Exclusive Video--ChiILin' With Tropicana's OJ Express At Lincoln Park Zoo!

ChiIL Mama checks out the OJ Express & catches the kids cooking healthy Orange French Toast with registered dietician, Dawn Jackson Blatner, in this original video. It was also fun to see MC Miss Lori both on and off the Tropicana stage, and see Sagezilla and Du-Jay cooking and playing games with her two daughters and their friend. Her younger 2 kids are also 8 & 10 like mine. We had a great time catching up with another 10 year old friend, and his blogging Tiramisu Mom.


ChiIL Mama, Dug and the kids caught tasty OJ Toast making, fun and games on video yesterday morning.   There's one more chance to catch Tropicana's OJ Express today at Union Station.    


Click HERE for the schedule and ChiIL Mama's still photo fun.

Photo Filled Fun at The Tropicana #OJExpress This Morning

We hit the LP Zoo bright and early this morning for an OJ French Toast making lesson, games, and fun with Tropicana.    Stop by for your own samples and swag and even record a song for your chance to win 10,000.    Miss Lori is singing and hosting.   Pulp free fun for everyone!    We'll have our video footage up later today.   It was fun to see Miss Lori, Amy (Tiramisu Mom), and more blog friends.

Not an early girly...Sagezilla was ready for a nap before things even got rolling at 9am.

ChiIL Mama's 8 year old, Sagezilla, before and after some healthy and tasty OJ and Orange French Toast, with awesome sauce made with Greek yogurt. 

Catch the Tropicana OJ Express:

Tuesday, August 2  10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.                      Lincoln Park Zoo 2200 N. Cannon Drive Chicago, IL 60614

Tuesday, August 2  6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.                      Jewel 1224. S. Wabash  Chicago, IL 60605

Wednesday, August 3  7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Union Station - Riverwalk 210 S. Canal at Jackson St. Chicago, IL 60606

Tropicana OJ Express Rolls into Chi-Town Tomorrow!

One in Four Americans Start the Day off in a Bad Mood And 34 Million People Skip Breakfast Regularly.  

Tropicana Tour Stops In Chicago to Promote Good Nutrition, Put the “Good” Back in Morning.

In our family, Sagezilla frequently wakes up acting like a ferrel cat shaken up in a bag.   Dad Dug is a bit better at hiding the fact he's not a morning person, but we have 50% of the bad mood morning crew in our family.    No matter how surly or hurried we are, I'm adamant about everyone leaving home with full, happy tummies, even if the happy doesn't extend to their faces till a bit later in the day.  

The Tropicana OJ Express is on a mission to put the “good” back in morning for families across the country. The OJ Express will remind everyone that one 8 oz. glass of Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice has four essential nutrients and counts as two servings of fruit – all without added sugar or water.  You can catch them in Chicago on Aug. 2-3 (Aug. 2 at Lincoln Park Zoo and Aug. 3 at Union Station) where they'll host fun, free and family-friendly events for local residents.

The events will include fun games, a singing contest with the chance to win $10,000 and a year’s supply of Tropicana OJ, plus free Tropicana OJ and Quaker Oats Cereal for all! Plus, people can take the Fruit & Veg pledge for better nutrition, all to support Chicago-area schools! In fact, they’ll donate one 8 oz. glass of OJ for every pledge they receive.

WHAT:  The Tropicana OJ Express is steaming into Chicago to educate residents about the important nutritional role of breakfast.  In fact, here in Illinois the vast majority of people (about 85 percent) don’t get the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables each day. So Chicago-area dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD is helping offer quick and simple tips to teach local families about the power of breakfast, and is putting out a call to help Chicago kids in need get good breakfast nutrition, too. 

            We'll have a photo (and vitamin C filled) report for you tomorrow after our early morning French Toast making party with a host of blogger kids.    We'll see if the OJ Express can turn Sagezilla's frown upside down.

Catch the Tropicana OJ Express:

Tuesday, August 2  10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.                      Lincoln Park Zoo 2200 N. Cannon Drive Chicago, IL 60614

Tuesday, August 2  6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.                      Jewel 1224. S. Wabash  Chicago, IL 60605

Wednesday, August 3  7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Union Station - Riverwalk 210 S. Canal at Jackson St. Chicago, IL 60606

Visit Tropicana's Facebook page for more information and to take the Fruit & Veg Pledge http://bit.ly/kqGKeY.