http://almostfrugal.com/2008/07/03/eat-your-rainbows/ Learning about frugality Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://almostfrugal.com/2008/07/03/eat-your-rainbows/#comment-8 Sabrina Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:08:48 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=158#comment-8 That is an awesome idea! I sometimes make a little heart when I spray ketchup and the like on the kids' plates but it never occured to me to make the whole dish into a painting :) For our oldest kid (5 yo) it actually works to just tell her that fruit and veggies are healthy - she asks "is this healthy?" on just about anything. We explain it in kiddie-terms, though. For instance, broccoli are "small vitamin trees that'll make you healty and get well sooner when you're ill". And boy, does my kid like her some broccoli! :D (She still loves candy too, though...) But the little one (18 months) obviously can't have it explained the same way - I'll try out your approach today. I have a feeling it'll work wonders :) That is an awesome idea!
I sometimes make a little heart when I spray ketchup and the like on the kids’ plates but it never occured to me to make the whole dish into a painting
For our oldest kid (5 yo) it actually works to just tell her that fruit and veggies are healthy – she asks “is this healthy?” on just about anything.
We explain it in kiddie-terms, though. For instance, broccoli are “small vitamin trees that’ll make you healty and get well sooner when you’re ill”. And boy, does my kid like her some broccoli! (She still loves candy too, though…)
But the little one (18 months) obviously can’t have it explained the same way – I’ll try out your approach today. I have a feeling it’ll work wonders

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