Stay Fit This Summer with Your Family

Stay Fit This Summer with Your Family
The summer holidays can be the perfect time for you to bond with your family and spend that extra needed time together.  However, it can become difficult to stay healthy during those hot summer months.  So here are some quick small ways you can make a difference so that your kids understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Beyond popsicles and Pirate’s Booty

• Adult cereals that are easy for little fingers to pick up
• Melon slices. They are refreshing and full of antioxidants. You can also cut them into special shapes with a cookie cutter.
• Cheese sticks and berries
• Frozen grapes (only for kids older than 5)

More DIY treats

These snacks take a little prep, but are worth the time.

• Kid-size sandwiches made out of mini whole-wheat pitas and filled with hummus and halved cherry tomatoes or almond butter and banana slices
• Mini yogurt parfaits with vanilla low-fat yogurt, cut up fresh fruit, and granola. “
• DIY popsicles made from 100% juice

Healthy storybooks to pass the time

It often seems easier for authors to communicate a revulsion to vegetables than to impart an enjoyment of healthy food. But we’ve found some great exceptions.

Plan a fun farm stay

The experience of working on a farm will forever change your child’s perception of the grocery store. For anywhere from $15–$250 a night, your family can stay in a working farm and take part in the chores.