Putting my Pins to Use

 

This week I finally put my "pins" into action! I saw these ideas on Pinterest this weekend and on Monday, I put them to use! Above: pre-packaged, individual healthy snacks! I have a saying I always say to myself in my head "HELP YOUR FUTURE SELF! YOU'RE FUTURE SELF WILL THANK YOU!" (For example, when I pack the lunches the night before, then in the morning I am SO thankful I do not have to scramble and put lunches together)! These pre-cut, pre-packaged snacks work for both lunches and after school snacks and so far (the past 24 hours) the new system has worked flawlessly and I continue to thank my past self for doing this!!

 So, this will (hopefully) be my new Monday morning routine  I typically do my grocery shopping on Monday morning, but I will shop with re-stocking our snack pile in mind now. Then when I come home, I will chop and pre-package the snacks for the rest of the week. Above: the Monday morning organizing and packaging! Not pictured: I did the same system for non-fridge items (individual packaged crackers, pretzels, etc).

grapes, carrorts, apples, string cheese, hummus, hard boil eggs, edamame, cantaloupe. 

I made more than what is seen here, but put the extra behind the box in the fridge so I can easily re-stock.  

I am personally loving this because it helps me to stick with my diet with more ease. Today for lunch I had turkey wrapped in the 50 calorie string cheese, a hard boiled egg and hummus. It took me thirty seconds to prepare which was perfect because I only had about thirty seconds to eat it before I had to run the kids off to an activity! 

Another reason for putting this idea into reality is for Katie. We are trying to help her to become more independent  Our kitchen is not very accessible but we want to work with what we have. So I re-organized the fridge and cupboards to put the snacks on her level. Now, she can get a snack herself when she is hungry and not wait for someone to get her a snack. We did the same thing with water. We bought a Brita and put it on the bottom shelf and put cups in her reach, so she can now get water with more ease! 

Also, on Monday I cleaned out the bathroom drawer to make room for this idea I saw on Pinterest! Using a silverware organizer as a family toothbrush holder! 

Bam! Everyone has a set spot for their toothbrushes! 

This might help my husband remember which toothbrush is his... sometimes he forgets and uses mine on accident (are you gagging)! That may or may not have happened last week and even though I love to kiss him, I do not care to share the same tooth brush! So this pin obviously needed to take action sooner than later!

Thank you Pinterest!!!