January 2015 Meal Plan

Finally finished up my meal plan for next month with only two days to spare. Here it is:

December Menu Plan

January Menu Plan

Thurs-1

Hamburger Stroganoff and rice  

Fri-2

Ravioli with balsamic brown butter and salad 

Sat-3

Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti 

Sun-4

Lunch out with Lifegroup BBQ

Turkey divan

Mon-5

General Tso Slow Cooker Chicken

Tues-6

Cheesy bacon chicken with mashed potatoes 

Wed-7

Peanut butter noodles with chicken

Thurs-8

King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Fri-9

Pizza

Sat-10

Turkey sausage with Mac n cheese

Sun-11

Taco soup (MOPS)

Lifegroup

Mon-12

Cheesy Lasagna

Tues-13

Ginger garlic tofu

Wed-14

Slow cooker Creamy Ranch chicken with rice (recipe 1)

Thurs-15

Rotisserie chicken with mashed potatoes, veggies and pineapple 

Fri-16

Mongolian beef over brown rice and steamed broccoli (shrinking kitchen)

veg dumplings (recipe 1)

Sat-17

Baked potato soup with homemade bread

Sun-18

Crockpot pulled pork tenderloin with ginger lime marinade tacos corn/avocado/tomato salsa

Mon-19

Crockpot chicken stroganoff with egg noodles (recipe 1)

Tues-20

Goulash

Wed-21

Mandarin Orange Chicken with Quinoa and veg (recipes 2)

Thurs-22

Pistachio crusted Salmon

Fri-23

Buffalo chicken quesadillas

Cheese quesadillas for boys

Sat-24

Out

Sun-25

Crockpot Chicken Terriyaki with rice and veg

Mon-26

La Madeline's tomato basil soup with grilled cheese sandwiches (recipe folder)

Tues-27

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Wed-28

Kung Pao chicken tacos (recipe 1)

Thurs-29

Breakfast for dinner

Fri-30

Beef Taco salad/nachos boys 

Sat-31

Out

Ethan is 2

Ethan phrases at age 2 and other  updates (a few months delayed) 

Phrases: 

Hold my hand peas (please)

I need it 

No my do it (meaning No, I want to do it)

More mit (milk) peas (please)

Chotit mity (chocolate milky) 

I go outside 

I no have it, no need it

I wan more tiss peas (I want more kiss please) 

I wat a yow peas (watch a show please) 

I need you mommy

Funny words:

Napis "Thomas"

Um nyum nyum "M&m"

2 yr molars- cutting them all at once it seems!!

Top left end of Sept

Bottom left second week of Oct

Bottom right last week of Oct

Top right end of November 

Diapers: Turning 2 he was moving into pull ups and potty training with some real interest at least a few times a day. Has worn undies a few times. 

First poops in the potty Sept 22nd, first pee in potty late July. (**Update at 26 months Ethan is in undies full time including nap (pull up only at night) and all tee tees and poo poos are making it in the potty! Only about 1 accident in the last 2 weeks which we are considering to be a miracle! Woohoo!! He is staying dry a majority of nights too, but still pull ups precautionary until more consistent overnight) 

Size 7 shoes

Clothing Size 24mo-2T, still have to roll the bottoms of pants and some are too big in the waist, but fits best

Stats- I can't seem to find where I wrote these down from his doctor visit. Even checked facebook! So this is appx what I remember:  

Weight 26lbs

Height 34.5 inches 

December Menu Plan

December Menu Plan

Mon-1 

Hawaiian chicken 

Tues- 2

Ryan sings at senior program 6pm

Crockpot green chili enchilada soup

Wed-3

Chicken Pot Pie- Jamie's

Thurs-4

Chili relleno egg casserole (all recipes)

Fri-5

Beef stir fry with veggie dumplings

Sat-6

NY strip steaks/baked potato/asparagus

Sun-7

Jorge's Bday party

Out/leftovers 

Mon-8

Hamburger Stroganoff 

Tues-9

Crockpot chicken fajitas (recipes 3)

Wed-10

Chicken fettuccini Alfredo 

Thurs-11

Breakfast for dinner 

Fri-12

Steamed fish with veg in foil

Sat-13

Ritz onion chicken with mashed potatoes and corn

Sun-14

Lifegroup Xmas Potluck party

Mon-15

Sausage Pasta (all recipes)

