Kids and Eating

In honor of my mom's birthday today, I will post a funny that she made recently.

You know Taco Bell's promotion for their Fourth Meal, the meal you eat late at night?

Since my kids eat all day flippin' long, my mom says, "Okay, you go get lunch.  I have plenty of stuff around my house for when they get hungry later for their Eighth Meal."

For my kids, 8th Meal is like between lunch and dinner.  I swear they eat like 12 times a day!  They should be as big as houses, but they work it off, thankfully!

School Lunches

Mom's been taping Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on ABC for us, and I have Joel watch it as a homeschool project.  Check out this blog by a woman who is eating a school lunch every day this year to check out what's in them, how they taste, the waste of plastic utensils and food, etc.

Temporary ID Tatto for Kids

This is a great post at The WM Parenting Connection called "Can't Parents Supervise Their Kids Anymore?" (sign up for the e-mail version so you don't miss a post!).

My opinion:  I used to think things like leashes for kids were crazy and wondered why someone couldn't keep track of their dang kid.  I felt this way because I had 3 Velcro children who would not leave my side.  Then along came Eva.  Pair that with living on a very busy street and, although I don't own a kid leash personally, I am now a believer in doing whatever it takes to keep your kid safe.

What do YOU think?

School Carnival

Here are some pictures from the recent school carnival we attended.  The kids played a bunch of games to win poker chips to trade in for prizes.  They enjoyed the bouncy slide and moonwalks.  Callie won a bag of Tootsie Rolls at the cakewalk.  They all enjoyed Ring Pops!  We dropped only $40 this year to support our local public school.  I was surprised we got out of there so cheap!

Homeschool Sushi Rolls

I have found a great homeschool group in my city.  I won't publicize them in case they want to stay medium-sized, but would be happy to publicize them if they want me to and will email anyone info about them if they would like from the Comments section.  Anyway, they have 4 co-op sessions a year where a parent offers a class on anything and in return their kids can take as many classes as they want.  Some of the classes cost money, like this one was $5 per kid, but they got to take home a bamboo mat and spoon plus the ingredients were amazing (salmon, avocado, mango, cream cheese, cucumber, etc.).