unnecessary sugar

Another post about sugar, I know...

My girlfriend and I were talking this week about how the kids get sugary snacks at preschool. This week, my daughter came home from preschool and told me she had "ariel's". I had no idea what she was talking about and after a little investigation, (finding black cookie crumbs all over her bow that she had chewed on) I figured out they had given them Oreo cookies for a snack. OREO COOKIES?!?!?! How is that a snack? I was actually kind of pissed. Granted, I am really pregnant and maybe overly emotional, I just don't understand why they can't have a healthy snack.

Another girlfriend of mine has kids in a different school and they have a no sugar policy, which I love. The question is, how do you institute that policy? I feel like I want to do something, but I don't know what and I don't want to offend anyone, but if my daughter comes home with partially hydrogenated cupcake frosting all over her face one more time, I might lose it!!!

What are your kid's schools policies on snacks?

lunch break

I've been trying to get my kids to eat more whole foods and less macaroni and cheese, pizza, grilled cheese, etc. I found a cute idea from a blog for a ready made snack tray to keep in the fridge. I prepared everything last night and ended up letting the kids pick a few different things for lunch today. The snack tray consists of cut up bell peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and celery sticks and a few hard boiled eggs (all organic of course!) I also always have a bowl of cleaned and cut up strawberries in the fridge.

The kids each had a hard boiled egg, some cucumber slices, some strawberry slices and some celery sticks with peanut butter. The kids ate everything! I think it was a novelty for them to get to pick from the tray - it made it fun.

Here's the snack tray...



I think it's a great way for adults to snack too!