Tues-16

Preschool program 6:30pm

Out (fast)

Wed-17

Creamy pumpkin fettuccini  (recipes 3)

Thurs-18

Whole chicken in crockpot (recipes 3)

Fri-19

Spicy Garlic Lime Chicken (all recipes) with rice and veg

Sat-20

Nanny's xmas party

Sun-21

Mimi's xmas party

Mon-22

Tamales, rice & beans 

Tues-23

Stuffed honey ham & cheese biscuits 

Wed-24

Christmas Eve

Roberts' house

Thurs-25

Christmas Day

Homemade pizzas

Fri-26

Campbell's Xmas party 

Sat-27

Cousin's xmas breakfast

Ginger Garlic Tofu and Edamame (all recipes)

Sun-28

Cajun chicken pasta (recipes)

Mon-29

Mandarin Orange Chicken with Quinoa and veg (recipes 2)

Tues-30

Chicken tortilla soup (recipes 1)

Wed-31

New Year's Eve 

Asian carry out? 

Disney World Trip 2014

Here is a run down of our days at Disney. I tried to keep notes on my phone updated once or twice a day with our schedule. In hindsight that first day I wish we had spent checking out the resort and enjoying relaxing by the pool instead of rushing into the park since it closed at 7pm. Or if you have a late opening the day you arrive then spend time at the hotel on your departure day. We didn't leave until 8pm on last day so spent 7 hours in the park that day which was definitely worth it. Here is our vacation!

Day 1- Magic kingdom

Woke 5am

Flight 7:40-11:10

Check in hotel 12:20

Lunch at hotel

Check in again, go to room- magic bands don't work, leave bags with housekeeping 

Downstairs to check in (again) get everything finally working and head to MK 3pm

Catch end of parade 

Go to Little Mermaid ride

Go to Dumbo ride

Get notification we have extra fast pass- try to book and lose our next two reservations for Tomorrowland speedway and buzz lightyear spin (facepalm) scramble to get small world fast pass only one we can get 

Ride barnstormer 

Ride small world 

Get fast pass walk up for Peter pan's flight 

Ride carousel

Dinner at cosmic ray's

Head home to hotel!

Day 2- Hollywood Studios

Toy story midway mania FP+

Disney Animation room

Disney jr live on stage FP+

Hollywood and vine with disney jr characters 

Voyage of the little mermaid FP+

Meet buzz and woody 

Nap... Didn't happen... 

Frozen snow playground

Frozen singalong show 

Honey I shrunk the kids playground

Toy story mania again FP+

First aid-Mike

Pizza planet 

Fantasmic fireworks from the parking lot 

Day 3- Magic kingdom

Chef Mickey breakfast 

Magic Kingdom 

Pirates of the Caribbean FP+

Swiss family tree house

Haunted mansion FP+

Enchanted tales with Belle (wish we had FP, waited 45 min)

Jungle cruise FP+

Aladdin carpet ride

Disney festival of fantasy parade 3pm

Buzz lightyear spin FP+

Dinner (1hr) and Pool time (30 min) resort 

7:20-8:20 FP+ adventures of Winnie the pooh

Main Street electrical parade 9pm

Celebrate the magic 9:45pm

Wishes nighttime fireworks 10pm

Day 4- Magic Kingdom

7 Dwarfs mine train FP+ 9:10am

Carousel- Ethan

Mickey's Philharmagic

Lunch be our guest 11am

Walk through castle 

Monsters inc laugh floor

Castle performance 1:10 dream along with Mickey

Buzz lightyear spin 1:20

Splash pad to play and cool off

The Barnstormer

The People mover

Voyage of the Little Mermaid FP+

Meet Gaston

Winnie the Pooh ride (25 min wait)

Meet Rapunzel and Cinderella (15min wait)

Move it shake it celebrate it! Street party 5:40

Dinner Crystal Palace 5:50

Splash mountain 

Meet Tinker Bell 8:30pm (10 min wait)

Day 5- Epcot

9:05 Spaceship Earth FP+

Met Chip n Dale

10:10 Seas with Nemo and Friends FP+

Turtle talk with crush

11:10 Soarin' FP+

Living with the Land

Lunch at Seasons

Journey into Imagination with figment FP+

Meet characters around countries:

