*drum rolls* Here comes the jingle of joy….
OK, so the fact that I have recorded my own biscuit jingle is a bit of a clue to my biscuit loving nature. I have long considered biscuits to be a perfectly respectable breakfast food (and lunch and dinner for that matter) so imagine my glee when belVita launched their breakfast biscuit range a few years ago, with a special recipe to give you slow release energy to keep you going through the morning. Now I could legitimately enjoy my favourite food stuff for brekkie with no fear of condemnation!
Mornings are a bugger aren’t they? I do not function that well first thing, and having three kids to hoover out of the house by 8.20am is not my idea of fun. This is how our morning goes generally….
- Alarm goes off
- Snooze Alarm
- Alarm goes off
- Snooze Alarm
- Toddler Wakes Up
- Snooze Toddler. (I wish you could actually do that…)
- Stagger downstairs and blearily switch on kettle while simultaneously crossing my legs in the hope that whoever is in the loo hurrys up.
- Shove cereal at kids.
- Shout at teenager to get up.
- Inhale coffee.
- Make packed lunches, because despite repeated promises to get organised and do them the night before I am incapable of that level of organisation.
- Shout at teenager to get up.
- Hunt the house for school/pre-school clothes which the children have trailed behind them as they undressed the night before.
- Shout at teenager to get up.
- Begin hunting for a pair of socks. Discover toddler has 17 odd socks, which must defy the laws of probability. Eventually locate two that are ‘close enough’ to class as a pair.
- Teenager appears 1 minute before she needs to leave for college, shove packet of belVita biscuits in her hand for her to eat on the way.
- Look for shoes.
- Look for shoes.
- Look for shoes.
- Find second toddler shoe down back of sofa cushions.
- Dash out of house, only 3 minutes late.
- Drop off big son, then small son.
- Walk home.
- And relax.
You have to take pleasure in the little victories that the morning offers you – the days when your toddler cleans his teeth without a meltdown, the school run walks when the sun shines on you, and the days when you make it on time without having to run. The mornings where you manage to finish a cup of coffee AND have time to brush your own hair are big winners in my house.
Once everyone is safely ensconced in their various educational settings, I finally have time for my own breakfast – more coffee (I am powered by coffee), belVita Biscuits, and (for the purposes of pretending to have a healthy balanced breakfast and cos it made a nice photo) some Madagascan vanilla yoghurt and strawberries. (I don’ t really eat the yoghurt and strawberries, I just cram in biscuits, but you know, got to pretend to have an ‘aspirational’ lifestyle when blogging!).
The new belVita Breakfast Crunchy range is really yummy, available in choc chip, apricot and hazelnut, they are very tasty, definitely live up to their crunchy promise and stand up to a good solid dunk without falling in your coffee (I hate having to fish bits of biscuit out of my beverage!). Biscuits for breakfast? That’s my morning win!
Love Miss Cisco XXX
This post is an entry for #MorningWin Linky Challenge sponsored by belVita Breakfast. Learn more at http://bit.ly/belVitaUK
Love the biscuit jingle! Reminds me a bit of B52s 🙂
Dean of Little Steps recently posted…U is for Up
You deserve to win for making the jingle alone! X
My friend swears by biscuits for breakfast. They are nice biscuits mind.
Best of luck.
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I love that you made a jingle – It’s in my head now 😉
Cass@frugalfamily recently posted…Nail varnish isn’t just for nails….
Fantastic jingle! We had to introduce a biscuit ban in our house after I snaffled one or seven too many and my jeans shrunk 😉
Louisa recently posted…Adhesions following abdominal surgery
For a minute there I thought you had a snooze button on your toddler and I wanted to know immediately where I could get one!!
RYan Costello recently posted…Sibling Love
Brilliant!!!! You had me in stitches, I have 4 kids to get out of the house by 8am and it’s a killer. “Inhale coffee” is SPOT ON!
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Great post! I honestly can’t cope without my biscuits.
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Oh how I wish kids had a snooze button
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# aspirationalbreakfast
We love belVita Biscuits in our house. My children don’t have an ‘off’ switch let alone a snooze button.
Ness (@jibberjabberuk) recently posted…Kitchen Garden Notes – Ham House
I love the jingle! I haven’t tried them yet but they are on my list!
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What a fun biscuit jingle! I hate mornings, I’ve never been a morning person and never will be one. Sadly my son has inherited that quality from me.
Joanna Sormunen recently posted…The Queen With The Frozen Heart – The Visiting Star
Mornings are a complete bugger
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Ha ha ha, we love your jingle. I am a porridge girl,
Jen aka The Mad House recently posted…Get a Birds Eye View and Win a Samsung Smart Camera
Looking ta your list shows how hectic morning are you deserve cup of tea and a biscuit.
Nayna Kanabar (@citrusspiceuk) recently posted…Food Bloggers Meet at Le Restaurant de PAUL, London
Enjoyed the insight into your mornings and I too struggle first thing. Commenting for myself and on behalf of BritMums and thanking you for taking part.
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I am all for biscuits. Any time of day or night. Great for breakfast too!
VaiChin @RamblingThroughParenthood recently posted…Mythical Maze Summer Reading Challenge 2014
Ha ha that sounds like my morning…every morning…except I normally get home and then realise something I should have sent one of my little ones into school with and haven’t…again!!
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