Miss independent

Oooohhhh, the give and take, back and forth of my wee little ones growing up!  In so many ways (at 2 and 4) they are truly big girls now!  Little G has been picking out her own clothes and getting dressed on her own for a while now, and my Livy-Lou is now putting her socks and shoes on all by herself!  They are little miss independents for sure.  I, on the other hand, could still be considered a control freak!  :-)  
Trying to find a balance between giving them space to grow and feel like big kids, with keeping them safe and my house clean-ish led me to create the snack bucket.  Every afternoon after rest time the girls can pick put their own snacks, all by their big girl selves!  

The best part is....well there's lots of best parts to this... but I get to pre-select and portion out the snacks, thereby keeping it healthy!  It only takes a few extra minutes after unpacking the grocery bags, and pretty soon I think I will have a helper or two :-)

All you need is a medium sized Tupperware bin (ours has a lid, not that it ever gets put back on!), some yummy snacks, and sme snack sized ziplock baggies.

When you are finished unpacking the groceries just keep that box of crackers or bag of pirates booty that you would have put in the cabinet out on your counter.  Open up several ziplock baggies, and scoop/pour out snack sized portions into each bag.  We have even made custom "trail mix" baggies by mixing up snacks!  Then zip 'em shut and place into the Tupperware container.....voila....that's how easy it is!
Now if only I could come up with a dinner bucket............