The Organized Home (School)

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I’m now a contributor with Simply Helping Him with Misty Leask.

My first article is about The Organized Home (School) and you can read it here!

The intention of each day is set to be organized, have less stress and create a joyful home.  Some days are better than others!

Be Blessed.

$2.85/day for School Lunch

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I make my son lunch for school.  They offer hot lunch–but I’m not a fan of the hot lunch.  I have been volunteering for lunch duty a minimum of once a week for 6 years now!  I see that the kids don’t eat the hot lunch, not only is it wasteful but kids need lunch to make them productive people in the afternoon.

Can you imagine eating breakfast . . . then maybe a snack in the afternoon . . . then dinner?  I would not be very pleasant to be around!

I pack my son the same lunch each day–I might mix it up a little bit–but for this boy, he like his food to be routine!

Menu:

  • Peanut butter sandwich (at the moment he is really enjoying this Planters Nutrition brand)
  • V8 Energy drink (we tried a water bottle–but the lunch boxes get kicked by other kids . . . so after a few water bottles were broken–I go disposable.  Yes, this does bother me.  They do have water available in the lunch room–he does that if the V8 style drinks are not on sale.
  • an apple–cut up in smaller slices so that he can share with friends.  The kids at school love cut up apples–I don’t fully understand it.
  • and something else–sometimes nuts, sometimes a muffin from breakfast, maybe some crackers.

Cost:

  • Bread:  $1.99
  • Apples:  $6.76 (organic fugi apples)
  • Peanut butter $2.49
  • V8 fusion $3.00
  • after school bars $5.00
  • Total Cost:  $19.24 or
  • $14.24 if you take out the after school bars!

$14.24/5=$2.85 a day for lunch!

My next step is to make this lunch even more healthy!  on a budget.  More ideas check out this post!

Do you pack lunch for your child?  What tricks can you share?  Please use the comment box below and help out 100’s of other moms like me who are trying to make a positive impact, with small steps.

Be Blessed.

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I love this set for older kids–it holds a lot of food, separated so NOTHING touches :-) and easy to wash. These help up very well until middle school–where kick the other kids lunch box” is a popular game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll be linking up with these great blogs–check them out–Moms like you and me, trying to make the world a more joyful place.