Giant Food is Doing Good For Moms and Health
Giant Food just announced to Mom Bloggers in the area about their ‘Shop For Health, Eat for Life’ Program! I was unable to attend their ‘Kick-Off’ event, but as a happy Giant shopper, I want to spread the word about this great program because Giant continues to make things easier for moms, and listens to their shoppers.
Shop For Health, Eat For Life is a partnership of Giant Food and The American Institute for Cancer Research. The goal is to
* Help individuals and their families reduce their risk of cancer
and
*raise funds for cancer prevention.
From June 19th to July 2nd, Giant will help AICR spread its message of cancer prevention and good health with several in-store promotions and recipes, free nutrition education materials for kids and adults, and product giveaways in selected pharmacies.
AND, if you are around the Bethesda area, check out the Giant Food store on Arlington Road! It has just completed a renovation and the store ROCKS! It now has scanners, self-checkout, and drumroll:
A DELI KIOSK !
The store seems bigger… The job of re-designing a store must be fascinating and whoever did this, whatever firm, has done a great job!
The employees are great too, but then again, they always have been.
AND, they have a coffee machine! You put your money in, it comes out, and
THERE ARE HOLDERS ON THE NEW SHOPPING CARTS!
This has actually made my LIFE easier, I enjoy grocery shopping, my son enjoys it,
he scans everything, he knows how to weigh and print out the labels for produce…
Yey! Thanks Giant!
Visit the American History Museum
What do you do when Daddy has to work on a Saturday?
You go to the American History Museum downtown!
The American History Museum re-opened last fall after a complete renovation… and it’s awesome. The Transportation and Technology Exhibit is fantastic for car fanatics, like my son.
There’s also a kid science section that is great and has people doing experiments and explaining them.
This is also the museum which has Dorothy’s Ruby slippers and the original Kermit The Frog, but don’t go down just for that, it’s a little area with about 10 different things and that’s it…
Another Good Point, However: People tend to think parking is a problem on the Mall-
AND it’s NOT! Parking is FREE on the weekends and we pulled into a spot right by the museum…
NO PROBLEM!
Something to watch out for: The salad bar in the cafeteria is expensive…
Pay attention to how much you are heaping in the big salad bowls that are provided because
it will be weighed!
ENJOY!
Um… Martians are Pretend
We have been learning a lot lately here about planets and the Solar System! My son recently went with his nursery school class to a planetarium… and then we ‘made’ a planetarium here at home with a small tent. We talked about the fact that our planet, Earth, is just far enough, and close enough to the Sun to support life.
“Yes!” My son was so excited. And I’m thinking how much we are learning and what a great mom I am to have a planetarium made from a small tent in our computer room!!
And then is happened-
“Except for Martians, Mom!”
“Um… Martians are pretend.”
“They are?… Oh.”
And he was fine with that. And we went on with our discussion, with me thinking all-the-while,
I’m amazed that #1, my son thought Martians were real and that #2, having just been told that something he thought was real is in fact- NOT REAL, was fine with him…
I think we’re going to tackle a discussion about the ‘Milky Way’, not containing any milk today,
wish me luck!
THYME OUT for Easy, Great Dinners! and BananaBlueberry readers get 10% Off!
I just happened upon a great find for DC Area Moms…
it’s called Thyme Out!
I showed up (unannounced as a mom-blogger), I simply went in as a mom, on the recommendation of a fellow preschool mommy.
Thyme Out has prepared dinners, lunches, sides, a freshly-made-and-frozen section and the list goes on!
Before I go into how good this food is and how many options they have to choose from…
Let me just tell you-
This is a ‘Mom Business’ !!!!!
Missy Carr is a mom of 3 kids, ages 4-7 and a chef! She created Thyme Out in 2006 to help families eat better, healthier food without the stress of dinner preparation.
Check out the Thyme Out Website because it is very easy to get around and tells you all you need to know about menus and ordering online and even delivery!
And I almost forgot- Thyme Out has ongoing PROMOS AND COUPONS!!
I ALSO noticed on their website calendar that they are offering FREE DELIVERY On Saturdays during May,
AND YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE!
I really like that Thyme Out has Ready-To-Cook Family Size Meals! This is really nice as we move into Summer, when family schedules tend to be less structured, thus lending themselves to last minute pizza and fast food orders… Don’t order Pizza! Just swing by Thyme Out, or order online- for healthy family dinners!
