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  I recently discovered a better way for our kids to have pancakes. Our kids like their pancakes cut up so they can dip pieces into the syrup. I’ve tried making smaller pancakes and they still want them cut up. So... I make really big pancakes, use a pizza cutter to cut them in pieces, and then divide them up among the kids. It’s so much faster and easier! This way I only had to make two giant pancakes, and a couple normal size for Nick and I, instead of 20 small pancakes. 

  We eat boxed mac and cheese.  I know a lot of you are like ewww... do you know what's in that?  Homemade mac and cheese is so much better.  I know I've heard it all.  With having five kids and so many different ages, needs, wants, etc. boxed mac and cheese is so much easier.  We like the kraft one, but Winco is our favorite... and bonus, it's cheaper. What I do is cook the noodles as the box directs.  Then I dump them into a strainer and let them sit in the sink.  I then add the butter and milk to the hot pan so the butter can melt and mix with the milk.  I add the noodles back in and mix them around in the butter and milk until they are well coated.  Then I add in the cheese packet and mix.  Doing it this way makes the cheese packet easier to mix in and I don't ever have lumps.