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Mission: Ask Permission

August 1st, 2010

Just got a phone call from the Mom down the street :)

I love that families on the block have gotten to know us well enough that they ask permission before giving our kids “stuff”.  Sure, maybe some of them think I’m overprotective, but if you’ve ever watched your child suffer from anything (an allergic reaction, asthma, or seizures like our youngest) you know how I feel.  Even the school nurse thinks I’m a little nuts!

The school nurse and many parents have asked me if I’m serious when I want to know what my child has been given to eat…even better if they ask before it is given.  Really is one Chips Ahoy cookie, one popsicle brand popsicle, one bag of doritos going to hurt my children?  Maybe not.  Maybe so.  What I do know is that the accumulative effect of all the chemicals in those foods can’t be good and if I don’t know what’s going in then I can’t be sure what’s going on with my child if they don’t feel good.

I know for absolute sure that dyes drive my younger one CRAZY!  Too much junky carbs makes my older one CRANKY!

I also know that since eliminating most of these things, with the exception of an occasional birthday party or bbq, our children have not been sick.  Not at all.  Sure the sniffles for 24 hours, but not really sick.  Do you know many families that have children ages 6 and 7 that haven’t been to the dr in 3 years?  (Yes, we went to get the kids physicals for school and yes, they meet all criteria for “well” children.)

Our family loves to help other families experience this same joy of being well year round. Are you ready to work towards your child being the healthiest on the block?

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Mission: Create a Community Get Together for Families Like Us

June 14th, 2010

Our family is mostly “mainstream”. We watch tv, we vacation in Disney, we work hard, our children go to public school…but the one thing that is different is our choices for food, health and home care.  We don’t go shopping in the mainstream aisles of the grocery store, we don’t give over the counter drugs, and we don’t try out the latest scrubbing product from clorox.

This may not seem like a big deal, but to our family it really is a different lifestyle that can make us standout sometimes.

Our kids are constantly asking if they can eat certain things when we are at a party or pot-luck situation.  We feel the need to compromise some of our actions when we are out so the kids aren’t too different from the rest of the children turning their mouths blue.

This weekend I had a meeting with our Shaklee team. The dads met at the house and the moms/kids met at the park.  It was so relaxing to prepare for this meeting!  I didn’t even have to go shopping.  We used the fruit and veggies I had on hand.  Whipped up a quick organic muffin mix.  Grabbed some organic help granola bars and even brought the treat of Annie’s Organic Bunnies (gummy treats).

I talked with the other moms and we are going to plan one of these outings once a month.  (Only dads will be with us.)  We will be gathering in pot-luck style and bringing snacks to share that do not have dyes, HFCS, preservatives or any of that yucky stuff that throws our system “off”.  How relaxing it will be to get together and tell my kids yes, yes, yes when they want to snack with their friends.

Are you in the Shorewood, Plainfield, Naperville, Joliet area?  Want to come?  Be sure to sign up for the newsletter on this page – we’ll be sending updates of our events!

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Mission: Share with Kids Your “WHY” for Choices

May 4th, 2010

People often ask me how I get my kids to go along with the choices we’re making in our home. Whether it’s about eating raw vegetables everyday, skipping the ice cream truck or asking them to give me a little space when I chat with a parent in our home about getting healthy.

The answer is simple: I tell them why!

I tried to refrain from “because I’m the Mom” or “that’s just how it is” or “Mom wants to/has to work today”.

I simply tell them what the benefit to them is if I can get my job done.

Together we made a 2010 vision board of goals. Everybody got their own section, searched for pictures of their dreams & goals, and posted them on the board. It hands in the laundry room where everyone has to pass through everyday.

If things get a little hectic in the home (which of course happens!) we simply talk about WHY we are doing what we are doing.

Julianne has the following dreams: swimming with dolphins and legoland in CA. Johanna wants to spend a fancy weekend in downtown Chicago and visit Mickey Mouse.

To help them make their dreams come true we need two things:

1. A healthy family to enjoy the activities.
2. Money to fund the adventures.

Here at Mission: Clean Kids our family enjoys sharing our journey and choices that we are making to work towards our family dreams and goals. There is rarely a struggle in the home when it comes to healthy choices because we have our WHY!

So tell me…why are you making the choices you are making everyday? Are they getting you towards your goals? Is your family involved and supportive? Are you collaborating towards goals rather than frustrating each other? Sitting and talking with your family and children about what they dream about and how you can work together to reach goals is an amazing experience and I can’t wait to continue to see what develops as my children mature.

UPDATE: Just walked through the laundry room and Julianne (7 years old) just wrote on our family goal board – “2010 is SO MUCH FUN!” That is an awesome proud Mom moment to know I’m helping her make dreams come true :)

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Mission: Take Your Next Action Step to Health for Your Child!

April 27th, 2010

If you are here at Mission: Clean Kids, you must be trying to decide what to do next for you and your family’s health.

Our family knows that getting to a healthy state is simply a journey that needs constant action if you want to see progress.

Sometimes it seems the journey can take so long!

Do you have your next action step planned?

See what we’re doing next for progress in our journey!

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