Our week

I met my friends from life group at Panera Thursday night. I got a free smoothie, a small Mac & cheese, & a scone for breakfast. Yummy. Then I picked up the kids & went to bed. I was asleep before 8pm.

Wednesday night austin went to the clubhouse, Khloe to the nursery  & I went to DivorceCare. Wednesday nights everyone is tired & the trash can is waiting for me to take it out to the street even in my pajamas. The trash men come at 6am on Thursday. Ugh.

Friday Austin comes home from an afternoon with his dad & gets a bath. My parents bring us BBQ & Austin eats a bite of BBQ but eats 4 go-gurts instead. Then he got a stomach ache.

Saturday Austin got up before the sun but went back to bed until 7. After a morning with his dad he took a long nap.  Khloe & I got lots of chores done at home. We played until bedtime.

Sunday Austin put a puzzle together on the kitchen floor while I ironed our clothes. Khloe wished she could be crawling around, but played in her crib until I was done ironing. Church was great. Mom made another amazing lunch. Austin didn't nap so we all went to Sears & Lowes to look at appliances for 'the grey house'.  Austin requested Pizza Hut so we had breadsticks & a half pepperoni half sausage pizza for dinner. Then we did bath time, read a book & early to bed.


My life is wild I tell ya. 

Hello Summer.

Our first day of summer was Thursday.  Austin's last day of school was Wednesday.  He brought cookies and hugs to share with his friends.  We celebrated our first day of summer by eating at Krispy Kreme, getting a watermelon at Walmart, riding in Uncle Wayne's big truck, and not taking a nap.

 

We've spent a lot of time together.  This is our normal and with this newness comes frustration.  Let's just face it - I am a pregnant single mom.  I am in charge.

My other half has left and thinks it's purely ok to see his son for two hours at a time.

Frustrated - yes!  But trying to focus on teaching and loving and mothering this sweet little boy everyday - yes!!

 

 Playing with the train at the library

Waiting for our pizza at Hungry Howie's

I also set up our trainset from IKEA,  put up black out drapes in A's room, & watched as a lady blew Austin a kiss from the motorcycle nearby.

 

 

Atlanta

This weekend wasn't all that great.
I went to a marriage conference with my spouse who is about 5% into our marriage.
It was hard to watch other couples in love.
It was hard listening to what a great marriage looks like when you aren't sure of your future.

On a brighter note
We ate at Jason's Deli Saturday night

We both got California Clubs with fruit & fruit dip.
It was yummy!

And it was good to come home to my buddy.
Who had a great weekend at the beach
And has recovered from Strep. Wahoo!

Monday

Well.

I went to my regular dr. today and got more bloodwork done for my thyroid.  He said he will either up my medicine or not.  I'll find out tomorrow.  They had to up my medicine when I was pregnant with Austin.

Zofran is helping but nausea is still there.  Nothing sounds good, not craving anything.  When something sounds good I'll eat it and trying to eat all throughout the day.

We have an ultrasound Thursday and can't wait to post a pic of it to show you.

We had chicken pot pie for dinner tonight.

Austin took an itty bitty nap today and does not want to go to bed tonight.  What's up with that?  Time change?

Happy Monday!

Happy Tuesday

Austin's doing better at listening these days.  He's also being sweet at school this week.  Before school we always talk about listening to your teachers, sweet hands, sweet feet.  Stay with your teacher.  This afternoon we played outside because the weather was awesome.  He held my hand and we walked down the street and back to our house.  I like holding his hand and he likes holding mine.  He had to sit on the step because he went into the street instead of playing in the yard.  We have a crazy old man who drives fast on our street like it's NASCAR:(   Lecee came to visit and he wanted to sit in her car so they left.  Hoping Keith and I can get some yummy dinner somewhere...if he'll just come on home!

My little boy is so cute!

 

Updated to add:  I ate a yummy burger at Five Guys tonight with Keith.  Thank you morning sickness for easing up so I could chow down at dinner.  It was good!

Twas the night before Valentines

 Valentines for class party are ready to go!
Little Man loves "mms"

Valentines are in the mail, too!

 ...runs away from the camera

 Can I take a picture of your hat?  "Yes."

We had this for dinner.  It was yummy!!

I had it for lunch and dinner.  K had 2 bowls tonight.

