That is the question I pose to you, dear reader. As the mother of a 2nd grader, wife to a consistent “brown bagger” (though he doesn’t
use brown paper bags), and Mommy to a sometimes daycare-goer (but who must always have her lunch packed) I have run into a familiar problem. While we use plastic reusable sandwich containers and plastic reusable containers for our fruits and other goodies, I still can’t help but feel we’re just not helping the environment all that much.
True, we no longer use the 15 plastic sandwich baggies/snack baggies a day that we used to, we are still using plastic containers. Bear with me while I work this out on here…my blog {The blog I’m fairly certain few people actually read anymore…sure it might come to your inbox/google reader, but do you actually read this stuff?}.
I’m ready to forgo using plastic, of any kind, in favor of products that are sturdy, easily washable, ec0-friendly, and frugal.
Do these products even exist?
Am I doing more harm than good by getting rid of the plastic containers I already have to trade up/out for cloth or wooden containers?
What do you use in your child’s lunch? Are you a baggie person or do you have a clever, eco-friendly, and frugal way to send your kids their lunch in style?
I’m all ears! Share!


Since KG started school three weeks ago, I have been struggling to find a way to make our morning run smoother. It’s not that she’s difficult to wake, it’s just that she is her father’s daughter and has little to NO motivation. In fact, I had been spending the majority of the morning urging KG to hurry up and eat, then prodding her along to the rest of her morning chores.
I am somehow responsible for the cut and they ask KG 4 times how she got the cut. Four times by four different people.
We manage to make it out of there without a stitch, much to our delight, and with only some glue to hold her chin back together. Mommy thinks at this point perhaps she could use some glue to hold her sanity together, but settles on ice cream for everyone.
One of my favorite tid-bits that we picked up from Kindergarten last year was the notion of creating a word bank to support KG’s reading. The idea is to write down words your child struggles with and go over them each day. Once your child has mastered the word it can be retired.
We’ve started a new word bank for 1st Grade from a small 3×5 notebook. It’s great because it keeps all the words in one place and she can conveniently carry it with her.
