At Peace with What is Right

Did you ever notice that when you are doing what you are supposed to be doing, everything just feels right? There is a sense of peace pervading our home today. :) Everyone enjoyed school and we began our half hour of read aloud time. While the kids worked on their John 3:16 posters, I read the first chapter of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott to them. As they left the classroom to clean up their rooms before lunch, the gentleness of the sisters in the story seemed to go with them. Ah, bliss...

Organizing the Lunch Menu

I thought I would share our lunch system today. One thing that robs my time is trying to figure out what we're going to eat. We devised a schedule that has our lunches planned out for us. I asked the kids to give me a list of their favorite lunches. Then, I made a two week schedule that is repeated. List A is what we eat Week 1 and 3. List B is what we eat Week 2 and 4. We alternate every other week, so we have the same thing for lunch every other week.

Week A:
Monday: Pizza (homemade, English muffin pizzas or mini pizzas, pocket pizza sandwiches)
Tuesday: Soup or Stew (homemade chicken noodle, Hearty Hamburger Tomato Stew, etc.)
Wednesday: Sloppy Joes
Thursday: Grilled Cheese/Tomato Soup, Ham and Cheese pockets
Friday: Chili

Week B:
Monday: Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Tuesday: Hot Dogs/Sweater Dogs/Corn Dogs
Wednesday: Popcorn Chicken or Chicken Fingers
Thursday: Beef or Chicken Tacos
Friday: Pasta and Meatballs

So far, this seems to be working well. We only repeat every other week, so we're not having the same thing over and over.

Sunday afternoon, I sit down and look at the menu for the week. Then I go to the store once and get the things we need for breakfast, lunch and anything we may need to go with our dinners. This way we save money by not making several trips to the store (where we inevitably end up with more in the cart than we need!)

Tomorrow, I'll fill you in on how we handle breakfast. :)

Blessings to you and may the peace that passes understanding pervade your world today!