Posts made in October, 2011
New Competition – Green Giant Veg Box – Getting Kids to Eat Veggies?!
As parents it’s our job to make sure our kids are happy, healthy and thriving. Getting your kids to eat their fruit and vegetables every day can be one of the more challenging aspects of our parenting job. How do your kids do with their veggie eating? Do you have any never-fail strategies that other parents could try?
Personally, with my two (8 and 5 years old), I’m a bit of an old-fashioned-meanie (their words) because I inisit that they have as many mouthfuls of the hateful vegetable as their age. The 8 year old has been telling me since he was 6 that he will NOT be having 10 mouthfuls when he’s 10! However, I’ve noticed more and more often he will just eat the entire portion of vegetables on his plate without thinking about it – and (shock!) he even likes some of them! I guess all the years of me being a veggie-meanie have paid off….
Green Giant wants to help families enjoy their 5-a-day, every day. So they have asked us to ask you for your favourite hints, tips and clever ways to encourage children to eat and enjoy their fruit and vegetables! Our favourite comment will win a delicious Able & Cole vegetable box including Green Giant products. You can find Green Giant’s Facebook page for veggie-goodness info and other fun stuff.
For a chance to win an Abel & Cole vegetable box, write your best tips, hints and/or advice in the comment box below before 14th November 2011.
Entrants must be over 18 and residents of the UK or ROI. The prize is one Abel & Cole vegetable box (no cash alternative). There will be one winner and the winning post will be decided based on the following criteria: uniqueness/creativity/originality. By entering the competition, you agree that your hint/tip may be shared on Green Giant’s Facebook page and used by Green Giant in any other media.
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Spotted! Owl Hottie knitted wheatbag
What?
My feet are cold.
It’s an owl.
It’s a hottie.
Why WOULDN’T I want it?
A hoot under £25 from Graham & Green.
Read MoreCompetition Now Closed – Prince Lionheart bebePOD Flex Plus Infant Seats
Our competition to give away two of the fantastic Prince Lionheart bébéPOD® Flex Plus Infant Seats to two lucky winners ends tomorrow!
The soft and cushiony bébéPOD® Flex Plus, is the first and only, dual-strap, 2-in-1 version of the award-winning, Paediatrician-approved bébéPOD – Baby’s first seat. The bébéPOD® Flex Plus combines the ultimate in comfort, practicality, and beautiful design with the flexibility of converting from a FLOOR seat to a CHAIR MOUNTED seat in a snap – the very first of its kind! This all-purpose seat is perfect for parents who may be on a budget or need to save space and time at home.
Read MoreSpotted! Just the most amazing little Kokeshi thing…
*sigh*
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a Kokeshi Doll.
Considered in their native Japan to be gifts of love and affection. First made about 150 years ago as a toy for children of farmers, Kokeshi are made by skilled craftsmen, and each is named.
This little one’s name?
Oh, did I not say?
She’s called “Happiness”.
*beam*
Available for less than £15 of your pounds from my swish new find Sorella. I’d really like one for my desk very eversomuch thankyouplease.
Read MoreWhen Littlestuff tried the Minute To Win It Challenge (and mostly failed)
Last week a very big purple box arrived in the house.
It was stuffed to the gills with all sorts of weird stuff (and chocolate) – and last Saturday the children and I decided to make use of it.
We spent one of the most fun afternoons we’ve had in a very long time.
The Oreo challenge - place it on your forehead, and get it into your mouth without using your hands. Involved hilarious facial twitchings. No.1 the only person to actually achieve this.
Coat nose in vaseline. Using said nose, transfer cotton wool balls from bowl A to bowl B. (I won this one. Big Time. *smug big-nosed face*)
No.1 got seriously cross at that particular refusing-to-leave cotton ball. It was cheating apparently.
Set up a line of cups, hold a large bunch of rubber-ended pencils. Bounce pencil on table top and make it vault into a glass. TOP game of the afternoon - three rounds hotly contested, ending in a tie between No.1 and Boy. I lost. Abysmally. Beaten even by the 4yr old.
Bounce a ping pong ball on ALL three dinner plates and into the bowl. Stupid game. Impossible. Much crossness and lobbing of ping pong balls (and subsequent hunting of said ping pong balls). Jolly DID hit all three plates as I took this though - we gave him bonus points.
Ah, yes. the old pick-an-orange-up-in-your-knees-and-waddle game. I declined to partake. No.1 tried, failed dreadfully to even lift the orange off the ground once in the 60 seconds and swore it couldn't be done. Boy and Jolly took 15 secs each to complete the task. *eyeroll*
Obviously, to celebrate the final scores there must be silly dancing ('Roman Dancer' off-the-shoulder look optional. Mmm-hmmm).
Minute To Win It is a new eight-part series on ITV2, presented by Cadbury Spots v Stripes, which sees contestants compete in equally bonkers 60-second challenges using everyday household objects. To find out more and play Minute To Win It games yourself (totally recommended – we’re keeping the set for rainy days, birthdays and Christmas) , visit the Spots v Stripes website.
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