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All I Wanted was A Shower!

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I had my evening all planned out in my head! It was going to be great! Kids to bed, hang out with the hubby for a bit and shower followed by some planner time!

Sounds like a amazing night…. Right?

So what happened will blow your mind. I still can’t get over it and it’s making mommy a little ok a lot emotional!

Hi good morning and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis. Oh the blog today is not what it was supposed to be! It was going to be that start to a beautiful 3 week layout of routines. Followed by a new updated block system.

Now I’m sitting on the couch with a stupid cast on, waiting for October 2nd to come. We are heading out at 6:30 am to head to the hospital to get my cast changed or possibly off and into the boot!

Yap mama fractured her foot!!!

How you may ask? Well I’ll tell you, you won’t believe it, I still hardly believe it myself.

Sitting on the bed about 9:30 all the kids are in bed, I always hang out for a bit before getting into the shower in case the baby gets up. Hoping for the best I did about 10 minutes in my planner and was just telling the my hubby I should get into the shower.

That is when Dawsyn the baby starting making noise. I know he’s 8 months I should be letting him cry for a bit, let him learn to go to sleep. Its hard for me sometimes.
So upstairs I go. Grab my baby sit on the chair, and nurse him as I get him back to at least lala land.

It has been almost impossible for me not to fall asleep getting him to bed, being all comfy and warm. So much love and comfort from the little one. That was a mistake this round! A big, big mistake!

All of a sudden I wake up, think to my self damnit all I wanted was to hang out with my husband and have a nice shower. I went and feel asleep again.
Baby asleep in my arms, I get up to get him to bed and go from there. Knowing I missed my whole night and not super happy with that. Still partly asleep I go!

Up we go, now the rocking chair is literally about 3 steps from the crib! That’s all 1 step 2 step 3 step done. Nope didn’t make it.

I get up 1 step, 2 step and that was it. As I stepped on my left foot, I felt it roll under me. The side with my pinky toe I feel my foot roll, and then the rest of my foot goes under to. A full step on my top of the foot. It was so painful, I caught myself, and took that 3rd step.
Can not believe still I didn’t drop the baby!

Got the baby in bed and yes he woke up slightly! He went back to sleep, trying not to cry, and wake him up, I knew something was bad!
Got downstairs, wanted a smoke but my foot hurt that bad! Into my bedroom I go, managed to get my pajamas on and into bed. Keeping on my socks as my foot was so sore already and oh so cold.

Husband is asleep, I crawl into bed. It hurt so bad, I was so cold and worried!
There is no way that I broke it! I keep telling myself it will be ok. I can’t believe I did that!
Why did I do that?
How is that supposed to happen?
Why on earth did my foot break?

It’s ok, it’s not broke! All I could tell myself as I try to fall asleep!

I hear the baby in the monitor, I sit up and it hurts still! I look at the clock it tells me it’s 4:30am!
Ok my foot will hurt I tell myself it only happened a couple hours ago! I get out of bed and start to cry. I drag my butt out.

Hubby gets up with me, he looks at my foot swelling, and I tell him what happened. Baby went quiet, and I try to get back to the bed. I make it to the foot of my bed sweating. I’m going to puke I say as he goes to get me a pot. Poor guy sure not what he expected I tell you.

“Your going to the doctors in the morning” he tells me! I laugh at him! Literally I did. How do you want me to go to the doctor with 2 kids when I can’t walk! Laying down the alarms start going off, as I’m up at 5:30am to get things ready for him to go to physio every morning.

Baby wakes up, he gets the baby for me which is not easy for him as he can’t bend his knee still from the accident! He brought me the baby and I lay down with him and nurse him as the three of us fall back to sleep.

It’s 7:45 Oh crap Derryck we have to get up. We are late as I start to panic again. He gets the kids up and brings me coffee tho!
“Where is mom, why are we late”! Kids don’t get why dad is there and I’m not. As he explains to them that mommy hurt herself and I’m in bed and heading to the doctor that morning.

Kids are off to school, I get things lined up to take the little ones to the city, Derryck calls the doctors and off we go.
My doctors is amazing and will always fit us in to see the doctors. They didn’t know what to think with him calling for me as its me that calls lol.

