My kids came home this week with a note from school stating that they will no longer be able to sell ice cream at school due to a recent Healthy Eating law that President Obama passed. Now let's really think about this people...they are removing ice cream, that has to be bought by the elementary aged kids. Let's not talk about the soda and candy/chip machines in all the schools. Really? First of all, the parents would have to give their kids the money to buy the ice cream. So, parents, step it up in your children's eating habits if they really don't need ice cream. Also, why do we need the President of the United States to pass a law regarding this issue.

I have really been struggling with healthy eating in our house. It is a shame that it costs more money to buy healthy food, this is the type of problem we are facing. Not ice cream in the schools. It amazes me that the price of everything is also dependent on the price of gas. Ok, off that tangent, but anyways, we have a child with a little bit of a weight issue, my husband is starting to have some health related issues that could be controlled with diet. I have been thinking about starting a blog on healthy eating and how much is costs to actually eat that way. Along with this, I am also cooking for like, 8 people. With growing boys in my family, if they are going to eat as much as they do, it needs to be healthy and then I won't care about them taking second helpings at dinner.

Remember too though, that I was raised on Amish cooking, so most of my meals are meat/potatoes/starches. Our mindsets will need to change from those foods to more vegetables and fruits.

I guess, we will see how far I get with this....