Monday's have been crock pot nights around here because of Derek having swimming lessons. This makes it easy for me to have dinner ready when they get home and I don't have to worry about making something while I'm home with Brooke. (dinner time is NOT her best!) This week I made beer crock pot chicken. I put a ton more spices in it than it calls for, especially garlic. I had chicken legs in the freezer so that's what I used. It calls for pretty much any kind of chicken you have on hand! And both kids ate it too. WIN!
Brooke rarely takes naps but when she does I like to take advantage of that time by doing something with Derek one on one. Usually a craft project, playing a game, and some learning. This week, although Brooke didn't nap, I was still able to do a few things with him.
He LOVES cars. So I made a track around the house using painters tape. (easily comes off of hardwood floors and carpet). He had a great time helping me design it and pushing his cars along the track. He even made another track the next day. The idea came from here.
After making a craft project one day (using random pieces of paper, crayons, stickers, scissors, and glue), while Brooke was having a snack in the high chair, we did a little scissor practice. One of the things that he needs to work on is using scissors. He picked them out himself about a year ago, soon after he turned 3, but we rarely use them. Until recently his interest in art projects had tapered off. Now that he is interested again I leave craft supplies out on the kitchen table so he can work on things while I am preparing meals. To do some scissor practice I printed some pages from this website. They have straight lines, curved lines, etc. for little ones to practice this skill. He did much better this time than he did a few months ago when we practiced.
Finally, breakfast for dinner is a favorite around here. We used to do it every Wednesday but eventually got tired of it. Now we only do it about once a month. This week we had pancakes, sausage, and watermelon. However, I did make some bacon for Derek because in the past he has never liked sausage. I made him a snowman out of his pancakes and bacon! I was unable to post the original site where I found this as it has since been blocked on Pinterest, but here is a picture of my final product. The original uses marshmallows for snow but I only had white chocolate chips. I'm sure you could use raisins and yogurt covered raisins to make it healthier, but that's why I served watermelon with dinner! haha.
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