Monday Menus

I went with 110 high school girls on a retreat this weekend, as their nurse.  Luckily the girls are pretty low maintenance.  The boys health aid sent me pictures of black eyes and swollen knees.  I took a nap and the girls did crafts! I am tired though, sleep is poor on a 2 inch foam mattress in a musty cabin.  Worth it though, I always learn as much as the girls.

I am not defined by my  blah, blah, blah.  I am God's masterpiece and He made me, me for a reason! What a great reminder!

Monday
Baked potatoes in the crock pot
(Wrap potaotes in foil and place in crock for 8 hours on low)
lots of toppings

Tuesday
Away basketball game
Homemade Pizza pockets with leftovers,or eat out if we don't have time.

Wednesday
Chicken and rice soup in crock pot.

Thursday
Wet Burrito Casserole

Friday- no school!
Pizza and or leftovers

Monday Menus

Monday
Spaghetti and Meatballs

Tuesday
Potato soup
Broccoli cheese soup

Wednesday
leftover soup
bread

Thursday
Chicken parmesan

Friday
chili

I am gone all weekend, so hopefully we will have enough leftovers to keep them fed!

Menus

We are eating out of our pantry and freezer this week.

Monday
Lazy Cooks Chicken
Quinoa and brown rice
pineapple

Tuesday
Taco Salad

Wednesday
Taco soup in the crock pot
bread

Thursday
Chicken tacos

Friday
out to eat (going to concert)

Monday Menus

We made it through the rice and beans week, and even ended it with a trip to DQ for ice cream friday night.  mmmm, pumpkin pie blizzards!
This weeks challenge is living off a food stamp budget.  $4. per person per day.  I think Aaron will be eating part of my portion too!  We are only doing this for 3 days, due to fall break.
Breakfast is cereal or eggs, lunch is pb and j, fruit, cheese, granola bar.  Minimal snacks too.

Monday
Spaghetti with meat sauce
garlic bread(if you haven't spent your days money yet!)

Tuesday
Beef and noodles
mashed potatoes
green beans

Wednesday
Chili
fritos

Thursday
Fall Break

This time last year, we were in Haiti!

Monday Menus- Hunger Challenge

Our church is doing a Hunger Challenge all this month.  This week is beans and rice week. Our family is having beans and rice for dinner every night.  The girls and I will be having it for lunch too.  We may add a breakfast in there too, but that will be hard.  The boys are going to have a hard enough time with no snacks and just rice and beans for dinner.  They like rice and beans, but this is a lot. 

"Today, three billion people will eat rice and beans as their only meal. Not because they want to, but because it is the only food available or all they can afford. For this week’s challenge, you and members of your family will join 28% of the people in the world for a “common meal” of rice and beans. "  This is from our church's website.

Here we go: Monday
Rice and beans- haitian style

Tuesday and wednesday- we get a family to sponsor us so we can now afford some flatbread with it .
Rice and beans
tortillas

Thursday-
Rice and beans
tortilla -1 per person per day
peppers

Friday- someone in our family has gotten a job, we can now afford 1 piece of chicken for our family to share.
Rice and Beans
tortilla
peppers
chicken breast

Costumes-WFMW

We use what we have for costumes at our house, and rarely buythem.  Occasionally we will buy pieces that can be used again.This past year, we were Princess Leia, Troy Palamalu (with wig), a basketball player, and a pumpkin.  Amy is really too old to dress up, but comes along for the candy.  Our neighborhood has no other children, so ours each get a bag of candy, gifts or money at each house!

In years past we have been:
smores
the statue of liberty
an ice cream cone
scarecrow
a multitude of sports characters
an indian
a nurse
a doctor(scrubs are cheap at goodwill)
lots of princesses
dinosaur
a knight
Harry Potter
Elastagirl from the incredibles

My favorite story of Halloween was when Andrew wanted to be an African American football player- I think it was Edgerrin James,a Colt.  He said, "I look just like him mom".  I replied that "you have different colored skin is all."  and He said "Oh mom, no one ever looks at that anyway!".  Ahh, the innocence!

Monday Menus

I am beat.  A weekend Junior high girls retreat kicked my tail!  Joe and I are starting another 10 day cleanse, so we will not be eating a lot of this food.  Protein and vegetables for us!

Monday
Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo(CC dinner)
salad
bread

Tuesday
Chicken on the grill
salad
fruit

Wednesday
Chicken Pot Pie
fruit

Thursday
Philly Cheesesteaks (Market day kit)

Friday
Pizza or soup