When my son turned 5 he was crazy about Spongebob so we decided to throw
a themed party. I think I was more excited than he was, I love to make
my own decorations for parties! I was able to throw together this super
cute party for very little money, you won't believe what I used...
A while ago I posted about the way I make my grocery list. Feel free to read the whole post here. To sum it up: I create a weekly menu at the top of my list, then the list of ingredients I will need to accomplish the menu, then next to each item I write the price of the item (my best assumption of the price if I don't know the exact amount, rounding up/down as necessary). I have been doing my shopping like this for years and I have to say that 99% of the time I know how much I'm going to spend on my groceries within $10.00. I'm never surprised at check out, which is nice when you want to stick to a budget. Also, due to rounding up/down on the prices, I always have some wiggle room so even if I break down and grab a pack of Oreos that weren't on my list I still don't go over my estimated amount. I recommend giving it a try, what have you got to lose?
To make it easier, I created a free grocery list printable with space for your menu at the top and an organized list of your items with a column for your price estimates. All I ask is that if you use it and enjoy this new method of shopping you share it with your friends!
Grocery List Printable
I posted the other day about the family conversation starters that we use at our family meal times. It got me thinking... why not have some separate questions just for couples? My husband and I have been together for 9 years, it's natural that we could use some interesting topics to discuss!
Here is another free printable - Fun Conversation Starters for Couples
Conversation Starters for Couples
Make it cute with these labels
Wondering what you would do with them? Here are some ideas:
- Plan a date night (technology free) and take turns going through the questions together.
- Decorate an old Altoid tin, put your questions inside, and throw it in your purse. Use them when you are in the car together.
- Put them in a cute jar or box on your nightstand, answer one question together each night before you go to bed.
Enjoy!
Take dinner conversation beyond "how was your day?" and expand it to fun topics that will bring your family closer and help you learn more about one another. A while ago I saw a few posts on Pinterest about dinner time questions and I thought it was a brilliant idea! I created a bunch of questions and put them in a jar on the table. My family loves it, we end up sitting at the table long after the food is gone and it didn't take us long to burn through all of our questions! As I sat down last night to come up with some more questions I decided I would share them with you and encourage you to adopt this new family tradition. I hope your family will enjoy it as much as mine has.
My 2nd grader is a little ham! He loves to tell jokes and make people laugh. This year we moved and he started a new school. I was a little nervous about him making new friends. He attends a very small school in a small town, there is only one class for each grade so all the of the kids advance together each year and they have all been together since Kindergarten. I thought about putting some joke notes in his lunchbox every day so that he could share them with the kids around him and hopefully break the ice and start making some friends. It worked like a charm and he really enjoys getting a new joke every day.
