Blog Number 191

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

Probiotic Digestive Wellness Cereal

Those were the words on the front of an actual box of cereal at the Whole Foods Market store.  For those of you (who like me) that have not heard this new term before let me edu-ma-cate you.  Probiotics are “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts, confer a beneficial health effect on the host.”  Mmm Mmm Good.  This just screams, "Eat Me!" doesn't it?  I could spend the next 10 blogs on things I saw in this store but suffice to say this store makes you want to give up, throw up your hands in numb despair, and live on Coke and Twinkies for the rest of your (albeit short) life. 

Speaking of Twinkies, the kids attended Vacation Bible School (VBS) 2 weeks ago and they had a snack each day.  Well on the last day of VBS the snack was a Twinkie.  This may or may not come as a shock to you but neither of my kids had ever had a Twinkie before.  No, I am serious.  According to my wife (who was there for the event) both had an interesting reaction.  The daughter did not even like it at all and the son (after eyeing it cautiously for some time and asking many questions) hesitantly took a small bite.  I don't think he is a big fan but anytime he can get pure, unadulterated sugar and bleached flour, he goes for it.

After my wife told me this story, I started to think about all the snacks I had as a kid.  Ding Dongs, Ho-Ho's, Twinkies, Snowballs, Cupcakes, Suzy-Q's, Fruit Pies, the list goes on and on.  Other than one time when I had a Snowball and offered a bite to the son (he did not like it), I cannot recall a time in my married life that we had any of these snacks in the house / apartment.  What kind of parent am I?  My kids know more about Probiotic’s Digestive Wellness Cereal than they do about Twinkies!  I hang my head in shame as an American consumer.

Tomorrow it is our turn to bring the breakfast snack to our Sunday School class.  I think I will take the kids out to get donuts for them and our class just to make up for lost time.

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon