Eat With the Kids

Do’s and Don’t of Packing School Lunches for the Kids

August 15, 2011

Guess what we just got in the mail? I have exactly six days and 15 hours until these babies need to start being filled. What? Me? Counting down? HECK, YES. It’s time, my friends. It is time when I come to the stark realization that despite my love for these dear ones, I am ready [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 10/27/10

October 27, 2010

Even though I haven’t done an Eat With the Kids post in ages, I swear, I am feeding my children regularly. We’re back today following my nine-year-old girl. Not a big eater. Not a big snacker. She’s always been that way for whatever reason. She just eats when she’s hungry. Huh, interesting concept. She is [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 5/27/10

May 27, 2010

Today is the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! Here’s how Miss Tressa is going to end it: 7:00 AM 1 slice of banana bread (find recipe here) 1 orange 1 boiled egg Lunch: 1 homemade wheat roll with turkey and cheddar cheese 1 boiled egg baby carrots light ranch dressing low sugar yogurt water After-school snack: [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 4/14/10

April 15, 2010

Following Mr. Brian today. This was the day before grocery shopping day, so I was a bit nervous to see if we could keep this kid fed who has a bottomless pit for a stomach. All is well. He’s alive. 7:00 AM Breakfast: 1 whole wheat English muffin, toasted All-natural PB All fruit spread [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 3/31/10

April 1, 2010

Following my newly minted three-year-old today. 7:30 AMBreakfast: 1 fruit cup, lightcottage cheese4 strawberries He made sure in no uncertain terms that he had both available for breakfast. So, the strawberries went to the gym with him since he was stuffed from the cottage cheese and fruit. 11:00 AMMid-morning snack:Luna Bar Mom, can I have [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 3/10/10

March 11, 2010

Little Miss Tressa’s turn: Breakfast: 1 bowl of Shredded Oats1/2 large pear Lunch: 1 tuna sandwich with whole wheat bre1 light yogurt1 can mixed fruit1 clementine orange1 chocolate chip barwater After-School Snack: 1 Z-Bar1 string cheese1 banana Dinner at the park: 1 scrambled egg and cheese burrito on a whole wheat tortillaapplesgrapeswater Treat at a [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 3/03/10

March 4, 2010

I stuck my neck out for this one: I tracked what my almost 3-year-old ate for an entire day. He is very picky and could seriously eat only cottage cheese and fruit all. day. every. day. I learned a few things about Johnny Scott by doing this: He doesn’t eat as much as I thought. [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 2/17/10

February 19, 2010

Miss Tressa gets the camera in her face today: 7:00 AMBreakfast: 1 cup oatmeal sweetened with brown sugar1 orangewater 11:15 AMLunch1 Turkey Rollup:Kidz Flatout bread, 1 slice of turkey, 1 string cheesePirate BootyGrapes1 4 oz light yogurt 2:45After-school, pre-chess club snack: 1 ZBar 4:15 AMMore snacks: 1 Dreyers Sugar Free Popscicle 4:30 AMMore snacks: 1 [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 2/10/10

February 10, 2010

For today’s Eat With the Kids post, we are following my lovely, so very gentle six-year-old son Brian. Brian is huge. He is 2-1/2 years younger than his older sister, just as tall as her, and weighs 2 pounds more. He has been this way since the get-go (he weighed 9.2 lbs at delivery, versus [...]

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Eat With the Kids: 2/3/10

February 3, 2010

Today we’ll start easy and follow my 8-year-old gal. She’ll eat basically whatever is handed to her and aims to please. It has become important to her to eat health foods like her parents, read food labels, and is not a big snacker. She basically only eats when she’s hungry. She is the only kid [...]

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