Boys to Men volume 3 - a LOT of Cereal!

Peter can eat a lot of cereal.
1 big box of cereal - 2 days.  Just him.
The other 2 are cereal monsters too, but Peter is incredible.
Comically, he will eat ANY kind of cereal.
The funniest is when he finishes a half a box of grape-nuts in a sitting, okay maybe a third of a box.  Those little babies really pack a punch.  Needless to say, fiber is not lacking in that boys diet.
I don't buy as much cereal as I used to, because at the rate described above, it would take about 10 boxes a week for 3 boys.  That's about $30 bucks just in cereal. 
What do I feed them?
Still working on that.

I have to share a Ramen story quickly.  You know, Top Ramen.  A sort of food substance, with an Asian twist.  Really its fried white flour with lots of MSG for flavoring.  It does provide calories, and calories keep the human body alive, but it provides no nutrition as far as I can tell.
Well James was in scouts a few years back now.  I'm going to say 10 year old cub scouts.  I came to pick him up from our diligent, sweet leader, Liz Jensen's house.  Out he runs with a plate full of treasure.  I'm not sure what the occasion for scouts was.  Maybe a "learn about other countries" lesson, or maybe knot tying, but whatever the instructional theme, the "treat" provided that day at scouts was to James a delicacy beyond his wildest imagination.  When he got to the car, his leader, Liz, was following.  He then enthusiastically described to me this scrumptious creation of special noodles his leaders has introduced him to that afternoon.
If you can't tell where I am going with this, James had just had his first taste of Ramen noodles.  And he was smitten.
His leader came to the car to, to see how it was possible that this was James' first experience with Rames, a staple of every American household.
Simply, I had never allowed my kids to eat such nutrition-less junk.
James somehow tweaked the situation so that he brought home all the left-over Ramen,  and he has never looked back.
I have joined the ranks of Ramen-purchasing-mothers-of-growing-children who sometimes need cheap junk-food to fill the gap in their tummies or in their perception of hunger.
I mean 24 packs for, what, like $4.  Even I can't resist now.
Happily our last supply is gone for now.
The boys are stuck with healthier stuff
Ya, like $3.50 a box, cereal :)