Ok so I am trying to feed my kids healthy food.  What is a natural way to battle the gas that they have.  It is driving me crazy!!!  I wish my car could run on it.  Right now we just run from it!!!!!! I saw at the pharmacy they had some charcoal pills.  That just doesn’t sound right to give them that.  Maybe coal at Christmas……I just crack myself up!!!!!  So If anyone knows what to do about our natural gas problem let me know!!

Antoinette

Ok my kids love pizza.  So what can I do to help make a healthy pizza that is quick?

I know that when I was a teen I was invincible.  I could eat anything and everything.  I knew more than my parents.  The older I get the more I see how clueless I was.  So how do you prove to your teens that what you eat does matter?  It does have a lasting affect on their body.  If anyone knows what to do with a teen please give me a clue.

Slow to speak….quick to listen applies to our kids too?  One of my kids made a very poor choice this weekend.  For the first time in a long time I was slow to speak.  What a big step for me!  It seems to have helped our relationship.  There will still be some punishment for these poor choices.  I think there is some hope at raising good kids.  It is kind of funny how following instructions (The Bible) can work for me.

Antoinette

Yeah, Antoinette, you think you’ve got a great vacation planned… Just because you’re going without your kids and husband and will have a complete break, don’t think it’ll be better than MY vacation!

I get to go to Disney tomorrow!  I will be entering into a wonderful time of amazing family vacationing.  In other words, while chasing behind my husband and holding my youngest’s hand as I drag him along, we will Conquer the Parks!  Yes, we conquer them.  We run from one ride to another, grabbing fast passes before we get in line of course so that when we get out of one, we are all set to head on to the next ride.  Of course the kids and I are consistently several steps behind my husband.  Periodically we complain, “Can we stop for lunch?  It’s 2:30 and we haven’t eaten since breakfast.”  To which he replies, “Let’s do this next ride and then we’ll leave and have a relaxing lunch outside the park.”  Of course, the ride along with the wait takes us to well past 3:00.  By now the kids are really hungry (not to mention their mother).  (This is why I try to bring a stash of nuts, fruit leathers, ANYTHING to keep us going!)  By the time we get out of the parks, it’s almost four o’clock and he’s thinking we can just wait until dinner to eat!

So, yes, Antoinette, be jealous.  Just because you will probably be sitting at nice cafes drinking cappuccinos every day having wonderful, deep conversations with your mom, don’t think that I, too, can’t have deep exchanges of thoughts with my family.  It might be about Mickey or Goofy or how a ride works, but at least we’ll enjoy being together… maybe?

I am going to Italy with my mom and sister!!!  No kids! No husband!  I still can’t believe it.  They are going to be alone for 12 days.  Scary to think of what Daddy is going to feed them.  Sooooo I decided to make big dinners between now and when I leave.  I am freezing half of each dinner.  That way they can take a bag out of the freezer in the morning.  Then they can have a healthy home made dinner.  If there are any other ideas to help me not worry about them.  Please let me know.

If anyone wants to check in on them and make sure they are brushing thier teeth feel free!!

Bonjoirno……I need to practice my Italian!!!!

Anyone ever go apple picking when they were young?  I remember going into the barn after picking the apples.  The smell of hot apple cider!!!!!!!!!!  So good!!! They would always have freshly dipped carmel apple also.  It was called Moo Ma’s Farm where I grew up and went apple picking.  I wish there was a place like that in south florida.  I guess I will have to go orange picking. 

Antoinette

I have now joined the world of slow cooking!!  I love it!  Who knew it would be so easy?  I am trying a chicken dish.  Chicken breast, broccoli slaw, cream of mushroom and a bunch of other stuff.  I will let you know how it turns out!  My pot roast last night was great.  Baby potatoes, carrots, mushrooms califlower.  My kids loved it.  Any easy recipes out there let me know!!!

Antoinette

It seems like so many people are wanting to lose weight, but resign themselves to being overweight.  Usually I hear them say things like, “I’ve tried everything.”  I think what they are really saying is that they’ve tried a ton of diets.  I guess that’s why I like the show “The Biggest Loser”.  They show real people eating well and exercising.  Hmmm… surprising that they lose weight!

Also, it was great seeing Bob the trainer say to throw out items in your house that contain fructose corn syrup!  It’s great to have someone giving healthy advice without any agenda other than to help people be healthy.

School work is just about done (dd was sick so she’s behind) and the weekend is upon us!  We are ready to wind down and go see the movie “Fireproof” tomorrow with some friends I think.  One thing I like to do when we go to the movies is to make my own popcorn and put it in baggies.  I use an air popper and coat it lightly with a mixture of coconut oil and Earth’s Balance butter.  It’s really good and not as bad for you as movie popcorn! Give it a shot!