Is there anything that you need……..that is the question I usually ask before leaving the house. I’m the shopper of the house I buy everything we need. Sometimes my husband does I bet of shopping but that’s usually when I’m sick or I just tell him to go get it.  Anyways the point of this post is to gather up ideas for my daughters lunches and snacks at school.

I like to shop the perimeter of any grocery store, everything we like seems to be in the aisles but I’m trying to keep my family healthy. My daughter’s lunch box usually consist of turkey sandwich, granola bar ( no nuts ), apple, cheese, tomato and crackers of some kind along with water bottle. You might think that’s alot but she is in school for 6-7 hours  twice week. The rest of the week the lunch is still the same. I give her alot of choices because most of the time she doesn’t eat what I give her. It must be a phase because she does eat but not as much as I would like. Getting back to shopping………. bread without nuts because that’s what she likes if she had it her way it would be white bread all day everyday ,yogurt pops I don’t really think they have much nutrition but my daughter loves them so I put those in her lunch. Cheese sticks are great for lunches along with crackers but my daughter doesn’t like cheese sticks. I’ve tried every kind of cheese stick but no luck. Lets be honest convenient food is not that great. I’d rather cut up cheese then give her those cheese animal cut outs from black diamond. Another one is fruit leather that is easy to throw into her lunch box but it doesn’t beat real fruit cut up. I’ve tried fresh fruit with yogurt dip but most of the time it comes back home because it had seeds or something. Well gotta go to the grocery store and get all the good intention foods for my daughter but will come out with all the horrible stuff that she will only eat.

It’s been just about four weeks that my daughter has been in kindergarten. Nobody told me about the guilt one would feel about sending her to all day kindergarten. I thought this was a great opportunity to increase my monthly income. My daughter would go to school 9am to 3pm not a real long day and I would pick her up everyday at 3pm. Unfortunately my daughter is not happy about me working and her having to go to school everyday. I know this is all new for her because she has been very lucky since birth. I’ve made sure that either me or my husband would always be home with her if one is working. My parents have also been there since her birth to help out whenever they can. I’ve been lucky to be able to be a stay at home mom with my daughter, so really this is me just trying to get some feedback of other families in the same situation. Getting back to my child keeping busy I thought it would be a great idea to sign her up for gymnastics. I don’t want to change her routine through the week because she really needs to get used to 9 to 3pm school days. Starting this Sunday and every other Sunday after that she will be going to blow of some steam. I think this is a great out of school activity that she will love. Plus she will be with her dad and that’s something that they can share together.

It’s so funny because she’s so excited about this so she thought it would be something cool to tell another kid at school. This was our conversation in the car after school. My daughter ” I told my friend that I have gymnastics after school.” The friend said that gymnastics isn’t cool.” Then I asked my daughter what she said.” My friend thinks she is a princess.” Then my daughter tells me that she told her friend about gymnastics because she thought she would think it’s cool. My daughter is 5 years old and already worrying about if some one thinks she’s cool or not. I said to my daughter don’t worry about what others think of you. Do things that you are happy doing, things that you love.

I really hope she will have fun this Sunday and not worry about what other think. She’s definitely on the right track!!!

Well I made it through the first week of kindergarten. My daughter happily made it through her first week. She’s in french immersion so she’s adapting to it all on her own time. I drop her off every morning and pick her up at 3pm. Unless I’m working then her dad will drop her off on his way to work. I’ve been busy this week with all the wedding plans. Yes I’m getting married October 10th is the day. It’s been great because I’m able to go and get things done when it comes to the wedding. Like for instance I had to go find a strapless bra for my wedding dress.

I found the best strapless bra from the bay and I was even able to try it on. Actually I was able to try on several bras without the worry of where my daughter was hiding. That is her new thing right now, going off when my back is turned for a second. It was really nice not to worry. School gets out at 3pm but I usually  get at her school by 230ish. I love peeking in on her to see what she’s up too. I’ve noticed that she’s pretty hungry when she gets home from school honestly what kid isn’t starving when coming home. What I usually do is let her eat the rest off her lunch if there is any left and depending on what it is. I’m looking forward to the next week of kindergarten it really wasn’t that bad. I thought there would be placement issues and cubbyhole drama. School is all about routine and orderly it’s wonderful.