Healthy Families make Healthy Hearts

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Article submitted by Kathleen Thomas on behalf of Primrose Schools

It has been suggested by many medical experts that young children need a minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity a day to stay healthy. An unsettling amount of children, however, are not as physically active as they should be as seen in the following statistics:
• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry states that between 16 and 33% of all children are considered obese.
• The Trust for America’s Health released figures that in 30 states 30% of the children are obese.
Physical inactivity, combined with poor eating habits, has contributed to these alarming figures.

A birthday gift to MEEEEEE!

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Because I can

Because I wanna

My favorite pics from this past year :)

10 thing I swore I'd never say to my kids

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It was a rough go, growing up, and I feel a little bit of shame saying that now that I am a parent. All of the "If only I had known" feelings and guilt associated with such sometimes bog me down, but I take it as a learning experience, and can only hope that my children are better because of it.


 

I kept this list in my diary when I was between 11 and 13, and came upon it just the other day when I received my box-o-childhood from my mom.

Saying Good-bye to the BoBo

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It's been a long road, Bobo...(aka the binkie, pacifier, paci, and whatever else you'd like to call it) You have been Nico's best friend, his love, and his cushion. I'm sad to see you go...

My first two children didn't give TOO much of a fuss when it was time to say good-bye. After one too many times of scouring the living room for it, I finally put them to bed without, at around 8 months of age. There were 2 or 3 nights of crying for about 30 minutes, and that was it. Easy Peasy.

Nico however, and I would like to attribute this to him being my last baby, (You know, spoiling, cherishing every moment, sad with passing milestones...) LOVES his Bobo. Needs it, talks sweetly to it...seriously. I swear I've seen him making eyes at the Bobo!

So we started out by leaving it up high, where he couldn't just grab it at will, and we could still get it for meltdowns. The next step was to hide it from him, and keeping it out of eyesight, but still downstairs in case of total meltdown. Lastly, we have been keeping it in the crib, waiting to see him at bed time.

Now is the time when she leaves him for good, and breaks his little heart. :(

I'll let you know how that goes!!

Looking for Partners and Sponsors for Christmas EVENT

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My Bloggy Friends,

I would like to partner with several blogs to hold a BIG, Really really big.....BIG FAT......(Did I say I'd like it to be BIG?) Christmas Event this year!

Once upon a time I had a baby

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Baby's First Photo Shoot

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My new Favorite thing...

This pretty little DIAPER cake includes everything you need for Baby Girls first photo shoot!



And MORE!

Imagine being that mommy, and lets be honest ladies, by the time a shower rolls around, granted we are glad for the attention, but still feel like CRAP!

In lieu of the traditional, however useful, items we opened at our showers, dreaming of your little girl on her first big picture day! Wrapped in luxury, because SHE deserves it!

Let Mommy customize it herself with a gift certificate!

Oh my bloggy friends, wouldn't you enjoy it?

Thats how I roll....

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It had been such a long winter...fall...damn last summer too...

 

Our big outing is still pretty much limited to the adventures in our own yard.

For Miss Queen Majesty, as she preferred to be called this particular day, you MUST have a fancy glass for your fancy drink, or how else WILL you hold out your pinky?

Orangen Fancilicious

(Luci's chosen name :)

1 part orange juice

1 part orange pop

1 scoop sherbert

Menu Friday

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Feeding a family of 5 on under $70 per week-
Check out my grocery lists and menus to make the food last!

Week 1

May 6-May 13, 2011

Dinner Menu

1. Chicken and Dumplings

2. Spaghetti and meatballs

3. Beef Wellington ala Cheap-o

4. Classic BUFFALO- Pizza and Hot boneless wings

5. Beef Strogonov

6. Chicken and Mushrooms

7. Leftover Extravaganza

Grocery List

Meat
2 pound bag Chicken tenders ($5.99)
2 pounds ground beef ($4.99)
1 pound stew meat ($3.49)
1 whole chicken ($3.49)

Dairy
16 oz sour creme ($2.29)
8 oz mozzerella ($2.29)
crescent rolls ($1.00)

Fresh Veggies

carrots ($1.00)

celery ($1.00)

16 oz button mushrooms($1.50)

ginger root ($0.50)

 4 Roma tomatoes ($2.50)

fresh basil ($1.29)

4 baking potatoes ($1.79)

Box/Can

Linguini ($1.00)

Spaghetti ($1.00)

soy sauce ($1.79)

egg noodles ($1.29)

tomato paste ($0.69)

2 packages brown gravy MIX ($1.29)

1 package yeast ($0.49)

Flour ($2.29)

GRAND TOTAL....$42.96

Please now feel free to splurge on drinks, breakfast, lunch and snack items!

3 soda's, 2 juices, 1 milk=$10

2 breads, lunchmeat, cheese=$10

eggs, cereal, snacks=$7

CHECK OUT OUR NEW PAGE FOR THIS WEEKS RECIPES!