Menu Monday!

This week, my husband is on vacation which means two things for my menu....
1. We are all home for ALL 3 meals so I am really going to have to plan, and
2. I can put him to work making super. :)
Here is what we are planning for the week:

Monday- Taco Soup (from freezer)
Tuesday- Zesty Chicken and Pasta
Wednesday- Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
Thursday- Penne Pasta Skillet (new one)
Friday- Cheesy Chicken and Salsa Skillet

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Spotlight Sunday! Kids games on Ipod

I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve and start to the New Year. I am looking forward to a great week with my family! My husband has vacation this entire week and I can't say enough how nice it is to have him home to help with Molly and such. I don't talk about this much on my blog, but I am still so sick and there comes a point when you've been sick for so long that you just can't get ontop of it and are totally worn down. I am looking forward to hopefully getting such much needed rest this week, but... it's hard for me to sit still, so we will see... :)

(Here is Molly playing on the Ipod, yup, she has some major bed head)

Anyways, on to my VERY COOL spotlight this week. We splurged a bit for Christmas and got my husband and Ipod Touch. (granted he did laugh because I actually had a coupon for an Ipod, haha) It was long overdue, since my old Ipod is 1/3 songs I don't know that he keeps adding!

What I didn't expect was how many AMAZING apps you can add for free for Molly to play. She is loving playing the Shapes Game by Toddler Teasers. It asks her to touch the different shapes and gives her virtual stickers when she gets them right. And it really helps work on her fine motor skills. I think she might even be better than me at using his Ipod.

If you have an Ipod Touch or Phone, check out this site that lists the best Ipod Apps for kids, and here are 50 Fun Learning Ipod Apps for Kids.

Wordless Wednesday!

Molly REALLY loves her new musical instruments!

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Hope Your Christmas Was Great!

I hope everyone had a great and blessed Christmas. We are definitely feeling very blessed and loved this holiday.

We have had a week filled with family parties and visiting with great friends from out of town. Although I have still been feeling really sick at some point each day (only about 7 weeks left!) and the ice and snow, we managed to make it to all of the services, parties and events we were hoping too. We have the best family and friends in the world, and we loved being able to celebrate Christmas with them.

We have also been VERY spoiled this year. Seriously! I have never felt so surprised.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures...

Watching Molly enjoy the parties and gifts was so much fun. 2 is such a fun age!

My friend Stacy surprised her with this AMAZING new bike. She hasn't got off it is days, seriously, after 3 hours I had to make her take a break for lunch. :)

Molly thought she better get out her tools to help Daddy put together her new table and chairs. Not sure the saw will help, but she loved "helping."

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a wonderful break.

Red Sled - stART Project

I know I'm a day late in posting my stART project, but I didn't want to miss a week. stART is such a great activity and I love getting to see what other books and projects familys are doing. To learn more about stART or to join in the fun, check out A Mommy's Adventures.


This week we choose to use the book, Red Sled by Patricia Thomas, for our stART project. To be honest, Molly liked this book WAY more than I did. It is nice, it is very short and each page is written in rhyming pairs, like "Still Hill" and "Far Star." This is a great book for when you are working on rhyming. We got this book from the library last week, and it is one Molly already has memorized and can say back to us.

For our project, I thought it would be fun to paint a red sled for our Christmas tree, like the red sled in the book. Molly loves painting, and I was very impressed with how much of the popsicle sticks she got covered in red paint.
I found a pattern for how to make a really easy sled out of popsicle sticks and hot glue over at The Creative Crate, I just didn't mod podge on paper, instead I let Molly paint it up red.

She is very excited everytime she sees her sled. She says "I made it all by myself." Very fun project this week.

Wordless Wednesday!

This is what I get when I ask Molly to please stand still so I can take a picture...


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Tip Tuesday! Reverse Applique

Over at Not So Idle Hands, is a GREAT tutorial on how to make a reverse applique shirt. As soon as I saw how adorable these shirts were, I knew I had to try and make one for Molly.

It was so much fun to make, it is so easy and turns out fantastic. It seriously only took me about 20 minutes start to finish. I even free handed my cutting, which I never dare do. Love it, head over and see how to make one.