The snack cabinet they can reach
We keep kid snacks in a low cabinet and drinks in a small fridge they can reach, so after pickup they feed themselves and nobody has to ask us to get a snack.
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After pickup used to start with someone asking us to get a snack down. Then another someone. Then the five-year-old, who already knew what she wanted. We got tired of being the ones who had to open the snack cabinet.
So we put the snacks they like where they can reach them. Next to that is a small fridge with water, milk, snack cheeses, salami, and bubbly water. If it is in that cabinet or that fridge, they can take it. We restock what disappears, and we keep a stockpile of pantry essentials so the house stays ready when dinner plans change too.
They come in and they are already eating while someone else is still hanging up a backpack in the cubbies by the front door. A cheese stick and a bubbly water do not need us in the middle of it. After pickup still has plenty of asks. Snack is just one less.
Snack is one small piece of the time between pickup and bedtime.