I have 3 kids. My children are 8, 11, and 12 years old. I have started to get into arguments with my 12 year old. I live on a farm.  I love dogs and animals. I love music works on computers. One of my children is a 12 year old boy. My son and I like the same type of music.
I love the beach. I love mediterranean food. I love STYX and joyrney and other old bands. I love fall weather. I am retired. I like to relax during the evening. I have 5 grndchildren.  I took my grandchildren to the play ground. My grandchildren are 6 months old, 2 years old, 4 years old, 4 years old, and 10 years old. My 4 year old grand daughters are twins.
The fruit snacks were a hit, thank you for the tip. Glad you liked them! What flavor did you get? I got strawberry, watermelon and raspberry.  They loved the strawberry and watermelon the best.  Have you ever made your own fruit snacks? I'm thinking of trying to make some. I have made them before and the homemade ones are so much better than the ones you can buy. I really like making pineapple and mango ones, but watermelon sounds great too.   I bet I would love the pineapple one, pineapple is one of my favorite fruits.  I have a dehydrator, so I guess I just need to figure out how to get the fruit pureed and spread out to dry. It's definitely worth the effort to figure it out, then you can make them whenever you want. It's a pretty healthy snack for the kids, not too much sugar. I like the idea of being able to control how much sugar goes into them.  I seriously think sugar makes my 12 year old way more hyper than he normally would be.   That's a tricky situation, but if you can sneak in some healthy not-too-sweet snacks it would be a win-win. You are so right. This kid cracks me up, he is such a picky eater. He's like a super-spy when it comes to watching what I try to get him to eat.  I'm lucky the two younger ones will still eat anything I put in front of them. I guess you just have to get really good at disguising the healthy stuff. Kids can be really smart, but I doubt they can outsmart a wise adult like you! Thanks for the vote of confidence.  How about your grandchildren, do you have any trouble getting them to eat healthy, or do you just do the sweet Grandparent thing and spoil them with anything they want? I just spoil them with cookies and cakes. Their parents get to do all the hard work, been there, done that!