Easter Fun part 2

Our second Easter celebration was with a great group of families and their awesome kids. We may not all know each other but we all feel like we do.



This annual Easter Egg hunt is put on by "my" Local Food Allergy Support Group. If you are in the Columbus Ohio area, please feel free to check out our site.

Columbus Ohio food allergy support

Our awesome founder Dena organizes this every year--and this years hunt was also sponsored by Midwest Allergy. There was no food at the hunt at all for the safety and comfort of the kids. Who needs food to have fun anyways? Not these kids!



The girls loved the bean bag races. I know it was one of Hannah's favorite part of the day!




The kids thought it was funny to "toss the ring" with Dena. Who (as always) is a great sport!


Each kid got 14 eggs to find! (At H's age group)


After finding their eggs, they could open them and keep what they got OR trade it in at one of the baskets.

This year H saw something that she didn't see before or wasn't old enough to really think about. Some of the older kids were helping out with the games and they had on epi pen carriers. H was really excited about it. She talked about them the whole time and even wanted me to take a picture so she can remember what they look like when she can self carry.


The girls had no idea that they were being such an awesome role-model for Hannah...but they really were! She is excited about having her own case now and taking it EVERYWHERE she goes. Which is so important. I am trying to drill it in her head, you take it everywhere you go. Even if you aren't eating a bite.

Another amazing food allergy egg hunt goes by and we can't wait till next year! Even H thinks that maybe next year she can help with games...like the older girls :)



This is our yearly pic with Dena and Hannah!!

I love My food allergy support group. I also love my online twitter #foodallergymomarmy that is also my sanity when it comes to living with food allergies. Please consider looking for a local support group if you don't belong to one. You will love it--check out FARE's page on how to find local groups!

FARE--find YOUR local group



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Easter (safe) Fun part 1

I love Easter--it's the time of year that always amazes me. It's amazing what Jesus did for me...and for you. So yes I love Easter!

But on the flip side of that, I am scared of Easter. It just around Easter that Hannah had her first reaction around 4 years ago. That always weighs on the back of my mind. But I don't want her to focus on that and "ruin" the holiday. I want her to have a happy and safe holiday. So I try not to let my anxiety show.

We have two Easter celebrations that we attend every year. Our church has a yearly Easter celebration that includes an egg hunt, games, and of course the Easter Bunny that is open to the public. Of course there are cupcakes, cake walk, chocolate, and candy galore. But there is more...there is understanding and love for those with food allergies.





When we walked in the door, this sign greeted us. I can't tell you how excited Hannah was. Of course, I had a ziplock bag of candy in my purse but its not the same when you are 6 years old.




Hannah was so excited to find the nut free candy--and picked out what she was comfortable with(tootsie rolls, dots)

At each game--there was a bucket with peanut free candy as well. But many of the prizes of the games, were NOT food. It was great!

An event where we felt pretty comfortable and everyone had a great time.

Enjoy the pictures--I hope to get Easter part 2 up by Friday!!









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Enjoy Life Seed and Fruit Mix

I am SO excited that I have another Enjoy Life product to review. A huge thank you goes out to Alina at Enjoy Life for sending us some samples to try.

A bit of background on Enjoy Life though before we jump into the actual product review. Enjoy Life products are a huge deal in our house and you can bet if we are to take cookies somewhere that we will grab the Enjoy Life Snickerdoodles!

Why? For us its because they are made in a peanut free facility. That is a great peace of mind because Hannah has a life threatening peanut allergy. Enjoy Life is more than a "peanut-free" product though. All Enjoy Life products are made in facilities that are totally free of the top 8 allergens. Added to that all but 2 product(Crunchy Rice and Crunchy Flax cereals) are manufactured in a dedicated gluten-free facility. Crunchy Rice and Crunchy Flax cereals are actually made in a certified gluten-free facility. They are certified by an outside company the Gluten Free Certification Organization.

Enjoy Life Seed and Fruit mix--Beach Bash

Enjoy Life Seed and Fruit mix--
Mountain mambo

Enjoy Life has changed their packaging on the Seed and Fruit mixes. Personally I like the change. It looks more stream-lined.

 The Beach bash contains Sunflower kernels, pumpkin seeds, along with dried fruits(apricots, pineapple, and cranberries.) I did enjoy this mix mainly because of the fruit. I took it to work with me several times for a snack and even shared with co-workers. Hannah wasn't a huge fan of the seeds but did eat all the dried fruit out of the bag. I wish it would have had more dried fruit then seeds for her sake but I greatly enjoyed the combination. She would love just a dried fruits variation :)

The Mountain Mambo would be my favorite if I had to choose. It has the pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and dried cranberries like the Beach Bash. In addition, the Mountain mambo has raisins, dried apples, chocolate chips. You can not go wrong with raisins and chocolate in my opinion. This is a great snack to keep in your purse or bag. I actually received a trial-size sample at our FAAN walk this year and it was the absolute perfect size to toss in my purse. Hopefully they will sell packs of those trial-sized for the general public soon.

These products are yet ANOTHER win for Enjoy Life. It is truly a peace of mind to pick up a box of cookies, or candy bar, or chewy bars(etc) and know without a doubt that they are safe for my daughter to eat. She knows too! She sees the Enjoy Life logo and gets all excited.