Menu Plan Monday

Hi everyone, I'm back, late as usual.  I had a great time at my sister's wedding this weekend.  Everything went well and the weather co-operated.  It was a beautiful ceremony.  My son co-operated pretty well and many thanks go out to my great hubby who took care of him most of the time.  I just had to sneak out to our van a couple of times to feed him.  The girls had a great time and danced up a storm.  I will post some pictures tomorrow.

In other news today is the girls last day of school.  Summer holidays are here which means I'll be busier than normal and we will have to come up with lot's of fun activities and keep the TV watching to a minimum.  We do have a number of activities planned such as a family camping trip,  swimming lessons, VBS (vacation bible school), and the girls are going on their own to a 3 day camp. There will still be plenty of time to just hang around home as well and we will plan on having some picnics outside, doing some crafting and baking, and working in the garden.

Well on to our menu plan for the week.

Monday: smokies, perogies, corn

Tuesday: chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas

I have some old chickens in my freezer that I need to use up, so I will put a couple in the slow cooker.  We will some tonight then use the leftovers all week in sandwiches and what not.  Also I will use the bones to make some chicken stock.

Wednesday: chicken salad sandwiches, raw veggies

Thursday: Canada Day.  We will BBQ some hamburgers or have a hot dog roast.

Friday:  Chicken fettuccine Alfredo, salad.

Saturday:  Sausage, rice, corn  

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Summer Fun: Blowing Bubbles

Blowing bubbles is a fun summer pastime.  It is inexpensive, (you can find many bubble recipes online like this one), kids love it, and it can be very relaxing.  So go blow some bubbles today!

Boogie Woogie Bakery Man

Alright, this post is mainly for my family members who will remember this song.

When we were kids my grandparents had a old record player in the basement with a bunch of old records.  There was only one us kids were interested in and that was The Candy Man.  And on that record there was only one song that we listened to and that was the Boogie Woogie Bakery Man.  One of my older cousins invented a game where we ran around the basement to the music and then had to jump on one of the beds before the music stopped.  It was a lot of fun and occupied us for hours.  I am sure I have heard this song hundreds of times.  So you don't have to always entertain your kids, just give them some old tapes to listen to, some space to run around in, and see what they do.

(In the interests of full disclosure when we were doing this as teenagers I fell on my cousin and he ended up with a really bloody nose.)

This song isn't exactly politically correct and the video is pretty corny but the song definately brings back memories of good times.

Weigh-In Wednesday and Weekly Goal

Well, I just weighed myself and I believe I am down another pound.  Today's weight 161.  That means I am just one pound short of my goal of 160 pounds, which is awesome.  I haven't been working out really though and I was hoping to tone up some more.  So I need to work on that.  Next week I will set a new weight loss goal to work toward over the summer.  The main thing I did this past little while was to focus on drinking lot's of water and I tried to not drink as much coke.  I still drink a lot of pop but it definately is less than I used to.  I do notice that I feel better on days when I drink plenty of water.

I don't really have a goal this week as I am busy getting ready for the wedding.  I guess my goal is just to stay calm and be organized and enjoy the time.

Teachers Gift: Pressed Flower Bookmark

Today we worked on making some gifts for the girls teacher.  Over the weekend we picked some flowers and greenery, put it between sheets of newspaper and pressed it in the phone book.  Today we got them out and they looked like this:

We used some card stock to make bookmarks and the girls wrote messages to their teachers on the back.  On the front they glued some of the flowers and leaves.

I put clear packing tape over the bookmarks to protect them.  We punched a hole in the bookmark and used some yarn and beads to make a dangle. And there you go beautiful bookmarks for the kids teachers.

Menu Plan Monday

Sorry this is a little late in going up.  I hope everyone had a good Father's day.  We had a good time as the weather was finally nice and we had our annual Father's day BBQ and family slow-pitch game.  Oh and the kit kat treats were definitely a hit.  He had to pull them all out of the jar so he could read all the notes that the girls wrote.

I have just a short menu this week as we will be heading to the city on Thursday to get ready to celebrate my sister's wedding on Saturday.

Monday:  Sausage & hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, raw vegetables.

Tuesday:  Grilled pork chops with potato salad, leftover mac and cheese, raw vegetables and watermelon.

Wednesday:  Stir-fry vegetables with leftover pork chop, rice.

That's all for this week.  The rest of the meals will be at Grandma's house or eaten out.

A Father's Day Gift

For Father's day this year the girls made a sweet treat for their dad a little more personal. 

 I bought some snack size chocolate bars. 

We wrapped paper around them.

Then the girls wrote messages on each one.

Then they decorated a jar, placed the bars inside, and wrapped it all up with a red ribbon.

The girls are very excited to give this to their dad and can't wait until Father's Day.