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Hi all, just wanted to welcome you to the Working Moms Support Blog. This is a new interface that we are trying in lieu of face to face lunch and learns, knowing that so many of you are trying prioritize your work, your homes, activities, families, etc.



This is a forum where we can openly and respectfully discuss concerns, problems, ideas, questions and thoughts about everything from infants to elders, work and family, and all life's other components.



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Monday, August 22, 2011

Back to School - school lunch ideas?

With 3 kiddos in school full time and each of them picky eaters I thought I'd post some of the lunch items we pack. I hope you might have some additional ideas as the same 5 items get old after a while!! Also breakfast ideas are great too since they are all also in latchkey in the mornings.

For the boys:
Protein: ham & cheese, PB&J or fluffernutter
Fruit/veggie: Small cups of diced peaches or pears, applesauce, carrot sticks
Dairy: crush cups or yogurt, cheese cubes
Filler: cheese crackers, gold fish, granola bar, fruit roll-ups

For my ultra picky daughter:
Protein: fluffernutter, rolled up pieces or salami or ham
Fruit/veggie: cut up green peppers, carrot sticks, cucumber
Dairy: cheese cubes
Filler: granola bar, fruit roll-ups, gold fish


Breakfast:
chocolate chip mini muffins (I make them because they are too expensive to buy)
French toast sticks
yogurt

Any other ideas? My kids are so picky especially at breakfast! And since Dublin pushed their start time back by a 1/2 hour they'll be eating lunch even later so healthy snack idea for picky eaters would be great too!

Happy start of school everyone!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Affordable Summer Vacations

Well it seems like summer came and is now on it's way out with school being only a few weeks away! My family of 5 recently took a short but fun and very affordable vacation up to Lake Erie this past weekend. We stayed at a friends condo in Sandusky and then went to "Soak City" (the waterpark attached to Cedar Point), visited the lighthouse in Marblehead, and just played on the beach and in the lake. Has anyone else had a fun vacation or stay-cation this summer? If so share it with us and give us ideas for next year!