My kids eat healthier snacks thanks to my new home shelving system.
10.18.07 - 03:33pm
My kids like to eat. They grab a snack after school and another while they are watching television at night. On the weekends, they are constantly snacking between meals. My pantry used to be very unorganized. After grocery shopping, the food items would be placed in the pantry in no particular order. I would buy a lot of healthy snacks, but the the kids would always throw some sugary treats into the cart as well. Somehow, the snacks that I picked out became buried behind their snacks of choice when the groceries were put away. The kids would grab the first thing they saw when looking for a snack. Needless to say, they were eating things that were not so good for them. I decided to install a home shelving system. This allowed me to neatly store items in my pantry. After grocery shopping now, I place healthier snacks at eye level, and sugary treats either above or below them. The kids are ususally in a hurry when grabbing something to tide them over until their next meal, so they are now choosing items that are much healthier for them to snack on.