Mommin' It Up!

March 7, 2011March 7, 2011

Share Your Breakfast Reminder & Recap

So, remember when I shared my breakfast with you the other day? And told you how you could share yours, too? AND invited you to a Virtual Breakfast to learn more? How could you forget!? Well, in case you were unable to attend the Virtual Breakfast, I have a recap for you, put together by the wonderful ladies at TheMotherhood.com. We chatted with Trinh Le, Senior Brand Manager at Kellogg’s and Dr. Reginald Washington, chair of the board of Action for Healthy Kids, about how to Share Your Breakfast and help give to school breakfast programs.

Here’s the breakfast I shared yesterday:

As I mentioned in my earlier post, my Sophie gets her breakfast at school – as does every child at her school- and I think it’s a great program to ensure that each child gets the food they need to start their mornings out right so their brains can be ready to LEARN! Here are some more details about how easy it is to Share Your Breakfast! For each breakfast shared, Kellogg’s will donate the monetary equivalent of one school breakfast to Action for Healthy Kids!

Option 1: Online with photo
– Head over to http://www.shareyourbreakfast.com
– Find the upload station in the yellow band and click ‘browse’ to find your photo (You can also click the link to take a photo with your webcam!)
– Be sure that your photo is a JPG or PNG file, that it’s no more than 3MB and that no recognizable logos are included
– Fill out all the information, agree to terms and click ‘upload’!

Option 2: Online with no photo
– Head over to http://www.shareyourbreakfast.com
– Find the upload station in the yellow band and type in a description of your breakfast in the box provided
– Fill out all the information, agree to terms and click ‘upload’!

Option 3: Text message
– Text the word SHARE with a photo or description of your breakfast to 21534
– Be sure that your photo does not include any recognizable logos.
– Message and data rates may apply. See your carrier for details.

March 8th is National Breakfast Day, so Kellogg’s is even allowing us to share our breakfasts on Twitter on March 8th ONLY! Woooo! Here’s how to do that TOMORROW, March 8th – just share a photo or description on Twitter using the #ShareUrBreakfast hashtag.

Please note: your shared breakfast doesn’t have to be a Kellogg’s product. It can even just be a cup of coffee!

You can view the whole talk and watch the video with Trinh Le and Dr. Washington at this link here.

This is such an important program because 17 million children in our country live in food-insecure households. That means they aren’t sure where their next meal is coming from. Helping them get breakfast, in addition to lunch at school is a lifeline to these kids.

You can share your breakfast once a day, every day until July 31st. It’s so easy to do and makes a HUGE difference! Please join me in sharing your breakfast as often as you can!

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I was compensated by Kellogg’s and TheMotherhood.com for co-hosting the Virtual Breakfast chat. All opinions on the program are my own.

March 4, 2011

The Cosby Kids

Can I just say how much I loooove Netflix? We get it through our Wii, and it is SO awesome. I don’t know why anyone has cable anymore when you can get live streaming Netflix. Unless you want to watch sports, or news, or something DUMB like that. Heh.

Bobby and I are rediscovering some old shows on Netflix – some not too old, like say….all the past seasons of “Psych” which we love (WHEN is the next season coming to Netflix? WHEN WHEN WHEN? I cannot get enough of Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster!) and just this past week, we’ve been watching season one of our childhood favorite, the Cosby Show.

Which is HYSTERICAL. It is still as funny as it was when I was seven years old. AND I cannot believe how much of these episodes I REMEMBER! I mean, I have three children, I can barely remember my own phone number and yet, every memory of Denise making Theo that hacked-up Gordon Gartrell designer shirt and Vanessa’s hideous clarinet recital are instantly restored as soon as I hear the Cosby theme song. And RUDY! OMG, RUDY!!! Has there ever been a cuter, funnier child? I almost want to trade one of my own for the 5-year-old version of Rudy.

And remember how EXCITING it was every season to see the new theme song/opening of the show? They always did something SO great. I already can’t wait to watch season 2 just to see the opening. But I am controlling myself. The best things come to those who wait.

So, if you want a nice laugh, and TV with the effect of comfort food, dial up your Netflix and join me tonight. Put on your favorite Cosby sweater and join Bobby and me as we chill with Cliff, Clair, Denise, Theo, Vanessa, Rudy, and sometimes Sondra. Or, just for funzies, share some of your favorite Cosby memories with me in the comments!

They just don’t make ’em like they used to!

P.S. This is not a Netflix commercial. It is just freaking awesome. But seriously, Netflix, call me.

March 3, 2011

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

I wrote last week about the proposed senate bill in Ohio that will basically ruin our Ohio school districts (and our police forces, and our fire fighters, and, you know, our communities.). Yesterday, our elected officials took the first (shady and underhanded) step to make the bill a law.

Trip Gabriel wrote an article in the New York Times called “Teachers Wonder, Why the Scorn?” that I think gets to the very crux of this situation. Since when did teaching go from being a noble profession to one devoid of respect and an object of animosity?

Obviously, I am biased in this situation – my husband and many of my relatives are teachers. But I am appalled, and I am saddened by the lack of respect, the lack of appreciation for people who devote their lives to making a difference to children.

We’re seeing so many negative teacher stories in the news right now, and I would love to see some positive ones. So please, would you share a story about a teacher who made a difference to you or your kids in the comments? Thank you.