Boxes are still some of Harley's favorite toys, and in many ways, his chewing habits still dictate what we eat and buy. Not so much because he's chewed through food boxes in the cupboard, but because sometimes he goes through several boxes in a day. Being something of a whole grains, low-impact kind of household, it can be a little hard to keep up. The four-inch square kraft boxes I get to make nest boxes for the Finsters (picture pops) are occasionally interesting, as are the tiny kraft boxes (picture pops) I pick up at crafty stores sometimes. I also got a case of 4" x 6" kraft boxes, which are the preferred size for basic box chewing, and are also useful for foraging toys — I'll have to get a picture the next time I make one of those. But the truth is, the kraft paper is a little thicker than Harley likes for regular, every-day chewing. So we make sacrifices.

We've started eating more breakfast cereal, and less toast, more crackers and less bread, more elbow noodles and less angel hair pasta, and I'm much less likely to use toilet paper to blow my nose. I used keep my eyes out for products with less packaging, but now I choose bird-friendly cardboard, if it's available.

Of course, as a girl, I have a few extra options. Like this:

and this:

Hey, whatever works.