As a Mission: Clean Kids family you know that we HIGHLY recommend Shaklee. It was the turning point in our daughter’s recovery from Epilepsy when we found Shaklee and now with the success we’ve had with their products, I’m able to work from home by partnering with this awesome (ethical), trustworthy (safe) company. Now you [...]
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We traveled this past week as a family, in a car, across the country. Believe it or not we still love each other, had NO fighting, minimal whining and lots of laughing. Even the dog came with us! I firmly believe that one of the reasons we all stayed so cheerful is that we didn’t [...]
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We just got home from the launch of the public library’s summer reading program. On the upside, both girls are signed up for the program and I even signed up for the adult program. FUN! On the downside, most of the prizes are food based and I’ll have to come up with something to substitute [...]
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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, [...]
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So I’m sitting at a Panera right now and a quote from one of our team members jumped into my head. It goes something like: “If you don’t take time for wellness now you will have to take time for illness later” This rings true right now as I can over hear (ok I’m a [...]
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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 [...]
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Watch out for flying cookie dough! Yep, I told everyone we were making Valentine’s day cookies. Did you know that one notch the wrong way on a mixer can cause a disaster? My kids went running out of the kitchen as cookie dough went flying everywhere. Good thing I’m a Mom who can laugh at [...]
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February is National Cancer Prevention Month and while most everyone focuses on diet, exercise, and quitting smoking as the core ways to prevent cancer – they’re forgetting another pillar of prevention. Reducing exposure to carcinogens in our everyday environments. At Mission: Clean Kids we know you can’t be perfect. Our world is filled with harmful [...]
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WAAAHHH!!!! Moooommmmmyyyyyy! I run down the stairs completed scared as I hear the scream. Then there’s a red handprint on the door knob and drips on the floor. I start yelling, “Did you cut yourself?” Answer: “NNNOOOOOOO!” Then I realize the screaming is happening while my 6 year old is trying to wash red off [...]
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Our story has too good of an ending to not share with other families, especially those in the disability world. We are proud to have created a chain reaction of great results for many families. The Shaklee corporate team has taken notice of our impact and we’re proud to be featured by the #1 Natural [...]
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Wow, a list came out in the mainstream media of 7 foods to avoid that I acutally liked! I was excited to see it went further than telling us to avoid sugar, but didn’t go crazy and tell us to limit unrealistically. These 7 foods would be an easy start for anyone who is looking [...]
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Today is international Blog Action Day, an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. This year, we’re all talking about climate change. Climate change affects us all and it [...]
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