Posted on December 16, 2025 Hey friends, A Busy December Catch-Up Life has been a whirlwind these past few days — Christmas decorating, homeschool wrapping up for break, Tang Soo Do belt tests, and all the holiday magic that somehow turns December into a blur. I meant to share this haul right after it happened
Posted on December 11, 2025 Hey friends, Why We Bought Seven Boxes of Cereal Confession time: We almost never buy cereal in this house. It’s one of those “real food only” hills we’re willing to die on — too much sugar, too little nutrition, and let’s be honest, the boys would live on it if
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Posted on December 5, 2025 Hey friends, When the Grocery Haul Takes Over the Island Some weeks the grocery haul feels like a victory lap. This week? It felt like an avalanche. I unloaded the bags from BJ’s and Big Y, stepped back to snap a photo… and realized our kitchen island was staging a
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Posted on December 5, 2025 Hey friends, Sometimes the best discoveries happen when you’re not even looking — like stumbling on a little bottle of hot sauce at Becky’s Diner in Portland, Maine, during our summer family road trip. We were knee-deep in lobster rolls and haddock grilled cheese sandwiches, and there it was: Captain
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Posted on November 30, 2025 Hey friends, I literally said out loud yesterday, “We’re good until December.” Famous last words when you live with four growing boys. By this afternoon the fridge looked like a sad museum exhibit and someone (who shall remain nameless) ate the last slice of Thanksgiving brisket for “second breakfast.” So
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Posted on November 26, 2025 Hey friends, The Night-Before-Thanksgiving Chaos It’s the night before Thanksgiving, the house smells like cinnamon and chaos, and I just got back from what I’m calling the “Lord, please multiply the milk” run. Yesterday I swore we were set. Today I realized we had: Zero pumpkin pies (how does that
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Hey friends, Oh, the irony of parenting four growing boys: You spend A LOT at Costco on Monday, thinking you’ve conquered the week… and by Wednesday afternoon, you’re sprinting to the corner store because someone (looking at you, Boy #3) polished off the last American cheese slice for an “emergency grilled cheese” at 3 p.m.
Our First REAL Costco Haul – $596 Worth of Groceries and a Whole Lot of Chaos Hey friends — it finally happened. We walked into Costco today with four boys, zero chill, and one mission: stock the pantry before the holiday whirlwind hits. We walked out with a cart so full the wheels were literally
Our First Tiny BJ’s Haul – $38, 5 Items Hey friends — welcome to the very first official grocery run for CT Nutritious Family Kitchen! I’ll be honest: I only needed a couple things, so I popped into BJ’s with zero plan to film a “big haul.” But the second I tossed that pumpkin pie