If you are a mom and you live in the greater Charlotte area, then more than likely, you are an avid Chick-fil-A fan. Whether it’s meeting at CFA for a playdate, or picking up a platter of nuggets for your soccer party, or anywhere in between, we Smarty Mamas love us some Chick-fil-A!
I was recently invited to visit the Chick-fil-A store on South Boulevard, every square inch of it. What struck me most is the amount of fresh ingredients that they put into every item on the menu. Even better, CFA has introduced a new healthier option to their menu, the grilled chicken nuggets, now offered in their Kids Meals or by themselves. In addition, they have added Buddy Fruits to the Kids Meal menu to continue the healthy trend.
I tested the nuggets with my children and they all really liked the new grilled nuggets. My younger ones still prefer the original nuggets. But my tween really liked them and especially the healthy choice that it offers as she is very in tune with making good diet decisions. What I like most is that there is now a variety of healthy choices on the new and improved Kids Meal Menu, so you can really feel good about serving this food to your children.
Another new limited addition to their winter menu is the Chicken Tortilla Soup. Can I just say Y-U-M and it’s a good healthy option for moms on the go. It has a little kick to it and is chock full of beans so loads of protein. I would HIGHLY recommend it.
THE CHICK-FIL-A SMARTY GIVEAWAY
CFA Charlotte wants one lucky Smarty to treat their family to CFA this week. We are giving away (2) 4-count Kids Meals (grilled or original!) and (2) medium bowls of Chicken Tortilla Soup. How do you enter? To make us all get a good laugh this Monday morning, just leave a comment below or on our facebook page with your craziest, most embarrassing thing your child has ever said to you! This is a fast one, so we’ll pick our winner on Thursday! Enter now – share your funny!
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Like every parent, there are sooo many that I think I have blocked them from memory! One of the worst that I can not forget, because I fear having to re live the moment again. An extremely over weight lady was in the grocery line ahead of us and my little one asked me if she had a baby in her tummy or hiney.
My daughter was 4 and we were at the dr for a checkup. He asked he why she wanted to be when she grew up. She said ” a mommy because they get to have really long saggy boobies”. I tried to crawl under the exam table. Still can’t look him in the eyes
That should say ” he asked her what”. Sorry. Typing on phone.
Last year, I trained for my very first triathlon. Well, to show their support, my husband and two oh so “smarty pants” boys came on a run with me. Part of that run is a nice long hill with a good 60 degree incline. My husband ran behind with the little ones in the strollers. By the time we got to the top of the hill, my 4yr old says (as he relaxes in the stroller), “Mommy, I’m hot and tired.” I say, “Me too, buddy.” as I gasp for breath. His response? “I told you we shoulda drove the car.”
Thankfully this wasn’t my child – it was my niece – but she asked the lady (we think??) at a Kinkos if she was a boy or a girl. Eeek!!!!
My 3.5yr old son whipped it out and started pering in the middle of very busy ghiradeli square. I was mortified. My husband took a picture of the whole thing, including my jaw hanging open.
Upon the passing of a family member, and fielding my sons questions/fears about death, I wanted to ease his fears! I told him when you die and go to Heaven that you get to have fun all day/night and eat anything you want. My husband took him hunting that weekend and while the owner of the plantation was driving them around the fields “E” decided to tell the gentleman that he couldn’t wait to die. The poor man scratched his head and asked why and “E” reply was “I can eat Oreos for breakfast – which will be awesome”!
Our recently potty trained son caught me getting dressed and ran up to me and said ” mom, me so proud you. You wear pink big boy pants!”
This happened to my mom. When my sister went to preschool and d told her teacher that her parents drink booze. This was a Christian school. Thank goodness we knew the church family!
While on the way home from a beach trip, we stopped for a potty break at a very busy Wendy’s. My husband took our son, then 2 1/2, in the bathroom. There was a long wait and a lot of others in the bathroom. As my husband was using the bathroom, our son said, “oh daddy, you sure have a big one!” My husband said he heard a few chuckles as he quickly left the restroom!
I brought my 2 year old daughter with me to Harris Teeter to order some food. While I was talking with the HT employee (and ignoring her fussing), she leaned over the cart and started spitting on the floor! Luckily, the employee saw how mortified I was and said “don’t worry about it, I have young kids too!”
I was grocery shopping with my then 3 year old and there was a woman coming towards us with her card and my daughter says “Watch out old lady.” I had hoped no one was paying attention. But then I saw another mom behind the “old lady” that was dying of laughter. Nice.
My 2 year old says funny stuff all the time, but the latest was after she put on her Cinderella dress-up clothes. She came to me and said, “Momma, I NEED to go to the castle at Disney World.” As if she was employed by them and I was making her late. Good try!
My 4 year son is very observant and quick with his words as is many other kids his age are…we were in Wally world one day and while I was waiting for my prescription there was an older gentleman in a wheel chair that had a patch over his eye. I immediately knew the questions would soon follow…so I heard my son say in a low voice, ‘are you a pirate’ and I hurried and talked over him and when he realized the man didn’t respond he asked even louder ‘ARE YOU A PIRATE’. Luckily, the man had a sense of humor and played the role by saying ‘hrr hrr, why yes I am little guy’. My son thought he was so funny and the man rolled his chair to the end of the bench and told my son to come talk to him and that’s what he did. Memories!!!!
when at the grocery store selecting milk for my 3rd old, she said, “Baby Quinn doesn’t need us to buy her milk, she gets it from your nipple”. had to laugh, and so did the older gentleman beside me.
YUM! Love all the new items on the kids menu!
The funniest thing that comes to mind is from my 2 year old who wakes up at night yelling it’s dark in his room and all I can say back is, it’s supposed to be to which he says oh and goes back to sleep.
My two year old loves blueberries. When he wasn’t speaking clearly yet, it sounded like he was saying ‘boobies’ for blueberries and would say loud at the farmers market ‘i want boobies, i like boobies mom!’
Sara, you’re the winner! Email us at info@charlottesmartypants.com to claim your prize!