Off we go to the doctors he asked how I was my response ” freaking horrible, and yourself”. To the hospital for x-rays and a soft cast. Now I’m really mad. Who has time for this not me as my list of stuff to do is flying through my head!

Ok got in and done now to the foot doctor, he also asking how I was with the same response lol.
I broke the side of my foot right under where the little toe goes to the foot.
It’s not broke it’s fractured I corrected him, as it did not move shift nothing. Its not broke I keep telling him. He said I win that fight and he will let me go with that lol. Yeah me on that one.

One week I go back. 7 whole days with crutches and a mad mom. He says one week and the cast will go to a hard or into a walking boot. Well it’s the boot I tell him, we will cut this down by as many weeks as we can Yes! I was in and out with a cast in no time, tell the ladies I’m sending my hubby in to pay as I forgot my wallet. Have a little chit chat with how it’s not broke and cracked and I win that one also haha.

So there you have it. How my nice chill, me time night turned into at least a week of mommy on the couch, and mad.
Who brakes their foot putting a baby to bed? It happens more then I thought I also found out.

Thsts the story behind what i did. Stay tuned I will keep you updated on the healing. I will also share what I’m eating and doing or not doing the first week  with foods we are having trying to get this better fast.

Make sure you follow me on Instagram under Kandis Blask and Facebook at classyclassicsbykandis for more pictures, updates and lots of fun posts.

Till next week have a great day, painless night and an amazing week. Have a wonderful one and I will write soon!

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Another Day Another Week… Of School!

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Hi good morning and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis! I am a mother of 4 wonderfully energetic children. Two of my children go to school. My oldest she is in grade 5 this year and my oldest boy is in grade 4!

Can you believe its the middle of September!

This is marking our second full well in school! I was sitting down the other day, finally getting to watch some of my YouTube videos, and a lady who I love to watch… Sam from Happily A Housewife had a video on about school, and routines and getting back into it. As I was watching this, I thought I would do a blog on back to school.
Link for vidoe:
https://youtu.be/cNXx0HPXJTE

Now, I decided this before but my ideas had changed as she said at the end of hers the first week goes smooth.
Everything is on time and routines are smooth, and life is great. It’s when after when things are going back to normal, and it’s not as new is when you can see if your routines work for you!

Now I agree, however I am writing about back to school, with routines and adjusting.

We had a great first full week I school, kids where not late, even with riding the bus, they have had their lunches ready the night before and bags are hung by the door!

They have gone threw some cute new clothes and starting to get their homework, and words for their spelling tests.
They have spelling test every week and I’ve been waiting for this as they need them, it has been added to the routines, which are still not ready!

First full week not bad, mind is blurry as we are still doing some extra stuff, mamma has mentally noted some routine changes that is needed from last year to this year. But, all in all not to bad.

Here is where I will tell you as the first week yes, usually is smooth, as the mother we tend to do it for them tho. The first week as we want and need it to go good, we tend to take on more of their stuff. Well at least here I sure did. To a degree anyways.

Starting the second week of school, all of a sudden the kids didn’t have their agendas, had to pack their lunches in the morning and didn’t study for the spelling test. As my boy has his tests on Tuesday’s!

How has everything just went down hill, I realize that our routines are a very important part here. The routines will for the most part stay they same.
However there is some changes! This is on my list to do, write out our routines and zones again.
This is the next blog…. all about those routines!

With school tho, it’s funny how the first week was great and now it’s not. I know we need our routines but the extent is intreging on how it helps us. To have a smooth day, starting at 7:30 am if not before.

Even with not  much changing, without having it there it’s like they just forgot how to manage. We all require some guidance, but really just make your bed and brush your teeth!

How do you feel about your school routines and scheduling?
Good to go, needs adjusting, or a whole new set up?

Let me know how it is! Comment on the blog!
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Make sure to look more fun on these pages as I tend to do more daily stuff. As life smooths out, these is fun to happen in my house with the seasons changing.

Till next week’s blog, have a great week and have fun with tweaking the routines!

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Peaches Peaches 80lbs what did

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It’s funny how every year it can be the same! You know it’s coming, you prep and prep, give yourself a self calm talk. Mark it down in the planner, but still get stressed thinking about doing it all.

