Disney D-Lightful Living: Growing Stronger #Giveaway

November 21, 2011 By

Banish those boo-boo blues! I know every Mom spends lots of time trying to make those tears disappear from all the bumps and bruises that come hand in hand with childhood. I can’t believe it is Week 11 of our weekly healthy living challenges! This Fall has flown by and Thanksgiving is this week! Nuts!

Be sure to join the fun with your family by downloading this free Disney Healthy Living check list here. It’s fabulous!

How do you alleviate your kiddos aches & pains??? Enter to win these goodies by leaving a comment below by December 1st, 2011. Enter daily for more chances to win.

Disney Healthy Living has a sweet array of products for Mom’s arsenal to help battle those boo -boos.

We especially love those character themed Band Aids. In our house a Band Aid makes almost every hurt disappear in record time!

Boo-Boo Buddy ice packs are a hit here as well. Even if it only stays on for 1 minute, the mental relief it brings to my kids is well worth it. (Plus they double as ice packs in our lunch boxes too!)

And well Yogurt is a total staple with my kids – at lunch both Kenzie and Kyle eat it daily and they also love it as a snack. Remember – it’s also a super bone builder and easy on sore throats too!

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Giveaway alert: Enter to win these goodies by leaving a comment below by December 1st, 2011. Enter daily for more chances to win.

Try these tips to help keep your kids smiling when a bump or bruise occurs:

  • If your child gets hurt, be sure to explain how you’re helping each step of the way – knowing what is going on can bring him or her comfort.
  • Ask your kids what their favorite Disney character would do favorite Disney characters when they aren’t feeling well. It might even bring out a giggle!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

 

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Disney Healthy Living Challenge: Age Appropriate Beauty & #Giveaway

November 10, 2011 By

Another week, another challenge, and another giveaway!

This time it’s all about beauty – and yes my kids – both Kenzie and Kyle – love to toy around with my make up.  Plus they love to watch me apply it and request little sampling for themselves – drops of lotion or a touch of of my own lip balm or gloss. It’s simply thrilling to the kids!

Bu the real challenge this is week is how do we teach kids about inner beauty? Both boys and girls? 

I certainly don’t know the answer to that million dollar question- it ‘s a big life long quest for us all right?  This helps at our house:

1. In our house I  do think that fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast open up the discussion on inner beauty for sure – which gives kids a frame of reference to understand these concepts. 

2. Talking to our kids. Every day. Really talking. And telling them just how special they are on the inside and how important they are and that they matter. To me. And to each other.  The kids love our little nightly talks at bedtime – we recap the day and these moments of love and positive messaging really matters in their day. I think it’s why they never want Mom or Dad to not be home for “tuck in” at night. This daily dose of love really does the body – and the mind – good! 

And of course these age appropriate products are so fun from Disney.

Win it! Leave a comment below by November 18th, 2011 to win these age appropriate beauty goodies from Disney! 

Here’s some tips from Disney. Check out these tips below on ways to help your kids develop age-appropriate beauty habits:

  • Let your daughter experiment with different clothes and makeup and always communicate with her during the process
  • Stay connected with your children as they figure out their personal style
  • Take a moment each day and let your child know how you feel about them– give positive reinforcement about the child as a person

Enter now for a chance to win this week’s featured products and for the ultimate grand prize – a trip for four to a special Disney Magic of Healthy Living event at a Disney resort!  See the official rules for more details and enter here.

 

 

 

 

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

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Disney Living Week 8: Happy Healthy Halloween #Giveaway

November 1, 2011 By

Treating kids to an exciting Halloween doesn’t have to be a scary prospect for parents….but I admit this year I’m kind of terrified about the candy after poor Kyle’s cavity diagnosis – 3 years old and 8 cavities – horrifying for sure and the thought of adding Halloween to his mouth a week after this diagnosis is very frightening to Mom & Dad.

Do you try to give out healthy treats or toys instead of candy? Check out Disney’s Healthy Living Challenge for this week here on Facebook – share your thoughts! 

