The Mirthful Morgans: Forbidden Things.....

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Forbidden Things.....

There are just some things that are forbidden. I can think of a whole bunch i am sure, but that could take up multiple blogs and no one likes to focus on the negative. But the other day while we were all out grocery shopping i realized at the check out that i hadn't let Sarah pick out a box of cereal. So John said he's go with her to let her pick something out.

I couldn't believe my eyes when he brought back this:

I was like, "Seriously! What are you thinking?" John apparently isn't aware of the ongoing rule that cookies for breakfast are forbidden. My kids will ask me (mainly Eden will ask me) from time to time if they can have this cereal and i ALWAYS say no. I mean why kind of mother would i be if i let my kids have cookies for breakfast?

So i assessed the situation.....we were already checking out, and didn't really have time to go and get another cereal and John had already told her it was okay. Sarah apparently said she was also unaware of the no Cookie Crisp for breakfast rule. So i looked at the sugar content...11g, not horrible and then quickly looked at the sugar content on the box of Frosted Mini Wheats i had in the cart....12g. (Sarah has to be careful how much sugar she eats) Hmmm......well just this one time, i said. Although no doubt the FMW had some more things in it that were healthier for you, the Cookie Crisp's nutritional content wasn't too horrible, surprisingly enough.

She certainly enjoyed them though. Eden tried them and said they didn't actually taste like cookies at all. Jack likewise has thoroughly enjoyed them. Well, love them while they last, but it will be the last! ;-)

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All about John & Nicola

Well, John is the extremely handsome red-head, of course, and I'm the little one in front of him! John is a marriage and family therapist and I am a domestic engineer as well as a dental hygienist. We met in June of 2000, were engaged by the very end of September 2000, and were married December 16th 2000. We have four lovely children as you can see below and love life and all that it has brought and taught us! We love to talk, have friends over, cook and eat food, camp, and pretty much do anything as a family.

All About Edy

She is fun-loving and pretty much always wants her way (who doesn't) and 90% of the time it works out well as she's a good girl with righteous desires and is extremely responsible and mature for her age. However that 10% of the time where we actually don't agree on something, she can be a little devil! She is a huge help with Jack as these two are best buds! Jack likewise adores her and she is the only one out of his other siblings that he'll let parent him. Eden is also in the fifth grade and loves to read. She has a passion for horses and all animals really and also loves to cook and bake.

Top 7 Favorite of "The Complete Life's Little Instruction Book"

{Why 7 and not 10...because I haven't found three more I really like the best yet. AND these are in no particular order either.}

1. Remember that life's most treasured moments often come unannounced.
2. Hold puppies, kittens, and babies any time you get the chance.
3. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
4. Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
5. Watch for the big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
6. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

The Duty of Mothers...

The duty of the mother is to watch over her children, and give them their early education, for impressions received in infancy are lasting. You know, yourselves, by experience, that the impressions you have received in the dawn of your mortal existence, bear, to this day, with the greatest weight upon your mind. It is the experience of people generally, that what they imbibe from their mothers in infancy, is the most lasting upon the mind through life... Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can instill into the hearts of their children what they please. You will, no doubt, recollect reading, in the Book of Mormon, of two thousand young men, who were brought up to believe that, if they put their whole trust in God, and served Him, no power would overcome them. You also recollect reading of them going out to fight, and so bold were they, and so mighty their faith, that it was impossible for their enemies to slay them. This power and faith they obtained through the teachings of their mothers.

-Brigham Young