Both of those numbers make me cringe, but $652.90 for a family of 4 is considered ‘Thrifty’ by the USDA. That’s a lot of money for something that’s going to disappear by the end of the month! I don’t know about you, but I want to make those dollars stretch…and Read more…
We have a LOT of picnics in the summer. The kids love eating outside and I love that the mess stays outside. Win/win! However, that means we have to pack a lot of picnics and I’ll be the first to admit that it gets tiring to get meals for 7 Read more…
Welcome to summer! First of all, I’ll let you in on a little secret. Those of us who home school…and therefore have kids around all day every day…snicker a bit when public school parents spaz in the summer. Before you get offended, know that you get to snicker at us Read more…
Monday morning through Sunday afternoon we try hard to focus on whole foods and keeping extra sugar to a minimum. We have 5 kids and we don’t live in a bubble so this is a formidable task, but it’s the goal. However, Sunday night is dessert night in our house Read more…
We have 5 kids and I have (somewhat) jokingly told my family that I am unable to keep anything else alive in our house. I have proven this fact by killing every house plant I’ve had for the past 15 years. However, we have an enormous garden that, most years, Read more…