It's time for another day in the life of our homeschool! This was last Tuesday. I had worked at Dunkin' the night before and didn't get to bed until late. For those joining from Simple Homeschool, we are a family of 7. My husband Jesse is in his first year of a doctorate program, and our kids are Jonah (age 9), Matthew (age 7), Hannah (age 5), Elizabeth (age 4), and Sarah (age 1). Somewhere around 5:30am: Sarah starts whining AGAIN. I pull her into our bed for the third time since my … [Read more...]
Grocery Breakdown: January 2019
January was one of those weird months where it seemed to both drag on and on and also fly by at the same time. Did that affect the grocery budget? Let's see... Monday, December 31, 2018: Aldi $121.25 Shopping for the beginning of January, which technically happened last year, but all the food was for this year so it counts here. Eggs (1 dozen) $1.02Orange juice $1.99Flavored orange juice $2.49Kleenex x3 $0.99 eachTurkey and ham lunch meat $3.19 eachButter (1 lb.) x2 $2.36 … [Read more...]
Grocery Breakdown: December 2018
December was a busy month, and I was really starting to feel the rut of meal planning the same breakfasts and a bunch of the same dinners repeated. But since it was so busy, we just stuck with it, knowing that we would get some meals out toward the end of the month, and we would have more variety with new recipes coming in January. Here's what we bought and what we planned for meals. Monday, December 3: Aldi $130.18 Beginning of the month groceries. Not quite as big of a shopping … [Read more...]
Getting Food On The Table When It’s Hard
What's for dinner? Or lunch? What's for snack? What's for breakfast? I don't know about you, but I hear these questions constantly at my house. And while I've been able to cut down on them slightly by having our menu board on the fridge for those who can read, I still always have people asking me what food we're having next. And even once I've taken the step to plan out meals and snacks for seven people (which is a big ordeal), and I've done the shopping (which is an even bigger ordeal), … [Read more...]
Our Family Christmas Ornament Tradition
Ever since I was a little kid, I remember getting a new ornament every Christmas. My mom even had these cute little knitted bags that she would set next to our stockings each year, with our new ornament inside. So when I started having kids of my own, I knew I wanted to continue this tradition myself. This Christmas ornament tradition started because my mom wanted us to have our own personal ornament collections by the time we were grown up and left the house. That way, when we moved … [Read more...]
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