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.

More Sewing

I've had some fun doing more sewing for my littlest munchkin!  Here's what else I've accomplished so far:

Lots of easy T-shirts!!  The middle one could go for PJs but they are play clothes.  I love that you don't even have to hem knit!  The other two I had the shorts for but he needed a good matching T-shirt.  I used the pattern from Sewing For Boys.

I Love Baby Gifts!

I have had so much fun sewing for my new little niece.  I made the bag from Bunny Hill's pattern using some fabric I already had by Riley Blake and finding others at Joanne's to go with it.  I made the bapron from CINO's pattern.  I added some fabric to the front of the clothe diapers to fancy up some burp cloths and then made a changing pad (no- it's not a sleeping bag!) from my own design.  I used that water proof stuff in the Baby Boutique section and it seems like it will hold up really good.  Next time I won't use such thick batting because it's a little too bulky but it'll sure do the job!    

Teacher Gifts: Flower Pots

My boys asked me if we could do the same teacher appreciation gifts this year as last year.  Since they had so much fun making them last year and their teachers really seemed to like it we went ahead and did the same thing.  I got some clay flower pots and they painted them with paint pens.  Then we put some cactus plants in them and stuck these notes on a wooden stick in the dirt.  They turned out cute, are inexpensive and my boys loved making them.  Plus it is something that THEY made and I think they teachers like that.  Here's the flowers I drew with: "If teachers were flowers, I'd pick you!" printed on them.