ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[Roll farms]

I found out my kid was either buying lunch for her buddies or buying extra goodies for herself with her 'lunch card', and then her card would be empty....so either people bought food for her or she'd go hungry until it was time for me to refill the lunch card....which I did 1x a month.

Know how I found out?

When one of her friend's mother comes into where I work and asks me, "Why is my daughter spending all of her lunch money to buy YOUR kid food?"

I was mortified....

KIDS!!!!

Glad you're feeling better.

 

[elevan]

I was finally able to gain access to the website that allows me to track everything that they purchase. I love that ability. I'm glad that the Kitchen Manager is willing to assist me in what needs done and that she's sharing my concerns with the Head Cook.

I'm starting a crusade...to rid our school (and all of them really) of overly sweetened, colored milk (flavored milk). I'm sure that our school is gonna hate me soon If anyone has links to data on this cause and wants to help out shoot me a PM or post it here. I'm working on a community facebook page that I hope will go viral. I must state that this is a personal project and has nothing to do with BYH.

 

[autumnprairie]

Feeling a little better today. Thanks all.

It's really sad to say this...but I fixed my boys. I contacted the school's kitchen manager and had their student ids turned off for breakfast, so that they can no longer purchase breakfast. You just can't expect Kindergartners to have that responsibility to make that decision for themselves. I also found out that the boys have been making small cash deposits to their card...10 cents here...a penny there...until they get enough to purchase snack items at lunch. GAH! I can't turn that off, but I can do a pocket check before they go to school. I'm also considering taking the school on to have flavored milks removed from their options. When did life get so complicated? When I went to school, you got white milk and the lunch...there were no extra options.

the one thing that bothers me at the HS when I sub is that the vending machines only have diet sodas, They are so bad for you. You can also get water and juice but diet soda?
There are teachers that sell candy and coffee and such in the classrooms . Schools have changed so much in thge last 20 years and computers are everywhere, They wonder why kids do not know how to interact with people face to face.( getting off the soap box now)
I am so glad you are feeling better

 

[bonbean01]

Did a little research and found this...not just flavours in the milk, but so many chemicals!!!

http://parentsforhealthyschoollunch.com/What_s_in_flavored_milk_.html

 

[elevan]

No need to get off your soapbox...I'm just building mine

 

[bonbean01]

Hope that URL opens for you...I see you are not alone in this!!! A very worthwhile cause for sure!

 

[redtailgal]

I agree with you wholeheartedly!

 

[elevan]

I had the honor of being able to witness something a little while ago that was awesome, scary and funny all at the same time.

While outside checking on Lilly (no kids yet), I heard a commotion in the far corner of the big field out past the pond. About the same time the guineas heard / saw it too and started running that way.

Now what the heck is going on?

As I got closer (the guineas beat me there) the guineas surrounded something and were screaming...all I could see was black.

The next thing I knew a Cooper's Hawk broke free and took off across the field with 2 huge crows in pursuit with the guineas chasing after still screaming.

Then the East Indie (duck) drake ran toward the guineas and was frantically trying to mate the hens as they were chasing the crows who were chasing the hawk!

That a hawk was in the field taken down by a couple of crows

That the guineas thought that they should join in

That the duck thought that the guineas were doing a mating dance at the time (they have recently started mating)

I only wish that I'd had my phone on me so that I could have recorded it.

 

[redtailgal]

EI EI O!

 

[bonbean01]

That is hilarious!

You really do have so much to put in a book about your farming life!!!