As with most Americans, we are watching food prices soar at the grocery store. While we don’t go to the store often (maybe once a month), our kids do eat quite a bit of snacks. They are outside most of the day either working, climbing, riding bikes etc and they eat several snacks a day. We sat down as a family and talked about grocery store prices and how we can challenge ourselves to make our own snacks. The kids learned how to make energy bites in Spanish class recently and they already know how to make muffins. We also made homemade cheez-its; it was easy but time consuming and the kids now cherish each bite of snack because they are the ones making them! When they run out of energy bites or popsicles, they have to make more. It has taken a task off of my plate and made them more conscious of what they are eating it and how much work goes into making it.