Meal Plan

Monday- Dinner with our Community Group
Tuesday- Salmon Burgers with Chimichuri sauce with cole slaw(shredded cabbage with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper) and corn on the cob
Wednesday- Baked (or maybe in the crock pot) chicken with a salad of Goat Cheese and Arugula over Pasta
Thursday-  Breakfast for dinner (seriously, I really want to make this but it just hasn't happened for the past couple of weeks)...hash browns, turkey bacon, toast, and quiche (with whatever veggies I find at the farmers market this week)
Friday- Cheesy Zucchini Enchiladas with fat free re fried beans (I had these on my meal plan a while back but never got to them)
Saturday- Out for Brian's Birthday!
Sunday- Leftovers or some sort of pasta (i have a bunch of pasta right now)

Back to the Books

I finally got around to taking some of the pictures off of my phone. A few weeks ago we read the book "Bedtime for Frances" written by Russel Hoban and Illustrated by Garth Williams.

We have a few different Frances books and Ruby has always really liked them. After reading this cute (and all too familiar) story about Frances not wanting to go to bed we did some talking about Ruby's bedtime. She talked about all the things she does before she goes to bed. She did a great job walking through every detail (we have essentially done the same things since she was about 3 months old).  

Ruby decided that her favorite thing to sleep with was her pink princess bear.  I "drew" a picture of the bear for her to color and she was super excited and focused.  She spent a lot of time coloring her picture and wanted to do several more.  She tried cutting the bears out but needed some help from Mama.  She played with those bears for several days after we read the story.

Coloring with her sister

Like any true artist she had to have a model

I am not an artist but my 3 year old doesn't care :)

We finished off our time by watching "Frances: Bedtime for Frances" 

on Netflix Instantly

Tea party

Ruby went to her friends birthday/tea party today and got to make her own hat.  She is ready for the next Derby!

Meal Plan

Here we go...some repeats from last week so not too exciting

Tuesday- taco soup and tortilla chips (we have lots left over from Saturday)
Wednesday- pizza and salad (didn't make it to Whole Foods last week so adding this again)
Thursday- steak and corn on the cob and green beans
Friday- breakfast for dinner (turkey bacon, eggs, hashbrown, toast, fruit)
Saturday- spaghetti with meat sauce, bread and salad
Sunday- leftovers
Monday- Salmon Burgers with Chimichuri sauce with cole slaw(shredded napa cabbage with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper) and sweet potato fries

Every Once In a While

I use coupons sometimes and every once in a while I get some great deals.  Below is a picture of my trip to Kroger today.  The bill was $39 and some cents before my coupons and Kroger plus card...after wards it was $9 and some cents ($6 of that was the Larabars).  Not too shabby!  I usually get my information from Thrifty Mama.

Meal Plan

Monday- Dinner with our community group.  We are bringing Hashbrown Casserole and orange juice (it is a breakfast theme)
Tuesday- Barbecue chicken, corn on the cob and green beans
Wednesday- chili in the crock pot with bison and cornbread
Thursday- Pizza (from Whole Foods, on Tuesdays they are buy one get one free) with salad
Friday-  Spaghetti with sauteed chicken and grape tomatos
Saturday- Meatless Taco Soup and tortilla chips
Sunday-  Brunch- hashbrowns, eggs, turkey bacon, toast and fruit
Monday- Pasta with tuna and black olive vinaigrette (this is a recipe that I made a few weeks ago.  message me if you want it)