Hi I’m Kandis and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis!

Every year in our town we get a “case lot sale”. I stock pile what I can for the winter, this is also where and when I get my peaches! ❤
When I do peaches, the smallest batch that I purchase is 80lbs!😮 Yes, the lowest is 80lbs!

Why so much, and what do I do with it all! Let’s talk about stocking up on peaches! Well let’s start at the beginning.
The cases are 20lbs each, so get them loaded into the house, I then sort them, softener and still hard.

These get sorted for time frames and what is being used for what. I do/ make with these: canned half peach jars, jam, peach leather, and of coarse some sliced for in the freezer for easy asses for mostly pies!

Oh I love stocking up on peaches, I stress out more then I should as I have been doing this now for years, and it’s looks more intimidating then it is.

Let’s start with canning! Take your desired peaches, wash them up. Then you blanch them! This means simply put them in boiling water for 1 minute then into cold water. This will allow the skins to “peel” off. So go ahead and peel them, cut in half and take the pitt out. Place the peach halves to the side. I use a medium syrup this is 3 cups of sugar to 4 cups of water. Heat this up not boiling, but to make the sugar dissolve and liquid hot. Sterilize your jars and seals. I use 1L jars when making mine. Fill your canned and place on stove and start to heat. This will take some time to get it boiling so I start it early. So with your jars clean I put them in the sink with hot water and the seals in a pot of boiling/ hot water, as the jars and seals need to be hot when packaging up! Take your hot jar, place the peach halves in the jar pitt side down and layer them, up to the top leave about 1/4 inch for room for the pressure. Add your hot syrup and wipe the rim, add seal and screw top. Place in canner! When canner is full of the jars add hot water to cover the jars. Bring canner to boil and let boil for required time. This is refured to as a water bath.
So that is how I do some of my peaches!
A good chunk of the  any ways.

Next jam! I made peach/ cherry jam this year.
The cherries on my tree did wonderful and so I needed to use them. For this I simply blanched, peeled, pitted and chopped the peaches, and pitted the cherries. Add the  to a BIG pot, with required amount of sugar. Depending on what kind of jam and your sweet tooth will depend. I don’t use any added thickened, so I do a long boil. Then as your peaches, fill hot jar, place a hot seal and lid. Boil in the “water bath”….. the canner for required time for the jar size!

So now that there is canning and jam let’s move on shall we.

My mom growing up always made Apple leather!
Home made roll up but with our crap apples after she made juice.
So now I make Apple leather but also peach leather! 😍

Take the peaches and cut the pitts out, these do not need to be blanched. With the pitted peaches, peel on put into a blender, I add honey, about a tablespoon per I dunno 3-4 cups. This just helps keep the color and make it more pliable. I use a dehydrator, put parchment paper on the racks and pour the peach sauce on. Leave on the dehydrator until peach sauce is dry and a leather!

One of the last things that I do with the peaches is slice the, for the freezer to make any peach goodies through the year. Simply cut in half remove the pitt, slice the halves. Put into large freezer zip lock bags label and put into the freezer!

There you have it, how this mamma went through 80lbs of peaches this year, to help stock up till next summer’s case lot sale.

Do you do canning?
What do you can?
I will be sharing more stocking up tips thought out the month.

Getting the food prepped and stored for the winter months! Do you do anything with peaches, or large amount of friut.

Our Apple tree didn’t produce this year as every some years it does however I will share what I am doing with what I get this year.
I hope you enjoyed this blog all about stocking up on some extremely yummy peaches.
Got a question?
I will sure try to have an answer!
Ask away on Instagram under Kandis Blask or over on Facebook Classy Classic’s By Kandis.
I would love the questions, comments and input.
Till next week I hope you have a great food stocking week.
What are you storing this year?
Let me know.
Till next blog, have a fantastic week!

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The Garden and How Its Growing

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When growing up the garden was always there. My mom always had a garden, if you had the room you grew a garden! That was how it was.

We learnt never to say we were board, especially when mom was in the garden!
You were not going to be board long, she made us help with the gross potato beatles!

To this day I remember how gross they were and I am oh so thankful that I do not have them! I think it was the kind of potatoes that she grew.

