Extra Extra

Have I got some thrilling Friday night fare for you tonight!!!  Hahaha.  Well, it may not be all that thrilling to anyone else, but to ME, it's fabulous.  After spending over an HOUR yesterday cleaning out our pantry and organizing it in order to fit all the extras I had just bought at the grocery store, I decided that enough was enough!  I'm sick and tired of the kids eating extras -- that are only supposed to be packed in lunches or eaten as the occasional snack -- like they're going out of style.  Seriously.  It drives me nuts.  Boxes of granola bars, or fruit snacks, or cheddar bunnies gone in a single afternoon because the kids keep going back for more and more and more.  Because even when I tell them no they still sneak.  Not to mention they don't exactly keep things neat and tidy as they're rummaging around for food.  The solution?  I ran over to Home Depot once the kids were home from school, and bought a brand-new doorknob with a lock.  The kind of lock that requires a KEY.  Because we all know Grace would have been able to pick the lock on any other kind.  Hahahaha.

{Ignore how filthy the door is.  I'm still working on things.} 

Ethan has become my go to fix-it man, and as I was trying to get dinner ready for the evening, he dismantled the old knob and installed the new one all on his own.  With the help of Google and YouTube, of course.  Hahaha.  He did a great job, though, and NOW all I have to do is lock the door to keep the extras safe and make them last for longer than a day.  :)

Pantry detritus from the clean out.

 And a freshly organized Pantry!