August dinner calendar

The August dinner calender is below.  August has turned into a busy month and this summer has just flown!  I can't believe we don't even have time for a camping trip.  Since August is such a busy month, we're a little heavier on the eating out side of things.  It's so hard to find places where you can feed your family wholesome healthy food that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. 

Hope it helps you other busy moms (and dads) out there, and as always, if you're looking for recipes, message me on Facebook. 

Click on the calendar to make it legible and mangia bene!

Look, up in the sky...it's a bird...it's a plane...it's SUPERDRAMA!

10:00 this morning.  Thomas comes running down the hall, Superman cape trailing in the breeze, arms straight out.

Thomas:  Why won't this fly?

1:00 this afternoon.  Thomas and Max are at a duck pond with our babysitter, Sarah.  Sarah is showing Max the ducks and has her back to Thomas for 15 seconds.  When she turns back around, Thomas is chasing the geese.

Sarah:  Thomas, stop that.  That's not nice.
Thomas:  (BIG SIGH) I never get to live my life.

Creature Comforts

I was grooming my dog this morning, and he was getting a little anxious.  Thomas tried to comfort him.

"Don't worry, Scooter.  Mommy knows everything."

I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

It's my party and I'll invite who I want to, invite who I want to, invite who I want to...

Me:  Thomas, who do you want to invite to your fourth birthday party?

Thomas:  All my friends can come.  It's Santa, Miss Jenny (his preschool teacher), Teddy ( a boy at his preschool)...

Me:  Don't you also want to invite Brock from your preschool?

Thomas:  Well, Brock isn't nice to Teddy.

Me:   How is he not nice to Teddy?

Thomas:  Because he can obey like crazy

Me:  Okay, who else?

Thomas:  Adam, Wenana, Miss Jenny, Nancy, and Brock.

Me:  I thought you didn't want to invite Brock.

Thomas:  He is nice now.

Me:  Why do you want to invite Santa to your birthday?

Thomas:  I want to invite Santa for a birthday party because crazy is crazy.

What's for dinner?

It's been forever and a day since I posted my monthly dinner calendars.  I've been creating them, but not publishing.  I know they were helpful to some of you, so I've decided to start posting them again.  If you'd like any of the recipes, just message me on Facebook or via e-mail.  Click on it to make it bigger.

Enjoy!

Le'go my Legos...

Adam just had a birthday and as a result, he has enough Legos to carpet his room with them.  And he has.  And every day we have to tell him to clean his Legos up off his floor.

Every.
Single.
Day.

And today, I reached my Lego limit.  I gave him an hour to clean up his floor - a job that should have taken 20 minutes.  And when it wasn't done in an hour, I told him his time was up - he had taken too long, and any Legos left on his floor were now long-lost.

He cried.

A lot.

He really, really loves his Legos.

And so, trying hard to follow the example of the Lord, I gave Adam a chance to recover his Legos before I vacuumed them up FOREVER.

9:17 pm -

"Adam," I said, "Was this a hard lesson to learn?"
"Yes."  He sniffed sadly and looked at me through red-rimmed eyes.
"I'm sorry you had to learn it this way.  Is this how you want to learn your lessons?"
"No."
"You have until 9:30 to show me that you really did learn.  Get those Legos picked up."
Sobbing, he immediately turned and ran up the stairs.  "THANK YOU!  I'M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY!!!"
And, watching him go through my tear-filled eyes, all I could think was, "Me too, son.  Me too."

Ice, Ice, Baby

Adam is home sick with tonsillitis.   I had to run an errand and asked Adam if he wanted me to get him a shaved ice from our little shaved ice shack and he said, "Yes, please."  

Thomas immediately piped up and said “Wait! I have a tummy ache too!”

 A little suspicious, I asked, “Are you just saying that because you want a shaved ice too?”

"Yeah."

At least he's honest.