Preschool Bird Week

Great Preschool Packet here!

Read "Migration"
Make Winter Birds art project (need white paint, brown, red construction paper)
Talk about different birds
Bird Flashcards to play a card game

Where do birds live?
Read "The Best Nest"
Fingerprint Egg Nests to practice counting
Watch :  and make Paper Nests (need paper bags)
Make edible nests: (need chow mein noodles and peanut M&Ms)
Birdhouse Puzzle to practice number sequence

What do birds eat?
Read "There's a Bird on your Head"
Make bird feeders : https://www.lds.org/friend/2015/02/bulletin-board?lang=eng
Hang up to watch throughout the week.
"Eat like a bird"  (mini tongs, goldfish, spaghetti for worms, berries, sunflower seeds, dried fruit)

Read "Wild Birds"
Sort Feathers & Paint with Feathers :
(Need paint, feathers)
Make Cheerio Worms (need pipe cleaners, cheerios and googly eyes)



More Bird Books:

Menu

Make Granola and Breakfast Burritos to freeze

Sunday:
Spaghetti Pie
Salad

Monday:
Stuffed Shells
French Bread
Salad

Tuesday:
Tator Tot Casserole
Salad

Wednesday:
Pesto Pasta
Kale Chips

Thursday:
Quiche with leftover Ham
Cauliflower
Sauted sugar snap peas

Friday:
Pizza

Saturday:
Crockpot Philly Sandwiches
Tator Tots or Potato fries

Sunday:
Black bean/zucchini Enchiladas (make extra to freeze)
Salad

Monday:
Crockpot Potatoes with the works with ham
Muffins
Broccoli & cauliflower

Tuesday:
Hawaiian haystacks (make extra cream of chicken X6)

Wednesday:
Chicken Taquitos (make extra to freeze)
Salad

Thursday:
Tuna Noodle (extra to freeze)
Broccoli

Friday:
Pizza

Saturday:
Fried Rice
Egg Drop Soup

Sunday:
Sunday Chicken
Kale Salad with cranberries and poppy seed dressing

October Menu

This month I will be making lots of meals that freeze well so that I can make two and freeze one for next month after the baby comes.  I don't normally plan lunches because we usually have sandwiches or leftovers.  Also, I will most likely just have vegetables on the side that are on sale that week or that are ripening in the garden.  I also plan on making homemade applesauce this month!

Thursday 10/2:
  Breakfast:  Granola
  Dinner:  Chicken Strips (double or triples batch to freeze extras)
                 Potato Fries
             **make walnut muffins for breakfast & start yogurt in crock pot
Friday:
  Breakfast:  Walnut Muffins
    Dinner:  Pizza, green salad

Saturday: 
   Breakfast:  Homemade sausage patties, scrambled eggs
     Dinner: Hawaiian Haystacks (triple the homemade cream of chicken soup and freeze two extra batches)

Sunday:
  Breakfast:  CONFERENCE CELESTIAL BREAKFAST:  Breakfast casserole, cream cheese stuffed crescent rolls, juice
  Lunch:  Conference snacks for BINGO
  Dinner: Green salad (friends invited over)

Monday:
  Breakfast: Breakfast burritos (make extras to freeze)
    Dinner: Freezer Pesto Chicken Stuffed Shells, green salad
FHE treat:  Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Tuesday:
  Breakfast: Smoothies, boiled eggs
    Dinner: Salmon patties, corn chowder, salad
**Make pumpkin muffins

Wednesday:
  Breakfast:  Pumpkin muffins
**Make empanadas and freeze extra batch
    Dinner: Empanadas, peas, carrots

Thursday 10/9:
  Breakfast: Sausage & eggs
    Dinner: Spaghetti squash with meat, red peppers, cheese
              
Friday:
  Breakfast: Breakfast burritos
  Dinner:  Pizza

Saturday:
  Breakfast:  Freezer Breakfast sandwiches
    Dinner:  Potato, Carrot Soup; French bread (make extra loaf for French Toast)
PIE NIGHT:  Cherry Cheesecake

