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Friday, March 6, 2015

Seed time!

I ordered the seeds for our garden today!

I'm hoping that we can build the garden box this weekend and get some large pots!!

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Thursday play date and baking

Today the boys met a new friend for a play date and we had a fabulous time!

Me and my friend had been looking forward to getting our little munchkins together, and it finally worked out, they got along great! Can't wait to do it again!!

I had meals delivered last week so I could get our menu back on track. With all the birthday craziness and extra work shifts, dinner was slipping, but I got my game back this week. We had our last blue apron meal on Monday, and I made Chicken cordon bleu on Tuesday and spaghetti with meat sauce tonight. We have corned beef scheduled for tomorrow, and we're having paella with the neighbors on Saturday, should be fun!

I decided to try and get back on the healthy track, and made some granola tonight.

Cherry almond coconut

Blueberry cashew coconut

Recipe here: http://pinterest.com/pin/78672324714889037/

Can't wait to try it with some yogurt tomorrow morning!

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Twin eats/craft day (a day late)

The twins are eating all solids now, and are making the transition to cows milk. They get a 4 oz bottle after every meal, and formula at night. They're only waking up 1-2 times at night and usually only want a bottle once. Here's a sampling of this week's meals:

Chicken, cheese, carrots, peas and potato

Cheesy eggs and maple toast

Chick peas, cheese, naan

Naan cheese and spinach 'pizza', Apple

Cheesy eggs, toast, plums

Avocado, Cheerios, bananas

Chicken, carrots, apples

Mac and cheese, peas, carrots

These two little chuckleheads napped through gymboree time, so we'll probably try again on Friday.

I didn't get to a craft yesterday, but I did do one this evening. I made coasters for Christmas presents this year, and I decided to make some for us too!

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Work weekend wrap up

Hope everyone has a great week!

Friday, February 27, 2015

Outside space

I've decided to do a little garden this spring/summer in out little back patio space. We don't get much sun, but I'm thinking we could do a little something.

A friend of ours came over and cleared out all the weeds and blackberry branches, so now we have this:

We're going to need more of these bad boys!

We're going to have to build some cedar planter boxes for the elevated portion, and I'll have to get some supplies for potatoes, I haven't decided where they will go, but I would like to grow them in straw above ground like this:

(Photo credit: https://gardeninggrrl.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/update-growing-potatoes-above-ground/)

Pretty jazzed! Stay tuned for updates....

Thursday, February 26, 2015

This week's meals

We got two 'Plated' and three 'Blue apron' meals this week, and it couldn't have come at a better time! I picked up some extra shifts this week and didn't really have the time to focus on meal planning. Boom! Done! So far this week we had the braised short ribs w/ root mash and demiglace and skillet mushroom pot pie from Plated. Blue Apron is up next!