Day 1: No Processed Foods--Can A Girl Get a SNICKERS?

If loving Snickers is wrong, do I wanna be right?


So yesterday we began The Kick-Off, our family's attempt to welcome SPRING by doing "All Things Spring"--wearing short sleeves, wearing brighter colors, eating more GREEN (fresh) foods and 86ing processed foods.

And if you read the blog yesterday, you know I promised to check in and update you on our progress. (We're doing this little exercise from Monday-Friday at noon. Each child that keeps to the plan earns $5.00; each person that falls off the plan OWES the family $5.00. PS: We will donate that money to the ARC.)

So, here's our update after our first 24 hours of The Kick-Off:

Dave--still on track. (Although Dave worked 13 hours yesterday, tethered to a computer, so he didn't have much ability to exercise FREE WILL. Don't get me wrong, he did great. I'm just sayin', spend a day preparing meals and snacks for the kids and then tell me it's easy.)

Dawn--still on track.
(But I'm telling you . . . THAT WAS THE LONGEST DAY ON RECORD. Promise you--28 hours in the day yesterday. Something with the SuperMoon? Who knows?! Oh, please tell me today will be easier. I am cranky.)

Jay--one violation: Skittles.
(Jay and Jr went to play basketball--which is great for The Kick-Off, but then they had a moment of short-term memory loss and bought Skittles at the vending machines. Note to Self: Jay didn't have a headache yesterday. I may want to consider Skittles today.)

Bam--still on track.
(Bam used her go-to snack food to make it through the day yesterday: Popcorn. She made a lot of popcorn. And it worked! Go Bam!)

Papaya--still on track.
(Papaya has Iron Will, so we know she'd rather stick to the plan than lose out on $5.00. BUT, we definitely have to have some more healthy snacks for Papaya today. It was a long day.)

Jr.--one violation: Skittles.
(See "Jay" above. Love Jr to no end, but wow can he be persuaded! My guess is that he remembered that Skittles were both sugar and processed, but just decided "hay, if my big brother's IN, then me, too!!!! Bring on the rainbow of candy!")

ZuZu and LuLu--still on track.
(ZuZu and LuLu stayed strong yesterday. They had NO trouble sticking to the GO GREEN plan. They ate oranges, edamame, popcorn . . . and laughed all the while.)

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