Helena usually eats school lunch. There are foods that she's quite used to, like pasta with tomato sauce or fish & chips, but then there are also things like beef rolls or cheese & onion plaits that she's tried and liked. At times, however, she prefers to take a packed lunch (or what she calls a "pot" lunch, as that's how packed sounds to her when spoken with a British accent).
Last week she asked if she could have dessert in her lunchbox, because there is always dessert with a school lunch. That sounded very reasonable to me, so I added a pack of gummies. When I picked her up that afternoon, she was quite concerned "Momma, I can't bring gummies to school. They are not allowed!"
So this morning I asked about the gummies. Her teacher replied that they really prefer children not bring sweets to school. I explained that I was happy with that idea, and that the only reason I'd packed them was because there was always a dessert included with school lunches. She then went on to explain that dessert to them is a piece of cake, a biscuit, or a chocolate bar. Those things are fine but not sweets.
As you might guess, this is one of those things that doesn't completely make sense to my North American mind but I'm happy to follow the rules now that I know them!
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