Snack Ideas

Snacking is essential for kids.  I found that the only time Andy gets really irritated or moody is when he's hungry (just like us adults do) so I thought I'd share my way of dealing with snack times.  This also came in especially handy with the addition of Jane to our family because inevitably Andy would ask for a snack when I'm putting Jane to sleep or nursing her.  Every morning I prepare his 'snack box' while I prepare breakfast (either raw rolled oats with fresh fruit, nuts and yogurt or cooked oats with milk and honey or fruit salad with yogurt or homemade whole wheat pancakes are a few of our breakfast choices, both my husband and I agree that sugary cereals don't enter this house!!!)

I use my Tuperware cake holder which is perfect because he can lift the lid on and off by himself and it keeps the food covered and fresher as well as keeping flies out. 

I base it on 80% variety fresh fruits, some protein (nuts, cheese, biltong etc.) and a little carb.  I keep the starchy foods to a minimum because his set meals contain a lot of this e.g. oats for breakfast, homemade bread for lunch and pasta, rice etc. for supper.

So here's a few examples...

Full cream yogurt, homemade bread with cheese, banana, plum, grapes...

Grapes, cling peach, rough oat cakes, cheddar cheese, droewors (dried sausage)...

Cling peach, apple, grapes, sliced mango, carrot sticks, biltong, droewors...

This snack was just a quick morning snack cause we were going out for the day.  Banana, naartjie, ants on a log (celery, peanut butter, raisins)...

Here is a fun breakfast we made one morning.  Cut a circle out of a slice of bread with a glass, put the bread into a pan and fry an egg in the hole, also toast the circle piece of bread from the center on the side.  I sauted some mushrooms to go with it and Andy spread his own tomato sauce on...

 

The key to a peaceful home is to be prepared!

We're moving!

I was hoping to get more blogging done this year but it looks like that'll have to happen once we've settled into our new place.  My husband and I have been thinking of moving closer to his work for quite some time now becauce he spends far too much time traveling everyday.  Our area of choice has been Pinelands from the start as it's an easy distance to his work and my parents and granny lives there :)

So a few weeks ago we went to view a place, liked it very much and now we're moving at the end of Feb.  Needless to say my days have been filled with decluttering, sorting, packing, cleaning etc.

We're very excited cause we'll be a 5 minute walk away from my parents' house, a 10 minute drive away from Andy's cousin and best friend, Jude, who is the same age as Andy, and we're right across the street from all the shops and the library!!!  So instead of having to buckle the kids up into the car and try entertain them both on the journey I can take the pram and be at the library in probably under 2 minutes!

I have a ton of stuff to blog about but no time to do it in so once we're settled in I'm hoping to have a bit more time to start recording once again what we are doing for homeschool.

Until then...

xxx