It's tough enough finding things you like to eat when you are a kid, even more so when you are a kid whose diet consists primarily of soy based products and it's Passover. In past years it was tough for him to adjust. No french toast sticks or Eggos for breakfast. No Morningstar. No goldfish snackers at school. We always send a long memo to his school with all the do and don't and ask them to call if they are unsure of anything.
Last year though the tide turned though during snack time, when Av started to get upset that he had a different snack from all the other kids. His teacher at the time (who happens to be Muslim) took him aside and explained to him how wonderful it was that HE got to eat matza. She went on that Passover is such a special holiday and it is so great that we get to celebrate it every year. She made him feel so much better, that apparently he was strutting around the classroom telling all the other kids that HE got to eat a special Passover snack.
This year we tried to prep him a bit more. Lucky for us he loves matza. We also got him to eat scrambled eggs last year which was a big accomplishment. We started a we ago talking about no toast or waffles or Morningstar. It got to the point where he would just cut me off and say "I KNOW Mommy! It's Passover!"
Yesterday he was holding his lunch bag while the kids were all getting ready to go into their classroom, and one of the other boys pointed at it and said "What is THAT??" Av replied proudly "That's my Passover snacks!" Today however was a real test - there was a birthday celebration at school. I gave Av a quick reminder when I dropped him off about not having a cupcake and the teacher agreed to save one for him for Sunday. When he got home he told me all about the pretty pink cupcakes and how he didn't have ANY because you know Mommy, its Passover... Go him. So that is why my kid is super-awesome. He's learning, he's understanding, and he has way more will power than some grownups I know...
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