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June 30, 2025 by: Marla

Everything I Meal Prepped for My Family of 5 This Week

everything I meal prepped for my family of 5 this week

Inside: Steal my easy family-friendly meal prep plan! Realistic, healthy ideas for Sunday meal prep for my family of 5.  This post may contain affiliate links. You can read our full disclosure policy, here.  I’ve been sharing my weekly meal prep on my Instagram for a while now and many of you have asked for a more permanent place for all of my ideas… So

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July 27, 2020 by: Marla

Back-to-School Resources (Homeschool & In-Person)

Inside: Whether you choose to homeschool or send your child in-person, we’ve got you covered with these back-to-school resources: simple morning routines, lunchbox ideas (at home or at school), and fun homeschool schedules and activities. Did you ever imagine that back-to-school season could be so stressful? Sending your little one off to school for the first time is a lot. Then there’s all the supplies

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January 14, 2020 by: Marla

Simple Home Management Systems Every Mom Needs

Inside: These Simple Home Management Systems will help you clean, organize, and meal plan like a pro. If you’re tired of being disorganized, and constantly wondering how to “get it all done” – this plan will put you on the right track.  On a scale of 1-10, how much do you loathe the phrase “do it all” – ? Like as in: “how does she

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August 8, 2019 by: Marla

Make-Ahead Preschool Lunch Ideas (No Reheating Required!)

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Your kids will love these easy, make-ahead preschool lunch ideas! Perfect for daycare, preschool or even on-the-go. Inside you’ll get our best tips for packing a lunch for your preschooler, plus after school snack ideas, best lunch gear, and essential tips for packing a picky eater’s lunchbox! Are you in back-to-school mode? Oh man, am I ever. This year my oldest daughter is starting Pre-K

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September 28, 2017 by: Marla

3 Life-Changing Meal Planning Hacks

These meal planning hacks are without a doubt, life-changing. You’ll never meal plan the same way again. Dinnertime, things just got real.  =This post contains Amazon Affiliate links, you can read our full disclosure policy, here. Let’s do some math for a minute, shall we? I promise, it will be fun. We’ll call it Mom Math. Okay, so there are 7 days in a week

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May 25, 2017 by: Marla

Easy Meal Planning: 8 Essential Cookbooks Every Busy Mom Needs

These cookbooks are essential for easy meal planning. I keep these in regular rotation around my house in order to get dinner on the table (and keep myself sane).  Dear Pinterest, we are not breaking up. I promise. You know I love Pinterest, I really do – especially for finding incredible recipes. I have so many boards dedicated to different types of food, I probably

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My Daily Winter Break Routine with 3 Kids 

Inside: Ready for the kids to be home for 2 weeks? Instead of wondering “how do I keep my kids busy over Winter Break?” I’ll show you how to create a predictable (but festive!) daily winter break … [Read More...]

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What I Fed My Family This Week (Kid-Friendly Meal Ideas)

Inside: easy, healthy, kid-friendly meal ideas from my family of 5 AKA what I fed my kids this week. If you’re in need of ideas for quick breakfasts, healthy snacks to lunches & weeknight dinners … [Read More...]

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