Helpful Mom

In case you were looking for more reasons to buy a laminator here are a couple.

I have a sheet that is for keeping an inventory of all the extra meals, marinades, and cuts of meat in my stand up freezer.  I laminated it so I could write on it with dry erase markers so I can keep a record of what I freeze and then erase it as I use them up.  That way when I’m making my grocery list for the week I can look at it to see if I need to purchase more of something or if I already have it stocked away.  And this way I hopefully won’t lose something to the recesses of the freezer.

Another idea I saw in a magazine that could help with older children with packing their lunches.  A mom got tired of packing her kids lunches and their complaining about what she packed.  So she created a sheet that had a checklist they could use to assemble their own lunches.  The laminated list includes choices for items they need, such as vegetables, a yogurt, and a sandwich.  It also includes options for items they want, such as chips or pretzels, which they can take twice weekly.  Now her kids are learning to make healthy choices, and her mornings are less hectic.