Menu Monday

Happy Monday!  I hope your week is off to a great start.  I am loving all the sunshine these past 2 days.  I hear that it might not last long but so far my week is off to a great start just with a little sun and some outdoor play time. 

Here is a list of what is cooking in our kitchen for dinner this week.  I am doing my best to “eat from our pantry” this week so that I can make a little more room for all those great coupon deals that I have been getting lately. 

• Monday – Chicken Alfredo and Salad
• Tuesday – Tacos and Oranges  Caleb Davis is turning 58 months old so can you tell that he planned the menu for this day?  He also wanted bologna sandwiches to go along with it but I talked in into having that for lunch instead of all together.
• Wednesday – Crockpot Chicken, Veggies, and Macaroni and Cheese  Emma Lee is turning 25 months old and said she wanted “Chicken and WaWa (Water)” so that is what she is getting. 
• Thursday – Fish Sticks and Fries
• Friday – Dinner on the road
• Saturday and Sunday – Activities with family

I know that I always say this but it appears to be another busy week around here.  In addition to our regular activities, we have a baby checkup, preschool field trip, family reunion, and a birthday/early retirement celebration for my Dad.  I better get going this afternoon.  I have several more things to finish up around here before the hubby gets home. 

When will it be Spring?

Has anyone else been asking yourself this question lately?  I know that I sure have.  I cannot wait for warm, sunny days filled with family walks, playing outside with sidewalk chalk, and lots of counting down to this new little spring chicken making his/her arrival in the weeks ahead. 

I am not sure how many of you follow us on our little daily sidebar over there to the right ----> but if you do then you know that we have had a lot going on these past few weeks.  Most of it has been related to the nasty stomach bug.  So far it has made 3 rounds throughout our home these past 2 weeks and what I hope to be it’s final round ending with me.   No fun for Mommy (or Daddy) but we have survived and I am sure that we are closer as a family because of it.  I mean…  Why else would God have invented that nasty stuff? 

Speaking of Spring…  Did you notice that fun little book up there at the top?  That is just one of the many fun books that we have been enjoying these past few weeks.  Here are a couple more…

 
I got this for the kids right before the Winter Olympics and they love it!

Is there anything better than reading Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail while you wait for Spring to come?

Oh and in light of this past month, Caleb Davis is completely obsessed fascinated with learning about these 2 gentlemen…

This is a really cute one about his 2 boys – Tad and Willie.

I do not know about you but my kids love to read and I would rather buy books than I would toys so we have quite a library collection built up around here.  My trick is that I tend to put them out in “seasons” or during the specific holidays.  For instance, I am getting out my Spring decorations this weekend so all of our Easter and Spring books will also come out of hiding and go into what the kids fondly call our “Seasons Basket”.  This also applies to movies too but we do not tend to collect as many of those as we do books around here. 

Ok…  So I just totally got off on a totally different note there with this post.  Sorry about that!!

All that to say…  We are here – alive and kicking (especially Baby Elmore) - so thanks for continuing to visit our little website and I will do my best to get back to regular postings.