You can find the recipe by clicking here.

Orange sky

 On my way to get pizza last night. 

Yes I take pictures while driving.  :)

I thought all beautiful sunsets were in TX.

I stand corrected.

My mom & Austin - after school visit

Lots of our after school activities this week

have been low key.

Little man is only sleeping 30ish minutes for nap

this week which makes him SO grumpy

in the afternoon/night.

What are we to do but to put him to bed early?!

What's for dinner?

We're eating pizza over here!

We got our pizza 50% off thanks to Papa Johns!

Click above to get yours 50% off, too!


And I've earned a free pizza for next time. Whoop!

Wednesday

Dropped off the Boy at School
Pilates On Demand
Checked on Wellington
Laundry
Applied for a job
Scrubbed Kitchen Floor
Lunch - Amy's Burrito & Grapes
Dishes
Laundry
Walmart, Library, Post Office, Peir One, K's Office
Dinner: Sweet Potato, Mac & Cheese, Squash, Avacado
Orange/Cranberry Scones
Bathtime & Play with A
Bedtime

Last night Austin was eating grapes and Chobani Champions Yogurt.  He wanted more grapes, pointed to his tray and said "More."  Then I said, "You want more grapes?"  Then Austin said, "Please." (Pees)  First time he's said please without me prompting him.  He's learning! Cutie!

Date Night with Carolers

K & I went to eat at Olive Garden last night.  K ate spaghetti & meatballs as fast as I could eat half of my chicken parmesean.  It was yummy.  There was a waitress close to us 8 months pregnant.  I prayed for her back, legs and feet.  We were gobbling up our salad and some women in a line started walking toward the door. 

They were singing.

They were singing Christmas carols as they were walking past us.

Bahahaha

Then we went to Barnes & Noble and got each other a book.

I got this one.

You can find it here.  Looking forward to reading on our long drive.

Speaking of long drive ~
We are looking forward to breakfast tacos, downtown skylines & time with family.
See ya in January!

Geez

I had to push the panic button today.

I also had to write referrals.

Why are kids so angry these days?

I mean, it's art for goodness sakes.  There is something really wrong here.

They don't pay me enough to hear students yell at each other and disturb the peace.

I deserve a cookie.

And that's just what I got...Thank you Panera!

Those punk kids made me miss my lunch so A and I treated ourselves after school and it was good.

Best part of my day...eating with my boy.

Here's to a great Friday....lets hope.

Last week's dinner

Saturday - spaghetti with asparagus (microwave in the bag from Publix)
Monday - chicken marsala, carrots (microwave in the bag from Publix), garlic breadsticks
Tuesday - mac&cheese with broccoli, corn/tom/okra, baked beans
Wednesday - K had leftover Salmon salad from Longhorn & I had Banana Nut Crunch cereal
Thursday - K & I went out to eat - Pizza Hut
Friday - K picked up Taco Bell on his way home from playing golf.
Saturday - K picked up Atlanta Bread's California Avacado sandwich for us.  Yum!

I am teaching Smudges this week at Hidden Lake Elementary.
I am also subbing for a high school art class.  Pray for me on Tuesday!  I've never taught high school.  I'm keeping an open mind.

Tuesday

This morning I put Austin down in his MMO classroom.
I put all of his stuff where it was supposed to go.
I kissed him and said bye.
And he said "bye", too.
My 2 year and one month old son said bye to me!
I'm so glad he likes MMO.

Today I started a new little part time job that involves filing,
going to the courthouse & inputting mail.

Tonight we had baked potatoes, zucchini, sliced tomatoes, and mixed fruit.
A has been eating all day long.  He is growing!
We squeezed him into 2T footed pj's tonight. 
I'm shopping for 3T's tomorrow.

Happy Tuesday!

Cuh-ray-zee

Whoa.

My morning has been crazy.
Crazy busy.

I have scheduled almost all of my 3rd grade classes for an art lesson.  October looks pretty full!
November is looking full, too!  You can find out more about it here.  It's called Smudges.

We had Annie's Mac&Cheese, corn on the cob, zucchini, and cornbread for dinner.
A had mac&cheese, corn, grapes and milk.
Our smoke alarm went off when I was cooking.  That was fun.

We are using lots of cardboard for Arty Pants on Friday.
Necklaces, pumpkins, fall trees

Happy Monday!

