Last week was a busy week with lots of visitors (my parents Wed. night, Jason's cousin and his family on Friday night and our friends James and Anna having a sleep over on Saturday night) Hayden and I have been fighting colds for the past couple weeks and it seems they have gotten worse over the past couple days. We are hoping to kick them soon!
Potty Training Update - Hayden had been doing SOOOOOO well with going #1 on the potty consistently. He wasn't telling me when he needed to go but would go when I told him we needed to try and would stay dry all day long (even during the night and during nap time!). But we still struggled with going #2. For some reason it was just not what he wanted to do. So one day we made a chart together that if he went #2 on the potty 5 times he could get a sticker each time and after the 5 times he could get a prize (a giant puzzle!). It didn't work! The next day he went backwards having accidents left and right (#1 and #2) so I gathered up all of his potty paraphernalia -big boy underwear, treats, chart, prize, etc.- and put it all in a box, closed it up and told him we were shipping it off to a little boy that would actually use it (a little over dramatic, I know!:) He did not like it at all and cried. So I told him he needs to start going on the potty or else we have no use for any of these things. So he started going again. No more #1 accidents. Still having problems with going #2 but yesterday and today I caught him in time to take him to the toilet and he went. So he got 2 stickers on his chart. I really do wish he would let me know when he needs to go, though. I guess I can't ask for it all at once. But we are making progress.
This Wednesday my little niece, Sara, turns 1!!! How crazy is that??? We are going to Sioux Falls on Friday and meeting my sister and her family there and staying at a hotel to do some swimming and celebrating! We are looking forward to it. Just hoping to feel better before then!
Baby Update - I am currently at 13 weeks and finally feeling like a human being again! I felt like I neglected a lot of things during those 5 or 6 weeks but am finally able to tackle them again. I go next week for my 14 week check-up. Always feels good to go to those check ups and hear baby's heartbeat! We will be half-way there before you know it!
Weekly Menu-
| Day | Lunch | Supper |
| Monday | Playdate | Spaghetti |
| Tuesday | LO – Four Soup Hotdish | Roast in the crock-put |
| Wednesday | Out to eat | French Dip |
| Thursday | LO – Roast | Pork Chops |
| Friday | Pizza | X |
| Saturday | X | X |
| Sunday | X | ? |
Notes: We had a playdate this morning at a friends and had lunch there. Last week I had put down Roast for Saturday and that did not happen. I made Four Soup Hotdish (recipe below) instead, so we will have left overs of that tomorrow and a roast this week instead.
Thursday we are having pork chops (they were on-sale at the store this week). I brown them for a couple minutes in butter on each side and then bake covered with foil at 350* for 1 1/2 hours. (Tip - add a little water to the frying pan to get the browned bits and put the water in the bottom of the baking dish.) The last half hour I add 2 cans of cream of mushrooms soup on top. When they are finished scrape the the soup off into the pan and take pork chops out. Mix the soup up in the pan, add salt and pepper and you have an easy gravy for your potatoes!
This weekend we will be gone and I am not sure yet what we will feel like eating for the big game on Sunday. Maybe some party appetizers. We aren't planning on doing anything but we might have to have our own little party at home.
Four Soup Hotdish
1 lb hamburger
10 oz. wide egg noodles (not quite a full bag)
2 cans french onion soup
1 can cream of chicken
1 can cream of mushroom (either cream soups can be exchanged with cream of celery)
1 can chicken and rice
*Brown hamburger
* Boil egg noodles for 3 minutes (no longer, they will get mushy)
*Mix hamburger, noodles and all the soups together in a large baking dish (I use a roaster) and bake at 350* for 1/2 hour.
This recipe is SOOOOOOO easy and we love it. Very quick to make. I usually serve with a veggie (my boys like corn and mix it together) and french bread.
This recipe reminds me of my grandma - she made it often. :) Try it and let me know what you think! :)
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