Swim Lessons

Sweet girl is loving swim lessons!! We sing songs, splash and learn the safe way to enter the pool. She pretty much just dives head first in the water. She squeals the whole time and drinks the water like a dog! The air and water in the swim area are pretty warm but once we go to the locker room, it is freezing!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday - We went out for my 29th bday! Ok, maybe I am a few more than 29 but a girl can dream, right?!

Tuesday - Cranberry Chicken. Didn't get to this last week!

Wednesday - Monkey starts M.A.D. for Jesus (music, art, drama) so we will eat at church

Thursday - Angel's Delight, salad,bread

Friday - Pizza

Saturday - Leftovers or sandwiches, Coach is playing at the Taste of the Levee

Sunday - Chicken Tortilla Soup, cornbread with Egg Replacer for Monkey

And She's off!

First Day of Preschool

Monkey had a great first week of preschool! He likes teacher (I'm not sold on her yet!) and has 3 friends from his class last year in his class this year. He had show and tell last week and had to bring in something yellow - he picked a drumstick...surprise, surprise!!

Sweet girl and I are taking swimming lessons with Erin, Ella, Liz and Maggie when he is at school!

Menu Plan Monday

My mom is coming tomorrow! YAY! My dad is coming Friday - so between Tues and Fri, we will be eating the meals she loves that my dad doesn't!

Monday - Stuffed Burgers, pasta salad
Tuesday - Tacos, spanish rice
Wednesday - Spaghetti, salad, garlic bread
Thursday - Oriental Chicken Wraps, fruit
Friday - Nordstrom opens - YAHOO! Not that I have money to buy anything, but I am still excited for it.. Mom and I will be attending the opening sans children:) K, back to Meals....Creme Brulee French Toast, sausage
Saturday - Order pizza - NOT LaRosas!
Sunday - Cranberry Chicken, green beans

Cool Website

Erin found this site and I thought it was pretty cool so I thought I would pass it along! Better Homes and Gardens used to have something similar but I can't find it anymore....this is great for those 'what in the world am i going to fix for dinner' nights! Enjoy:)

SuperCook

Success!

I finally found a fruit sweet girl likes - mangoes! I think they are pretty nasty but she seemed to like them! They are not super sweet so maybe that helps. Today, I went to get some frozen squash from the freezer trays and they were all broken:( Now, I have my eye on these...2 oz, silicone and bpa free! I definatly like the 2 oz size. They seem to have really good reviews. They are a little pricy but with the $ I'm saving making the food, I think its ok! On another note. sweet girl has 4! teeth coming in on the top! Yikes! She doesn't seem to be in much pain though so that is good.

Menu Plan Monday

Here is the plan for the week - and I spent less than $25.00 to get everything!! This even included pears and mangos for sweet girl!

Monday - Spicy Beef Noodle Bowl
Tuesday - Monkey and I will be having Chicken Spaghetti (didn't get to this last week!) Coach has a XC meet
Wednesday - Garlic Clove Chicken
Thursday - Lentils and Rice with Fried Onions (Mujadarrah)
Friday - Supper Club - Dewey's!
Saturday - Leftovers (TFB is playing a wedding)
Sunday - Chicken with Apricots

Sweet Girl

Solid's

Sweet girl has been loving eating!! She is defiantly a veggie lover and a fruit hater! It's pretty funny. So far, I have made: sweet potatoes, squash, peas, green beans and applesauce. She has also had mashed bananas and avocado. She squeals until I get more veggies in her mouth and shudders when she has fruit! She also likes puffs and Baby Mum Mum's! When I was in Denver, I realized that they blender was much easier to use to puree and pour food into the trays! Here are the only three things I use to make the food - so easy!

Menu Plan Monday

Here's the plan for the week! We have a busy week this week. School, Swimming lessons for monkey and sweet girl and soccer all start! Whew, it's going to be a crazy week!

Monday - Glazed Pork Chops, rosemary potatoes and green beans - DELISH!

Tuesday - Sour Cream Enchiladas, Corn, Rice

Wednesday - Apple Chicken Quesadillas - These weren't that great.... no taste

Thursday - Leftover buffet

Friday - Quick 'n Easy Stromboli

Saturday - Friend's Bday party

Sunday - Grilled Sandwiches and Broccoli Cheese Soup

Disneyland!

When we go to LA in December for the GG Christmas party, we are going to go to Disneyland for 2 days! Monkey is super excited and I have to admit, I am also! Last night, I made a little DVD on their site of things to do there and he and I watched it this morning. There are going to be so many fun things to do! He will be tall enough to ride most of the rides. We are staying at the Sheraton Park (free with points!). We have a balcony that overlooks the park so we can watch the fireworks from our room every night! It looks like food is pretty $$ there so we will try to eat a lot of our free breakfast each morning. I think we will do dinner on Thursday night at Goofy's Kitchen. I can make priority reservations 60 days in advance and even request egg-free meals! That is all I have planned so far. We can get a few $ off our tickets with a teacher discount. I am going to buy monkey a few things ahead of time at the Disney Store and wrap them in Mickey paper so he can have a few things to open each morning. He can get an autograph book and ears at the park!