Nothing can replace teaching your children about a proper diet and exposing them to a wide variety of healthy fresh food but starting their day off right with all the essential vitamins and minerals that their growing bodies need can help ease the everyday concern about what goes into their bodies.  My whole family (husband, 5 year old son and 9 year old son) take 2oz of Vemma and Vemma Next Children's each morning.  The kids ask for it each morning and has become as much a part of their morning routine as brushing their teeth!

No preservatives, no artificial colours and no artificial flavours, all the essential vitamins and minerals along with antioxidant powerhouse mangosteen, aloe vera and organic green tea make it a winning formula for my family.  And if that wasn't enough, for every case of Vemma Next that is sold, one case is donated to children in need in the country that it was purchased in - now that's dedication to children's health!

Contact me to find out more or visit http://www.nadinehughes.vemma.com/ to see the complete Vemma line. 

Last week I stumbled across a radio interview with Neil Pasricha, the author of the new book, "The Book of Awesome". The book is a result of his fantastic website, http://www.1000awesomethings.com/ , which he created at a low period in his life when he wanted to be reminded of the small things that made him smile. Things like,

 

• The cool side of a pillow
• Opening and sniffing a pack of tennis balls
• The smell of rain on a hot sidewalk
• Dancing when you're home alone
• Popping bubble wrap
• Laughing so hard you start crying
• And 994 other awesome things

While I listened to Neil speak about what made him smile, I found myself nodding and smiling too. That great feeling was contagious as I pictured my favourite simple food things. I started to compile a list and was grinning the whole time. Go ahead and try thinking of your own awesome things, the sillier the better, and I dare you not to start smiling like the proverbial Cheshire cat! In the meantime, here are some of my awesome favourites: 

 

• The smell of fresh basil
• The crusty top of melted cheese
• The taste of the first ripe tomato in my garden
• A frosty glass from the freezer  
• The granular icy part of a Lola  
• The cork popping on a champagne bottle
• The way the bubbles from the above champagne feel on my tongue
• Eating summer cherries and spitting the pits as far as I can
• My first coffee of the day

Have an awesome day!