** Thyme Out also customizes meals, so if there is a food allergy in the family, they can customize the meals to be “safe”. They work with many families with nut and gluten allergy especially.
Soon, they’ll be adding a
Thyme Out of Town menu designed for taking meals on vacation.
When I went in I picked up some Sweet Potato Fries… I just put them in the oven, according to the directions, and served them as part of dinner.
Thyme Out is right by the intersection of Rockville Pike and Nicholson Lane.
It’s 11401 Woodglen Drive, off of Nicholson Lane, behind Chili’s, and the phone number is 240. 221. 2777.
Check out this great meal alternative for Moms, created by a Mom!
Mention you are a BananaBlueberry reader and get 10% off any order!
And Last But Not Least, ENTER BANBLUE10 (ALL CAPS and then the number 10) for 10% OFF when ordering online!
*$50 minimum, cannot be combined with other offers… and this is good through June 30th!*
Bethany Beach on Mother’s Day
We spent Mother’s Day weekend at Bethany Beach. It was quiet and peaceful and wonderful. You know how crowded Bethany Beach gets? Look at these shots-
To the North-
And to the South-
These were taken Friday afternoon. Saturday turned out to be beautiful, so there were a few more people on the beach- but that’s it 
We played on the beach, went out to dinner, visited FunLand in Rehoboth on Saturday afternoon (opening day- it’s open for the season now), played some more and had a great time.
We ‘cut a swath’ through the outlets on the way home on Sunday too!
If you’ve read below, you know that my son woke up bright and early on Monday morning with Strep Throat, but he’s been on antibiotics since Monday morning, feels fine now, and life is back to normal.
And a good weekend was had by all !
On a lighter, navel-gazing note: It doesn’t matter how long you go to the beach-if you go for a month or just a weekend, you still need ‘all the stuff': beach toys, all the beach stuff, etc. etc.
The Birds and The Bees and 5-Year-Olds
It was a normal day, matchbox cars everywhere, a nice afternoon, and then my 5-year-old son got up to go to the bathroom.
While he was going to the bathroom, he asked me, completely out-of-the-blue,
“Mom, why do girls sit down to go pee-pee?”
By the way, my son closes the bathroom door at friends’ houses, and out in public, but sometimes he ‘forgets’ at home… and I don’t make a big deal about this because I don’t want him to ‘feel embarrassed’ about his body, blah, blah, blah, psycho-babble, blah, blah, blah…
So I very matter-of-factly told him,
“Because girls have vaginas.”
I’ve told him this before, but he forgot, probably because he just doesn’t care that much.
“Faginas?” He asked with a funny look on his face.
“V-aginas.” I answered.
He started laughing,
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Have a Great Weekend!
I’m a New Aunt !
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to my brother and sister-in-law !!!
John Theodore was born yesterday evening at 6:47pm. He’s 7 pounds 15 ounces and 21 inches long.
My awesome sister-in-law was in labor for about 5 hours and everything went smoothly.
They are calling him Jack!
He is their second… that makes all grandsons on my side of the family…
Mom: don’t get rid of any of those toy cars!
You Gotta Love Mr. Rogers…
On this rainy Monday morning,
I can always count on words of wisdom from
“Love and trust,
in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life,
can make all the difference in this world.”
– Fred Rogers
Have a Great Day
Be Inspired… SpiritJava
I was planning on ending the week highlighting SpiritJava. As you can see in the logo, SpiritJava consists of ‘Caffeinated Meditations’. If you click here you can enter your name and email and receive at the start of each day a quote, and a few lines written by Gregg Kennard.
Imagine my surprise when I opened this morning’s SpiritJava email and it was about Susan Boyle, the same as my post yesterday…
Here it is:
“I dreamed a dream…” Susan Boyle’s excerpt from Les Miserable
The Britain’s Got Talent contestant’s dream is coming true. Good for her.
God’s desire is that all of our dreams come true. It may require some patience, persistence, courage, and action, but manifestation of your best life is definitely what God is about.
He put the dream and desire in you, so keep believing, hoping, and moving forward.
You never know when that defining moment may come. A week ago, Susan Boyle was in virtual obscurity, now she is a household name, an international star.
Keep dreaming!
How’s that for Karma?
I love starting out each day with my SpiritJava email,
it is a reminder to decide at the start of each day, to go into that day with the intention of it being your best day yet…
and that’s pretty important, after all, you’re living it, it’s your day!
Check it out!
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I Was In The 2012 Show !
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