DIY Menu Board

Menu Planning is so important when feeding lots of people, healthy food on a budget.

No More Spills At The Table

Kids + cups of water = spills.  It's just one of those things that's expected.  With 4 kids 6 and under, wiggling their arms around, we never made it through a meal without at least one spill.  Even with lightning fast reflexes, by the time someone picks up the tipped cup, everything is already wet.  This is how I stopped the spills.  

Keeping Down The Clutter

I'm not a pack rat.  Actually I'm whatever the opposite is.  I like keeping a few important things and anything I use on a regular basis.  I don't like clutter in my house, so I try to keep what I have to a minimum.

My Grocery Shopping Solution For A Large Family

I like shopping for almost anything.

I even enjoy grocery shopping.  I am so blessed to be able to walk into a building, buy food and share it with my family.  So many people don't have that privilege.  And I will not take it for granted.

On the other hand it's tricky when I have to take 3 youngins (whom take up most of the room in the cart), get everything we need without overspending and try to be home in time for lunch.  

We buy a lot of our meat, in bulk from farmers and get our eggs delivered.  So I don't need to worry about those each week, but we can't live on beef and eggs

So I came up with a system.

Toy Management

It's so hard to keep a tidy house with toys everywhere.  I don't even know where they all came from. Here's my approach for organizing toys. 

My Homemaking Essentials

We are a one income family, we don't have everything, or the best of what I would like, but these are the things I use constantly.