it's a battle in my house and i know in a lot of yours, here to help this morning is anna bell, the youaren. to help us. it's possible to get kids to try new foods and make it fun not the battle that parents are subpoenaing. >> i don't like it, making the chicken nuggets, pizzas, hamburgers or giving them small portions or the fruit that i put on screwers stshgs dangerous, so you make things like traffic lights. instead of fruit balls and straight parts and-- they'll eat it it's attractive. >> kind of like a fruit stop light, i like that. >> that's right. >> your ten-year-old assistants are going to help you cook some fun foods and get them involved in the process. >> that's right. >> get them excited. >> go ahead and get the pieces here. >> and getting the kids to make their own food, with my kids every friday night and she's five, i got to cook the family supper and invite the friends over. the same meal every friday by a month and by the fourth friday they were brilliant at it. >> by the fourth friday you weren't ordering pizza after they went to bed. >> got some things to show you.

anna bell likes reading to this crowd. >> for me, i can best express myself when my feelings are written down. >> some people were participating for the first time. lindsey leon got the courage to really contribute. >> i think it is important to put yourself out there and try. if you mess up, people are like you are sharing. >> whether you want to share feelings or hear others express themselves, the mosaic series is open to everybody. it is every month. on campus, morgue p began trujillo. >> that is the 19th year for the san jose festival. this time the festival has expanded with cultural programming throughout the whole year. margarita joined the festival this week at the children's discovery museum. she is live on campus to tell us more. >> reporter: the festival is part of mexican heritage festival. the largest latino destination event of its type in the united states. it is going on for two weeks. music and family. two of the things that define mexican culture, brought dozens to the children's discovery museum sunday. they gathered to celebrate life and take pride in their mexican h