Last Week's Dinner

Monday - Chicken with Biscuits - kind of like chicken pot pie
Tuesay - Fire Roasted Tomatoes with Italian seasoning, garlic, some water, and brocolli pieces thrown in - simmered on the stove with whole wheat pasta - yummy berry chobani champions for dessert
Wednesday - No church. Less stress. We had Mom's leftover chicken pasta with ricotta and watermelon on the side.  We watched Big Brother, too.
Thursday - K asked for and he got it: Mac & Cheese, baked beans, sliced tomatoes, watermelon and biscuits
Friday - We picked up Tropical Smoothie and munched on stuff around the house.

Dinner on the Ground

Last week's dinner

Monday - Brown rice with beef tips and gravy, seasoned black beans
Tuesday - We printed a free kids meal coupon for Moe's and shared their nachos.  A had his first cheese quesadilla!
Wednesday - Our Wednesday evenings usually go like this:
Our church has mission projects going on outside of church so we have to pick what we want to do.
E: Hurry up lets go to church
K: What do you want to do?
E: I don't know. What do you want to do? We have 3 options.
K: I hope A is OK. (in the nursery)
E: I hope he is too.  Should we go get him?
K: Let's go get him and visit your parents.
E: OK.
So at my parents house we had their leftovers of chicken fingers, wings and bread.  Yum.
Thursday: K came home from work late and brought home Panera to share. Yum.
Friday:  My mom cooked yummy pasta for all of us before we met our new music minister.
Saturday: My cousin is in town from CA so we went to a pool party and I got full on my Aunt L's bean/corn salsa.
Sunday: Big lunch at my mom's house and we ate just some stuff around the house for dinner.

Good Night Gorilla

A really loves this book.

He was looking at it today in his high chair as I was making tacos for dinner.

I asked him to point to the gorilla.

He did.

I asked him to point to the giraffe.

He did!

I asked him to point to the elephant.

He did!

Smart boy!


You can find it here.

Thank you Grandma Mac for this book!

Last Week's Dinner

I am watching Forks Over Knives right now on NetFlix and think my dinners might change a little bit...adding more fruits and veggies.  We don't eat much meat here anyway. 

Monday - K's car died so we had to go to Whaley's.  K was hungry, flustered and didn't want to wait for me to cook so we went to Mama Goldberg's and had some of their subs.

Tuesday - A and I picked up K from work and we invited my Dad to dinner. He met us at Pizza Hut, then we went to the library.

Wednesday - A and I picked up K again and his car wasn't ready.  We picked up smoothies from Panera.  Yum.

**Not a good week for cooking apparently**
Thursday - Nothing says going to the beach like stopping at Burger King before you head out. 

Friday - Our friends came down to join us and they have twin girls.  After most of the afternoon at the beach we were beat so we picked up Mellow Mushroom for dinner.

Saturday - We got home from the beach around 8 so I had a bowl of cereal.  K and I shared a iced caramel mocha from McD's on the way home.  A had a chicken nugget happy meal.

Last Week's Dinner

Monday - Kraft's Veggie Mac 'n Cheese, Fresh corn on the cob, Fresh cucumbers, seasoned rice - then we took my mom to Chill FroYo for her birthday
            
Tuesday - Homemade cheese pizza with cold watermelon...yum!

Wednesday - Picked up Mama Goldberg's sandwiches & ate them at church.

Thursday - We dropped off A at my parents and went to Rodeo and had chips & salsa, a chalupa, and green enchiladas. For dessert: mini oreo blizzard & small butterfinger

Friday - Before we went swimming we stopped at ChickFilA and got chicken strips, fries and a drink. K wanted it and we only had cereal for lunch so we were hungry.  We went swimming down at the farm, then watched the US Open at my parent's house.  Then just ate around the house when we got home.  We probably had more Banana Nut Crunch. Ha.

Saturday - The US Open is on and K wanted Papa John's so that's what he got.  Large Papa John's pizza with tomatoes and sausage.  And we had it Sunday for lunch.

Sunday - Happy Father's Day!  We had a happy plate of fresh cucumbers and a yogurt parfait.  Then K wanted Taco Bell so I picked up a bean burrito for him and nachos supreme for me.  The US Open is STILL on and K just said it won't be off until 9:30.  Sheesh.