It is 11:05pm, my kitchen stove timer just went off, I thought I had another oven ghost. (Yes I have had a haunted oven, Marsha Stark will confirm this) Alas, it is not another oven ghost. It was my almost 10 year old son making himself a frozen pizza for a midnight snack. I have to laugh because I do raise independent children. I do not enforce a strict bedtime or a strict eating schedule. Because of my struggle with sleeping issues and my weight these are two things I encourage to do when your body tells you not when the clock tells you. Anyhow it works for us. My son fed himself as I was showering and getting ready for bed. He even offered me a slice. What a self reliant man I am raising. So proud of this man child.
*** Disclaimer, my children graze on fruits and veggies, yogurt, cheese and whole grain crackers throughout the day. They are given three meals a day to eat or not. They are not having to feed themselves frozen pizza because of a lack of parental cooking. My son specifically has been cooking with me since he was 6 and knows how to use the oven and stove properly and my daughter was aware of him cooking the pizza. He did notify her he was going to make it because I was in the shower. I can imagine the gossip about starting as soon as I hit post.
*** Disclaimer, my children graze on fruits and veggies, yogurt, cheese and whole grain crackers throughout the day. They are given three meals a day to eat or not. They are not having to feed themselves frozen pizza because of a lack of parental cooking. My son specifically has been cooking with me since he was 6 and knows how to use the oven and stove properly and my daughter was aware of him cooking the pizza. He did notify her he was going to make it because I was in the shower. I can imagine the gossip about starting as soon as I hit post.
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