dinner is in the oven and everything is finished except dd's reading practice. Whew.

I can't think of any casserole that couldn't be made a day in advance.

breakfast - muffins 2 1 loads clothes laundry 1 load baby laundry 1 load diaper laundry make cucumber salsa prep dinner - zucchini boats place frontier order mail letter lunch reading with dd1 make crescent roll dough for tomorrow pack lunch for dh for tomorrow

My goal this week is to finish sewing 2 newborn t-shirts and finish knitting the pair of longies I have started from yarn I spun.

I am exhausted and cranky. Dh accidentally woke the kids up leaving for work and it was wayyy to early for everyone. Ugh. breakfast dishes lunch - ? wash 2 1 loads of towels dinner - mac & cheese, veg? calendar OM pack dh's lunch for tomorrow

Breakfast dishes Lunch- no idea Make pizza dough Have dd mop kitchen and bathroom clean out fridge and pantry do a million loads of dishes make dinner - homemade pizza

dishes towel laundry wash dh's clothes from his trip (that he left in his car for a week...) get chicken stock from garage freezer breakfast vacuum calendar science number 8 in MLB pick up milk pick up hold books/movies at library lunch - ? make sauce for dinner dinner - chicken potpie (make two and freeze one of them) - finished, just need to bake before dinner finish menu and grocery list for next week sew? bedtime watch movie with dh

I sew and knit. This week I sewed some nursing pads with fabric that I dyed. nursingpads by plath, on Flickr I'm also knitting a pair of longies (pants that are also a cloth diaper cover) for the baby on the way from yarn that I spun. I am so unmotivated to knit lately though so they are taking forever...

We do it because it's an easy introduction to numbers and my dd loves it. We've had the calendar on our wall for a few years now and we put up our weekly activities so she gets a visual. It also helps because my dh travels for work frequently and we have a special card to put up when he leaves and returns.

Yes :) I loved That Girl :) Back when Nick at Night played actual OLD tv!

The kids got up and hour and a half earlier than they usually do... I'm thinking we're having a popcorn and movie afternoon... mama needs a break.

sort, fold and put away huge pile of laundry wash 1 load laundry dishes organize kids play kitchen stuff/corner breakfast calendar Draw Write Now lunch - ? pack dh's lunch for tomorrow dinner: sloppy joes, roasted beets, kale chips fix dd's dress

My 2 1/2 year old loves sorting things in muffin trays. We use those glass beads you can get at the dollar tree, bear math manipulatives, pompoms, acorns, small rocks, shells, even pattern blocks.

We went to the zoo this morning. I'm 35 weeks pregnant. That was exhausting. Still a few things to check off. breakfast zoo pack lunch for dh tomorrow load laundry make dinner

Done: Breakfast Calendar make lunches for tomorrow's zoo trip Lunch- leftovers Dishes Load laundry make 2 qts pregnancy tea Make black tea for dh Print emergency papers for dd's camp To do: Freeze blueberries (half done) pick veggies for pad thai Make pad thai Pack backpack for zoo tomorrow

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breakfast - pancake squares calendar finish menu for next week vaccuum check next week's produce delivery take out trash and clean out trashcan mail bills attempt to sew a wetbag make pregnancy tea lunch- leftover chicken nachos dinner

We use a rectangular wicker basket as well. Right now it's sitting on top of the girls' table in our living room, but we're soon to get two small expedit storage cubes in the living room and will probably devote two cubes to library books.

dishes put dinner in crockpot pack dh's lunch for tomorrow start our calendar notebooks science library pick up milk from co-op freeze stuffed shells freeze potato soup print an e-book lunch finish grocery list for tomorrow make next week's menu dinner and I just realized we went to the library and I forgot to pick up my books on hold. UGH.

This is my pad Thai recipe: Pad Thai 2 pouches rice noodles (I buy the precooked kind) 3 tablespoons fish sauce 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoon(s) packed brown sugar 3 tablespoons peanut oil 2 teaspoons ground ancho chile powder 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 large red bell pepper, sliced thin sugar snap peas 1/4 cup unsalted roasted peanuts, finely chopped 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 green onions, thinly sliced 1 lime, cut into wedges (optional) Instructions In a small bowl, stir together fish sauce, lime juice, soy sauce, brown sugar , 2 tablespoons peanut oil, ancho chile powder. Heat the remaining oil in a wok or a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Add eggs and cook, stirring, until set, about 30 seconds. Remove eggs to a plate. Return pan to stove and increase heat to high. If needed add a tablespoon more of oil. When the pan is hot add the red bell pepper and stir fry for 3-4 minutes, add the sugar snap peas and garlic stir-fry a few seconds. Add noodles and toss well with ingredients in the pan. Stir-fry 1 minute. L. Add fish-sauce mixture to the pan, tossing to combine with noodles. Add half of the peanuts, and eggs. Stir to combine, and transfer to a serving dish. Sprinkle

Usually it's the stuff the kids love that gets made *every* week: spaghetti or penne with meat sauce, burritos/nachos, homemade pizza. At least twice a month if not weekly. Always in the big rotation: goulash, some kind of soup, jalapeno roast, pad thai, mexican stuffed shells, baked egg rolls.

breakfast organize diapers lunch space save girls' outgrown clothes load laundry dishes put dinner in crockpot dinner not sure what else to do today. I'm tired and not motivated anymore... apparently I just needed to sit for a few. weed tomato bed pick green beans make febreeze and spray down chair wash chair cover and blankets give dog a bath

They are so rare around here, the doctor's offices can't even diagnose it anymore :/ My oldest dd has been diagnosed twice but has yet to have actually had it...

I've been stocking up slowly at Meijer. Bottles of glue for .50, 5 pack of glue sticks for $1, composition books for .50, spiral notebooks for .19, crayola crayons for .50 and colored pencils and markers for $1. Their price drop sales run until September.

Labs are known for allergy issues. We feed our lab Earthborn Holistic coastal catch. It's grain free. Every other food we tried, our lab had skin and stomach issues. It is expensive, but it is worth not having to clean up dog vomit. YUCK! I totally agree on the smell issue, too. When our dog had food with corn, she always smelled like corn chips. It was weird.