Menu Plan Monday

Ooooooh how I wish my husband had off today! He only gets Sunday's off, so it would of been nice to have a 2 day weekend together :) Yesterday was fun though, we played outside with the boys for a bit, but it was weird weather! Super cloudy and humid so we ended up playing inside most of the time. We also watched a few episodes of Battlestar Galactica....educational shows, ya know lol.

Today we're mailing out a few packages, heading to the grocery store and doing some cleaning. I usually don't clean on the weekends and WOW. It's amazing how much of a mess 2 year olds can make! Zach ended up staying up so late last night! He went to bed around 7ish-7:30 like normal, but then he woke up at 10pm WIDE AWAKE! Arg. So he didn't go back to sleep until about 11, yet still woke up at 7. Both boys are asleep so I should start cleaning, but I'm just sitting here relaxing with a cup of coffee, planning meals and doing some online shopping for Disneyland.

The menu plan for the week is kinda boring, I let Craig pick it out so it's full of "normal" stuff :P

Monday:

 Steak tacos

Tuesday:

Burgers with homemade buns, grilled corn

Wednesday:
Chili, cornbread

Thursday:
Leftovers

Friday:

 I was going to make Pulled Pork, but I think I'll make pulled chicken instead. We have a lot of chicken in the freezer, so that way I wont have to buy any meat!

Saturday:
Leftovers

Sunday:
Spaghetti and meatballs!

For snacks and lunches, I have these going on:
Roasted Chickpeas
Tacos in a sleeping bag
Corndog Muffins
PB&J Muffins
Pigs in a Blanket

Homemade bread with fried eggs

So here is 2 firsts for me, homemade bread, and fried eggs! Is that weird that I've cooked all kinds of food, yet have never fried an egg?! I made some honey wheat sandwich bread from BudgetBytes last night....and I wanted a slice at breakfast. I was just going to make toast but that sounded so boring, and not filling. That's how I came up with my super unique idea of fried eggs on toast LOL. With some salt, pepper and Frank's Red Hot of course :)

 I didn't really punch the dough down enough, so when I sliced it down the middle, it deflated. Oh well, now I know for next time!

The power was out for a few hours today, so we went and had lunch at McDonald's so Ethan could play on the playground, then we went to the mall for an hour and walked around, and Ethan also got to play at the kids play area there. He sure was tired after that! In fact, I need to go wake him since it's waaaay to late to be napping now :)

Mickey Shirts

I made some Mickey felt appliques then glued them on the shirts, then I hand sewed around the edges to keep them secure. Of course I had to start taking Disney pictures then! I'll get a picture of just the shirts once Zach wakes up, he's still wearing his lol.

I'm also trying to figure out a countdown calender for them, something a 2 year old can understand. Hmmmm....*Googles*

Menu Plan for the week:

Monday:

Breakfast:
Fiber chocolate chip waffles, watermelon.

Lunch:

Mini pizza's on a tortilla, topped with pesto, cheese, bell peppers

Dinner:
"Goop" I need to post the recipe, if you even want to call it that lol. Baked beans + corn + ground beef + worcestershire + salt and pepper + Spicy Mustard + BBQ sauce

Tuesday:
Breakfast:
Cheese toast, strawberries

Lunch:

Corn dog muffins, edamame

Dinner:
Leftovers 

Wednesday:
Breakfast:
Apple pancakes, mixed berries

Lunch:

PB&J, broccoli, yogurt

Dinner:
Lemon pepper chicken, rice pilaf, steamed veggies 

Thursday:
Breakfast:
Fiber chocolate chip waffles, watermelon. 

Lunch:

Tacos in sleeping bag, green beans

Dinner:
Turkey Cheddar Burgers with homemade buns 

Friday:
Breakfast:
 Apple pancakes, yogurt

Lunch:
Cucumber sandwich, strawberries
Dinner: 



Spaghetti with chicken and sun dried tomato pesto

Saturday:
Breakfast:
Fiber chocolate chip waffles, watermelon. (Ethan's favorite breakfast lol)
Lunch:
Whole wheat spaghetti 'os , edamame
Dinner:
Chili and cornbread, or egg salad with homemade honey wheat bread 

Sunday:
Breakfast:
Eggs, biscuits 
Lunch:
Grilled cheese, soup

Dinner: 
Leftovers

I made Naan!

I made the BEST dinner the other night! Well, I thought it was the best. Craig said it was "ok" but Ethan liked it! Craig is to meat and potatoes to like to much ethnic food. He calls it "weird" =/.

I made Quick Curried Chickpeas,  tandoori chicken (I forgot the skewers for the kabobs part), and the best part....homemade naan! I've always been afraid of making anything that requires yeast or kneading, but this was so super easy and SO GOOD. I will definitely be making it again. The chicken was also super good, very flavorful and moist. Craig didn't care for the chickpeas but I really liked their mild flavor.

I really want to make some honey wheat sandwich bread, but I'm worried it wont get eaten! We really don't eat a lot of bread, but I think I might anyway. Maybe it will make Craig want to take lunch one day instead of buying it.

I'm super excited, next month I'm taking the boys to Disneyland for their first time!! I'm going with my aunt and family, but Craig wont be able to come :( He has work and we will be gone almost a week, I haven't been apart from him that long since we moved in together. I wonder how Ethan will be without Dada that long. But how could I pass up on taking them to Disneyland? We will make the 3 hour trip to my Aunt's house on Monday the 20th and spend the night. Tuesday morning we'll leave and head down to Disneyland! Hopefully we can meet up with my mother in law one evening so she can see the boys.....she only lives 20 something minutes away from Disneyland. Then Friday morning we leave to come home, and I haven't decided if I'll spend the night at her house and come home on Saturday, or if I just want to drive the rest of the way that day. We'll see how it goes.

I've showed Ethan a couple of videos on Youtube about Disneyland, I don't think he really understood what I was showing him though lol. He did get excited about the Haunted Mansion, but I think he might be to young to go on that one. I hope he likes the rides....I'm kind of worried he'll end up being scared!

After the boys get up from their nap we have to run to the store, and I'm hoping to get a bunch of cleaning done today!

Aaaaand I totally forgot to go get dinner into the crockpot.

Small Catch Up

Ethan went to sleep at 5pm last night, and slept until 8am this morning. I guess staying up until 9ish every night to see Dada is catching up to him. It's 60 degrees

I'm thinking of making this for our bedroom, but I'm worried it looks to bathroom tile-ish? I think it's cute but I cant decide lol.

Look how pretty this wreath is! I was planning on making a starfish wreath by just spray painting a regular 'ol twisty wreath aqua, and attaching a single starfish that I have from my wedding. But this is so much prettier! Maybe I'll just get a grapevine wreath and weave blue gauze (or whatever this stuff is!) and attach some shells and starfish. I like the dark brown wreath with the blue. So pretty.

Dinner last night was White Chicken Pizza with Caramelized Onions! Yum.I really really liked it, but Craig said the cream cheese tasted weird, and that I should of bought "normal" crust instead of whole wheat. He doesn't like whole wheat stuff, but to bad...it's better for him. :P Tonight is Grilled Fish Tacos with Lime Dressing. I'm leaving out the chipotles because it would be to spicy for Ethan. I hope it's good, Craig is a skeptic about homemade fish tacos .

I only have 1 more order to complete and then I'm all caught up!