Menu Plan Monday

I love having my menu planned bright and early and yet our weather has been so crazy lately, that I keep swapping out meals at the last minute. Do you plan your menu by the weather as well?

The weather is back down into the low 70's with a definite chill in the air, this called for a slight change to this week's menu that I just finished up.

We plan on spending plenty of time at the fire pit in the evenings with smore's and good family time! Add Peeps to your Smore's menu and you will find a new favorite! Vary up the chocolate selections too!

Monday: Cilantro Lime Chicken & Avocado Soup served with a garden salad

Tuesday: Spaghetti in Mushroom & Sauce served with a caprese salad

Wednesday: Steak Tacos served with Pinto Beans

Thursday: Rosemary Chicken over Steamed Rice and Veggies served with garden salad.

Friday: Sandwiches and Popcorn! We are going to Movie night in the park and packing a picnic dinner.

Our herb garden is thriving, so you will find a lot of herbs in my meals right now!

Enjoy the day and the rest of the week my friends!

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Outdoor Fun and Learning

Our outdoor patio garden grown from scraps is doing really well. The celery has the most growth and our green onions have been harvested 5 times now!

Keep a garden tray with soil in your kitchen and have your kids drop seeds into the pots as they get a decent grouping together! We have peas and cherries growing so far! Who knows what may happen! Use popsicle sticks to identify what seeds are where.

While transplanting hostas from one part of our yard to another, the littles found these baby ferns! How cute! We transplanted them into a yogurt container for now.

A nature basket is always at the ready for when we head outdoors but it can also be slipped easily into a nylon backpack for a hike! I include homemade nature journals, small flexible ruler, marker, tweezers, sample collection vials and labels.

Enjoy the long weekend my friends!!! Enjoy every minute!

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In The Rain!!!

With so much rain falling constantly this week, I said to heck with it and we headed outside anyway!

Sometimes flip flops and ice cream in the rain is a good thing! A memory that will stay with them for awhile was created and to those people that asked if we needed a ride, thank you, but no, we are busy creating moments that will play in our minds years from now!

~Michelle!~

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Truly a garbage day??

Do you find that when it's garbage day your mood tends to be a bit cloudier? hahah! Well mine seems that way most of Thursday mornings! I think that I start getting so relaxed that the weekend is almost here, I just don't want to do anything. Today is going to be different though, I can feel it! We remembered to get the garbage out on time (no chasing the trash guys down the street!), breakfast was yummy (herb scrambled eggs and turkey bacon), and the kids have settled down into playing a game of Lucky Ducks and so far the noise hasn't annoyed the heck out of me! It could be that I took my morning cup of orange juice outside on the patio today. I usually pour it as i'm working up breakfast, but today I decided to take in that cool morning breeze. It was wonderful and could be a new start to every day. Just figured I would share that tip in case some of you out there are lagging on some mornings :) I wonder what it would do to me in the winter time?!? hahha!

King Me! Rock Royalty Checkers Crown Rings by MichellesCharmWorld

I did make an attempt to take my own advice and buy a new and brighter backround, but I couldn't find ANYTHING in yellow that wasn't plain! So I am off to check a new shoppe tonite! I did buy a bright purple one as seen in the King Me photo above, but it ended up looking the same shade as my other paper! haha! GO figure!

My Button Bracelet was featured in a treasury yesterday and I love how it looks!! If you get a chance please pop over and comment! It's a great treasury and features some AWESOME people from my Eclectic Artisans Street Team! Remember it's our new members joining period too! Feel free to join us!! We promote ALOT! MY most recent sale I had under the EART TEAM name led to me selling out over 50 items! It was a great thing!! Yay!