Eggs seem to be a staple of many competitors’ diets. Egg whites in particular are a great source of protein. Eggs are cheap and readily available. And eggs can be prepared in a bunch of different ways and with all sorts of things added in to create some variety: herbs, veggies, meat, and - Bodybuilder Hubby’s favorite - hot sauce.
I sometimes joke that Bodybuilder Hubby’s contest is held in the spring simply because eggs always go on sale for Easter. Before we had kids, grocery shopping was something Bodybuilder Hubby and I did together – practically a date night. When he was prepping for a contest, we’d often buy a pack of five dozen eggs and just as often hear comments from the checkout clerk about how we must have such a big family to need so many eggs. In reality, there were two of us, and those 60 eggs wouldn’t last five days in our house.
After we had kids, we discovered another major benefit to Bodybuilder Hubby’s excessive egg consumption: Eggs cartons make the world’s best ever blocks.
Egg cartons can be stacked in all sorts of different ways. They make towers and walls and mazes and caves and other fun things. And no matter how many fall on you, you don’t get hurt. They’re pretty much free, and if one gets destroyed, no problem! Just toss it in the recycle bin, because Bodybuilder Hubby probably already has three more ready to add to the pile.
At one point in time we had something like 120 cartons in our block pile.
The spring when our kids were 1 and 2, I’d put together a new egg carton block design while the kids were sleeping and then let them find it the next morning. I’d always let our daughter in to see it first because as soon as the boy got in there, he’d live up to his nickname: Bulldozer Boy.
For cheap, easy, active fun for young kiddos, egg cartons can’t be beat.
As a side note, earlier today we had our 99th competitor register for next week’s contest. Who will be the 100th? Register today because late fees kick in tomorrow!
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