These were my 2 favorite products we sampled from Disney this week – both made my life soooo simple. The super easy to use face paint which was the best face paint / tattoo type item I’ve ever used in my life – so easy to apply. And the easy to hand out Utz Cars Pretzel snacks. My kids and their friends have been indulging in these for the past few weeks – delicious and nutritious when it comes to treats!

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Fan Stamp’s Instant Press-On Face Paint:  These Disney Princess- and Disney·Pixar Cars-themed face paints allow you to create fun and unique designs perfect for any Halloween occasion. The face paint decals are easy to apply and easy to remove, making them a treat for kids and parents alike.
SRP: $6.49 at Amazon.com

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Utz Pretzels: These delicious pretzel snacks bring their favorite Disney·Pixar Cars characters to your kids’ plate. These snacks will be a hit in the lunchroom that everyone will be trading for.
SRP: $4.99 at select grocery stores nationwide
Try out these fun tips to make sure your kids enjoy Halloween this year:

• Set boundaries in limiting treats while empowering your kids by asking them to pick one of their favorites each day.
• Help foster creativity in your kids by making a Halloween costume from items found around the house

We all know kids and sweets go hand-in-hand during Halloween. Comment below by November 12th, 2011 to for a chance to win these goodies from Disney Healthy Living. Enter daily for more chances to win.

How do you help little ghosts and goblins find a treat balance during this scary season? Do you let your kids keep their Halloween candy or not? I’m thinking in 3 days I say it all goes and let them trade it in for a special day out with Mom or as a family……

 

 

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

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Disney Healthy Living: The Cold and Flu Fight

October 27, 2011 By

Win it!  This week we’re giving away all the goodies from Disney Healthy Living Week 7  Challenge that we’ve been using to help us in our fight against colds and the flu. Enter to win by leaving a comment below telling me how you fight off colds and the flu – or how you make your kids comfy when they are suffering with the sniffles or fevers by November 12th, 2011. 

 Be sure to join the fun with your family by downloading this free Disney Healthy Living check list here. It’s fabulous! And I’m now using it with my kids.

So far we’ve luckily had a healthy school year – but the last two years have been insane with my kidlets getting sick. We’re talking week long bouts with the stomach flu, mulitple cases of pink eye and some  10+ ear infections for my darling daughter in about 18 months. Insane!

As we try hard to stay healthy, a huge strategy is hand washing. It’s so important to make our kids wash their hands and to encourage the behavior – using a fun soap dispenser helps!

Take a peek at Kenzie and I as we demo our favorite soap from Disney.

Try these helpful tips to fight the cold and flu this season:

  • Help keep your kids comfortable in  their bed or on the couch
  • Make sure your kids use tissue when they sneeze and blow their nose

Remind kids to wash their hands regularly too as I find (as do the experts!!!) this is the biggest way to help reduce the spread of all those nasty winter bugs that infiltrate once the school year starts.

Here are other great themed products from Disney Healthy Living to help you beat the flu and fight those colds. My kids and my husband were obsessed with this Donald Duck Orange Juice – it is delicious!  So far we’ve luckily had a healthy school year – but the last two years have been insane with my kidlets getting sick. We’re talking week long bouts with the stomach flu, mulitple cases of pink eye and some  10+ ear infections for my darling daughter in about 18 months. Insane!
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

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Disney D-Lightful Living: Eat More Fruits and Veggies

October 13, 2011 By

Time for the Week 5 Challenge from Disney Healthy Living to encourage us to be more healthy. Be sure to join the fun with your family by downloading this free Disney Healthy Living check list here. It’s fabulous! And I’m now using it with my kids.

It’s always tricky getting kids to eat fruits and veggies, so how do you encourage your family to eat more nutritious foods?

Thankfully my kids are absolutely CRAZY for fruit. They eat a ton of fruit. In the summertime, my two kiddies are known to devour the gigantic vats of blueberries within a few hours and a pint of strawberries per day. But when it comes to veggies, I’m still fighting the good fight. Luckily each child does eat some veggies but neither seems to like the same veggie which makes things interesting.

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My 3 year old son has also finally started to drink a bit of juice – thanks to these Tummy Ticklers too – as they make it so much fun for him. Each of these is about 3/4 cup of fruit! Yeah!

