My kids are turning 3! Trying something new!

Next Monday my twins are turning 3! (were the heck does time go)
I am going to start a tradition. I read about this idea on Pinterest.com (yes, that place again, I'm so hooked!).
The pin suggests you ask a list of questions to the birthday child on their birthday, the same list of questions ever year. Add a picture too- and make a book of it.
I am going to make this an electronic effort, rather than hard copy.  Here is a list of the suggested questions:

1. What is your favorite color?
H: Pink
N: Blue
2. What is your favorite toy?
H: Fancy Nancy Doll
N: Legos
3. What is your favorite fruit?
H: Grapes
N: Melon
4. What is your favorite tv show?
N: Caillou
H: Clifford the big red dog
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?
H: Cheese sandwiches
N: Pizza
6. What is your favorite outfit?
H: Flower Dress
N: Lightning McQueen PJ's
7. What is your favorite game?
H: the doggie game
N: fish game
8. What is your favorite snack?
H: crackers
N: pumpkin bread
9. What is your favorite animal?
H: pig
N: T-rex
10. What is your favorite song?
H: Blast off song
N: Lightning McQueen song
11. What is your favorite book?
H: Cat in the hat books
N: Cat in the hat
12. Who is your best friend?
H: Claire
N: Ben
13. What is your favorite cereal?
H: Squares
N: Squares
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
H: dig with a shovel of course
N: shovel
15. What is your favorite drink?
H: Milk
N: Juice
16. What is your favorite holiday?
H: Valentines day
N: Halloween
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?
H: Comfy, Panda, Chuck Chihuahua,  and turtle, and big puppy, and little puppy, and kitten
N: Lionel
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
H: Bacon
N: Plattar
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday?
N: cupcakes
H: Calamari
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?
H:  Wanna help babies
N: Police officer

Answers to be posted after birthday :)

Childrens Vitamins Have Changed Alittle....

During the winter months more and more parents think about getting some vitamin supplement for their children. Why? If you're the parent of a toddler or more, you know the answer- they come down with something new every week!!! 

yeah, kids vitamins have come a long way

For this very reason I decided to get some multivitamins for my tots.  I hesitated for a long time, since I feed my little ones a very healthy and varied diet, but read enough data to support my decision. Before I started working with Shaklee, when I was attempting to breast feed, I learned about a nutrient called lactoferrin- one of the main immune boosters that make breast milk so valuable. So, when I was doing my vitamin research, I was pleasantly surprised to find that lactoferrin is in Shaklee's multivitamin for kids!! They are called Incredivites, and is more than a multivitamin. It is also a multimineral, and an immune booster!

They have more vitamin D than any other brand- super important for strong bones and teeth. Also really cool, no artificial flavors or sweeteners, or preservatives- and they are gluten free.
 My kids love the berry flavors, we call them our "super vitamins" and they have one every morning.

I am certainly no expert, but I must say, after a few months of taking Incredivites, the kids have not been sick! I probably jinxed myself now.. but I had to share!

Here's to a happy, sunny, and healthy winter for you and your kids!

Eat your mushrooms!

I know, you're not supposed to eat toadstools, but I simply could not resist making this for snack time the other day!
It is simply a boiled egg, I cut the bottom flat so it would stand, and put 3/4 of a tomato on top. I piped on a few white dots (mayo), and done!
I put some pretzel sticks surrounding it when I served them up- I guess they look a little like twigs :)
Happy snack time!

Let's Go Toxin Free in our Homes 2012!

A new year, new resolutions. New beginnings. One of my resolutions (yes, there's multiple!) is to eliminate toxins out of my home. I made great progress last year, but I still have some things lingering in the back of the garage and in the basement closet.

Shaklee's motto, and mine, is: We believe home should be the safest place in the world. Sounds so simple, right?!

•   More than 9 out of every 10 suspected poison exposures occur at home with household
products, including 824,000 cases per year involving children under the age of 6.
 •   An average home generates over 25 pounds of toxic, hazardous waste each year. Much of this
waste can be attributed to household cleaning products.
•   The EPA says that only a fraction of the more than 75,000 registered chemicals have gone
through testing for human health concerns.
•   A person who spends 15 minutes cleaning soap scum off a shower stall could inhale three
times the acute exposure limit of some chemicals.
•   According to a 15-year study presented at the Toronto Indoor Air Conference, women who work
at home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than those who work away from home. The
study concluded that this was a direct result of the exposure rate to toxic chemicals in common
household products.



Yeah- I got scared too! But- this is easy to remedy. Read on.

My campaign to kick of 2012 right, eliminate all toxins out of your home, and start living cleaner, and safer.
In the garage, I have old paint cans with paint still in them, paint thinner, old containers of motor oil, etc. etc.
In the house I have gotten rid of almost all my toxic household cleaners already, but I still have a bottle of bleach. I also have an old coffee jar with used batteries.
So, I want to get rid of all these things, but how, and where?

The Awesome City of Denver has a recycling program that rocks. Not only do they come pick up our day-to-day recycling every other week, they also have a pick-up program for residents, where once per year you can call them, and they come pick up all these toxins!
If you live outside of Denver, check out Earth911 for your nearest recycling center.

I am getting this done by the end of January- will you join me? 

Lets make our homes safer for our families, and the world a better place. You will breathe easier inside and out, and it really makes a difference!
Shaklee's cleaning products are as good, or better, than that windex, tilex, or tide you have lurking in your cabinets! And it will save you lots of money through the year as well :)

Let me know if you have any questions, or need assistance! Happy New Year!