Manic Monday

To-Do's for the week:
Monday- Safeway, post office, dance for M, soccer for R
Tuesday- Costco, Bath & Body Works, Michaels, and Joanne's, dinner @ Dad's
Wednesday- just soccer for M so far :)
Thursday- nothing planed yet
Friday- soccer for M
Saturday- games for both, b-day party for R in between (on my own, Matthew will be working)
Sunday- church, honey-do's :)

I also need to do some serious cleaning and decluttering, all the STUFF everywhere is really starting to get to me.


Menu:
Monday- leftovers
Tuesday- @ Dad's
Wednesday- roasted red pepper soup with fresh bread
Thursday- chicken and squash
Friday- crock pot roast with potatoes and carrots
Saturday-
Sunday-

I have a ONE year old!!

I can't believe how fast this last year has gone by! Mr. N turned one on the 10th, which happened to be the same day my sister got married! It was a crazy week/weekend, but I'm finally feeling like life is settling down a little bit now.

We had his party on the Sunday after his birthday and it was lots of fun. N loved watching all the kids run around and play, and he loved his brownie bite!!



He had his one year appointment earlier this week and he seems to have found a curve to stay on at least. He's now 19lbs, 4ozs which puts him at the 6th percentile for weight. His height (according to the nurse) has not changed in 2 months, and she had him at 28" (which puts him at 5th percentile), but I don't really think she does the best job measuring him, so I'm not worried. His head just keeps on growing though, it's now 79th percentile. lol
The doctor was happy with his growth and development, so we don't have to go back until he's 15 months. :)
I'm still holding off on dairy, but I think I'll try giving him some of the almond milk that I've been drinking. He's still nursing 5-7 times a day too, and he eats 3-4 meals a day. We got the go-ahead to try eggs, peanut butter, and anything else we've been holding off on, so I plan to slowly introduce those now. We'll give dairy another try when he's closer to 15 months I think.

Here's one more picture of him from the other day. This age is so much fun and he's just so cute! :)

Manic Monday (again)

Sorry for the lack of posts this last week, it's been a little crazy around here! I'm really hoping things will start to settle down a little now and I can try to wrap my head around all this homework and school stuff. lol

To-Do's for the week:
Monday- grocery shopping, dance for M, soccer for R
Tuesday- PTO meeting
Wednesday- 1 year check-up for N, soccer for M, small group
Thursday- Group!
Friday- soccer for M
Saturday- soccer games for the big kids
Sunday- church (and hopefully nothing else!)

I also need to get to Costco and maybe Target, but I'm not sure what day I'll be doing that yet. I feel like there's lots to be cleaned out and decluttered around here too.


Menu:
Monday- pasta w/ meat sauce
Tuesday- something w/ sweet potato fries...
Wednesday- something easy that we can take with us to soccer (any suggestions?) ...maybe chicken made ahead??
Thursday- pizza @ group
Friday- chili (from freezer)
Saturday-
Sunday- tacos

I also have a butternut squash that I need to figure out what to do with. I bought it because N use to love it when he was eating purees, but I don't know what to do with it now that he prefers table foods. lol

Manic Monday

We just got home from Redding, where we had a great time visiting with the in-laws and celebrating a bunch of August/September birthdays (including N's). Now I'm trying to switch gears and get ready for this crazy week...

To-Do's:
Monday- drive home :)
Tuesday- Costco and other errands with mom in the morning, back to school night
Wednesday- Quick grocery trip, soccer practice for M
Thursday- Rehearsal dinner for sister's wedding
Friday- N's 1st birthday!! Wedding... get kids early from school... wedding stuff pretty much all day
Saturday- Soccer games for both kids, cleaning, and last minute party stuff
Sunday- Church, N's party

Menu:
Monday- Soup from Traders (love stocking up when we go to Redding!!)
Tuesday- Pick up something @ Costco
Wednesday- BLT salad and fresh bread (maybe make sweet potato fries too?)
Thursday- Rehearsal dinner
Friday- Wedding
Saturday- ??
Sunday- Snacks after party :)

August Thankful list

Today I'm Thankful For...

8.1- my shelves getting closer to being done
8.2- a playdate with a friend
8.3- a lazy day
8.4- another playdate with more friends
8.5- Thursday night group
8.6- my husband of 10 years
8.7- my creativity
8.8- being one step closer to having my bookshelves done
8.9- grocery shopping with just the baby
8.10- my 11 month old baby boy
8.11- finding some sunshine
8.12- a movie with my honey
8.13- having my kids home with me again
8.14- having Matthew home all day
8.15- getting to know the neighbors
8.16- family dinner
8.17- a fun fall schedule
8.18- a good 1st soccer practice for M
8.19- finally being able to start setting up my shelves
8.20- lunch out with my favorite 5-year-old
8.21- cute fall clothes
8.22- family time
8.23- warm and SUNNY weather!
8.24- another warm day (it seems so rare that I think I'll use it twice) :)
8.25- this extra week of summer the kids have this year and that they get to enjoy the sunny weather
8.26- one last day by the pool before school starts
8.27- finding a 90% off sale and actually seeing something left that I liked enough to buy
8.28- soccer
8.29- a clean (on the outside) van (and the husband and 5-year-old who did it)
8.30- the first day of school
8.31- getting to stay home with the kids

Jumping on the Bento bandwagon

(my apologies for the photo, I grabbed it really quick without even editing or resizing)

A few weeks ago I read about this thing called bento lunches on a message board I'm on. I had no clue what it was when I clicked on the link, but it seems pretty easy, and I have to say, I think I may be hooked! From the reading I've done (mostly on this blog) my take is that it's pretty much whatever goes, but all in one container where the kids can see everything at once.

I just ordered two of these Lock & Lock containers earlier in the week (when they were $5 instead of $7 something...), but I've done a few in random boxes we have at home (the above were done in those dollar spot sandwich holders from Target). Obviously those wouldn't be something the kids could take to school, they were for lunch one day during summer break.

Eventually I'd like to get some of these cute little fork picks, and maybe a few of these in some fun shapes, but for now I'm trying to just use what I have.

It's kind of fun to see how much food I can fit in a little box, and they kids love it. They can't remember the name, but they ask for it all the time. I think my favorite was when M asked if they could have "one of those bent-out lunches". :)