The Best Medicine

 I recently read an incredible blog post.  It made me want to be more accepting and tolerant and slow to judge.  And it made me wish I still devoted time to write regularly, here on this blog, and in my journal. But for this period of my life, with the onset of frequent migraines, a demanding teaching assignment at church, yellow-shirt-wearing duties, and my four little munchkins, I seem to only be able to eek out tiny chunks of time for writing.  And mostly, it's just to exploit--I mean introduce--something funny my kids say or do.

I am grateful for the chance this blog gave me to hone my writing skills, and discover my interest in making people laugh.  And so, I have decided to change my blog's name.  Since "Pioneer Woman" was already taken, and "Exploiting My Children" was too creepy, I settled for "The Best Medicine"....in hopes that no one thinks of apples or penicillin, but HUMOR! 

And in the name of exploitation, here are a few gems from my little people.

It's amazing how many veggies my kids will gobble up if they can wash them down with aerosol dairy products.

German pancakes are also highly motivating around here.

This little monkey only likes the pacifier to play with.  Or, in this case, to almost swallow whole. 

These are BEAUTIFUL name tags Eliza made for Mother's Day.  Homemade from hand-torn scraps of a Kleenex.  Isn't that so organic?

Sage made a gigantic "Health Poster."

 I LOVE her suggestions.
A few of my favorites:
--Eat three HEALTHY meals each day.  Activity: Try to eat at least 6 veggies, 5 fruits, 4 grains, 3 meats, 2 things in the milk group each day.  When you have been doing that for a month, add all the food together.  Then you will know about how much healthy food you eat in a month!
--Sleep to survive.  Sleep is very important.  Activity: when you get home from school, try to take a nap at least from 3:30-4.  It has to be at least 30 minutes to reach your goal.
--Shelter.  Your Home.  If you've seen the castles in the library, you know what I'm talking about.  Try to make one of those, but a house.  If you can, make some people to go with it.
 --Now you know some pretty good ways to try and be healthy.  Go and try some at home.


You know the phrase, "If you don't laugh, you'll cry"?  Sometimes I change that phrase to "If you don't blog about it, you'll cry."   

Blogging and laughter...they're really the best medicine, don't you think?