Remember that idea in the GRAB-N-GO STASHES post? Well, here's today's idea of putting this to the test.
4 kids and a Costco card means lots of snacks in the house. Some are going through puberty, some are going through growing pains and some are just growing and need all the food they can get. Instead of having Brayden pull a chair up to the cabinets and then put a stool on top of the chair so he can stand on the back of the chair to reach the snacks, I think it's time to move them to a different location - the lower pull-out drawers.
Because we have loads of snacks for the loads of kids, I needed to create more than just one pantry stash.
In Bin #1, I have: Raisins, Fruit Roll-Ups, Crackers, Goldfish, Fruit "gummy" Snacks, Graham Crackers, and Granola bars.
Bin #2 contains: Trail Mix, Vanilla Wafers, Freeze dried apples, Ranch dressing, fruit leathers, and Rice Krispy Treats.
Bin #3 (not pictured) contains: individual snack baggies of Oreos, Samoas, Circus Animal Cookies, Apple Sauces, Puddings, and Chocolate Dipped Granola Bars.
The one that I will probably spend the most time replenishing is the "Frig" stash. Those are al the items that need to be refrigerated and will go bad after the week is over. There is enough for the week.
The Frig Bin contains: Apple slices, orange slices, blueberry muffins, cheese sticks, carrots, salami servings, ham roll-ups. I have some pre-made sandwiches to the left of the Frig Bin in case they want to use that as a snack or for their lunches. (My kids make their own lunches.)The rule to the pantry stashes is that they make take one "treat" from the stash box after school and one from the Frig Bin. They are also allowed to take one from the pantry and one from the frig to put into their lunches. If they find a need to ask for additional treats after school, they may have some fruit from the fruit basket on the counter. Sounds a little mechanical but they love the new system so far. (Ha, it's only been one day!)
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