Sumer Survival

Having my kids out of school for the summer takes some planning.

Welcome to

Rachael's Summer Survival 101

We will cover 3 topics

Food

Responsibility

Fun

Food

My kids can really eat, so this is an important one.

When they are not in school they tend to graze all day long.... in addition to eating 3 meals a day.

It can get expensive, and it's not healthy.

In order to temper their snacking I have devised a plan.

I bought some snacks, which is exciting for them because

I never buy snack foods.

 If I buy a box of cereal (or cookies, chips etc.) it is eaten in a few hours.

Problem #1 it is too expensive to buy snacks when they don't last.

Problem #2 it is unhealthy for the boys to eat that much at a time.

So I have devised a plan.

I divided up the cereal, pretzels, crackers etc.

into appropriate portion size servings and put them into bags.

Mothering - Fingerprints, swallowing pride and other stuff that tastes bad.

There was a time when this would have really frustrated me.

I'm Swamped

I'm swamped.

(via)

I can't decide if I'm the horse or the boy in the above picture.

(On a side note that was one of my favorite movies when I was a little girl.)

Love is in the air

*** Update: I totally feel better this morning, cinnamon buns here I come!


Love is in the air today...

isn't it?

This is my Life: Pumpkin time

Funny conversation I just listened in on:

T examining his new toy spider - "Why is dis filled wif little balls?"

CM - "Maybe it's a boy spider."

T - "Daaaaad, all spiders are boy spiders."

Silly boys.

Back to my post.

We took the kiddo's to get pumpkins the other night... and I forgot my camera.

Sorry for the crappy ipod pics. 

And the bad exposure. But we got our pumpkins and everyone had fun.

This is My Life: Gah! No it's not a Halloween Decoration

On Sunday my Dad stopped by our house with a surprise.

This.