Why does math have to be hard? Make up math games that teach and the child will never know he/she is learning his basic concepts. Math for my 5-year-old Joely is definitely one of those areas that is better learned without pencil in hand. So instead of using a workbook for "doing math," we have […]
Menu Plan Monday (and a "3 Moms" summary of the weekend…)
My menu planning for our final week has been prompted and encouraged by our lack of creativity on previous weeks. Our weekend was a hodge-podge of meals. The kids spent the night at a friend's house, so our planned Friday meal of oven-baked chicken strips and potato fries was bumped to Saturday night. The rest […]
Day 20 & 21: Potato Soup and Sunshine Toast (3 Moms)
Something new for me was my own potato soup and sunshine toast. I tried a new recipe for potato soup yesterday. Actually, I've never made potato soup before except from a mix, so this is also my first recipe for potato soup that I've ever made. I had to make a couple substitutions because I […]
Breakfast in Bulk (3 Moms)
Making ahead and freezing can help with meal planning and saves time in the long run. I made a lot of breakfast this morning: 16 giant breakfast cookies and a double batch of chocolate chip muffins. Not that we ate all of it this morning. No, I just thought I'd stock up the freezer with […]
I Finally Decided On Dessert!
My sweet tooth decided to make Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies for our dessert tonight. After much consideration—and a little web surfing—I finally decided to make some cookies. I found a recipe and tweaked it to my liking, and the cookies turned out great—they were just chocolately enough, but not too sweet. Chewy Chocolate Chip […]
Day 19: Soaking Whole Grains? (3 Moms)
I spent a good deal of time this morning surfing the internet and reading about soaking whole grains, something I had never heard of prior to this week. I'm yet a little fuzzy on the why's and wherefore's of it all so I'm still going to have to do a little more research, but what […]
Menu Plan Monday: Week of May 19—SAFE meals
Safe meal planning hopefully will give me confidence for the future. I managed to make all the meals I had planned for last week, so here's what I have on deck for this week. I realize my dinner choices are a little mundane, but I'm trying to branch out only a little bit at a […]
The Lazy Weekend, Days 16, 17, & 18 (3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days)
We have a fun but lazy weekend with a movie, shopping, and waffles on our new waffle iron. It's been a nice, relaxing weekend. Fridays are my husband's regular day off, so we took the kids to see Prince Caspian at 11:30 on Friday. We hadn't been to a movie as a family since the […]
Day 15: Loafing Around (3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days)
Loafing around? No, it's not what you think. I baked a loaf of bread today. And I finally got smart and tried out my old mixer to see if it would knead bread dough. It's definitely not a KitchenAid, but it worked well enough for the amount of dough I had. (Thanks, Toni and Kate […]
Day 14: Yo-Yo All Day (3 Moms…)
Today was another Yo-Yo (you are on your own) day. We ate breakfast from the freezer again—and you know, I think I'm really beginning to like having breakfast ready-made in the freezer. Lunch and dinner was leftover chicken spaghetti and peanut butter sandwiches. I was hoping to delay my shopping trip until Friday, but I […]
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