During my kindergarten years, I used to wake up early to draw in front of the TV with coloring pencils. Running upstairs to show off my masterpieces, I would find the whole family still in bed. Later in my grade 1 years I would rise with my mom each morning before the sun. I loved sitting there on the toilet seat, watching her put on makeup.
Another part of mum's morning routine was preparing breakfast. To this day, with a sister who has well graduated from university and a brother who's finishing up his second year, she still makes sure breakfast is available. But a working single mother of 3 doesn't always have time to fry bacon and scramble eggs, and I can recall frisky fall mornings as a kid when I would get a slice pumpkin pie for breakfast (mmm my favourite!).
As I finish up my undergrad, my biological clock is still tick-tocking along at the same tempo. I cannot seem to bring myself to sleep past the moment the first rays of sun slip through the blinds. Morning people don't need sugar for breakfast, but thanks to mom, I still like a little something sweet to kickstart the day every now and then. Sometimes I'll even have a slice of my homemade pumpkin pie...
With that, I wish you a Happy National Better Breakfast Day!
Hint: click the first photo to enter the photo viewer.
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| Summer berry crêpe |
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| Ontario peach crêpe, with cottage cheese and yogurt |
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| My famous homemade chocolate hazelnut spread |
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| Traditional HK-style french toast, with a secret twist (my homemade choco hazelnut spread!) |
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| Homemade pumpkin pie with vanilla bean ice cream |
Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.
chloelnlam@gmail.com
P.S. Today is also Hug a Vegetarian Day and Johnny Appleseed Day
