Comments on: Eat Your Rainbows http://almostfrugal.com/2008/07/03/eat-your-rainbows/ Learning about frugality Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Carnival of Family Life | Colloquium http://almostfrugal.com/2008/07/03/eat-your-rainbows/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Carnival of Family Life | Colloquium Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:33:51 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=158#comment-659 [...] presents Eat Your Rainbows posted at Almost [...] [...] presents Eat Your Rainbows posted at Almost [...]

]]> By: Sabrina http://almostfrugal.com/2008/07/03/eat-your-rainbows/comment-page-1/#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! :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 :)

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