, soccer practice, and the day to day nonsense of a school night begin. It’s that hour or so of time that feels like a little ray of sunshine is beaming down in to my busy day. Our quality time. That small bit of time is when my son and I have to talk, have a snack, hang out for a bit, and stay connected. By stopping everything else in my day and focusing on him, our conversation and that moment in time he understands that he is important & loved.

I’ve gotten to know my son pretty well in our little talks. He munches on some Cheerios with red raisins (aka dried cranberries) as it’s is snack of choice & I get to hear if the little life lessons we try and instill in our son are actually getting put to use.

Without this time, I wouldn’t get to find out if he ate all of his lunch before his “treat”….how he helped a classmate by translating the day’s math lesson in to a 3rd graders language…or why chattering away loudly with his friends in the cafeteria maybe wasn’t the best choice he could have made. It’s pretty funny how honest this little guy feels he can be with me during this time. I hope that honesty never goes away.