Kids

Got Parenting Problems? Attend our FREE Positive Parenting Webinar

January 20, 2013

Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling! It’s been a while, but we’re doing it again… My good friend Amy McCready from Positive Parenting Solutions is coming back!  Once again, Amy’s offering her FREE live training webinar in which you’ll… Learn strategies to correct misbehavior, and reclaim the calm voice you had before kids. Discover proven tools for [...]

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Lunchbox ideas without peanut butter

December 13, 2012

I could seriously eat a pb&j sandwich every day. And if it’s a toasted pb&j sandwich, even better. But if you’re not a fan of this lunch box staple, or if you or your kids have nut allergies, you need other options. So thanks to my friend Nina, also known as Mamabelly, here are 6 [...]

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I’m Chatting With fitsmi Radio About Healthy Lunch box Packing

October 15, 2012

UPDATE: Listen NOW: I’m excited to be a guest tomorrow on the fistmiForMoms radio show! Tuesday Oct 16, at 11:30 am EST, I’ll be chatting with host Linda Frankenbach about how to jazz up kids’ lunches. I’ll also be sharing tips and ideas from my new Trader Joe’s/EasyLunchboxes cookbook too! Linda Frankenbach is a formerly overweight teen and knows [...]

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More than 12 million hungry kids in America?

October 4, 2012

We talk a lot about packing lunches around here. But what if you can’t afford to pack a lunch? What if you can barely afford to feed your child one meal a day, let alone 3? Plus snacks? What if your child’s only meal of the day is the one he or she gets at [...]

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Power Lunches with Footsteps2Brilliance™ and EasyLunchboxes

September 26, 2012

As a mother and an educator, I have always known that parents who want to give their child an academic advantage serve nutritious food with a heavy dose of literacy. I love EasyLunchboxes because they allow me to easily pack a balanced diet for my children. But today I want to share how you can [...]

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Farm to School Lunches – School Food Kids Love

September 20, 2012

School Lunches done right When I saw an order come in for 30 of my lunch container sets, I had to find out who was buying all these at once. And why. I got a hold of the purchaser to tell her that she certainly qualified for a wholesale account with me, and here’s the [...]

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ThrifTee Gear: upcycled t-shirt turned cool lunch box for teens

August 16, 2012

You’re a teen. I get it. (Some of you live in my house). Even if you want to avoid the school cafeteria, it’s not always the coolest thing to carry a lunch box. Unless you’re pulling off say, head to toe Hello Kitty and your HK lunch box just completes the picture, you may not [...]

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Lunch box Dinners: Preparing for the School Cafeteria

June 19, 2012

Ah summer! Ten weeks of pool parties, picnics and BBQs! Before you know it, it’s mid-August and your little ones will be joining their friends at elementary school, or perhaps all-day kindergarten. For those kids who are about to go to their very first day of school, it also means their very first day in [...]

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Believe in the Bento Fairy – a School Lunch Surprise

May 29, 2012

Yes Virginia, there really is a Bento Fairy Her name is Keeley McGuire.  And yesterday, she spread her fairy dust over 25 elementary school kids in Kalamazoo, MI. She brought with her delicious bento lunches for all: turkey and cream cheese pinwheels, veggie straws, carrots with dip, grapes and watermelon, with a chocolate chip mini [...]

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Bye Bye Dye! Healthier alternatives to artificial food coloring

May 4, 2012

Color Me Happy! My almost 5 year old, Taia, has a pretty hard core intolerance to food coloring. If you would’ve told me a year ago that I’d be writing about food dye sensitivity here on Kelly Lester’s blog, I would have laughed in your face! Wow! Taia has always been a bundle of energy. [...]

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