Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Egg Decorating
This year Scott had the great idea of making rice krispie shaped eggs dipped in chocolate and sprinkles. That was a fun project. We also did some traditional egg dying as well. I found a great trick for little kids to avoid splashing the dye and dropping eggs...wire wisks. These pictures make the activity look more relaxing than it actually was , but we got it done and in the end everyone was happy.
Easter Egg Hunting
We live in a great neighborhood that puts on some fun activities for the kids. Every year we have an Easter egg hunt and games for the kids at the neighborhood park. The sugar rush started the weekend before Easter and still hasn't worn off yet!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Super Fruit
Did you know this? Glad I have been eating them my entire life thanks to my New Zealand roots! But I need to eat them more often now that I know the greatness in these little guys.
This tiny, nutrient-dense fruit packs an amazing amount of vitamin C (double the amount found in oranges), has more fiber than apples, and beats bananas as a high-potassium food. The unique blend of phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals found in kiwifruit helps protect against heart disease, stroke, cancer, and respiratory disease. Kiwifruit's natural blood-thinning properties work without the side effects of aspirin and support vascular health by reducing the formation of spontaneous blood clots, lowering LDL cholesterol, and reducing blood pressure. Multiple studies have shown that kiwifruit not only reduce oxidative stress and damage to DNA but also prompt damaged cells to repair themselves.
Kiwifruit are often prescribed as part of a dietary regimen to battle cancer and heart disease, and in Chinese medicine they are used to accelerate the healing of wounds and sores. The riper they are the more nutrients so let these puppies get good and ripe. They taste better when ripe as well :) Now go get some KIWI!!!!
This tiny, nutrient-dense fruit packs an amazing amount of vitamin C (double the amount found in oranges), has more fiber than apples, and beats bananas as a high-potassium food. The unique blend of phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals found in kiwifruit helps protect against heart disease, stroke, cancer, and respiratory disease. Kiwifruit's natural blood-thinning properties work without the side effects of aspirin and support vascular health by reducing the formation of spontaneous blood clots, lowering LDL cholesterol, and reducing blood pressure. Multiple studies have shown that kiwifruit not only reduce oxidative stress and damage to DNA but also prompt damaged cells to repair themselves.
Kiwifruit are often prescribed as part of a dietary regimen to battle cancer and heart disease, and in Chinese medicine they are used to accelerate the healing of wounds and sores. The riper they are the more nutrients so let these puppies get good and ripe. They taste better when ripe as well :) Now go get some KIWI!!!!
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