Menu Plan Monday
Bye-bye, summer! Hello, school schedule! Yeah, I know, I am weird, but I really love the beginning of the school year – all those fresh notebooks and fresh possibilities… I am having a bit of trouble with the adjustment this year, though. My kids are ready for and excited for school but I don’t think I am ready for how old they are. Seventh grade, fifth grade and kindergarten. Sigh… I can’t pretend they are babies anymore, huh?
Head over to the Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday and see what will be on everyone else’s plate! If you want to check out only gluten free menus, head over to the Gluten Free Menu Swap hosted this week by Gluten Free Goodness. The theme ingredient is peppers which will easily show up in several places in my menu as there are several getting ready to be harvested in the garden. Lucky me!
On another note, are any of you gluten-free types heading to the Gluten-Free Culinary Summit in Rhode Island September 19 – 21, 2008? I am able to go and would love to meet anyone else who may be going!
Monday: help big girl train for 5k
Turkey apple burgers (on GF buns with garden tomatoes and greens), watermelon, a salad made with corn, sun-dried tomatoes and black olives, and mango lemonade I think we’ll have gluten and dairy free root beer floats to top it all off. (Gotta finish the summer in style!)
Housekeeping: Change Sheets/Wash blankets/Vacuum main floor/ /be sure camera batteries are charged/work on updated chore lists with kiddos/go over calendar with kids for upcoming week
Food: Bake 3 loaves GFCF bread/Make Noah’s Rolls to use in French toast casserole/have kiddos pack school lunch and snack tonight
Tuesday: First day of school for the girlies/prep for class
Breakfast: French toast casserole by my kid’s request
Slow cooker chicken legs, salad, and seasoned sweet potato fries
Housekeeping: bring out all trash and recycling/clean bathroom mirrors/have kids dust their rooms/mop kitchen/clean up any outdoor toys hanging out on porch or in yard and put away for the weekends
Food stuff: bake banana muffins, freeze
Wednesday: First day of school for the big boy/mommy gets a nap/big guy has rehearsal at church
Pork lo mien made with garden veggies and gluten free noodles
Housekeeping: dust main floor/prep for class/wipe down dining area walls/clean counters in kitchen/clean the toilets/sweep front porch and shake out mats /wipe down bathroom cabinets
Food stuff: shop for and make work lunches and dinners for hubby, freeze
Thursday: shop and prep for class/ train with big girl for 5k
Slow cooker beef stew, salad and cornbread
Housekeeping stuff: remove dining chair covers and wash (do after dinner and air dry overnight)/clean up the insane shoe pile by the door
Friday: prep for class
Honey mustard grilled chicken, salad
Housekeeping: mop kitchen/clean stove inside and out/clean stove hood/quick clean up in each room of the house/dust light above table/clean phones and light switches on main floor
The weekend:
Saturday: Mommy teaches/water and trim houseplants/train with big girl for 5k/big boy and daddy off to volunteer at IronMan Wisconsin, so it’s a girly-girl weekend!! (I’m thinking polk-dot pedicures for the girls and renting the Muppet Movie.)
Housekeeping: be sure chore list is working for kids and me then laminate and post on fridge
Sunday: go through food adds and menu plan/ go over calendar and upcoming week with kids after lunch
To do over the next two weeks:
Plan/list/pack for trip
Plan/list/make and set up for kid food for my mom – post on fridge
Make list/calendar for my mom –post on fridge
New school time things to add to everyday:
Have kiddos pack lunches and snacks the night before school, put in fridge
Have kiddos set up for breakfast the night before school
Have kiddos pick out what they are wearing for school the night before
Have kiddos pack/organize backpacks to night before
Go over planners/’peek of the week’ folders with kiddos after school
Have kiddos empty their part of dishwasher before school
Kiddos practice piano 5 times a week/other music (violin and clarinet) 3 times a week
Work on food price book for 20-30 min each day until done
Everyday house stuff (this is always the hope…a girl can dream…):
make beds
feed pets
dishes (all done before bed!!)
sweep kitchen, dining area, entry ways
clean kitchen and bathroom sinks/wipe counters
Change dishtowel/sponge and hand towels every other day
Kids do a 15 pickup in their bedrooms and living room
Walk dogs
Water porch plants
Weed 2 foot square part of garden/replant any greens etc. that are needed
load of laundry (wash/dry/PUT AWAY)
harvest from the garden
the GF summit sounded interesting, but I’m way too busy at this point. enjoy!
Have a great week.
I’m excited about the summit. It should be fun. I can’t wait to eat all weekend without worrying and without having to be the one cooking! Hahaha