Unless you forgot to pay the electric/cable bill..or as the old saying goes “you’ve been living under a rock”, you have seen a lot of news lately about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

(you can watch the full first  episode of Food Revolution here)

Seems that a lot of people are offended by a “Brit” coming into the U.S. to tell us how to eat and how we need to change our school lunch programs.  Check out what LettuceEatKale has to say about his invasion into the United States schools.

As one of the most overweight countries in the world, we need to stop the madness and start teaching our kids healthy eating habits in their early years.  Weight issues begin in youth…and we adults are responsible for teaching our children how to eat properly.  Most importantly…that includes us being able to depend upon our school system  to cut out the pizza and french fries and “get with it”.

For the past 30+ years I’ve been fit and trim, but that wasn’t always the case.  In my younger years I “leaned” towards the chubby side due to an extremely high intake of school vending machine  potato chips and Kraut Burger Wednesday school lunches.  Getting rid of that “chub” I acquired during my school years took a lot of determination and effort.

Fortunately I was able to pass on my newly acquired healthier eating habits to our kids with the family time dinners I prepared, and the packed lunches I sent with them to school everyday.  Our kids never had to fight weight issues…and there’s no doubt in my mind it was all because they didn’t eat the unhealthy/fattening crap that was being served at school.  Those same eating habits carried over onto our nightly family dinner table.  To this day our kids still prefer to eat lighter and healthier food (and no…we’re not vegetarians and yes we do still stock cookies and chips in the cabinet, but a can of tuna or some fresh snap peas still trump a cookie when anyone wants a snack in our house-except for hubby).

I say “Hooray” for Jamie Oliver.  He’s bringing attention and awareness to an issue that many parents never even knew existed.  I mean really, were you aware that deep fried french fries qualify for the mandatory vegetable category of school lunches?  They’re not serving steamed brocolli or cauliflower because the french fries are easier and less expensive.

Jamie Oliver has got my 100% support!!

Things won’t change quickly from a 6 week television episode, but the reality is that he has sparked a lot of controversy which in turn may spill over to a parental revolt against our current school lunch programs.  Parents have the right to fight for their children’s health and I think that Jamie Oliver will have a lot of parents uniting to create better school lunch programs for the health and welfare of our children.

Jamie Oliver and Food Revolution are certainly “stirring the Pot!  What about You?

“Hmmm..so let me get a little closer look at this fancy putter”

So the Saint Patrick’s Day 3rd birthday went off spectacularly for our little Irish grandson.

Since the family loves to play golf together, we decided to get him a “big boy toy” of Junior Golf Clubs.

As you can see, he wasn’t quite sure what to do with the putter.  ???? Is he examining it closely to make sure it’s of finest quality??   Does he think he come somehow see through it??  Are the flashes from the camera blinding him??

Don’t know…but it sure was cute and he was loving his new jr golf sets.

“Okay…Now I Get It”

Okay, with a little instruction from the family he gets it.  You put the putter on the ground…not in front of your face.

We thought his love of hockey, and the overused hockey set we got him last year would be somewhat of an introduction into junior golf.

These little Junior Golf  Bags really are adorable .  The lighting wasn’t so good in our photos, and doesn’t show the true bright red vibrancy of the bag.  It has all kinds of zipper pouches for balls, tees, club heads (which by the way are included), etc. and it’s got the built in stand which for Colton was one of the most important things.

He loved to show us how to carry it and then stand it up…ready for play.

“I’m getting  a little bored with this indoor play…let’s go outside and hit the links”

After all of the family instructions and posing for photos… (interest has been lost)

Colton doesn’t look so excited now.  Seemed to do a little better when he was holding the putter up to his head, but I’m sure after a time or two in the backyard with grandma and pop-pop hitting lots and lots of whiffle golf balls, and a few outings to the driving range with dad…he’ll catch on and learn to love golf just as much as he loves his hockey!

Of course, the most important thing is that his junior golf set will look just like daddy’s.  So Cool!

This junior golf set is truly more than we expected it to be.  It’s a total junior golf equipment package from the professional looking bag and clubs right down to the golf club covers (which Colton enjoyed taking off and putting back on over and over and over again).  If you have a little one that enjoys golf, and you’re thinking of purchasing a set of junior golf clubs, then here’s some great information  where you determine how to measure for youth golf clubs. It’s all about chosing the appropriate junior golf equipment and Measuring Your Child For Junior Golf Clubs.

This set is for 3-5 year olds, and based on the length of the clubs and how Colton handled them, we’re pretty sure it will make it for at least another 2 years.  They do have sets for 5-7, 7-10 and so on, so make sure you understand how to measure for your child before you invest in a set of youth golf clubs.

We’re pretty excited for a little warmer weather and golf course openings so that we can spend some really special one on one grandma-grandpa-Colton time on the driving range.  He loves doing just about anything with us that we enjoy doing, so it should be a great time.