I love cooking and baking in the Fall. It just might be my favorite season in the kitchen. Apples + Cinnamon, what could be better? The house smells so cozy with these flavors in the air. Makes me want to bake and read all day. If only… Every year about this time I bake my […]
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Packing Lunch
A couple of years ago when I started using Laptop Lunches bentos boxes, I found some great ideas on their website. They literally have hundreds of ideas in clear colorful images with recipes too. The images were so enticing I decided to cut and paste a bunch I thought my kids might be into so I […]
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Desks + Bulletin Boards + Burlap
Back to School Series – Desk Organization This summer I have been working on giving my kids’ rooms a re-fresh. We had a few different needs come up in our house that led to all these little changes. Before, our two oldest shared 2 built-in desks in the family room. It came time to give […]
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Routines, Charts, + Blessings
Back to School Series – Routines The start of a new school year means a return to a more scheduled life. There are pros and cons to this return. It’s always hard for our family to let go of the free flow of time we savor every summer. Despite the challenges, it is a perfect […]
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no leaks please!
Now that we’ve talked about lunches, your kids will need a water bottle to go along with their perfect little bento. I don’t know about you guys but I am t.i.r.e.d. of leaky water bottles. So what does any good mommy in the cyber world in which we live do? Ask google. You know what […]
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It’s lunchtime
Back to School Series – Lunchtime! Because I’ve been asked so many times about packing lunch for kids, I’m going to share with you some of my favorite products for lunchtime. For several years, my kids have been using the bento boxes made by Laptop Lunches. This company has a great product. There are now […]
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Storing Kids Schoolwork | part II
Storing Kids School Work The First in a series on Back to School Well, it’s taken me all summer to fill you in on what I came up with for storing all my kids’ school and artwork! One of the big issues I had to deal with was space! Not just space to store it […]