5 Steps to a Healthier Lifestyle

Help set a great example for your kids by following these simple 5 steps!

1. Keep fresh fruit in a bowl within your child's reach to grab as a quick snack.
2. Take a walk with your family after dinner.
3. Plan a menu for the week and get your kids involved with planning and cooking.
4. Turn off the tv during meals and have family time.
5. Talk to the principal about organizing a school health team.

Easy right?

For more tips, visit www.letsmove.gov.

Until next time,
Jane Marie

Credit: www.letsmove.gov

Fun Fruit Kabobs Recipe

Mmm mmm! This recipe is so fun to make and tastes great!

Fun Fruit Kabobs

Ingredients:

• 1 apple
• 1 banana
• 1/3 cup red seedless grapes
• 1/3 cup green seedless grapes
• 2/3 cup pineapple chunks
• 1 cup nonfat yogurt
• 1/4 cup dried cocunut, shredded

Utensils:

• knife (you will need help from an adult)
• 2 wooden skewer sticks
• large plate

Directions:

1. Prepare the fruit by washing the grapes, washing the apples and cutting them into small squares, peeling the bananas and cutting them into chunks, and cutting the pineapple into chunks, if it's fresh. Put the fruit onto a large plate.

2. Spread coconut onto another large plate.

3. Slide pieces of fruit onto the skewer and design your own kabob by putting as much or as little fruit you want! Do this until the stick is almost covered from end to end

4. Hold your kabob at the ends and roll it in the yogurt, so the fruit gets covered. Then roll it in the coconut.

Serves: 4

P.S. You don't have to use coconut. Try your favorite granola, nuts, or raisins.

Reviewed by: Allison Brinkley, RD, LD/N

Credit: www.kidshealth.org

Decisions, decisions...

Help your child learn how to make healthy choices in fun way by playing Dining Decisions, an online game from Bam! Body and Mind helps children to learn how their food choices affect their bodies.


If you missed our Mother & Daughter Fitness Day, be sure to check out photos on our Facebook page!

Celebrate Read Across America Day with Ladybug for Girls!

Join Ladybug for Girls and the NEA's Read Across America Day in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2, 2011. First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined NEA President Dennis Van Roekel to share their love of reading with hundreds of local schoolchildren at the Library of Congress last year. See the video here www.schooltube.com/user/NEAreadacrossamerica

Ladybug for Girls encourages parents to take this special day to bond and read with children.

Radio Disney!!

This Sunday, January 30th please tune in to Radio Disney AM590! CEO of Girls Inc., Vikki Morrow will be speaking about the Ladybug for Girls Mother & Daughter Fitness Day Event as well as the collaboration between Ladybug for Girls and Girls Inc. Also, Dr. Kimberly Champney from Northside Hospital will be talking about heart health for mothers and daughters. Hope you tune in to learn more abput Ladybug for Girls and your little Ladybugs' health!

Mother & Daughter Fitness Day Coming Up!!

Time has surely flown by! It's almost February which means it's almost time for the Ladybug for Girls "Mother & Daughter Fitness Day" event!

There will be tons of fun activities for mothers, grandmothers, and daughters (and families) to participate in!

This event features simple ways that a family fitness plan can be created using fun games, physical activities and nutritious eating tips which encourages a partnership and commitment towards healthy living. Families can plan to explore in a fusion of fun, fitness and education with activities such as:

•Inter-generational Fitness Demonstrations
•Complimentary Health Screenings
•Develop a Family Fitness Plan
•Prepare Healthy Snacks
•Rock Climbing
•Toddler Activity Zone

Plus, don't forget to check out the Ladybug Couture fashion show where our little Ladybugs will be ripping the runway! This will be a show that you do NOT want to miss!

Not only will this event be a bunch of fun, but it's for a great cause! Our 2011 beneficiary will be Girl's Inc.

And I'm sure you're wondering, who else is going to be there. We have fabulous people that will be in attendance such as:
- Vikki Morrow - CEO of Girls Inc.
- Lori Lite - Founder of Stress Free Kids
- the Dream Supremes
- and so many more! Please visit www.ladybugforgirls.org for more info.

Not to mention, Atlanta's # 1 girl group, Rockandi will be performing!

So, don't miss out on this! Get your tickets today!

Happy New Year!!

With the 2011 here, kids are getting ready to go back to school. Eating a healthy breakfast is the most imporatant meal of the day. It also helps kids to focus and do better in school.

Fun Pancake Smiley Faces

Just choose your favorite batter and cook round pancakes. Then, decorate the pancakes with their favorite fruit such as bananas, strawberries, or blueberries and whip cream.


www.sheknows.com

Enjoy!
-Jane Marie