I remember getting into trouble for my best friend and me eating all her peas, or chewing up the green onions cause it made out spit green! Haha oh the memories in the garden.

Those memories have changed a little as I am the one planning, planting, weeding and pulling, prepping and so on. With this said I could not imagine not having a garden. It’s a lot of work, but the outcome can be so great. The years have changed and out weather is not the same…. by know means.

It has almost been freezing here already and it’s August. With the last couple days of August here, it is time to start getting some out, and prepping for the end of the year. I had a couple picks already, with hopes of another good round.

However, it has been a pretty wonky year for the garden, and my time has not been quite there with out secret mission on the last big push now. I thought I would take you along thought the garden this year and share what I have got, and what I am doing with them, to help get us through the winter!
Do you garden?
What grows great for you?
What seems to just not grow?
Let me know I love a good garden talk!

So the weather is not changing and it is time to get stuff out. When I had started the blog, as I ran a week behind.

Last couple weeks I have been picking lots of peas and beans out of the garden! Radishes did good this year, these I plant with my carrots as radishes are the first things up and our of the garden it does not interfere with the carrots growing. I will share how the carrots did on facebook when it comes time to get them out!

With picking them we got about 3 grocery bags of them. I also picked my one big row of green onions, I pick them, twist down the top after cutting the grown onion off, this allows the onion bulb to continue to grow after. I slice the green onions and dry them for winter use in cooking!

Cabbage I’m hoping to get some they did really good however the bugs tend to get at it. You can peel the layers off, till you get to where they didn’t get. Beware they go to the base tho and tend to wreck the whole head of cabbage really fast!

Cucumbers did not do good this year, they just didn’t come up good, and with how the summer went, I did not try to replant them.

Broccoli and cauliflower did not survive the crazy weather.
Beets I am hoping are good, there are some thing that stay in the ground till the end, as the leaves can frost and they beet will be ok, so those stay for now, same with the carrots. I will let you know how they did when the time comes!

Brussels sprouts did ok, they stockes got bent, these can also stay, they say Brussels sprouts taste better after the first frost, so I always leave those till the end, but just as the cabbage the worms love it and can take a whole plant down really fast. I will have to see if they survived this year.

Peppers are doing good, they will be picked soon and placed in a box to ripen up, you can do the same with tomatoes. Pick them when the weather is getting cold and they will ripen inside!
Have you done this, to make sure they tomato makes it, and does not got hit by frost!

Then the melons, they are coming, this will just come down to is there enough growing time for them to make it worth it. They are blooming and growing, but with such a short growing year it gets hard, never mind almost freezing weather in August!

As for my potatoes for some reason I have issues with them! I actually assume I am not hilling the  enough, so next year I will try harder to get lots!
With how much room they take up, and I am lucky enough to have a farmer supply me with lots for the winter it’s ok that they are not always great. However I will figure out how to make them great, to get my own winter stash!

Now that is it September everything will be coming out and being prepped for the winter get months.
What do you do to safe your garden produce?
I will be sharing how I prep my vegetables on my Instagram under Kandis Blask and Facebook at classyclassicsbykandis!

Make sure to follow to see two it goes, what I do, and the different ways to do some!

I hope your garden and summer went amazing!

Tell me about it, on here or one of the social media pages!

I would love to hear and have a conversation with everyone one summer and garden fun!
Till next week have an awesome weekend and a week!
Have a topic you want to hear about, just let me know!
I would love the input and ideas!
Till next time happy harvesting!

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Freezer Meals To The Rescue!👌Well That Was The Plan!!

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Good morning and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis! This past two weeks sure have been busy, with the not so nice August weather, trying to camp, while taking on a special secret mission it’s gotten busier then normal.

I have slipped on my meals and planning, while it really shows, I thought this would be the best time to eat down not only the fridge and pantry, but the freezers as well!

This week as it will be full steam ahead I thought I would share our meals being pulled from the freezer and either combined to make a meal or used as a meal! With being on the go it is mostly going to be suppers. There will some other meals, however breakfast and lunch are usually something pulled from the fridge or panrty. 

I am down the two oldest for a couple more days, so it’s easy to feed the toddler.

