You will find Colm and I here every Thursday at lunchtime.
Backyard landscaping is optional around here, but it’s not optional as far as I am concerned. I have a dog; I can’t have a backyard full of dirt. Can you imagine the amount of dirt and mud that would get tracked through our house??? Anyways, I was very excited to stop by our house and find this:
We are using our local toy store’s game library to the fullest extent. Every week we check out two new games. By the time school is out I think we will have checked them all out. 🙂 Ruckus is a fast-paced game that involves making matches and also stealing other players’ matches. Camp is a board game I wish I would have had when I was a camp counselor. Players learn about animals, nature, etc. and it’s a quick game. Camp was definitely Colm’s favorite game this week. I think he liked it best because it comes with a secret decoder.
This book is about the lives of five young mothers in the late 1960’s who meet at the park one day where they have all taken their children to play. Over time their chance meeting turns into something deep and lasting, the kind of friendship that can withstand misunderstandings, prejudice, illness and the like.
The boys didn’t have school today so we went to the zoo. I don’t know how we missed this part of the zoo the last time we were there, but it was SO beautiful. Those huge plant things are some sort of sea kelp and there were several different types of starfish and sea anemones…it was breathtaking.
Liam had an unexpected playdate with a classmate this weekend. His friend happens to live in the same apartments we live in and he saw us walking home, stopped playing with his other friends and followed us home. They played a few quick rounds of WiiSports and then his friend had to head home. It was fun to see Liam interacting with his classmates though and I am glad he is making friends.
Sunday-Hamburger Stroganoff
Monday-White Beans and Italian Sausage
Tuesday-Curried Chicken Salad
Wednesday-Wimpy Burgers
Thursday-Spinach Tortellini with Tomato Sauce
Friday-Kitchen Closed
Check into mommacooks.net this week to see my reviews on these dishes.
(Project 365-4/10/10)
I am really excited about my newest website called MommaCooks. There are times when I have the hardest time coming up with ideas to cook for dinner. I hope this website might serve as a place for people who are desperate for ideas to come and get some inspiration. Secondly, I often have a place on this personal website where I post what we are having for dinner each week, but I never really had a forum for letting people know if any of the recipes I had tried out that week were any good or not. My goal is to post a dinner recipe a day as well as modifications I made and what the family actually thought of it. Happy cooking! Join us at www.mommacooks.net.  You can also find us on Facebook.
If you want to find our kids, you can probably locate them in front of the computer playing Webkinz. It started with the Webkinz they got for Easter. Then Liam had enough allowance saved up today that he was able to buy one after school that was 50% off. That only fueled their Webkinz fire. We have the whole weekend ahead of us and they don’t have school on Monday. I have a feeling I know what they will be doing during their downtime.
