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Hello! My name is Kristin Bolling. I am a wife, to my high school sweet-heart, a mother of 3, (2 of which includes a set of twins), a redeemed rebel, saved by grace, a believer of Jesus Christ, and the author of our family blog, bollingwith5.blogspot.com I was excited when Emily Parker, of Journey Of Parenthood, asked me to do a guest post on her blog. Although I have been featured many times, on several websites, this is my very first guest post but, I am writing about something that I am very passionate about: portion control and serving size. I am not a food science major. I am not a fitness instructor. I am a conscientious person and a loving mother with not only a huge desire to educate myself, but also others about living and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. When my son, almost 11, came home the first week of school, he said to me, “Mom, you wanna know what’s so annoying and unfair?” I replied, “What buddy?” He proceeded saying, “So many...
When it comes to parenting people are passionate about many different things. I'd say most people would consider me to be "hardcore" about Jesus, sleep, and car seat safety. Those are probably my Top 3 "parenting passions" if you will (although if making memories counts then that's totes one too!). Healthy eating is a very confusing area. You can find a billion books and blog posts and articles and journals with a billion different opinions. When it comes to healthy eating in our home my motto is "Do my best and don't stress the rest." I'm far from perfect in the area of healthy eating. We don't "eat clean." I don't buy a whole lot of organic fruits and veggies (all the milk the kids drink is organic but that's about the only organic thing we buy). However, I personally am happy with the balance we have. We limit junk and do our best to give our children the healthiest options possible at each meal. Healthy eati...
When Zach and I made our monthly budget we talked about things that are important to us and where we want to see our money go each month. Eating out is very low on both of our lists of importance. We eat at home probably 90% of the time. I cook most nights for dinner (Zach typically will cook a night or two a week as well! Especially on the weekends!) and Zach takes leftovers for his lunches each day. We feel that cutting costs on eating out is a easy way to spend smart for our family and plan for our future. However, we still enjoy eating out on occasion as well! Here are some of the ways I try to spend smart when we eat out: When we are choosing a restaurant I try to find places that have a special going on. Many restaurants have a kids eat free night and that is a huge savings (especially since I can typically eat a kids meal as my meal too!). Chick-Fil-A is a favorite for our family and every Tuesday night they do family nights where kids eat free. McAlister's has k...
Britt's 14th month of life was from Jan 6th through Feb 5th (and yes, just like that I'm caught back up to where I'm typically at! 1 month behind to the day!) This was a HUGE month for Britt in many areas!!!! Silverware: One day Kye decided that Britt needed a fork with her breakfast. Since then he has been always giving her a fork with every meal to use. Way to go Big Bro :) While she hasn't mastered it or anything she does "get it" She understands how it works and what it's purpose is. Pretty good for a barely toddler, huh? Most often she holds it in one hand and eats with the other hand :) Accessorizing: Britt may play with her brother's toys...but she is ALL girl. She LOVES accessorizing! If there is a hat, jewelry, shoes etc nearby she'll find it and put it on :) She wants to wear necklaces ALL the time! Big Papa's glasses! They sent me this pic on my phone one day when they were watching her ;) ...
