Menu November 21 - 27

I have been following lots of blogs where people follow the Menu Planning Monday Schedule, but I have to make my menus on Saturday because I do my food shopping on Sundays.

This week will be a little different since it is Thanksgiving week.  The boys only have school on Monday, Tuesday and a 1/2 day on Wednesday.  They also have Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday so I don't have to pack lunch then either.

Breakfast
Banana Bread/Milk/Juice
Blueberry Muffins/Milk/Juice
Orange Cranberry Muffins/Milk/Juice
Pancakes/Milk/Juice

Lunch
Salad (Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Peppers, Mushrooms, Cheese, Lunch Meat)
Sandwiches (Lunch Meat, Cheese) (Lunch meat option changes weekly)
Pasta Salad (Rotini, Cheese, Olives, Italian Dressing)
Juice Boxes
Dinner
Corned Beef & Cabbage (I have cabbage left over from Cabbage Rolls last week)
Chicken Pot Pie & cranberry sauce
Hot dogs & Macaroni and cheese

Snacks
Applesauce
Goldfish
Grapes
Apples
Oranges

Thanksgiving
Yams & butter
Stuffing (Stove Top & Homemade)
Collard Greens
Potato Salad

EasyLunchboxes

I just placed an order for Easy Lunchboxes... Yes, I know school starts tomorrow but I was holding out trying to see if I could find something similar that would fit into the boys lunchboxes instead of using 3 Rubbermaid containers (3 containers x 3 school boys + hubby= lots of Rubbermaid).  Because you get 4 Easy Lunchboxes, I should be all set!  I hope.
http://www.easylunchboxes.com/

Back to School: Our Homework Boxes

I had been searching for a better way for the boys to have all of the items that they will need to do their homework in one central location and not have to deal with fighting.  So during a search I found a bunch of tips from people who mentioned the Homework Box.  I gathered up all of our back to school supplies that I bought from Target and got a photo box from Michaels and added all of the items there.

This way, each (school-aged) boy has his own box and will have everything he will need to do his homework. 

Items in the box:
Crayons
Markers
Pencils
Colored Pencils
Glue Stick
Glue
Erasers
Safety Scissors
Ruler

For items they may need but will not fit into the box, I have a 3 drawer craft box that I bought from Wal-Mart years ago where I have the "extras". 

That box includes:
Construction Paper
Stapler
Washable Paints
Index Cards
Tape
Pencil Sharpener
also extra:
Crayons
Glue
Glue Sticks
Pencils
Erasers

Medicine Cabinet Cleanout

Since school is starting back in less than 1 month.  I have decided to try and get some things in order to help us start the school year off fresh.

Today I cleaned out our medicine cabinet and got rid of the old (empty) prescription bottles and empty bottles of baby tylenol that I had in there (not sure why we kept so many).  I am not sure what to do with the prescription bottles that still have old meds in them but I have heard that you should not throw them in the trash and you should never flush them down the drains, so I will have to check with the pharmacy and see what they say.

Now, I have to just keep up with getting rid of the bottles as soon as they are empty. :)