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Yes, this is an advertisement, but I do like the bar that’s in it.  I don’t like a lot of “bar” type food, but I like the ones with nuts.  And I needed something other than my normal piece of cheese that I normally use as my between meal snack.  Well, and tangerines….and coffee.

This is your last chance to enter our General Mills lunch care package giveaway. Submit your tip in the comments and I’ll be selecting my fave Friday at 12pm PST! How do you convince your kids to eat fun and healthy lunches?

UPDATE: Congratulations to Alexandra for her winning snack tip!

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Who says you can’t take care of the baby and yourself at once?  As a mom you learn to do a lot one-handed. Here’s how I do it.

How do you convince your kids to eat fun and healthy lunches? Submit your tip in the comments for a chance to win a lunch care package from General Mills filled with fun and healthy snacks for kids. I’ll be choosing my favorite tip at the end of this month, so keep posting your best suggestions in the comments.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Alexandra for her winning snack tip!

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Creative snacks?  How about snacks shaped like insects!  Hey, if it works, it works.

You all gave me such good ideas about lunches, what are your creative snacks?  Because when Vivien starts AYSO there is going to be even more pressure. Submit your tip in the comments for a chance to win a lunch care package from General Mills filled with fun and healthy snacks for kids. I’ll be choosing my favorite tip at the end of this month, so keep posting your best suggestions in the comments.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Alexandra for her winning snack tip!

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Not that I go to many parties anymore, but once in a while I venture out solo (easy to do when my husband works nights) and I have to get up to speed fast on social interaction with adults.  Or I can use this strategy…

How do you convince your kids to eat fun and healthy lunches? Submit your tip in the comments for a chance to win a lunch care package from General Mills filled with fun and healthy snacks for kids. I’ll be choosing my favorite tip at the end of this month, so keep posting your best suggestions in the comments.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Alexandra for her winning snack tip!