Feeling Overwhelmed, It's Time To Organize All The Stuff

April 2015 Meal Plan
Weekly School Breakfast & Lunch Box Plan

Now that I have had the baby and we are trying to adjust to the life of working parents of five small children I know now more then ever everything needs to be in it's place! I'm completely overwhelmed by the disorganized disaster that is my life, every morning I wake up and it's a struggle to get out of bed and begin the scavenger hunt that is my day. I must get my life in order, I am a creature that needs to be in control of everything and this is not working for me. I have sat down and tried to prioritize the things I need to organize but realized quickly I NEED TO ORGANIZE ALL THE THINGS!!!

We moved in to our new home in December in a rush with just my husband and I. I was also 7 months pregnant and to say the move was a disaster is an understatement. We still are living out of boxes in some rooms and our basement became a catch all for everything we didn't know what to do with. Our kitchen is an awkward space of too high and too shallow cabinets that I have yet to figure out a productive way to use even after rearranging 3 times. The office needs to be setup now that the baby shower is over and I need to get a routine down for the kids.

Earlier this month I put together a priority list, a meal plan being at the top! I hate making dinner on a whim, really I just hate making dinner but even more so when I don't know what to make or if I have what I need to make it. So what I did was searched google for what I thought would be the best meal plan printable for me and found this(monthly menu template) from No Ordinary Moments. I was tired of my kids living off Lunchables, Chef Boyardee, Tacos and Spaghetti. My kids are very picky eaters and I vowed to come up with a month of menus to force them out of their eating rut. I searched my hundreds of recipes on Pinterest and implemented variations of things I knew they would already eat and came up with a full month of non-repeat meals. You can find my April 2015 menu at the top of this post.

Also, at the top of this post you will find a copy of our master School Breakfast and Lunch Box meals. Our kids usually go to daycare by 7 so we send breakfast in with them and they eat a lunchbox lunch there so I pack lunch as well. This plan helps me keep track of what they are eating and what I need to have on hand to pack their breakfast and lunches. The plan is to use this weekly guide over and over again since most lunches are leftovers the variety will still be there.

Hope you can find these useful and I'll be back soon with more organization!!!!