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What has happened to oatmeal?

by Dave Caolo

I don’t want this to sound like one of those “…back when I was your age� type of stories, but I’m afraid that’s impossible.

I gave the kids oatmeal for breakfast this morning. When I was a kid, there were two flavors of oatmeal available: Cardboard Box and Cardboard Box with Apple. If you were lucky enough to get one of those shriveled, dehydrated, chicklet-sized shreds of apple, you knew it was going to be a good day. You chewed that thing for every last bit of sweetness it was going to give up.

Flash forward thirty years. Grace’s oatmeal this morning was “Cinnamon Roll.� William had “Banana Bread.� I had to try each one and they tasted just like a cinnamon roll and a slice of warm banana bread. Lucky dogs.

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Posted in Fatherhood, General on February 13th, 2007

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6 Responses to “What has happened to oatmeal?”

  1. Jennifer Says:
    February 13th, 2007 at 10:44 am

    Too funny! Alex had Bananas and Cream this morning. He also likes Strawberries and Cream. Where were these things when we were forcing oatmeal down every morning?

  2. Gayle Says:
    February 13th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    At the risk of kids reading this, I’ve never eaten oatmeal. My own mom tried to force it down me a couple of times by threatening to make me sit at the table until it was finished. When the prospect of missing school came up because I was still sitting there, she gave up.

    My teenage daughter loves it, and will eat just about any flavor, including regular, but not me!

  3. Erinn Says:
    February 14th, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    My kids HATE oatmeal. I don’t like it either but I always try to give it to them because it seems like such a nice morning meal.

  4. Sara Wilson Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 3:00 am

    Excuse, and what you think concerning forthcoming elections?

  5. Mark Woodgate Says:
    April 5th, 2007 at 7:31 am

    I think that politicians should be judged by their actions, not their words. I just hope the next president pushes for more UN intervention, instead of just getting the US and UK involved.

  6. Tima Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 2:10 am

    nice photos of this blog

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