S Club Mama

Bible Study - I'm reading Plan B by Pete Wilson for Book Sneeze. It's a really great book so far (review coming soon). Memory Verse - I don't know if I have a memory verse for the week. I'm not good at memory verses, to be honest. I am just getting back into reading my Bible so I'll just go for that this week. Husband Encouragement * not beg him to change every dirty diaper when he's home * go on at least one family walk or jog together * let him have a shower by himself at least once this week Train Them Up * Start thinking about preschool stuff for Moose. I don't know how far I'm going to get in this homeschooling business, but I have at least next year to work with Tristan. * Keep trying to get Squirt to say "mama." haha * Find more signs for Moose to learn; keep using the signs I know for him and Squirt to learn. * Print off Blue's Clues thing from nickjr.com so I can play it with Moose Personal Goals * Complete trai...

Join my friend Sarah at In Light of the Truth with your own Monday Meanderings. Bible Study I'm starting to read Plan B for Book Sneeze Memory Verse 1 Timothy 6:6 "But godliness with contentment is great gain." {I don't have one picked out so I'll steal Sarah's} Husband Encouragement *Not to whine about what I don't have {I had a little clothes tantrum before church on Sunday} *To have the dishes done before he gets home from work.  Train Them Up *Leaving my blog & Facebook for naptimes. *Teach Moose 2 new songs (Mary Had a Little Lamb & This Little Light of Mine). *Begin to teach Squirt baby signs (more, eat, drink, all done) and how to wave & clap. *Moose's final meeting for his speech evaluation is Wednesday (and we haven't even met with the elementary teacher so I'm hoping today or Tuesday she'll make an appearance) Personal Goals *go shopping for clothes this week *track mileage when running to ...

I really have come to love meal planning. I don't always stick to the plan but I like to feel organized. I should plan on Fridays so that I have the weekend to go shopping for what I need instead of having Big A pick up the random stuff on Sunday night when he goes to Wal-mart to fetch himself some long johns. Anyway, this is what's on the menu this week for the S Club. This week I decided to try some recipes from " The Mom's Guide to Meal Makeovers " by Janice Newell Bissex and Liz Weiss (check out the website linked up). I picked it up at a library book sale and thought I'd give it a whirl. Monday: breakfast - Cheerios & animal crackers (was to be a banana but ac won out today) snack - animal crackers (supposed to be animal crackers but he substituted) lunch - leftovers (chili for me and ham/cheese/carrots/goldfish for Moose) snack - banana dinner - No nonsense nuggets & wagon wheel alfredo (although I'm not using wagon wheel pasta). Ou...

This is not my first time menu planning. Actually, before our big move to Virginia, I was getting quite good at it. However, after 6 months of not having done so I am out of practice. Then I saw one of my bloggy buddies was doing this menu plan thing from I'm an Organizing Junkie . I thought I'd give it a try again. Well, sort of a try. I've had the same menu on my wall for about 2 weeks, so I'm starting from scratch. I also have a bit of a push this week as we're having friends over on Wednesday (thankfully). Without further ado, I give you my menu (please don't compare it; it's really simple): Monday: Cheeseburger Macaroni HH (Hamburger Helper) with green beans. I think I'm also going to throw together a sort of fruit salad: white peaches, strawberries, apples, and bananas Tuesday: sloppy joes (per request from Moose who has been playing with the Manwich can for weeks now) with rice of some sort and creamed corn Wednesday: chicken fried chicken, mashed...