Saturday, October 3, 2009

Life As We Know It...

This week has been pretty hectic around here! With school in full swing, we have had our share of homework, book reports, tests, and the list goes on & on. Both boys have begun scouts again. Ryan is now in Boy Scouts and loves it and Sam is still in Cub Scouts. Sam has started selling popcorn for the yearly fall fundraiser, so he is busy selling that!

I have started taking care of a little 3 month baby boy during the day, which is keeping me on my toes as well. I forgot how busy you are with an infant in the house!!! Lauren was pretty jealous at first of him being here, but she is finally adjusting. Thankfully when he is dropped off at 7:00 a.m. he is still asleep and usually sleeps until about 10:00, so I spend those couple of hours alone with her playing games, reading books and just playing together. Makes things a little easier once he wakes up to tell her that she needs to play alone for a little while.

We had open house at school Thursday night for the boys. We met all their teachers. Ryan's teachers told us the same thing we hear every year... "he is is so quiet, he never talks in class." He reminds me so much of me when I was his age! Sam is just the opposite. In fact Sam has the same math teacher this year that Ryan had in 3rd grade. This teacher is PHENOMENAL and a MAN (which ranks very high in Sam's book!) When we walked into his room, the teacher immediately said "I had Ryan in class a few years ago... WOW! Your 2 boys are polar opposites aren't they???" Sam is excelling tremendously in math right now. All of a sudden math has "clicked" with him and he is doing great. He came home yesterday and had gotten an A+ on a recent math test, of course he was MORE excited that his name was read during morning assembly in front of the whole school for his A+ then the fact that he got the A+.

Time to go check on my kids... seems that Lauren just got into a glue stick! Kids ~ Gotta Love 'Em!!!!

Monday, August 17, 2009

Not Me Monday

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I'm getting on board with Not Me Monday, founded by the one & only MckMamaWelcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


So, here goes my first not Me Monday post!!! This week I surely did not take an afternoon nap on Saturday, no NOT ME ~ for 1 1/2 hours while my little princess slept and all of my boys were gone camping! No not me, that would be irresponsible, since I surely could have been doing something more constructive like cleaning my house!


And I truly did not go TWICE to the local pool for a swim last week, no NOT ME! That would have been pure lazy, especially while my husband was at work. No not me, I didn't do it!!!


I did not, I repeat did NOT get upset with my little princess when I discovered she had colored with marker on the mouse to our computer. No, not me! And I did not grab the magic eraser as quickly as possible to clean it before my dear husband came home! Nope, not me!



Hope you enjoy the No me Monday posts as much as I do. Enjoy and get on board with starting your own Not Me Monday posts, come on!!! We've all had days like this!

Menu Plan Monday

PHEW! We are in full swing here at our house this week! Ryan is turning 11 on Wednesday, and needless to say I have a very full week ahead! We had a great weekend. All THREE of my boys went camping Friday night. So my little princess & I enjoyed some much needed girl time together! Of course that included dinner & shopping! What can a say a girls gotta shop!!!

Ok, on to our menu planning for this week. Hope everyone has a wonderful week! Here's what we'll be eating at my house!

Monday: Chicken with pesto sauce & pasta, dinner rolls
Tuesday: Cheeseburger Pasta
Wednesday: Hamburger Cook out for Ryan's birthday
Thursday: Chicken Kabobs on the grill, corn on the cob
Friday: Bacon & Cheese topped BBQ Chicken, fresh yellow beans
Saturday: Homemade Pizza (Chicken Alfredo Pizza)
Sunday: Ham & Potatoes, vegetables


Monday, August 10, 2009

Menu Plan Mondays...

I've been doing menu planning for about a year now, and boy has it saved us some serious cash! With a grocery store literally a block from my house, I was spending too much money on impulse shopping. I would stop by the store for 2 items and return home with 22 items! YIKES!!!

So, a friend suggested menu planning. I usually plan out our menus 1 week at a time, but somedays I feel more ambitious and plan out more, not this week! So, here it is our one week menu plan!

Monday: Grilled Pork sirloin with corn on the cob

Tuesday: Spaghetti with garlic cheese rolls

Wednesday: Chicken braats with beans and a side salad

Thursday: Hamburgers, baked beans & fresh veggies w/ dip

Friday: BBQ Chicken on the grill, parmesan potatoes, side salad

Saturday: Pizza

Sunday: is our church picnic, so I get out of cooking! :)