So I just opened the fridge to take out some mushrooms and
saw what I think you might find
helpful.
As you know by now, I’m forever tweaking everything (days, mornings, high kitchen traffic, homework,
rest time, etc). Making lunches
around here can get pretty hairy so here’s what I do:
- Right after supper, everyone has to make his/her lunch (and yes everyone, but Bette – who assists – makes his/her own lunch.
- All cold items have to go into the fridge on a designated (see picture below) shelf.
- All non perishables are to be in the lunchboxes.
- Lunchboxes are to be placed on a designated shelf in the laundry room.
Okay, sounds pretty militaristic, doesn’t it? Well, imagine if on ‘the morning of’
five little ones were running around the kitchen trying to pull together five
different lunches while simultaneously getting dressed, eating breakfast and
brushing teeth! Crazy Train!
My kids have always made their lunches the night before
because it always just streamlined the morning routine. The ‘tweaking’ came in recently (over
the summer) concerning the cold storage items because the kids were waiting
until ‘the morning of’ to grab refrigerator items (water bottles, veggies,
cheese, etc) and shove them in their lunchboxes which, for obvious reasons, was NOT ideal.
I’m VERY happy to report that the tweaking WORKED and making
lunches is now a SNAP! <not
really though cause everyone still complains about making them>
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