Thursday, June 24, 2010

Same old, same old . . . or not.


Hi Ladies!

Tomorrow, our five are heading out to spend time with a crowd of super fun people from my side of the family {including Audrey, Mindy, Samantha and Victoria}, so today is that crazy day where I'm trying to do all that I've put off until this last day. One such "to do" is a last minute grocery trip to buy healthy snacks for the car (any suggestions?) and one last round of fruits and veggies to get us through today and to welcome us home when we get back. I dislike leaving summer fruits behind when we travel, knowing that they'll go bad, but it's difficult to judge exactly the right amount of fruit to get you through until the last day. So last night's dinner was down to the dregs. As a result, I made fruit skewers with the remaining blueberries, nectarines, and purple grapes. Funny thing is my kids don't like fruit salad (it's mixed together, weird, I know), but they thought fruit skewers were awesome. Have you ever simply served something differently and then suddenly, the family thinks it's yummy?

Also, I've done something so Healthy Wife that it makes me giggle: incorporate our favorite plank position into a board game for the whole family. Fitness, fun and family: yes they can go together! Off to see me Mateys!

6 comments:

  1. What a cute idea! You're so creative. Have a wonderful trip! I am jealous you get to hang out with all of those awesome women!!!

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  2. Such a cute idea! Did you see Trainer Momma's recent post on road trip snacks for the car? Good ideas. Have a fun trip!

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  3. Love the fruit skewers. Fortunately my kids are great about eating the fruits, it is the veggies that can be tough. Do you think they would eat veggie skewers? I might have to experiment with this one and see. I agree with Alicia on checking out Trainer Momma's road trip advice. It made me want to go on a roadtrip just so I could try it out.

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  4. Thanks for the Trainer Momma tip ladies! I have the bag o' junk and the healthy cooler too. We too need to "survive!"

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  5. So fun! you guys are going to have a blast!

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  6. Can't wait to play the game and hear about all your healthy car snacks. We won't be eating totally healthy the next four days, I mean it's a family reunion. Cookies and chips are on the menu.

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