Mary Poppins

Aurora

Belle

Toured countries with kid spots for Duffy the Bear

Chase lounge A/C break

Mexico gran tour boat

Met Duffy the Bear

Nemo and friends ride again 

5:25 Coral Reef dinner 

Ride monorail 

9pm Illuminations fireworks


Day 6- Animal Kingdom

9:05- Kilimanjaro safaris FP+

Animal face painting: panda for Ryan and Pluto for Ethan

11am festival of the lion king show FP+

11:30 lunch at Rainforest Cafe

Met Daisy Duck 

Triceratops spin 

1:15 FP+ Dinosaur ride 

3pm finding Nemo the musical FP+

The boneyard playground- Dino dig

4:15 bus back to hotel 

5pm bus to airport 

7:55 flight home

October Menu Plan

October Menu Plan

Wed-1

Caprese chicken 

Thurs-2

Crockpot- Taco Soup

Friday-3

Out Emily's Bday

The Keg

Saturday-4 

Leftovers

Sun-5-10th

Disney World!!!! 

Saturday-11

Crockpot General Tso's chicken with rice and sugar snap peas

Sunday-12

Crockpot Lemon Chicken

Monday-13

Chicken fried rice with edamame

Tuesday-14

Crockpot Bacon Ranch Chicken

Wednesday-15

Ginger Garlic Tofu with rice 

Thursday-16

Crockpot BBQ pulled pork 

Friday-17

Crockpot Creamy Italian Chicken

Saturday-18

Out

Sunday-19

Crockpot Pineapple Pork

Monday-20

Crockpot- Salsa Verde Chicken tacos

Tuesday-21

Smothered Chicken with creamed spinach and mushrooms 

Wednesday-22

Hamburger Stroganoff

Thursday-23

Chili relleno egg casserole (all recipes) 

Friday-24

Homemade pizza night 

Saturday-25

Out

Sunday-26

Crockpot Terriyaki Chicken

Monday-27

Suddenly salad Caesar pasta

Tuesday-28

Baked brisket and squash croquettes 

Wednesday-29

Crockpot Turkey Pumpkin Chili

Thursday-30

Leftovers

6pm tball- snack/us

Shreek on Creek

Friday-31

Hot dogs and Mac n cheese

Halloween

Ryan and Ethan ice bucket challenge

Over the course of the past month my two little guys have loved the endless videos on my Facebook displaying people who participated in the ice bucket challenge. So, Ryan was thrilled when his friend Hallie Menard challenged him to do the ice bucket challenge. He decided to nominate two friends from school, Makai Dye and Adeline Meinecke and of course his little brother Ethan. Ethan was excited to put "ice head" and willingly participated with his "bubba". Here is their video, enjoy!

http://youtu.be/ofxu1S5CsOk

September Menu Plan

September menu plan

Mon-1
Happy anniversary

Tues-2
Taco Bake
(Last musical)
Ryan's first tball game

Wed-3
Turkey Divan

Thurs-4
Hawaiian Chkn

Fri-5
Basil tortellini pasta

Sat-6
Ham & cheese bow ties (allrecipes)

Sun-7
Loaded baked spaghetti

Mon-8
King ranch chicken casserole

Tues-9
Sushi from Kroger & veggie dumplings

Wed-10
Baked brisket with potatoes and squash croquettes (recipes 2)

Thurs-11
Crockpot chicken/stuffing/green beans

Fri-12
Roman's Bday
Leftovers

Sat-13
Ethan's party
Out Ethan's pick

Sun-14
Ethan is 2!!
Lifegroup- leftovers

Mon-15
First MOPs mtg
Fuji apple chkn salad

Tues-16
Taco salad

Wed-17
Death by garlic w/chkn (allrecipes)

Thurs-18
Chicken n dumplings

Fri-19
Marinade and grill fajitas, beans, peppers

Sat-20
(Neon splash dash)
Grill pork chops (PC recipe)

Sun-21
Out/Lifegroup tailgate

Mon-22
Kung Pao chicken tacos with rice

Tues-23
Baked Velveeta rotel chicken
With mashed potatoes

Wed-24
Chicken marsala with noodles

Thurs-25
Ritz and fried onion chicken

Fri-26
St Louis Toasted Ravioli

Sat-27
Caprese Chicken (Lynne message)

Sun-28
Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken

Mon-29
Cajun chicken pasta

Tues-30
Crockpot Turkey Pumpkin chili