Wandering through life one season at a time
Monday kicks off the 3rd Annual Not Back-to-School Blog Hop, hosted by Heart of the Matter.
Here is the schedule:
First week in August: Curriculum Hop
Second week in August: School Room Hop
Third week in August: “Not Back to School Photo” Hop
Fourth week in August: Day in the Life
I hope you are going to join in the fun!
The traditional weekly menu plan is not my friend. I’ve tried to make the relationship work, but I just don’t like to be told what I am going to eat and when I am going to eat it.
I need some sort of organization though, or I get in a food rut. Last week was one of those ruts, so I called a family meeting and we brainstormed some meal ideas.
You are all familiar with the Day of the Week menu themes: Mexican Monday, Italian Tuesday, etc. My hubby decided to use that idea to plan a master menu with the results of our brainstorming session.
All I have to do is look at the list and choose a meal for the day that matches the ingredients I have on hand. Organized chaos – that’s how I roll! 😀
Here is the list we made, in case you need some fresh ideas:
~Mexican Monday~
~Italian Tuesday~
~Whatever Wednesday~
~Grillin’ Thursday~
~Fun Friday~ (we watch a movie & eat junk food)
What meals would you add to my list?
Run on over to We Are That Family for tons of great ideas!
I just melted at the sight of these adorably-vintage ABC coloring pages for preschoolers.
I printed them all out for Sweetpea & plan on making a book out of them when she finishes.**
I am also going to print these Learning Colors pages.
Don’t miss the Holidays & Seasons section. I guarantee that I will be printing out a set of my own to color!!
There are many, many more pages from which to choose – just look in the sidebar and start clicking.
**If you hit the Print button on the coloring page, three pages will print (the coloring page is pg 2) and there is website info at the top & bottom. I chose to copy & paste them into a blank document to get the coloring book look I was going for. I am sure there is an easier way to do this, but I don’t know what it is & it only took me about 20 minutes. 🙂
A few of the sites that I visit frequently have weekly deals, and I receive several emails a week alerting me to sales on great products. I thought I might start posting them here every Monday so that we can all reap the rewards.
I will be posting my affiliate links on some of the deals, but feel free to go directly to the site if you do not want to click through my links!**
~ The 2010 Motivated Moms Chore Planner is on sale for $4 – that’s half off! It is a great way to check it out. (This is the one I use for my lazy woman’s price book.)
~CurrClick Freebie of the Week – Moveable Alphabet
~ CBD Homeschool Deal of the Week – 30% off Hooked On Phonics
**I only post affiliate links to sites that I really like, and that I think might be beneficial to my readers!
CurrClick is hosting free Open House sessions for their CurrClick Live classes on July 19th-21st.
In each session, you will have a chance to win a $40 gc to live classes, meet the teachers and learn about their classes, and receive discounts for attending.
Is there an area that you don’t feel confident in teaching your child? Or maybe you just want them to be a part of a group study. There are Live Classes for just about every subject. There are even some for the whole family to join in the fun!
Take a look, and just maybe you will win that gift certificate!
