I spend a ton of time in the kitchen cooking. It’s my favorite place in the whole house but it gets dirty quickly.  Especially when the kids are helping out ☺ As I was cooking dinner a while back I was watching tv and saw a commercial for a Shark Steam Mop. It looked like the perfect match for cleaning my messes. I had many questions however. Does this steam really work? Is it worth the price? Since it was pretty reasonable I decided to order it. I really liked the idea that I could clean with out having to use chemicals. I went back and forth on either the Bona mop or the Shark Steam mop. I decided to go with the steam mop since I have kids running around, not to mention 3 cats and 2 dogs.

When the Shark steam mop arrived In a box with the dreaded notice that is must be assembled I was bit worried. However, the steam mop was a breeze to put together and in no time the Shark Steam Mop was in action. Well, that’s not entirely true, I did have to charge the batteries of the device first.

So I bet you are wondering how this clever little steam mop works. The handle of the mop slides back and forth as you mop. Each stroke pushes steam out the end of the mop head. I love that the mop is ready to use in less than 30 seconds!  Another thing I love about the Shark Steam mop is that it comes with reusable pads. I could see this being a huge draw back if you constantly had to order pads for the darn thing. Another thing I really like about the Shark Steam Mop is how easy it is. It’s almost as easy as they make it look on tv. I love that I don’t have to wring out a gross dirty mop.

In the end I was very happy with my $70 dollar investment from Amazon.com. If you have hard wood floors or tile for that matter than I would highly suggest you taking a look at this little Shark Steam Mop. I have only had it about a month now, so I will make another post later when it’s had more use.

Since I wrote this post the people of Shark have introduced a new version of their famous steam cleaning product. They call it the Shark Steam Pocket Mop and I will try and review it when I get some time.

Healthy recipes for children should be rich in vitamins and nutrients. The importance of vitamin C for growing children is sadly often overlooked. The good thing about Vitamin C is that it is present in most fruits and vegetables and acts as a anti-oxidant and even an anti-inflammatory.

Children need a daily ingestion of Vitamin C because it is key for maintaining a strong immune system. Children can get their daily dose of Vitamin C by overwhelming a assortment of fruits and vegetables. Fruit is a luscious food with magnificent colors and textures that are attractive to kids. Fruit is one of the easiest health foods to get kids to eat.

Fruits as well as vegetables are vital for the shape and well being of offspring. Raw fruits are great because of their high fiber and water satisfied. Frozen fruits and vegetables are not as good but are still a workable source of Vitamin C.

Some nutritionist recommends a daily intake of up to 200 mg./day of Vitamin C. If a child consumes the optional daily amount of five servings of fresh fruit or vegetables per day, they would be in this ultimate range.

The bad news is that less than 20% of children or adults munch through the recommended daily payment of fruits or vegetables. It’s really pretty simple fix. You need to make extra effort to make sure your kids are getting the right about of vitamin C.

I will be posting some more recipes to help make it easy to get your kids all the vitamin C they need.