Doing one idea a day is challenging. Or it means mostly just doing the food
ideas, which means different meals every night. This would be fine, if we didn’t have kids. There is no way my 3 ½ year old will eat a
new dinner every night…even most nights.
He likes what he likes. However,
I have still managed to stay ahead of the game. Today is January 16 and I have 21 pins on the “2013 Projects”
board. Some days I do a few. Also, I have had a cold for a few days so
that made it a little harder to implement some of the fun ideas I have for the
kids.
These are some of the things I have completed:
GARDENING: I really want to grow a vegetable garden. Unfortunately, my yard is full of shade and
rocks. I found a few sites that offer
information on growing plants in the shade as well as containers. Even vegetables. So I spent some time looking at the sites and taking notes as to
what I can do to possibly have a “container vegetable garden” on the deck this
year. These are the sights that I
searched:
GROCERY BUDGET: December was a crazy month with getting
ready for Christmas and home improvement projects. We kind of got off track with meal planning and sticking to our
grocery budget. I needed to get back on
track. So just to refresh my memory, and to see if there were any new tips that
I didn’t know of, I did some grocery budget research. These are the sites that I checked out:
ORGANIZATION: Being
a mom I am in my car a lot. I am
driving out son to preschool, our daughter to swim, grocery shopping, story
times, mom’s groups, and we take my car on the weekends for family
outings. My car needs to be
organized. The following website has
great ideas for organizing the car. I
used some of her ideas, but I still did my own thing. I used a large tote in the trunk to organize the things I might
need. I have extra clothes for each
child, each outfit in a Ziploc bag, then the dirties can go in the bag. I have extra diapers and wipes for the baby
and pull-ups for the older one in case we are out late and he needs to change
before bedtime. There are blankets for
each child in the car (so they can keep warm in the winter since they do not
wear coats in the car). In between the
car seats is a basket with games and toys for our son so he has things to do if
we are on a longer trip. There is also
an old diaper wipe box with snacks in it for him.
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| Trunk Organization: diapers, wipes, bibs, spoons, blankets, extra clothes for kids, reusable shopping bags |
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| back seat: blankets, basket with car toys, snacks |
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| snack box |
There is always trash in my car, from myself or the boy and
his snacks. The idea to use a Cascade
dishsoap container for a car trash can was fabulous! I wrapped mine in colored “duck” tape. That way it would be easy to wipe clean when food and drink
inevitably gets all over it.
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| Car Trash Can |
CROCK POT: I tried a
few different Crock Pot recipes, despite Bryan’s general dislike of the Crock
Pot. I love it and it makes my life
easier. No pictures of any of these
meals.
Pork Tenderloin with Apples: http://mycrossfitpaleojourney.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/crockpot-honey-apple-pork-loin/
Crock Pot “Fried” Rice:
I used leftover rice from Chinese take out, zucchini, carrots, onion,
and chicken. Quite tasty! (We also topped it with Sriracha for spice)
Sausage/Green Beans/Potatoes: Even the 9 month old ate this!
And the 3 ½ year old at least tried the sausage. I personally think it could use some more
flavor, a little bland, so next time I will add something to it.
OTHER:
My family came over for dinner for my mom’s birthday. Derek asked to make her a cake so we made a
yellow cake…from scratch! First time I
have ever done that! We made a bundt
cake and topped it with a chocolate glaze and rainbow jimmies. This is the recipe we used:
Since the baby is 9 months old, we are definitely off of
pureed food. I needed some new ideas on
what to give her to eat. I mostly
remember what we gave out son, but the food rules have changed. Even in the short three years since he was a
baby. This website offers many good
ideas for finger foods for little ones.
Under the Table Hammock:
Thought this would be fun for Derek, I think I need to tie it
differently though, he wasn’t really suspended off of the ground. We tried it quickly one evening so I will
have to give it another go.
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| Under the Table Hammock |
40 Must-See Places:
This website lists 40 places to take your kids before they are
grown. It also gives a suggested
age. I was looking for ideas on a place
to go on a mini vacation this year. A
few places that I wanted to take my kids were already on this list along with
some I had never thought of or even heard about!
Phew! That was a
busy 10 days since my last post. It may
not seem like a big deal, mostly it was just research. I still used some of my pins to plan for the
future!
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