So if your ready I’m ready let’s dive into this week’s meals, and what I can do from the lost world of the freezers! 😂❤

So lets start with good old monday! Masyn my toddler is on a dry cereal kick right now, so breakfast is taken care of lol. One morning we had Saskatoon berry waffles, from the freezer.

Anywho back to Monday. I had pulled a container of chilli out, put it into a pot of water up unthaw and off we went to work on our mission. This worked put great as we didn’t get home till after 6:00 pm!

Tuesday rolled around, as I was home that days, however not any slower I spent the day in the garden getting products picked. This turned into a busy day, with mommy stating to feel under the weather again ( I got a sinus infection/head cold) there was not much happening that evening. I decided to do chilli stuffed grilled cheese! We needed to use up the little left over chilli and it was the perfect quick and easy.

Sorry with no pictures as it got eaten faster and my brain power was slow lol.

Wednesday was a slower day as i was still under the weather, I had some garden stuff to get at to clean and prep, for drying and/ or bagged for the freezer. We had to run out and grab some stuff, so again we were not around till late. This one was a later night and not feeling good, and being the last nigth till the big kids got home we totally said screw it all and had…. Take out!!! Haha

This then leads to Thursday as I had some pork tenderloins to cut up and prep for the freezer from our local case lot sale, I thought how perfect and pork chops it is. So yes we had a much better supper that night, as all my kids were home again, we had pork chops, fries, (baby had potatoes), and some beans from the garden.

Then the last day Friday! We were in the city back to school shopping, so with nothing planned… again, it worked out, as the husband took the older kid’s to the camper for the night I had the little ones. So I made….. macaroni for the toddler. As he is soooooo emotionally tired these days I called it as a win. The baby had yummy left overs of his pork, and potatoes with beans, it was food enough for me. Haha.

It was a crazy week, that I’m still blurry of, and as you can tell forgetful as I don’t have much pictures of the meals.
However the week is over and I can say at least we ate haha.
It doesnt always matter if your meals are 100% perfect everyday.
Take the week and roll with it! Was it the best health week?
Haha absolutely not!
Did everyone have something to eat, and survived the week?

Why yes, yes we did. As I could of done better out of my hidden spots, life got crazy and I improvised!
Have you done this?
Do you get mom guilt from it?
I sure do sometimes but then I realize that it was only one week, and I can make it up next week.

It is all about balance some days, and making end meet, and knowing it’s ok, and it won’t be like that every week.
How did your week go?
Had awesome suppers, or pulled together to make it work?
Let me know either on here, or over on Facebook Classy Classic’s By Kandis. You can also see some adventures over on Instagram under Kandis Blask.

I am hoping life will start to slow down, a little as summer is winding down, our secret mission is coming to a completion, there will be more and more time and energy for this wonderful blog with you amazing mamma!

Until next blog hope you have a great week, as we count down the last of summer break.
This summer sure had a twist in it, but more on summer adventure another day.

Thank you for the patience on my late blogs and understanding of just how real life can get! 

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Back To School

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Oh back to school! Back to school! It’s not even to prove that we are not fools! Haha good show… Oh boy anyways, hello and good morning welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis.

Can you believe it’s August already! I sure cannot, where did the time go, all those summer plans, and hot day as laying around catching a tan, and late night fires.

Now all of a sudden we are getting the kids to try on their clothes and out with the old and getting a list ready for the new. Looking over the supply list and mapping out the best way to get into the city for it all and then get out.

How long do you wait till you start getting their stuff ready?

We have filtered threw all the clothes and got a list started for supplies.
I try to have some going already, however this has proven to be a different summer!

I know I need to do the school supplies which we don’t need much, as our school does a program where you can order some or all and it will be ready and waiting for them on the first day of school! This is also why we don’t need much.

However I already warned the hubby by the time we are scheduled to do back to school shopping we may be required to hit a bigger center. This I mean a city like Saskatoon or Edmonton. This is just because the smaller cities which we live around may be greatly picked threw!

