..that changes stuff on the screen of the tv.
Then we headed home for naptime--except for Kyle who headed off to work.
The Barley Burritos from this week were a hit! We couldn't have spaghetti because Costco stopped selling the aidells meatballs and I can't find them anywhere else. We were unable to bring ourselves to eat it without our beloved meatballs. There are lots of other menu ideas at OrgJunkie, but this is what we're eating this week:
So tonight was one of our vegetarian meal days. We had barley, black bean and corn burritos (I switched the scheduled nights around a bit). I have to say if you actually seek out real vegetarian recipes not just spaghetti sans the meatballs there is some good stuff out there.
I also got fabric to make curtains with blackout backing. If I can ever get some time to myself I may actually get them made. I am still searching fro some primary color flannel crib sheets to go on the toddler bed. AND we are procrastinating on painting his dresser that is waiting patiently in the basement. Reese loves to play in his room so I think he will make an easy transition from the nursery to the big boy room. My only concern is the lack of bars holding him in may mean nighttime or way too early morning wandering aroudn the house. So we'll see how it goes. I think we'll start with just napping in the big boy room.
On Sunday we went to El Sombrero for Mimi and Uncle Dylan's birthdays. We have been going here forever and they put sombreros on you and take your photo with a Polaroid (or similar brand) photo. They stopped making the film so no more photos!! I took this one, but the lighting is weird.
Reese was not happy with the birthday singing crew.
On Thursday we went to the police station down from our house with a Bremerton mommies group my friend linked up with. It was really a tour for much older kids, but I was curious to see the inside of the new building and I ran into an old friend. So I enjoyed it. Then we went to Noah's Ark for lunch where Charlie and John Paul were super well behaved and Reese was a BEAST! In this photo Charlie and Reese are investigating the memorabilia case. He wore his glasses the whole time! We walked from our house to the station I swear uphill both ways!
I just noticed I'm getting a lot hits from Organizing Junkie for people looking at menu ideas. So I want to remind (or let new lookers know) Kyle leaves for work about 3:15 pm so we have dinner about 1:30 or 2pm everyday. We eat a big salad generally spinach (or spring mix) with matchstick carrots, red onion, red bell pepper, and occasionally tomatoes when he gets home around midnight:30. So we don't have veggies with our spaghetti and meatballs except the bell peppers onions and tomatoes in the sauce since we have a couple veggie servings in our salad. This is also the reason why a morning mommy & me type activity makes it a no dinner day.
Reese had a lot more fun than Kyle. Then the big test---it still leaked. Kyle was livid and ready to call a plumber (actually I left a message for our plumber--we've used him twice and I like him--Eagle Plumbing in Silverdale). But I decided to use my Ecosearch.org powered by google and discovered plumber's putty was the answer so off to Lowe's AGAIN. But by this time it was 6:30pm and no kitchen sink so we HAD to go to Big Apple Diner for dinner. YUM!
He also loved the cornbread muffins so much the waiter packed some up for us to take home. They all thought he was so adorable. He was very smiley and agreeable, so that always helps.
We also hit Walmart before heading for a nap. Then off to Mimi's house. hmm this looks interesting adn smells good.
We ended up getting a little more than 150 photos yesterday. Reese wore his costume from 10 am until about 9:30 pm except for an afternoon nap. He only complained about the hat part a time or two. Hopefully next year he'll like his costume as much AND be able to say trick or treat.
