Thursday, April 02, 2009

Kids in the Kitchen

We stumbled upon this event last Saturday on our way to see Monsters vs Aliens. It was called “Kids in the Kitchen” where they had booths for kids/adults to learn about nutrition and healthy choices. Ironically, it was sponsored by McDonalds (which typically wouldn’t be the first thing on anyone’s mind when you say ‘healthy’).

Ethan had a lot of fun.

He played games, talked to the firefighters, did arts and crafts, exercised with the Soldiers/Marines, he even won a $25 giftcard to Mickey D’s – which, of course will be used towards apple dippers (ok, maybe some chicken nuggets, too).




There was a booth where they had laid out a bunch of food (healthy mixed in with the junk), and Ethan was supposed to pick 4 items to pack in his lunch bag. Proudly looking over his shoulder (and praying he would pass on the bag of Doritos), Mike and I watched Ethan pick a bag of nuts, a juice box, a milk carton and an orange! Then we realized he probably just wanted to stuff everything in the bag and bring it with him… :)

We also got several kid-friendly recipes that we collected by visiting each booth. Ethan got a free event shirt, a canvas bag, and a free Army shirt for doing pushups.



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