Now with the clothes gone through I would like to tell you about ebates!
This is a wonderful app ❤ you can shop on line, and get money back for your orders!👌 Not wowing enough how about you can order online and pick up in store and still get money back, or how about a way to shop in the store and use the app at the till and STILL get money back!
I will leave a referral link below for it. This is good for hundreds of stores, to choose from.
This way I now know that we can get what we need. Even if it is ordering online and heading into a big city it will help some of the craziness of shopping with 4 children.
Make sure you check it out, free to sign up with money back off the start.

What do you start with supplies or clothes?
Do you do both one stop?
This year I feel I’m going to have to do both things and both kids one city day!😥 Wish me luck on that one haha!

I have a feeling a lot of clothing more so will be went through and so as long as they have enough clothes left that they have not out grown, they will be fine for a couple weeks….. I hope!

Every summer I say I’m going to start bed time for back to school a week or two early and I never do.
This year I think is the year. It is always a no as who wants to get kids up for school hours when they are at home for the day.😂

However I do feel it would benefit them greatly this year. With being up anyways to get the hubby out the door so early, for physio it’s not taking away any sleep, just mind power lol.

Do you do bedtime and school hours early?
How early a week, two?
Let me know here or on a media page.

Make sure you follow over on Facebook at Classy Classic’s By Kandis and over on Instagram under Kandis Blask.
I hope you have a great week, till next week’s blog, have fun making summer memories.
Summer break is coming to a end, let’s make the best of what is left!

Link for ebates:https://www.ebates.ca/referrer?referrerid=StLNTyLJLVM%3D&src=Link

Sorry not much for our pictures, I will try to make it up to everyone! I will do my best to have pictures and IG stories when we go shopping! Deal?

Have a great back to school shopping time!

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Got It Done List!

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Growing up I always remember my mother telling me ” there is not enough hours in the day!”
Growing up I would always think there is too many hours in the day!
Growing up I never understood why mothers said this!
Now that I am a mother I get it!

There is never enough hours in the day!
When you get to your to do list, and start crossing things off, the time sure flies!

Hi I’m Kandis and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis!
This week’s blog is all about not tackling that to do list, but to sit back and look at your done list.

As a mother of 4 children ages 10 down to 6 months, there is always something needing to be done!
As busy as the kids keep me, add a husband, garden and house work, there is very little time in between for the little things in life.

There is always something and someone who needs me somewhere. There was a vlog from Kimmy on she’s in her apron where she talked about this done list, and with summer already coming to the end ( well before schools in), I thought I would share it with you!

Some days I kill myself getting that list done, other days I drag on and beat myself up with not getting enough done. There really is no win in my mind lol.

This list can be done at the end of a day, week month or season!
Let your mind rest as you see just what you accomplished, it will be so much more then you think!
Let’s give it a try yes!
Little self help will go along way on some days.
When you need a pat on the back after a long lazy day it can help pick you up, remind yourself that it’s ok to take a day off now and then, because even when you think you got nothing done, you can reassure yourself you still did what you feel “needed” to be done.

So let’s look at my done list on a day that I felt I did nothing! With a mama “rest” day I still got:

  • Beds made
  • Workout done
  • Breakfast made
  • Kids taken care of…. all day play, food, drinks, baths, bed 
  • Dishes done so many dishes all the time….ps I don’t have a dishwasher
  • Supper made
  • Laundry downstairs and sorted
  • Night routine done look for my routine blog for more on this! I also plan on making a new blog on my routines!
  • Time in the garden 
  • Of coarse coffee time

Evan with the what I remember doing is more then I would ever imagine I did on a no motivation day!

So as you can see just because that to do list isn’t completely done, you will always be doing something!

Don’t forget doing nothing is sometimes more then you think!

I find my routines help on days like this. My basics will still get done, and the in between can wait.

Have you sat down and thought about what a done list. It will help ease your mind, and anxiety on the off days.
Don’t feel bad about taking a day, to just sit and chill, reflect, and regain the strength and brain power to keep on keeping on.

I had someone very smart reassure me, it is ok to take the time. Would you forget to charge your phone when it dies, or are you gunna charge it.

Just as our bodies we need some chill, researching time. When in doubt take a day to sit, plan, bake, sleep, be old fashioned like me and paint your nails. 🤣

What ever you do don’t let guilt take over a rest day, take it as a look what I actually did day!

