Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sticker of Approval

I was getting ready for the Ready for Summer Challenge and was cleaning out the fridge and pantry, when my daughter saw a container of strawberry yogurt sitting on the counter top.  She got really excited and yelled, “mom! I know what we can do with that container of yogurt.”  She ran into her room and came back with a calendar. She brought it home from school and for every month it had a healthy recipe to try.   She flipped to the month of May and said, “See mom.  It’s a strawberry smoothie.” It just so happened that I had all of the ingredients on hand, considering it only called for three ingredients.

Bug and Stinker (these are my girls’ nicknames since they were babies…..I blame their father) came into the kitchen so excited to help mommy make a smoothie.  They both got out the ingredients, measuring cups and the scale.  According to Bug we have to be exact on the ingredients otherwise it might not taste right.

Bug started dumping ingredients into her cup.


I tried to help Stinker, but she’s a big girl and didn’t need my help.

I gave their smoothies a mix on the bullet, and it was time to see if they would pass the taste test for two very picky eaters.

The suspense is killing me.....


 

Yay!!  Four thumbs up.  We’ve decided we’re going to try each recipe on the calendar for that month and if it passes the taste test than it will get the sticker of approval.


It looks like the Smoothie recipe gets a very special princess sticker!


Both of my girls are hopping on the bandwagon of eating healthy and exercising.  I figured that if they start learning at this age then they will not have the same problems as their mommy.  Bug is going to go running with me in the evening, she ran a 10 minute mile at school so she's already way ahead of her mom.  I just know that she will help keep me on track, because both of them want to see me succeed.  I have to say that I'm really lucky to have some pretty special cheerleaders on my team. 

13 comments:

  1. Such a cute post! It's so great you guys are working as a team, and nothing better than to see the excitement and support from your adorable girls!

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  2. Thank you! Both of my girls love to help mommy in the kitchen...the exciting part is now we're going with more healthy recipes, and they are more likely to try it and like it if they helped to make it.

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  3. Awwww....so sweet! I miss those days-it's been a long time! The only thing my 17 year old daughter and I are trading lately are clothes and words-sometimes not so good choices of words either. :)

    A smoothie right now would be oh so good! Have a great Sunday!

    Shannon
    http://www.everystepcounts365.wordpress.com

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    1. They grow up so quick. I figured I better get this time in while I can.

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  4. What a great project to do with your kids! Not only are you helping them make healthy choices, but they'll have wonderful memories of it when they grow up! Love it! :D

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    1. Thank you. That's the one thing I always wanted to do as a mom is to help create those special memories.

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  5. Hey girl...thanks for stopping by my blog..sure wish I lived in the country to do it!

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    1. No problem. Yeah..my only audience is the cows and they don't seem to mind ;)

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  6. Just found your blog. I look forward to following your progress!

    Keep focused!

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  7. Isn't it fun when your kids get into this healthy eating stuff with you? My youngest and I fought over the last of the broccoli at lunch today; I gave in quite easily... I am so thrilled he is choosing to eat healthy! :)

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    1. I would love it if my girls would fight over veggies. We're not quite there yet.

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