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New Meal for the Month
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One of my monthly goals was to add a new meal to our rotation. Right now, we have about 20 meals that we rotate through. Meal planning is a cinch with our Excel document. I just use the filter feature to select the five meals we want to make for the week and it automatically generates a grocery list of every ingredient organized by section of the grocery store.
Although the system works perfectly, I find that we have grown tired of our 20 staples. Time to add more!Enter: Gluten-free Mexican Macaroni & CheeseMy step-father made it over the holiday, and it was delicious. I’m always up -
H-Town
When I was filling out my New Year’s Reflection form, I decided to make a little calendar of the year to help me keep tabs on the major to-do tasks for the year, like planning Henry’s birthday party, making our Halloween costumes, getting Christmas presents, etc. All of those things have to get done, so I might as well start thinking about them in advance instead of stressing out when they absolutely have to get done. For example, my birthday is in early February, which means I should start planning it in January.
Last year I had an incredibly quiet, solo birthday adventure as I was gearing up to have… Read More -
Six Months: Happy Birthday, Tate!
Oh, Tate, we are so lucky to have you in our lives! You are the sweetest, cutest little thing.It’s been such a big month for you. You army crawled all over the entire house, forearm over forearm. You continue to love all the food we’ve introduced you to: bananas, apples, avocados, and even bland rice cereal. You honestly can’t get enough. You grab whatever we have and pull it straight to your mouth.You’ve started playing with Henry a lot. You crawl over when he’s building his tents, and you like to suck on his toys while he’s playing with them. You also laugh when the rest of us… Read More
