We are on plan today, but rain halted our evening activity. However, we had a family game night instead so at least we weren’t sitting idle all day!
How to get the kids to increase their water, though? They’re still not drinking juices or soda or lemonade or iced tea, but they’re not drinking water either. I remember being a kid and I drank when I was thirsty. Never thought about it, what I was drinking or when or how much. My parents rarely had soda in the house, but we had a lot of iced tea (with lemon and sugar). I drank water when I felt like having water. Should I worry that my kids rarely get in more than 20 ounces a day? Well, that’s on average — yesterday, my middle child drank 96 ounces!
I am getting better about having plenty of fruits and veggies out at meals, though. We ate a whole watermelon in 3 days time, we’ve eaten 1 1/2 bags of red grapes, we’ve gone through 2 bags of baby carrots, and more than a bag of apples. We still have cucumbers, celery, tangerines, pineapple and other stuff. And the great part is that we are eating all this stuff — not wasting it!
75 Days of Summer 