Give it a try what is on your done list. Way more then you give yourself credit for, I bet you will surprise yourself on what you actually accomplished without knowing you did. 
Have you been stretched, not sure what you have left!
Try a done list and go to bed with a great feeling. You need some time just as the toddler needs a rest!😉

I hope you enjoyed this blog if so let me know!
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Till next week’s blog have a great week, and take time for you with the power of the done list!

Love when there is a reason for coffee! What better then relaxing with one!
Mamma sitting and chilling see my Instagram post on this picture/day

Remember what better way to relax and recharge then admiring the flowers, take this time stop and smell the flowers! 

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Road Food!

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Mom I’m hungry! Mom I’m thirsty! Mom they won’t share! Mom they drank it all! Mom Mom Mom!

It doesn’t seem to matter where you are or what they are doing the name mom gets thrown around like a frisbee at a dog park always going in circles!

Then to make everyone happy, but keep everything even and fair is almost as easy as trying to go to the bathroom by your self! Hahaha.

Kids are always needing something, and trying to get fast food when your out and about gets pricey! We can drop $60.00 no problem to feed everyone doing fast food!

That is crazy, you know what I could purchase and make from a grocery store more than a burger and fries that’s for sure!

Hi I’m  Kandis I am a stay at home mom for the last 10 years, with 4 children now and I am no stranger in snack attacks!

With summer break here and we are on the road oh so much I thought I would share some tips and tricks I have picked up along the way to pack some food for in the car to save time and money!

Where to start, this year I have a couple things up my sleeve to make things even easier on me.

I have some paper clip together bowls that I got from a dollar store, and I have some baseball hotdog holders also from the dollar store.
These allow it to be easier to hand out food, vs throwing it to them.

There is also their goody bags that each child gets and is located in their drive time bag!
These are snacks that are prepped and divided the night before.
Depending on how long we are done for depends on what is in the bag.
Usually there will always be friut, veggies, sandwich, treat and a drink. They also of coarse have a water bottle they take.

Then I keep the bought goodies or more favored goodes closer to me that would get handed out in the containers.
This will save so much in money, fighting and continued mom I’m hungry  mom I’m thirsty, mom, mom, mom!

How do you handle food on long car rides?
Do you pack stuff, or use it as a special lunch time?
Let me know!

With having a packed lunch located in their drive time bag the kids know that they can eat it as fast or slow as they wish, however when the food is gone in the drive time bag, that’s it for on your own food.

Hope you enjoyed this blog let me know if you liked ito, as I have more on the road tips and tricks!
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Sandwiches and a lunchable 

Have some fruit added along with one cookie

Looks better the  a fast food burger haha

Packed away in my snack bag 
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It’s Already Packed!

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Hi and good morning welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis! I am excited to have you here today for this new blog!
For those who don’t know me I’m Kandis a stay at home mom and wife! I have been married for 11 years this summer and have 4 wonderful energetic children ranging from the ages of 10 to 6 months old!

There is always something to do, something to pack or prep. With summer break on we tend to be the family that will at random times decide to go somewhere off to the lake, or a drive or take off the next day to I dunno some city for some appointment or meeting or task!

This means packing all the time, or be prepared for that spir of the moment decision. With 4 kiddos there is lots that needs to be remembered.

With the older ones they are capable of taking care of most of their stuff…. or you would think so haha. There is always something that is forgotten, or shoved somewhere that can not be located.

There is diapers, wipes, food, drinks, stuff to do in the van, etc.
With all the “stuff” it so easy to forget.

So let’s start with don’t forget to hit that follow button for all the upcoming blogs this 2019 summer has in store.
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Now then, let’s get started on this week’s blog! I find it can be easier on my mind and emotions for that matter to be a step ahead haha, or at least try for it.
When it comes to having so much as a nessesety to take what I can have already packed and ready to go the better!

This is items like the diaper bag, this stays in the van, as it will not freeze.
Couple little toys stay for the toddler, a pair of shoes and the snuggly for the baby is always located in there also right now.

As far as the big kids go I’m working on getting baskets for in the car under the seats that will hold some car entertainment but till then, they pack a drive time bag for themselves.
This way they picked what they would like for that trip at the time.

