Menu Plan Monday

Here's our menu for the week...

Monday
Dinner at my parents to welcome our new nephew, Zion! (Pictures coming soon)

Tuesday
Pita pizzas, salad

Wednesday
Church picnic

Thursday
Breaded shrimp, baked potatoes, frozen veggies

Friday
Pasta w/meat sauce, green beans

Saturday
BLT sandwiches, tomato soup

Sunday
Egg bake, fruit, toast

We also have some cherries that we need to do something with this week so if you know any good recipes, let me know!

Six-month pics

Clara is over eight months old now, but back in May my sister took some six-month pictures for us. There were so many good ones, but these are some of my favorites.

Put me back on the blanket! I don't like the grass!

Mommy makes it better!

Okay, maybe the grass isn't so bad after all.

Oh, yes it is! The grass is bad! The grass is bad!

Weekly Shopping

Yesterday I got out and did our shopping for the week. I spent $77.33 and saved $48.03 (according to my receipts...I'm assuming they're correct). Items that were free: two scrub sponges, one pork loin, one Velveeta Shells & Cheese cup, one DiGiornio flatbread melt. The Kashi items were also a great deal at Target...$5.24 for two boxes of cereal and two boxes of cereal bars. The Cheerios were $1.26 each after sales and coupons.

And I bought Clara her first box of teething biscuits. She thoroughly enjoyed chomping on that and making a mess of herself. She thought she was big stuff I think!

Menu Plan Monday

I've been slacking on my meal planning and shopping posts the last couple weeks. My mom thought maybe I'm pregnant again, but I'm not. I've just been slacking on my blog.

So here it is...our meal plan for the week.

Monday
Baked spaghetti, salad, homemade french bread

Tuesday
Omelets, toast, mango

Wednesday
Church picnic

Thursday
Delicious Pork & Noodles, frozen veggies

Friday
Golden Potato Soup, homemade biscuits, salad

Saturday
BBQ Pork sandwiches, potato chips, fruit

Sunday
Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup

I'd love to do some baking this week...granola cereal, banada bread, and maybe some other things, but I'm not sure if it will happen or not since it's supposed to be a warm week and I really dislike running our noisy air conditioner. We'll see.

Growing up fast!

Clara is working hard at learning to crawl, but she hasn't quite figured it out yet. She's also incredibly interested right now in things that aren't her toys. I'm anticipating needing to teach her what is okay to get into and what isn't when she learns to crawl, but it feels like a big job that I don't want to think about yet. She was very happy the other night when Jeremy let her sit by the coffee table and pull out the newspaper and some magazine clippings. It was cute, but it hit home the reality that pretty soon she will be able to access things like this all by herself!