Kids Nutrition
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Healthy Halloween Treats
Spooky and sweet, salty and scary: These snacks are perfect for Halloween! Halloween is just around the corner! I have put together a healthy Halloween treat around up! What are your favorite Halloween Treats? Do you like candy corn? YES OR NO? This is a hot topic! Halloween Frankenstein Grape Cups These Frankenstein grape cups are quick and easy! Your kids will love to help make them. Just decorate clear plastic cups and fill with grapes. Cutie Pumpkins and Banana Ghosts! Cute and easy to make! Peel and cut a banana in half put some peanut butter onto 3 raisins or mini chocolate chips for the eyes and mouth. Peel…
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Cooking with Your Kids!
Do your kids help you out in the kitchen? I love to have my kids help me cook! They have been helping me since they were very young! And know my kids love to cook and they just start cooking meals when they are hungry. They did this almost daily during the summer. I would come in from doing choirs and they would be busy in the kitchen cooking! It was/is a wonderful sight! =) Kids that help in the kitchen Are 35% less likely to be engaged in unhealthy eating habits and 24% more likely to eat healthier foods? They are 12% less likely to be tempted to try drugs? The…
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Back To School
Back to School! Well, it that time of year again. Kids are headed back to SCHOOL! Or the “S” Word according to my kids. Do you dread it or celebrate them going back to school? I have mixed feelings each year. I don’t like that I don’t get to be with them all day but on the other hand, I get the opportunity to focus a bit more on my fitness and property management business. I think the older they get the easier it gets to send them back to school. This year my kids are going into the 5th and 8th grade. Where does the time go? Seems like…
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Soccer and Snacks!
Today I want to talk about soccer and snacks!! Okay so this is a bit of a Mom rant! But here it goes! My daughter has played soccer now for 5 seasons now and my son played one season back when he was in the 5th grade. Over the seasons I have seen and observed so much. After each game a Mom or Dad takes turns providing snack and drink for the girls. So far they have received donuts (see image on the right!!), cupcakes and high sugar drinks. I get it who wants to be…
