New Quarter Masters

Tomorrow I go into hospital for a few days for surgery. Anna and Beth have decided that they are going to take over 'quarter master' duties for the next couple of weeks or so and are looking forward to the challenge! Our one stipulation was that everyone needed to achieve their '5-a-day' but other than that they could have a fairly free rein within reason. They therefore drew up the following charts;

The younger children were very excited at the prospect of a sticker chart, especially one which came with the promise of a chocolate bar at the end of the week!

They then drew up a menu (of sorts) and ordered a delivery from Tesco. It arrived this morning and they gleefully unpacked, not having seen so many treat foods in one place at once. We are usually quite strict about our diet; wholegrain cereals and bread, no crisps or chips unless it's a birthday etc. We had left the girls to the ordering, with a set budget of course, but were a bit surprised to see 3 boxes of Coco Pops! Anyway, we think it will be a good learning experience for them and so have not picked them up on their interpretation of 'within reason' and will see how it goes. At least they'll get their fruit and vegetables and hopefully they will have got their fill of processed food and welcome more wholesome meals in a few weeks. In the meantime luckily Justin is a doctor and so can deal with any constipation issues......