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I always do my best to keep this blog focused on positive and proactive things that parents and educators can do to get kids excited about healthy eating because I believe that if we focus on prevention and keeping things positive we will be able to make lasting and effective changes. Feeding our children is a deeply personal part of parenting and is a subject that can get very heated because of the emotions involved. We all want to be the best parents we can be for the sake of our children so i

Today’s lunch was packed in a PlanteBox lunch kit. We had a little extra time putting this lunch together so we pulled out our mini cookie cutters to have a little fun with the cucumbers Also in this lunch are some Cali Rolls, grapes, nectarine slices and Annie’s bunny cookies. Yum! Happy Healthy Lunching Kia & Hannah

I am always excited to learn about other tools that are available for parents and educators that will help them get kids eating fruits and vegetables so as soon as I heard about Copy-Kids I knew it was something I wanted to share with you!  We think this DVD is the perfect companion to our Today I Ate A Rainbow kit so we’re giving away a $40 combo package of both our products!!! Leave a comment below telling us what fruit or veggie you want your kids to enjoy eating! This is open to resi

We are so excited to be part of a 10 Day Giveaway in celebration of our friend’s Copy-Kids reaching 10,000 Facebook fans!!!  This is a huge accomplishment and they deserve all the success in the world because they have an amazing product that we’re excited to write about in great detail next Thursday! Copy-Kids has put together a fantastic DVD that is designed to get little ones excited to eat fruits and veggies…now you can see why we love them…our products are a match m

** We have a Winner!! Congratulations to Susan the winner of the $25 Target gift card from the team at Fat and Appy!  If you haven’t had a chance to download their fun app for kids…do it now!!!   We absolutely LOVE connecting with other people on a mission to make fruits and veggies fun! That is why we were really excited to chat with the creators of a great new app called Healthy Creatures.  Jonathan and Jennifer Fenkse have created an iPad app that allows kids to build crea

Today is Hannah’s first day of Grade 4!!!! She just turned 9 on Saturday and had a very sweet surprise from one of our favorite Rainbow Eating families! Check out this adorable video from our pal Ellie, when she heard that it was Hannah’s birthday she wanted to sing her Happy Birthday…how cute is that!? Thank you Ellie!!!!   Make a video – it’s fun, easy and free! www.onetruemedia.com Ever since Hannah was a toddler I would tell her that one person ca

Today I Ate A Rainbow was included in a Back To School morning show called Real Milwaukee! It’s always fun to see our product on tv It was also really great to see some of our other favorite products such as Easy Daysies and Twooth Timer also included! Special thanks to Jen Munoz The Press Retriever for finding and featuring us! Back to school time is the perfect time to set healthy habits! Happy Healthy Eating Kia

We are so excited to be part of a fantastic Back to School Giveaway valued at over $200 that our friends Bumblebee Toys put together! So head over to their site for your chance to win!!!!! From Bumblebee Toys: An ECOlunchbox 3-in-1 Stainless Steel Bento An ECOlunchbag + 3 napkins A SnackTAXI Reusable Sandwich Bag From Jilly bo Billy: A $50 gift certificate to use toward any adorable outfit on their site From Green Planet Parties: A 2-tier Stainless Steel Tiffin From Today I Ate a Rainbow A R

Today we have a special treat for you…a delicious guest blog post from another Rainbow Eating Family…Ellie is one of our favorite Rainbow Eating kids!!!  Have fun making and eating these Rainbow Veggie Chips…such a yummy way to earn colors on your Today I Ate A Rainbow kit! My 3 1/2 year old daughter, Ellie is obsessed with Hannah and Mrs. Kia (well, mostly Hannah), so of course, when she discovered the Rainbow Kitchen videos, we had to try all the recipes. And then I started

This guest blog post is from our friends Precise Portions…their dishes are fantastic!  Enjoy their post then go make a smoothie with your kids… Perhaps the biggest challenge every mother of growing children faces is at mealtimes. Getting children to eat vegetables is tricky business – most mothers would confirm this. Children are generally very picky about their food and given half the chance, they would avoid eating vegetables. But, vegetables as we all know are an essential