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My Little Chef

With Scott gone hunting, it puts me into the spotlight of needing to feed my children. Yikes! Last weekend, we had pizza with my parents and mac and cheese...easy peasy. This weekend, I decided we needed to incorporate some veggies and home cooked items into the menu.

We did splurge on Friday night...we went to a local Barnes and Noble since they were hosting a book fair for Ava's elementary school. Ava had fun running around with a neighbor friend, and even Garrett ran into someone he knew from daycare! It was crazy and chaotic, and I might have been a little crabby by the end of the night. After the book fair, we went out for a fast dinner, and the hit up the grocery store to pick up goodies for this weekend. We walked through the door at 8:30pm, and we were all exhausted. I'm pretty sure that everyone was sleeping by 9:05pm!

Fletch and Ava with Big Red (the mascot for their school). 

G wasn't so sure about meeting the cardinal, but by the end he mustered up enough courage to give him a high five!


In any case, Saturday was full of fun things...doing a Thanksgiving art project for G's daycare class, helping Ava practice for her speaking part in the upcoming music program, and making Grandma Goers' infamous banana bread recipe. Yum! Ava was a huge help in preparing it, and she even had the brilliant idea of putting Nutella on it, once sliced. Double yum! See, we never have Nutella, but last night, I bought some, out of the blue, without even thinking about the banana bread. Clearly, it was meant to be...

For Saturday dinner, I put my Pinterest-ing skills to work, and pulled out a child-friendly recipe (cheeseburger biscuit cups) that Ava helped me prepare. It was easy, yummy, and gave us a good chance to work together today. After dinner, we settled in for a movie (new to all of us) and then they both hit the hay after cleaning up from a long day. It was a pretty great Saturday...not nearly as lazy as last weekend.

Our deer hunter will be back today...he was successful this weekend, and has already taken in his deer to be processed. This should be the last weekend that he will be gone for a while, thank goodness. Although, now we're getting into a good routine when it's just Mom running the show!

My mom and I are hitting up the huge craft fair in Shakopee this afternoon...can't wait to see what fun stuff they have available for the holidays. The countdown to Christmas is ticking by quickly!

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