How I fed my kids on vacation as a single mom…without breaking our budget on restaurant food.
A few weeks ago, I took my kids on our first vacation since my divorce. Which means that it was the first time I was the only adult responsible for everything involved in getting us from Central PA to our rental house on North Captiva Island, Florida. I knew there would be so many logistics—but I was determined to have our trip feel like a vacation for me, too.
Of course we needed to eat! But I didn’t want to spend the trip cooking and cleaning up. And I didn’t want to spend a fortune eating in restaurants all week. Plus, I knew that I’d be starting from scratch in the rental house kitchen, without my beloved pantry staples or freezer meals to rely on. In the past, “family vacation” has meant that I spent so much time shopping, cooking, and cleaning up—and running out to the store whenever we ran out of something. So…just parenting in a different place! This time, I wanted something different.
I feel like I really cracked the code. You guys, it was SO fun!
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