Healthy Kids

Our busy lifestyles and the convenience of prepackaged foods have made it easy to fill our kids up on some not so nice things which contain artificial additives and preservatives so with the New Year here and the beginning of a new school year fast approaching we thought it appropriate to share some healthy snack and lunch box ideas and do a bit of research into what really is in our food.

Slices of Fruit
Banana Slices Coated in Coconut
Dried Fruit (Apricots, Sultanas)
Fresh Dates
Frozen Fruit
Roasted Veges
Vege Sticks with Hummus/Cottage Cheese or Avocado
Raisin Toast
Pikelets with Ricotta and Honey
Rice Cakes with Vegemite
Weetbix and Honey
Jaffles filled with Baked Beans, Tuna,
Sandwiches – Egg and Lettuce, Ham and Salad, Peanut Butter (if no peanut allergy)
Mini Pizza on English Muffin
Cheese and Dried Fruit
Lavash Bread Roll Ups with Hummus, Grated Carrot, Cheese and Avocado
Frittatas or Vege Slices
Yoghurt with Extra Fresh Fruit
Baked Potatoes filled with Tuna, Creamed Corn or Baked Beans
Fruit Smoothies

Of course there are heaps more great things to put into our kids mouths so if anyone out there would like to add their suggestions then please feel free.

In terms of additives and preservatives if you are feeling confused then take a look at this site for some clarification http://www.fedup.com.au/ Here you can download some really useful information to help decipher what all those numbers mean on the food ingredient list and most importantly which ones to avoid.

Whilst visiting this site consider taking part in the Kids First Campaign which is a bid to demand Australia’s Food Standards Australia New Zealand follows the UK’s lead and puts consumers first by banning six additives in question from Australian Food. Additional information linked to this was recently featured on Sunrise and clearly outlines the colourings in question.

Also an Australian List of Foods which contain the nasty colourings in question can be found by following the below link:

http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/features/colours/colourfoods.htm

Please feel free to make commnet about this topic as i would to hear about some of your thoughts and experiences.

Mathildas Markets

Mathildas Markets has hit Brisbane and was held last Saturday on the 9th November over at Nudgee College in Boondall. The number of people through the door was a little disappointing but in all we had a fantastic day and we had some truly amazing feedback about the quality our tee shirts and our soon to be launched range of little girls dresses which I just can't wait to get loaded onto the site. Anyway I have attached some photos for you to have a look at and I must say a big thank you to my mum who helps me endlessly with all of my projects and also watched my little boy for the day. She is the perfect mother and without her I just don't know what I would do.

Hairspray!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got my hair coloured today - thank goodness............ now I don't mind looking in the mirror again but more to the point I had to take my fifteen month old boy with or cancel. Inside me I was thinking there is no way I am going to cancel this appointment, I will just have to deal with whatever happens so......................armed with a collection of toys I attended the appointment and was rather happy when Archie discovered the perming rollers as they kept him entertained for ages - all i can say is thank god for purple haired little old ladies who still get their hair permed.....

Santas Little Helpers

A suggestion to keep your little ones on top of things and your sanity intact with the chaos that this time of year brings.

Two weeks out from Christmas appoint your kids as Santa's little helpers and award them a little suprise like a gold chocolate coin for every job they do to help out around the house. Hopefully you will have them feeding out of your hand in no time and your house looking pristine before the family begins to gather.

Can't say there is much hope for me as Archie is now walking all on his own and causing more destruction than I ever thought possible as you will see by the attached photo.

Ozzie and Georgie

Well, after a couple of weeks of planning the Tees 2 Knees photo shoot fianlly took place yesterday. I must say a very big thank you to all who helped me out especially my mum. She is just a treasure. It was a great afternoon and despite having thoughts that seven kids might be might have been absolutely chaotic I am pleased to say that all turned out great! We eagerly await the professional photos however until then I will share my very amateur collection that I took. So here is Georgie in Ozzie Owl looking ever so quaint.

A Tip

A tip for the day............................ feed your kids before you get dressed to avoid my catstophic start to the day. I ended up wearing my sons breakfast thanks to his newfound overarm bowling skills. And of course it had to be today of all days when we are meeting with new customers for tees 2 knees