Cleaning Schedule

I have made this so many times and not kept to it or lost it so here goes another try.  At least I won't loose it this time!
Mon- laundry
Tues- wash sheets and towels; clean bathrooms (bathtubs every other week)
Wed- Dust and vacuum
Thurs- Kitchen
Fri- bills and papers
Sat- Vacuum, help boys with rooms, grind wheat, make granola and granola bars

Other projects:  organize a closet, wash windows & mirrors, doorknobs, light switches

February Menus

Thurs- Fried Rice with Broc, Peas and green onions from garden for Chinese New Year
Fri- Pizza
Sat- Leftovers
Sun- Fauxtiserie Chicken with cauliflower and butternut squash with apples
Late Snack- Zucchini Potato Pancakes
Mon- Split Pea Soup
Tues- BBQ Pork Sandwiches
Wed- Puerto Rican Stew (start beans)
Thurs- Costa Rican Beef and Chayote with Refried Beans
Fri- Pizza
Sat- Lasagna Casserole
Sun- Mexican Pork Burritos
Mon- Peanut Pasta
Tues- Salmon Patties

Taco Soup*
Tator Tot Casserole
Chicken Pot Pie
Sweet Potato Black Bean Burritos
Creamy Chicken Taquitos
Lasagna Casserole
Fauxteserie Chicken*
Crockpot Baked Potatoes*
Cowboy Beans*
Red Beans and Rice*
Kalua Pork*
Peanut Pasta
Crustless Garden Vegetable Quiche
Mexican Pork Burritos*
Cafe Rio Salad
Split Pea Soup*
BBQ Pork Sandwiches
Zucchini Potato Pancakes
Lentil Veggie Hamburgers
*Crockpot Meals

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