I’m not sure how things go in your family, but typically when one {or more} of our kids disappear to get their mid-morning snack, they tend to meander around the house and sometimes ‘forget’ to return {ahem}. With our schoolroom being a bit away from the kitchen {and out of earshot}, I put together a snack basket that we keep in the schoolroom near my desk – keeping the snacks {and the kids} handy.
This may also have helped cut down on two certain little boys {who shall remain nameless}, from digging into the various boxes of snacks and cereal…or the s’mores marshmallows that they find in the pantry.
Each week I load up the basket with a variety of snacks that the kids like: trail mix, crackers, pretzels, fruit, a special treat, granola bars, etc… The snacks are bagged in the small snack-size Ziploc bags or a Tupperware container. We reuse the bags and containers each week, but this has saved me a HUGE amount of time during the week.
Just a simple idea, but I wanted to share a little something that has helped us out these last six weeks. What timesavers and helps have you found to help your week run a little more smoothly?
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