Sunday:
  Breakfast: French Toast
    Dinner: Homemade spaghetti with the works, green salad

Monday:
  Breakfast: Smoothies
   Dinner: Zucchini Potato Pancakes, chocolate applesauce muffins, lemon chia seed muffins

Tuesday:
  Breakfast: Breakfast sandwiches
  Dinner: Italian Tortellini Soup, Breadsticks or French Bread

Wednesday:
  Breakfast: Breakfast burritos
    Dinner: Bean & Rice Burritos

Thursday 10/16:
  Breakfast: Whole wheat waffles (freeze extras)
   Dinner: Broccoli Chicken Casserole

Friday:
  Breakfast: Whole wheat waffles (freeze extras)
    Dinner: Pizza

Saturday:
  Breakfast: Birthday Breakfast
    Dinner: Birthday Dinner

Sunday:
  Breakfast: Crepes
  Lunch:
  Dinner: Kalua Pork

Monday:
  Breakfast: Breakfast burritos
    Dinner: Chicken Broccoli Alfredo over Pasta (make and freeze extra alfredo sauce)

Tuesday:
  Breakfast: Whole wheat waffles (freeze extras)
    Dinner: Leftover Pork Sandwiches

Wednesday:
  Breakfast: breakfast sandwiches
   Dinner: Chicken Taquitos

Thursday 10/24:
  Breakfast: granola
   Dinner: Minestrone Soup

Friday:
Breakfast: Breakfast smoothies, boiled eggs
   Dinner:  Calzones

Saturday:
Breakfast:  English Muffins
Dinner:  Herbed Roasted Chicken, mashed potatoes

Sunday:
Breakfast:  Pumpkin pancakes
Dinner: Chicken Enchiladas (freeze extra batch)

Monday:
Breakfast:  Breakfast burritos
Dinner: Tuna Noodles Casserole (freeze extra batch)

Tuesday:
Breakfast:  Granola
Dinner: Oriental Chicken (crockpot), carrots, rice

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Smoothies, eggs
Dinner:  Hamburgers

Thursday:

Breakfast: Sausage, scrambled eggs
Dinner:  Quesadillas, beans, rice & corn

This should leave in freezer the following meals:
Tuna Noodles Casserole
Chicken Enchiladas
Lasagna
Pesto sauce
Cream of Chicken soup
Chicken Taquitos
Chicken Strips
Empanadas
Freezer Pesto Stuffed Shells

2 Week Menu

Monday- Quesadillas with leftover pork, zucchini, black beans
                Salad

Tuesday- Crockpot Potatoes
                Lemon Chia Seed Muffins

Wednesday-  Baked Spaghetti
                      Salad
       **Make yogurt, soak beans
        
Thursday-  White Bean Alfredo on shells
                  Broccoli
                  Pineapple

Friday- Pizza

Saturday-  Leftovers for kids/Date night
     ** Bountiful Basket pickup

Sunday- Pot Roast
              Carrots
              Mashed Potatoes

Monday- Quiche w/broccoli
                Salad

Tuesday-  Beef Stroganoff w/ egg noodles
                Peas
               Sweet potatoes
    **Soak beans

Wednesday-  Frito Pie

Thursday-  Chicken Nuggets
                  Potato Fries
                  Vegetable

Friday-  Pizza

Saturday-  Chicken Parmesan
                 Salad
               
Sunday-  Fish
               Rice
               Vegetable
  ***Soak beans

Monday-  Bean Burritos

Tuesday-  Chicken Potpie (freezer)

Wednesday- Tuna Noodle Casserole (Happy Homesaver freezer recipe: http://happymoneysaver.com/tuna-casserole-freezer-meal/)

