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What the heck is Cocoa and Little Men?
So many families have those special moments or memories and this is one I am sharing with you.
I hope you enjoy this little piece of my childhood that I remember so fondly.
So what are Little Men?
How imaginative and smart my mom was, instead of calling it cocoa and bread, she called it cocoa and little men which sounds much more like fun!
Introducing ........ Little Men
A Warm Childhood Memory
Many years later I wondered why my mother would come up with a treat like this. I mean really, bread with cocoa?
I'm pretty sure that back in the '50's and '60's and being newly married with two young kids, I'm guessing money must have been tight. We were a family that loved sweets, ok, mostly me, and there was probably not enough money left over for fancy desserts.
And who would have thought that something so simple was so special to me!
Mom and Me (before cocoa and little men)
Funny Moments
One time my mother was at her doctors office for an appointment and the doctor was asking her general questions. Now keep in mind, that my mom used to love to tease and torment him.When he asked mom what she had for breakfast, she replied "cocoa and little men".
Mom told me I should have seen the confused look at his face, and knowing he didn't have a clue what that was, she laughed to herself as he quietly wrote down her answer but didn't have the nerve to ask her what that was. You know doctors, they don't like to admit they don't know something!
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall that day LOL.
And Wendy wanted to know....
I had visited Wendy's cute Christmas Holiday Traditions lens and left a comment mentioning my Cocoa and Little Men.Pssst, this is Wendy -------------------------->
Shortly after that I received an email from Wendy thanking me for leaving comments on her lens, wasn't that nice of her, and to be sure to send her my lens about "cocoa and little men", that I had her curious. :)
So Wendy, I shall be sending you the link to this lens FIRST!
What do you think?
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Do you have a favorite food or snack that your family has given a unique name to?
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- GrowWear GrowWear Nov 9, 2008 @ 10:19 am
- Someone mentioned toast "soldiers" in a British film I saw once. This lens is so lovely; it sounds like you learned a great life's lesson at your mom's knee: The simple things in life are the best things in life.
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- vbright105 vbright105 Nov 3, 2008 @ 1:30 am
- How delightful!
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- awelldressedbullet awelldressedbullet Oct 23, 2008 @ 7:46 pm
- * waves at Wendy * I'm so glad I made ya smile! And how cute is "soldier men" LOL
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- WendyKrick WendyKrick Oct 23, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
- This is great Kathy. You made me smile. You just reminded me of a memory with my Grandmom. She used to cut my toast the same way and she called them soldier men.~Wendy
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