I always have some napkins in the van, with folding party bowls, a couple plastic utensils for monitoring snacks.
I recently purchased a car vaccuum which I’m more excited to try then one should be lol.

Along with a blanket or 2, bug spray, collapsible reusable bags.
These are all things that are always in there so I don’t have to think about them.

With summer break going a little different my beach bag and summer adventure bag is not done yet, however when it gets loaded I’ll keep you posted.

Quick talk tho this would include items such as towels, extra clothes, first aid items, some change, wipes and a couple cheap toys. Just a good go to adventure bag.
More about that on the other pages in the near future.

What do you keep packed in your vehicle for the summer holiday fun! Let me know in the comments below or on one of the social media pages.

Stay tuned for more on the go summer ideas coming this summer!

Cardboard folding bowls
Car vacuum from amazon
Link for vacuum:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B06Y3HR9FC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Diaper bag and the snuggly for the baby always in the van!
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Snack Attack!

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Have you ever wondered where all the food goes! How do the kids eat so much?

Why do prices go up in the summer for snacks and drinks?
Do they really need to eat every 10 minutes, and how did $100 of snacks disappear?

 Hi there and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis, we are going to talk about feeding those kids through the summer break!
As a mom of 4 kids we go through a lot of food here, like a lot of food. I have a couple tricks up my sleeve to make those snacks and back yard picnics go smooth as you juggle everyday life along with summer fun.

I have make a schedule at my house to make sure the kids are fed and watered but, still eat healthy and not just eats the expensive snacks that don’t fill them up for more then 5 minutes.

I have a rule that if its in a wrapper say gold fish packs, fruit by the foot, granola bars etc.. they are car treats and not to be eaten at home!
Summer is so fast paste the last thing you want to worry about is cooking 3 meals a day, plus snacks and treats.

The first thing I will say is freezer meals are a life saver in the summer. With so many options you can go to any back yard bbq and already be prepared for it.

Some of my meals I am hoping to prep as I should of stated already but havnt lol is…. egg wraps, waffles, pizza bites, burgers, twice baked potatoes, taco meat, spaghetti bake, perogies, chilli, muffins, cookie dough logs, rice crispy and brownies.
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These are some ideas that I’m hoping to get into my freezer, to have on hand for any thing that summer may throw my way!

The schedule that I have is made out so the kids are still eating every couple hours, however I can know that it is not out of boardness, and they are eating healthy.

I have times so that the kids won’t be eating right before a meal, they are not gone all day, and they have that little sit and rest periods, even just 5 minutes.😂 Let’s start shall we?

As everyday breakfast this is harder to time but usually between 7:00 and 8:30 would be a safe bet! Yes?
The first snack is set for 10-10:30, lunch around noon.
Afternoon snack is set around 3 to 4 they get an hour to be flexible for play time and naps for the little one.
Then supper between 6:00 and 7:00 pm, snack or treat at 8:00 pm with the last bedtime snack not past 10 pm for movie time.

I aim to have the big kids in bed around 10:00pm. Now let’s look at what they get?

Their morning snack is fruit, veggies and or dairy.
Afternoon snack is fruit, veggies and a pantry snack.
The8 pm snack is fruit with a treat of the day this is where the freezer treats come in handy so they are not going to the store.
Then the late movie bedtime snack for the big kids could be say popcorn or something light.

This way I can prep a big thing of fruit and veggies for them to tackle over the day, sweets are limited and my rule also is if it’s in a wrapper it’s not for at home.

The wrapper goods that tend to run more money… for some reason or another are for on the road or away fun, make day, hiking, park fun etc!
So there you have it!

This is how I tackle summer eating, and ensure they are eating more healthy and less sugar on those hot days.

Let me know if you liked this blog.
I have fun posts coming this summer that I hope we can share our ways to beat summer boredom eating.
What do you do for food in the summer?
Do you have certain snacks?
Do you do a daily snack bucket for the kid’s?
This is where each kid gets a basket and gets filled each morning, it’s for the day and is up to them how fast they eat it all!
I would love to hear how you roll with snacks!

Till next blog when we tackle more summer fun, have a fun, healthy eating day!
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Please note the pictures were snack prep for only my toddler!