Lights..camera..EAT!! Thanks Copy Kids!

I truly despised meal time with my kindergarten son. If you are a foodie and have children who think chicken nuggets and blueberry muffins are fine dining, you know my frustration is real! Not to mention I LOVE to cook and am quite good at it. Not eating my food is like worse than Chef Ramsey's hollering on Hell's Kitchen! Ughh!

My son Nick is the pickiest child I've had the pleasure of meeting in my life. He won't even try anything and will go hungry before he does. Omg are u serious? So whats a mother to do? He can't starve but he can't bully me into buying junk either. I'very tried EVERYTHING! Now to be fair, he loves pineapples, strawberries, an occasional grape and will munch on 3green beans but ummm that's not enough! I need superheros to help me out like Popeye used to do with spinach!

Wait! Look! Up in the sky! Its a bird, its a plane...no wait..is that a DVD with kids eating bell peppers? Why yes it is! I came across this just scrolling through some ads and I was intrigued...ok and desperate. Sue me. Anywho, I contacted them and got the DVD in a matter of 2 days all the way from California! Good job, Mr.Postman! ;-)

As soon as i opened the package, Nick was excited and felt like he had gotten mail because he saw other kids on the cover. I let him open it so he had a sense of ownership. Now understand my son is extremely, how should i say, "confident" (code for stubborn). He has an opinion on everything and voices it. Can't imagine where he got that from :-) I honestly expect him to watch for 2 minutes and then wander off to draw or play. He turns it on and just like that he is attentive. He sees other kids sitting at a table being their naturally silly selves AND eating raw bell peppers like its candy! He starts giggling. I decide to take advantage of the joy and said, "You wanna try a bell pepper?" He looks up at me and says ok. *insert jaw drop here* You have got to be kidding me! Mr. I don't eat anything that doesn't come with a toy just agreed to eat a vegetable? I feel faint.

The video suggests that you have the food thats on the video on hand but like i said I'm a single mom and just buying food is not going to happen. While watching the different food "chapters" Nick begins to make his menu for the week..bell peppers tomorrow, raspberries the next day, and carrots the next. I am STUNNED! A video of kids giggling, making funny faces, and enjoying healthy raw fruits and veggies just ended my troubles? Ok we will see! *jealous tone*

Fast forward. We have the bell pepper. He takes a deep breath...and he bites into it...and chews...I close one eye...he swallows! My eye pops back open along with my mouth! He takes another bite! What???  

That's not even the best part! The next day he eats without argument a plate of sauteed spinach, squash and zucchini! *confetti*

Listen, this dvd has eased and "FUN-erized" the conversation about eating healthy! I'm no expert but I know that the "eat your veggies because I'm your mama and I say so" hasn't worked in ages! Copy-Kids has the answer! Recording kids being themselves, funny faces and all, eating healthy raw fruits and veggies! No sugary dips...no cutesy plates ya gotta buy...just good ol' simple produce!

Copy-Kids has won several awards and recognition (rightfully so!) including the one that matters most to me...other PARENTS agree! http://www.ptpamedia.com/Product-page?PID=1931 

 They've been added to the Education and Training materials database for preK nutrition by the USDA! I've got my opinions about the things that are USDA approved, but they got this one RIGHT!

 http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/schoolmeals/Resource_Cafe/Resource_Details.php?ID=2226

I must share this joy with caregivers around the globe! So I'm going to do a giveaway courtesy of www.Copy-kids.com! In order to win, you must subscribe to my Youtube channel "iamhips4love" and comment on and share the video of my son actually eating the bell pepper. Ok I have no way of knowing if you shared the video but the Veggie Fairies do and if you don't share it, your child will turn into a junk food militant at the stroke of midnight! LOL! Extreme? Ok I just need you to share it so other caregivers can get some relief and our kids can have a fighting chance against the childhood obesity epidemic in our country! I shared with you so pay it forward! Please and thank you! Sharing is caring! :-) I'm so excited about Nick biting into the bell pepper like the guy on Iron Chef! Lol!

Smooches

PS...video will be up tonight

PPS..YOU CAN WIN A COPY FROM COPY-KIDS.COM!! Just leave a comment below and on the video for a chance to win. I pick a random comment as the winner in 2 days!! I forward your mailing address to them, and THEY send you the dvd! Post a pic of you with your copy so I know you got it! :-)