Tips to get your kidlets to eat more fruits and veggies:

  • Presentation is everything so make a plate of fruits and veggies look attractive for kids to try
  • Replace traditional play date or party snacks with festive food like a Disney themed-bouquet of fruit
  • Grab a juice box with your kid’s favorite characters on it – they’ll have so much fun they won’t even know it is also nutritious
And of course, the characters and Disney fun always make things more exciting when it comes to getting kids to swallow those fruits and veggies. You can see the fun array of products available from Disney above.
These snack apple crisps are a delight and my kids go gaga for sliced apples. When it comes to packaging up fruit – my kids get their character fix with Cars and/or Disney Princess ziploc style baggies.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

 

 

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Disney D-Lightful Living: Taking Care of Your Chompers

October 8, 2011 By

It’s time for the Week 4 Disney D-Lightful Living healthy challenge. It’s all about taking care of your teeth. Do your kids like to brush their teeth? Mine adore it at bedtime as I’ve made it a part of their routine since their earliest memories.

Sadly, somehow I guess I had a total mom fail at not making this part of their 1st thing in the morning routine when they were super tiny. Uggh. So now I’m in a position where I find myself nagging every morning to get my Kindergartener Kenzie to brush her teeth. What kills me is both her and her little brother LOVE brushing their teeth! So I think part of the issue is that I’ve somehow turned it into a morning “chore” vs. a fun part of their routine the way they view it at bedtime.

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I’m excited to incorporate the below “empathy” tip into my reminders about morning teeth brushing as this might help the battle. Otherwise, my kids adore fun character tooth brushes and scream with joy any time we buy new character toothpaste. Seriously total kid joy when we get new toothpaste! And don’t forget to eat Yogurt as calcium is so important for bone and tooth health. (Luckily my kids are on the bandwagon for yogurt consumption – I can’t buy enough of it!)

Healthy teeth start with healthy habits, and it’s never too early to equip tots with the tools they’ll need. Here’s some official tips from Disney Living and some awesome products that will make caring for your teeth more fun!
Try these three tips to help your kids get motivated to take care of their chompers:
  • Let your kids pick out a tooth brush or paste with their favorite character to keep things fun
  • Sing a silly song while kids brush to make the activity exciting and help make sure they brush teeth thoroughly
  • Help your kids understand the importance of good oral care by showing empathy when they protest the daily activity

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

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Disney D-Lightful Living: Healthy Snacking for Back to School

September 27, 2011 By

Time for this week’s challenge with Disney D-Lightful Living. It’s all about healthy snacking and making healthier lunches for our kids. How do you do it? I love convenience – prepackaged & chopped fruits, dry fruit, drinkable yogurt, and goodies like pretzels and graham crackers to fill out the meal.

Every week join Disney D-Lightful Living on Facebook and enter to win this weeks products! So much fun!

View all of this weeks products here.

Since my kids are still younger, we’re doing lunch at home after preschool for Kyle and before Kindergarten for Kenzie. Kind of crazy as the busy rush rush rush rush of our days with activities and 2 schools with opposite hours is a bit hectic and confusing for this Mom and my kids.

So this year Back to School for us is very much about a big  focus on healthy snacks that we can easily package on the go that will be sure to be a hit with the kids. It needs to be tasty and appealing – and we have a big emphasis on snacks.

Here’s an example of us with some healthy & tasty treats on the go for our hike & run today – pretzels, graham bites in plastic baggies, and crackers – all Cars themed so very fun!

 

It’s easy for kids to lose interest in eating right when they are at school. What are some of the ways you keep your kids keen on healthy munching?

How do you incorporate healthy snacks into your busy days on the go? 

Try these three tips to help your kids get a healthy lunch every day this week:

  • Allow your kids to participate by making decisions about what to pack in their lunch
  • Include your kids when packing their lunch to teach your kids about the different food groups
  • Remember, it’s not just the food that gets kids excited – let them choose a lunch bag or container with their favorite character

 

 

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as I’m a Disney Healthy Living Brand Ambassador.

I’m passionate about Disney as you know already – so I’m thrilled to be joining them to promote these Healthy Living challenges. All thoughts and opinions are my own – with some input from my family of course

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