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Back to School

Getting ready for a new school year and juggling chaotic schedules can be overwhelming. Use this ultimate back to school checklist for busy moms to increase organization and start the year right. With tips and ideas for supplies, clothes, and more! Boy, do I need this!

The Ultimate Back to School Checklist for Busy Moms

5 Ingredient Bento Box Lunches for Kids for a Week - If you're looking for some easy, creative, and healthy school lunch ideas for kids, check out these super simple 5 ingredient bento box lunches for kids for a WHOLE WEEK!

5 Ingredient Bento Box Lunches for Kids for a Week

How to Keep Your Child from Trading Their Lunch Away - Make healthy, delicious, and fun school lunches for your kids that they'll actually want to eat with these 6 Tips to Keep Your Child from Trading Their Lunch Away. Parenting tips

How to Keep Your Child From Trading Their Lunch

How to Encourage Kids to Pack Their Own Lunches - Packing school lunches can be a hassle. Make sure your kids love their lunches and take a load off your own shoulders with these 7 Ways to Encourage Kids to Pack Their Own Lunches. Back to school parenting tips

How to Encourage Kids to Pack Their Own Lunches

10 Dollar Tree Items Perfect for Packing Lunches - Make lunch packing quick, easy, and most of all cheap, with these 10 Dollar Tree Items Perfect for Packing in Lunches for a fun and yummy school lunch for kids! Cheap back to school lunch ideas

10 Dollar Tree Items Perfect for Packing Lunches

How to Make Your Own easy DIY Homework Station - Set your kids up for success this school year with a DIY Homework Station that's just for them to work on their homework and school projects stocked with everything they might need. School and craft supplies organization ideas for kids 

DIY Homework Station

DIY Easy Crayon Organizer tutorial - Make this quick and easy Crayon Organizer for the kids to store their crayons or even colored pencils or markers. It's cheap, easy to make, easy to use, and a pretty way to organize the coloring mess! Perfect easy craft supplies organization for kids!

How to Make an Easy Crayon Organizer

How to Make School Mornings Run Smooth - Make sure your school mornings are quick, easy, and stress-free, with these 8 simple tips for how to make school mornings run smooth! Parenting Tips 

How to Make School Mornings Run Smooth

20 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas for kids - Make back to school lunches exciting this school year with these 20 yummy and easy non-sandwich school lunch ideas that your kids will love! Perfect back to school lunch ideas. My kids will love these. 

20 Non-Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

Easy DIY Duck Tape Lunch Box - Make this fun and cute Duck Tape Lunch Box for an easy and useful back to school DIY project that the kids will love making and using! Simple to make and an easy to follow tutorial!

Duck Tape Lunch Box

How to Save Money on Back to School Clothes - Back to school time can be expensive! Save a little money, stay under budget, and send your kids back to school in style with these 6 tips to save money on back to school clothes. Parenting tips

6 Tips to Save Money on Back to School Clothes

DIY Sweetest Teacher Gift idea - Thank your favorite teacher with this easy, cute, and frugal DIY Sweetest Teacher Gift idea that's simple to make and sure to make her smile! Easy and cheap DIY teacher gift idea

DIY Sweetest Teacher Gift

20 Fun and Adorable Back to School Crafts - Have some fun with back-to-school this year with some fun new DIY arts and crafts projects like these 20 adorable and easy Back to School Crafts. 

20 Back to School Crafts

Free Printable Lunch Box Notes for Kids - Add a special, personal touch to your child's lunch to remind them you're thinking of them with these free Printable Lunchbox Notes for Kids.

Printable Lunchbox Notes for Kids

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Snickers Caramel Apple Salad

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Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

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Air Fryer Zucchini Fritters

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Blueberry Crisp

side view of blueberry buckle topped with whipped cream on a small plate with fresh blueberries

Classic Blueberry Buckle

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Sautéed Zucchini and Squash

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