Band on the Diaper Run

Resolution

 

So, along with discarding our tree the day after Christmas, having some friends over for a New Years Party while June slept upstairs in Maggie's closet (so she wouldn't hear the noise), June's first birthday (I can hardly believe that one) and finally, Mags going back at school (she was losing it without her peers)...we are making some changes.

We are doing a raw food detox diet at our house (the kid version is not a diet, just no white flour, no dairy, no white sugar).  Mags tried Hickory Smoked goat cheese (she normally loves goat cheese) and she spit it all over the floor and told me that she didn't like "cigarette flavored" cheese.  I think she got the wrong meaning from "smoke" flavor. I hope she doesn't go to school and tell them she's on a diet and we made her eat cigarette cheese.

On all this rabbit food, Jason and I are one minute crazy and the next doing cartwheels.  It's pretty amazing and also difficult.  But, I was able to do my first headstand (ok, halfway up) in yoga and I attribute it to the raw foods.

Maybe I will finally lose that baby belly (can't use that "I just had a baby" excuse much longer) but more than that, we are trying to change our recent, holiday eating habits- basically eating desert after every snack and meal and zero vegetables for 2-3 weeks straight. So I guess eating healthy is our resolution for 2009.


I got a camera.  Most of the pictures on it are centered around gifts since I got it 2 weeks ago. The next batch will probably include vegetables since that's what I'm looking at 12 hours a day.

 

We had an art themed holiday. June made her first collaborative painting.

  

 

  

 She's one in case it wasn't obvious.


 Kids always seem to resemble their stuffed animals.

 Off to have a green smoothie...


+ DIGG + STUMBLE

Comments

 

chelsea said:

I'm lovin the Lite Brite! Too cute! I remember loving mine when i was a kid. The pic of Jason and Mags is adorable- and the sock monkey cracks me up!

Hope you have a good new year!

January 6, 2009 4:48 PM
 

Mandy said:

We went raw for awhile once.  You're right----it's great and difficult all at once.  Plus, it's a lot of work  (oddly enough, since you're not "cooking" all these large meals).  Anyways---I really think that our family as a whole benefited from the experience, even though we're not still raw..  I think we generally eat healthier now than we did before our time being raw---more fresh fruits and veggies, less "whites."  But sometimes you just need a cheeseburger, you know?  ;-)  We do still have green smoothies though----you can't not feel healthy drinking one of those.

January 6, 2009 5:04 PM
 

Migs said:

I wanna do a raw food detox too!  So did you just download her...thing?  (what is it like a talk?  a podcast?)  I know losing the sugar would be hard for me but I've also had a really hard time letting go of those last 5 pounds.  

January 6, 2009 11:32 PM
 

korkor said:

I got her book, The Raw Food Detox Diet, recommended by a friend.  It gives you the detials and recipes. I'll let you know next week how hard it is to stick to it.

January 7, 2009 10:14 AM
 

Hanna said:

Hah! My friend and I were just saying today that we wanted to go on a raw food diet for a bit. Wasn't sure where to look tho so this is great! Yet another reason why I love this blog and your lovely family :)

January 8, 2009 12:22 AM
 

Jeff B said:

Your kids are adoooorable! I hope the diet works out. =)

January 9, 2009 3:52 AM
 

Anonymous said:

Just out of curiosity, are you and Jason raising the girls vegetarian?  If so, has it been a challenge?

January 12, 2009 9:27 PM
 

Abe M said:

Hey! I've been reading your blog for a few months now but finally got the courage to speak up. I just wanted to say how much you and Jason's band have contributed to my current relationship with my girlfriend of 3 years. We have many happy memories with MoS playing in the background.

Anyways, I tried a raw food diet a week ago and it lasted for a whole 4 days. But, I went extreme and only drank v8 Splash, water, and a piece of bread every once in a while. It made me feel 373289728 times better.

Happy New Year to you and yours.

January 13, 2009 12:33 AM
 

Krista said:

hey,

first read at the blog.  I like all the pictures of your silly kids. And all the stories that go along with them make me smile.

Good luck with the raw foods!  it's interesting what you can do with veggies.

:)

krista

January 13, 2009 5:18 PM

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