Green is my favorite color so I love to dress me and all the kids in huge amounts of green for St. Patrick's Day. Juliet was the toughest because so much of what she wears is pink. We had to settle for a pink onsie with a green frog on it. In an attempt to get Jacky to smile I'm saying, "Cheese!" instead of just smiling and I think it shows. *Sponsored by Teddy Grahams*I've also been making a menu instead of just shooting from the hip when making dinner. It has allowed me to make things that I wouldn't have made otherwise because I wouldn't have had the stuff on hand. So before I go to the store, I think of one or two new dinner ideas that I want to try. Then I can make sure to purchase all the ingredients needed. It also forces me to think about dinner for the next week, which is a bummer at the time, but then I don't have to think about dinner for the next 7 or 8 days. This week's dinner adventures: Coconut shrimp and French Onion Soup (not together, of course.) I wish I had pictures of the coconut shrimp but they went so fast I didn't have time to get the camera out. So I thought making a menu would make me feel restricted but I've had the opposite experience. Making a menu and planning ahead has allowed me to make some really yummy and wonderful dishes.
And in other news, I stopped giving Juliet her acid reflux medicine about a week ago and haven't noticed any difference! So I think we're done with that unless something else develops within the next couple of weeks. And this picture is from bathtime the other night. I love messin' with her hair. So to everyone: HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
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wow, I've never thought she looked so much like Jack until that picture! Love the hair! We're doing the menu thing here this week, too. Tonight was Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps. Yummy!
We've been trying to do the menu thing to. I hate going to the grocery store now, but I've been able to strecth a week of meals into closer to 2. The coconut shrimp sounds yummy. We're going to try fish and chips this week and see if the kids will eat it.
I love planning my meals that way...If I don't I'm INSANE by 4pm because I don't know what to cook and WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING! You know how it is.
Yay for getting her off the medicine! I actually have a green onesie for Tess, but I didn't put it on her. But the rest of us wore green!
What a cute family!
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