Wordless Wednesday Rewind: Cousin Heidi's First Birthday

This is only about 7 months late...(sorry, Aunt Kim!)

Wordless Wednesday is hosted by 5 Minutes for Moms.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday

Breakfast: Kefir smoothies, eggs

Lunch: Leftover pizza, fruit salad

Dinner: Fish, Brussels sprouts, okra (fried but not breaded)  (Daddy's cooking!)

Tuesday

Breakfast: Something from the freezer

Lunch: Something from the freezer

To do: Soak batter for waffles

Dinner: Creamy tomato soup, leftover Brussels sprouts, cornbread

Wednesday

Breakfast: Soaked waffles, fruit

Lunch: Four-cheese toasted sandwiches, steamed broccoli

Dinner: Beans and cornbread, baked sweet potatoes

Thursday

Breakfast: French toast, fruit

Lunch: Apples with peanut butter, maybe leftover soup

Dinner: Moroccan chicken and veggies (crock pot meal)

Friday

Breakfast: Broccoli/cheese omelets

To do: Soak oats for baked oatmeal

Lunch: Peanut butter sandwiches, fruit

Dinner: Bean burritos

Saturday

Breakfast: Baked oatmeal, scrambled eggs

Lunch and Dinner: TBD

Sunday

Breakfast: Leftover baked oatmeal 

Lunch and Dinner: TBD

If you want to start menu planning, let me know!! I think it would be fun to do a linky. (You don't have to plan every meal the way I do. Some people just plan dinner. Some people plan one week at a time, like I do, but others plan out two weeks or even a month at a time!)

Project 365: Week 10

Sunday, February 27, 2011

The bigger three kids were playing outside with the neighbors this afternoon and got invited over for dinner. They had such a good time and, as is usually the case, their mother commented about how well our kiddos ate. What can I say? Davidsons like food.

Monday, February 28, 2011

We did a family art project today using colored water and a paper towel.

They had the best time. It's pretty messy (for the table), so I would never have done this at the kitchen table unless I had many layers of newspaper laid down. But this yellow table can take the abuse and still clean up nicely.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Here's the finished product of yesterday's art project. We're ready for spring.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

This is Saylor and her Zhu-Zhu Pet, which is actually not a Zhu-Zhu Pet. It's a "Furreal Friends," but it's basically the same thing. The boys all have Zhu-Zhus, so that's what she calls hers. She also calls it "Mally," treats it like a baby, and says it eats tiny carrots. 

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Gabe joined us at the library following his speech therapy this morning. Our library has this really great computer set up specifically for early literacy experiences. It's perfect for 2-and 3-year-olds. And two sets of headphones makes it nice for these two little guys to play together. Atticus watches and Gabriel uses the mouse to answer the questions.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Breakfast today. It's amazing how putting a same-old, same-old meal in a special dish somehow magically transforms said meal into an exciting treat!

At dance class today, I noticed Saylor's having fun again and is starting to improve. And she's looking pretty cute while she's at it.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

My car was in a "fight" today.

 Here's what the other guy looked like:

Now. Who do you think won?? *groan* 

No fun. 

I'm hoping the rest of you over at Sara's had a better ending to your week than I. 

Things Are Crazy But We Have a Winnah

Okay. It wasn't my intention to hold a contest and then not tell you who won it.

But it's been pretty crazy around here.

News tidbit #1: We had a showing. (We're selling our house...for those who didn't know.)

News tidbit #2: The prospective buyers then wanted to have an inspection done. Yay! (Of course, the usual panicked busyness then ensued, including, but not limited to, making the attic passable to the poor hired inspector.) *sigh* Wait. Strike that. *exhausted sigh*

News tidbit #3: I do Precepts Bible studies. And we are studying Colossians right now. And this study is kicking my boo-tay a little bit. (Lots o' work. Good work. But still, lots.)

News tidbit #4: For some reason I've been unmotivated to blog, and I feel the same about using my camera. Maybe I have too much on my mind. Or...not enough. Hmmm...

News tidbit #5: I had a car accident. (Why me???? Again??) So I've been a little tied up over the stress of that.

So that's what's been going on around here. It's cray-zay!!

And that is part of why I am just now getting around to announcing the winner of my giveaway. The other part being that I just didn't get around to it. (Sorry.)

Thanks to those of you who began following The Rackleys on their blog!! That's awesome! I hope more of you will check them out and begin praying for them, supporting them, etc. They are precious, precious, dear friends.

And now................................................how about a winner??

My random number generator chose Rachel!!! Yay!!!!!!!!! Poor thing just had surgery, so I hope this will be good news for her in the midst of a trying time.  :(   She actually had the most entries, too, so for those of you interested in justice, there ya are.  ;)

Rachel, I will be contacting you later today about receiving your prize. Congratulations!! And thanks so much for playing, everyone!

