Running homework and fruit covered in sugar.

The penny per day doubled for 30 days is where the money’s at ;) Yesterday looks like a seriously ideal day and now you have me craving a candy apple! Yes, snickers is always the best flavour :)

Yes we do enjoy eating healthy! For the most part! Favorite caramel apple topping would be Heath! I hope you have a wonderful day with your family!!!

My husband and I do a pretty decent job of balancing healthy food with sweets & treats in moderation. We want our girls to understand the importance of balanced, healthy eating, so we have to lead by example. It makes me so proud when my three-year-old requests cous cous (she loves the giant pearl kind!) and broccoli for dinner. Of course, she always wants something special after dinner. That’s my girl!

I can NOT do scary movies. Like even seeing the previews for scary movies can give me nightmares for a little while. I’m just a big wimp. The last scary movie I saw was The Ring waaaaay back in 2002, and after not being able to sleep normally for like a few weeks, I swore off scary movies and haven’y really seen one since. Sleep has been much improved :)

Your caramel apples look SO good. I’ve never actually had a caramel apple before. Back in middle school, we would always have them around Halloween time but I had braces then so I never was able to eat them. :(

I eat healthy most of the time (everything in moderation, right? :D). I try to convince my parents to eat slightly healthier–whole wheat bread + pasta, less super-processed meat, etc. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. :)

My boyfriend is a little obsessive about healthy eating. Also, he has NO sweet tooth! How we ended up together amazes me sometimes! It’s okay though, more ice cream for me!

My husband loves good foods but prefers bad. Lol. My step son will eat really healthy too, but my son is so bad. He will eat pizza, mac n cheese, pb&j, chicken nuggets, or hot dogs for dinner. It is crazy. Good thing he is so active! I thought Taken 2 was really good!

My absolute favorite is a giant chocolate covered caramel apple- best one I ever had was in Disney World – can’t wait to go back and have another one! I had a simply chocolate covered apple in Disney as well as Reeses Pieces covered – yum! I make my own as well which are absolutely delicious. Nothing quite like chocolate dipped fruit – with peanut butter too- total perfection.

We eat fairly healthy in our house and Mike doesn’t mind at all. He even adapted to eating mostly vegetarian meals (since I don’t eat or cook meat).

I’m not a fan of scary movies because I’m easily terrified and the scariness sticks with me for days!

Im curious! as a faithful follower of your blog. how many siblings do you have? Is Christine the sister who is mom to curly? the one you run with?

The caramel apple looks amazing! Not sure I’ve ever had a really good caramel apple topping, but I feel like sprinkles and chocolate sauce with whipped cream could be good. A little caramel apple sundae perhaps?

My significant other dislikes my healthy meals, but that doesn’t mean I’ll stop makin’ em. We have a compromise: he eats my healthy vegified meals once in a while, and I eat his meaty dishes too. I did get him to hop on the quinoa train though ;-)

I can’t get over how much Brooke looks like Curly, they could seriously be sisters.

My husband likes eating healthy just like I do so it make meals much easier. Thanks for sharing those articles, super helpful

Best apple from RMCF HANDS DOWN in the caramel, white chocolate, cinnamon and sugar. Any time I try a different one I end up regretting it.

I cook 90% of the time and I am going to cook the foods that I like and foods that are healthy…as a result my kids eat fruits and veggies very well. Of course they still struggle with quinoa and stuff like that sometimes (I think mostly just because of the appearance) but if I always expect them to eat what we are having and I don’t give them ‘kid food’ while I eat ‘my food’ then they learn to love it. At least that is what I am telling myself ;)

I like suspenseful movies. Scary, not much. I used to love scary movies back in jr high and high school. Now they just give me bad feelings when I watch them. I haven’t seen taken 2, but I liked the first one. I think the last movie I saw was The Croods. My sisters and I took the kids to it and they liked it a lot.

See ya soon!! YAY!

My hubby would almost always prefer something greasy & cheesy but he also will eat anything healthy that I give him. He’s a sport I guess ;-)

Your daughter is seriously the cutest thing ever. I love fruit as well. Hope you are having a wonderful time with your family.

Have you tried the apple pie flavored caramel apple from Rocky Mountain? It’s soooo good! My husband can handle some heatlhy food, but not super healthy. He always gave Eberhard a hard time for eating crazy healthy, and I always stole his healthy food from his drawer in his office lol

I’ve never had a caramel apple! I love the sound of that rocky road one though, rocky road is amazing.

I loveeeee scary movies!! But they have to be done properly, with lots of snacks and girlfriends in the dark! I haven’t seen Taken 2 yet but it’s on my list.

Have you ever tried sliced apples dipped in pancake batter, and then fried (on the stove top)? I haven’t, but it sounds really good!

Thanks for posting the links to those articles! Your coach sounds really helpful. It’s so neat that you’re able to inspire your niece to be interested in photography. My dad taught me how to use a (film) SLR when I was a kid and I loved taking photos with that camera. My answer to the riddle would be to double the amount every day, but I kinda cheated and plugged it into a calculator (exponents FTW!). It’s great that your family finds fun ways to teach math concepts to the kids.

Thank you for sharing the articles! I’ve been having issues with my left hip area. Reading through the first article was really helpful! : )

I’m a purist-if I’m going to have anything but plain caramel then it has to be nuts! I thought Taken 2 was alright. It was pretty much the same as the first one!

I never knew caramel apples came with extra toppings!! What have I been missing out on all this time?!?!

We are a pretty healthy family, but we indulge sometimes too. Generally speaking, my husband prefers to eat healthy and my stepson is actually the best at eating whatever I put in front of him!

Loved Taken 2, but would not consider it a “scary” movie… more like action/suspense!

Growing up I had a book called “Rainy Days and Saturdays.” It was filled with activities to do when you got bored. One of them was how to become a millionaire and the answer was to get your parents to agree do give you a penny and double it every day for a month! I need to search for a copy of that book for my kids.
Favorite apple topping… Sadly the only kind I’ve tried is Carmel with nuts. I need to explore my apples!

I just watched Taken 2 this past weekend! Definitely scared me! I think those “real” movies are way more scary than any fake horror flick.

My BF is pretty good about eating healthy foods, as long as someone else prepared it for him! But we both have massive sweet teeth that get us into trouble. Oh well.

Curly resembles you a lot (I’m guessing because she’s your sister’s daughter) in that first picture! Too cute! The caramel apples at Disney World are insane and I’m always temped to buy one..but I don’t because I know it’ll take me at least 4 sittings to get through one and I don’t want it to go bad. Oh, and it’s also $10. I like plain peanuts on my caramel apple..I’m boring.

It takes a lot to get me scared…but I like the original when a strange calls..from like the 70s. My mom watched Taken after I had gotten back from Costa Rica and a week before my sister was going and she didn’t want us to ever leave the country again.

you always pick the pennies

Caramel apples are healthy since they have the word apple right?;) I’ll definitely check out those articles. Also the penny is better.. Seen that before;)

How much is a penny doubled every day? It must be a lot of moolah!! I’ve never had a caramel apple… is that weird?

Yay thanks for linking to the stretching articles! I’ve been trying to figure out what stretches are best, but haven’t had time to look anything up! Perfect Timing :)