Goals & 2 Week Menu

This past week was our last week of summer!  (boohoo)  I really don't feel ready for the start of a new school year.  Fall is an especially busy time for our family with birthdays and holidays- and an especially fun time.  Plus with a new baby coming soon I know the time is going to fly and I usually like to be better prepared!  In fact, I had a horrible nightmare a few weeks ago that everyone got up Christmas morning and said, "Santa didn't come.  There are no presents under the tree!"  And I looked at my husband and said, "Oh no, I forgot to do any Christmas shopping!"  There really is a lot of pressure on Mom to make sure the holidays are great memories for the family!  I think these weekly goals should help me be better prepared so that my nightmare doesn't come true!

We did a lot of playing this week since it was our last week so I didn't get as many of my goals done as I had planned.

We also had a great lesson at church today about prioritizing our lives:  Putting the most important things first and prayerfully planning our days so that our will and our efforts are in line with what our Heavenly Father wants us to do.  I want to make sure that I am "checking in" more through prayer to make sure I am spending my time how God wants me to.

I also want to plan out my menus 2 weeks in advance and reduce my shopping trips and my grocery budget.

Goals:
Go through clothes & evaluate what they need for school; put away things that are too small

Clean up sewing room for guests

Plan preschool lesson for next week

Plan cubscouts for next week

Look into arrow for E-man's arrow of light

Finish putting together games for piano lessons

Plant sunflower seeds and pole beans

Cook & freeze pinto beans in crockpot

Make granola 

Make yogurt 

Inventory what I have in freezer

Menu:

Tues-  Spaghetti

Green Salad

Bread with dip from Carrabbas

Wed-  Crockpot Verde Chicken

Rice

Salad

Thurs- Chicken Salad Wraps

Fri- Pizza Calzones

Sat- Chicken Tortilla Soup

Sun- Fauxtisserie Chicken

Fried Okra

Sweet Potatoes

Mon- Crockpot Mongolian Beef

Rice

Carrots

Tues- Crockpot Potatoes

Salad

Whole Wheat Banana Muffins with walnuts

Wed-  Spaghetti with Roasted Tomato pasta sauce

salad

Thurs-  White Bean Alfredo on shells

broccoli

carrots

Fri- Pizza

Sat- Black Bean Soup

Sun- Beef stroganoff

Peas

sweet potatoes

Mon- Bean Burritos

Rice

Salad

Goals & Menu for this week

Goals:

Haircuts for my boys!

Go through clothes & evaluate what they need for school; put away things that are too small

Plan preschool lesson

Finish bag diaper bag

Organize school supplies/Meet the teacher

Send out new calendar for cubscouts

Put together games for piano lessons

Plant sunflower seeds and pole beas

Make http://www.ourbestbites.com/2014/08/roasted-garden-tomato-sauce/ with tomatoes from BountifulBaskets.

Dry basil

Cook & freeze pinto beans in crockpot.

Make granola.

Make a list of quick, make ahead meals 

Inventory what I have in freezer

Menu:

SUNDAY:
Turkey Avocado crescants- lunch

Salmon- dinner
Green salad
Fried okra

MONDAY: (missionaries)
Chicken Fajitas
Guacamole
Fruit Salad

FHE: Peach pie & ice cream

TUESDAY: (piano)
Bean Burritos

WEDNESDAY: 
Broccoli Cheese Soup (with fennel)
Homemade Bread Bowls

THURSDAY: (Meet the teacher & pack meeting)
Spaghetti
Green Salad

FRIDAY:
Brunch: Quiche, Blueberry breakfast cake, fruit, juice

Homemade Pizza

SATURDAY:
Hoagie Sandwiches

SUNDAY:

Chicken Enchiladas
Rich & Beans
Salad

Teaching My Boys to Cook

This s meant to be an ongoing cookbook.  Each summer I intend to add on more favorites that we can practice making together.  I try to give each son a night to pick what they want to make and they are in charge of helping me make dinner.

My cookbook is found here: click here.