Menu Plan Monday

Monday

Breakfast: Kefir smoothies, toast, hard-boiled eggs, cheese

Lunch: Peanut butter sandwiches, fruit

Dinner: Daddy saves the day!! Kale krisps, broccoli, coconut flour-battered chicken

Tuesday

Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese

Lunch: Leftovers

To do: Soak batter for waffles

Dinner: Breakfast for supper

To do: Soak oats for granola and quinoa for soup

Wednesday

Breakfast: Soaked waffles, fruit

Lunch: Bun-less black bean burgers, carrots, chips

Dinner: Hamburger soup, cornbread (maybe, maybe not)

To do: Bake granola

Thursday

Breakfast: Banana yogurt with granola

Lunch: Leftover soup

To do: Bottle kombucha

Dinner: Pesto chicken, baked sweet potatoes

Friday

Breakfast: Parfaits (strawberry-blended yogurt, granola, and berries layered in an ice cream sundae dish)

Lunch: Leftover soup

Dinner: Frozen pizza for kids; southwestern fish cakes with chipotle sauce for parents (date night at home!)

Saturday/Sunday: Daddy's Choice, leftovers, various activities will determine...

Anyone else want to start planning and posting your menus?? It's really helped me stay focused and (better) organized. If you'd like to give it a try, leave me a comment saying so. Even if you just want to try it once or twice to see what you think. If enough people are interested, maybe I can set up a linky for us all here. Okay! Happy eating!!

Project 365: Week 9

Okay. So if you haven't entered my giveaway yet, it's not too late!! (Yet.) You have until midnight tonight, so get with it, people!!

Sunday, February  20, 2011

For our family night tonight, we watched a real nail-biter...

It was some kind of intense!

Surprised? ;)

Monday, February 21, 2011 

We had our kitchen floors professionally cleaned today with the hopes of helping out the looks of the hopelessly-nasty grout. I'm not sure it was worth it. They people who laid it did a poor job and let the grout set up too quickly, so it's real brittle and grainy and grabs everything, and then they didn't seal it either. We didn't get it nearly as clean as we wanted. But it WAS nice to have someone ELSE clean the floor!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Noah got a package in the mail today. He'd been waiting for it for about a week. It's a classic controller for the Wii so he can play old games like Donkey Kong. Boys. I don't get it.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 

A little of our school day back in our school room. It's going well so far. The teacher's enjoying it, so that's a HUGE plus!

Thursday, February 24, 2011 

I won these books from Marla Taviano when I posted this response to Your Secret Name by Kary Oberbrunner.

Friday, February 25, 2011

An incredible, sacrificial, wise, loving couple from church offered to come keep our kids tonight so we could go out!! They played games with them and even brought homemade cookies. We love our church family so. very. much. We didn't have grand plans or anything, but we had fun and tried a new sushi place!

 

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Saylor had a birthday party to attend this morning.

And then we met our community group for a picnic/play date at Pinnacle Mountain State Park.

(He had no idea I was taking these...)

This one cracked me up:

And on the way back to the car, I got to take a walk through the woods with my favorite three-year-old in the whole wide world.

That's the end of Week 9.

Be sure to check on the other participants at Sara's.

And definitely don't forget to enter my giveaway!!

(What have you got to lose??)

Wanna Be This Excited?

Winning our giveaway will do it. Hurry! It only runs through Sunday!!

Participating in Works for Me Wednesday (because giveaways work for me...don't they work for you?) AND Wordless Wednesday (because this post was mostly wordless). 

Menu Plan Monday

Monday

Breakfast: Kefir smoothies, bagels

Lunch: Peanut butter sandwiches, fruit

Dinner: Ribs, sweet potatoes, broccoli, apple crisp

To do: Make cottage cheese dip

Tuesday

Breakfast: Soaked muffins (from freezer), yogurt

To do: Soak oats

Lunch: Cottage cheese dip, crackers, fruit

Dinner: Poached eggs in marinara, kale krisps, sliced bread

Wednesday

Breakfast: Soaked oatmeal w/apples and coconut

Lunch: Four cheese toasted sandwiches, fruit

Dinner: Dinner with friends

Thursday

Breakfast: Cinnamon toast, scrambled eggs

Lunch: Apples w/ peanut butter

Dinner: Crock pot white chili

To do: Soak flour for biscuits, boil eggs

Friday

Breakfast: Soaked biscuits, fruit, bacon

Lunch: Hard-boiled eggs, fruit, crackers, leftover cottage cheese dip

Dinner: Pizza

Saturday/Sunday: Daddy takes charge of meals  :)

As a general rule, we drink drastically diluted fruit juice (with the hope to one day wean completely off of fruit juice altogether) for breakfast. Unless we're having smoothies. For lunch, we drink raw milk. For dinner, we drink homemade kombucha. Or, at least, SOME of us do. Some of us enjoy it more than others.  :)

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