Tag Archives: parenting
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Mission: Know Little Changes Add Up to Big Results
Posted on June 4, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsI’m sitting in here watching Johanna (6yrs old) sleep and not just because she is beautiful. For the first time in over 3 years she did not get seizure meds at bedtime. We’ve slowly been able to reduce her dosage to what the doctor called a “homeopathic” dose in her system. So in other words, [...]
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Mission: See Your Future – What are you Talking About?
Posted on May 7, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsSo 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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Mission: Scrub the Kitchen, Don’t Inhale
Posted on May 6, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsDid you know that women who spend a lot of time in the home are over 50% more likely to develop cancer? YIKES! The amount of chemicals surrounding you and your family could be overwhelming. In fact, removing any cleaning agents, including shampoo, soap and shower gel, was one of the first things we did [...]
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Mission: Volunteer at Lunch Time
Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsSo my 7 year old, Julianne asked me to volunteer at lunch/recess today at her school. I got clearance from the principal and off I went. Now if you’ve been reading this blog, you know my thoughts on food and the choices we make in our home. I try and keep judgment to myself, but [...]
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Mission: Share with Kids Your “WHY” for Choices
Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsPeople 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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Mission: Take Your Next Action Step to Health for Your Child!
Posted on April 27, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsIf 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 [...]
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Mission: Make a Great Homemade Pizza!
Posted on April 27, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsTake out? Frozen? Half-Baked? What kind of pizza do you like? I think our family knows that even a bad pizza tastes good, but what if we could make a really good pizza from home? I have to admit I’m a bit inspired by Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. I’ve been in my kitchen A LOT [...]
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Mission: Green, Smart, Powerful, Open House
Posted on April 11, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsToday is an exciting day! I’m headed out to Sheridan, IL to help our team member Jennifer Hockings introduce Shaklee to her family and friends. Jennifer has a daughter with Rett’s Syndrome, was already making greener choices and new the income from Shaklee could make a difference for their entire family. Jennifer is just one [...]
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Mission: Mimick Hot Lunch at School
Posted on April 10, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsSo Julianne, who is 7, mentions Friday morning that the hot lunch menu is hot dogs. She wasn’t asking for hot lunch, but I’m sure she was looking for my reaction. I explained to her the different qualities of hot dogs and the “meat” that can be used. I also explained that there are many [...]
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Mission: Make Different OK for the Kids
Posted on April 8, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsIt’s been happening a lot lately. We’ve been in public places or school events where kids are eating mainstream choices. My kids are not. How do I make that o.k.? I mean really… we’re on a first grade field trip and boy number one is slugging a pixie stick. Boy two is crunching a prepackaged [...]
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Mission: Teach All Children About Food
Posted on February 12, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsJamie Oliver inspires us all to make change in our American habits. Did you know our children our predicted to live 10 years less than we are? If you’re like me, you may feel the task of improving your child’s school food or cooking more at home may be too big to take on….we need [...]
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Mission: Avoid Super Bowl Crash – Accomplished
Posted on February 8, 2010 by admin in Latest NewsYesterday was a major junk food day, right? Well, normally I would have given in a little more than usual, but both my daughters are fighting a bug. I did not want to rely on the party food to fill their tummies. Soooo, I made sure we sat down to a famiy meal before we [...]
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Mission: Sledding and Organic Hot Chocolate!
Posted on December 22, 2009 by admin in Latest NewsToday our mission is easy! It’s the first real snow of the season and we’re going sledding. We just moved into a new house and a HUGE sledding hill has been teasing us for months. The organic hot chocolate and marshmallows are ready for after our adventure. What are you doing to stay active this [...]
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Mission: Listen to My Child
Posted on December 14, 2009 by admin in Latest NewsThere are so many times that my daughter has to listen to me. You know the routine: Go get dressed, Take your vitamins, Put the dog outside, Play nice with your sister…and on and on and on. The great thing is that at the end of the day my husband and I listen to our [...]
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Mission: Getting Ready for 2010
Posted on December 14, 2009 by admin in Latest NewsThe new year is such a great reason to create change. You don’t have to justify yourself to anyone, as we all expect each other to make positive changes in January. But wait… before you make your list of changes for January, think about those changes 3-6 months from now. Are they realistic? At Mission: [...]
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