Mission: Celebrate My Birthday w/Out the Crankies!

Do you ever notice that by the end of a birthday party the kids are running around crazy and you’re are so glad they are going home! You know they are going to crash from the sugar in their system and you’re happy you won’t be around to see the melt downs.  It’s just something we, as parents, learn to accept on the party days.

What’s interesting is the effect of going dye free, artificial flavor free, preservative free in our home. Our systems are so used to having real food that any day that we decide to eat a little too much of the chemicals, we get a crash of the crankies in our house.  This includes my husband and I!

This happens on the days when I think it might be easier to just get in the car and go and I’m sure we’ll find something decent to eat while we’re gone (NOT!).  It can happen too on the days that the neighbors ask if they can give the kids a popsicle and I say yes…chances are they give them two.  ICK!

So today, as I celebrate my birthday, I will make a conscious effort to enjoy real food all day. This way it can be a day long of celebration without the crash of the crankies!  What’s on the menu?  Homemade lasagna and carrot cake.  YUM!

P.S. My other gift? An escape to our whirlpool tub with NO interruptions and Enfuselle.  My skin will feel amazing!