Sugar highs and lows.

On Saturday Dad and the kids went out for lunch as a special treat while Mum was away on a special shopping mission. More on that later. Ice cream and lollipops were enjoyed as part of it. Mum then returned and took the kids to singalong a Jungle Book at church. Both kids ate a bag of sweeties, a lollipop and ice cream.

Does what we feed our children have an effect on their behaviour and energy levels? You had better believe it! When we got home after the Jungle book our two were bouncing off the walls. A bike ride, I thought, would do the trick to burn off all that sugar. Nope, we then had two tired and hyper children which adds cranky to the mix too. Feeding them good nutritious food was also tried but full of sugar tummies are not hungry tummies. So when the little girl asked to go upstairs and do a craft project it seemed she had devised the perfect solution to the problem.

Well, not quite perfect. She was quiet for about ten minutes which was good, but when she arrived back downstairs she looked a little different. It turned out that her craft project had involved a restlye of her fringe (US translation, bangs!), a not at all attractive diagonal cut having been taken out right at the front. And with it being diagonal there is no real good fix available. Time will be required to return her pretty looks.

Lesson learned. Craft and sugar highs are a strict no.