[blparent] after school snacks

[Jennifer Stewart Jackson]

Lately the balance between after school snacks, dinner, and our schedule is
a struggle for me again. My two youngest get off the bus about 30 minutes
apart, and we have to be to wrestling 4 nights a week by 6. Wrestling is
only another 6 weeks or so, and this problem will resolve itself for a while
thank goodness.

 

Still, sometimes the timing is off, or a boy is just not hungry for dinner
beforehand and we end up eating dinner pretty late. It makes it even more
important that our snacks be on the healthier side. I thought perhaps we
could all inspire each other and share our ideas.

 

I just put the ingredients to make spinach balls on my shopping list. I will
make a big batch and then put them in the freezer to be pulled out a few at
a time for snacks. I know the kids like these, so I am hoping they will be
successful at snack time too.

 

For the record, I offered everyone a donut and a glass of water yesterday. A
pretty big fail on the healthy side. J I still gave myself points for having
a plan in place and ready to serve when they walked in the door.

 

 

Jennifer