menu for this week (22 nov)

a light menu for thanksgiving week...

MONDAY - cream of broccoli soup (soup night!)
TUESDAY - beef tacos
WEDNESDAY - omelettes
THURSDAY - american thanksgiving in canada!  (whoa, we're so crazy)

yummy!

menu for this week (15 nov)

the much anticipated menu is here (i know, you have been checking the blog hourly to see it)

MONDAY - red robin for dominic's birthday!!  (they have a train!)
TUESDAY - pot roast & garlic mashed potatoes
WEDNESDAY - french onion soup

i've been using my cast iron dutch oven and i'll use it again this week.  it's awesome!

lunches and snacks are the same.  drop in for chai at 3:30!

menu - week of 8 Nov

ok, i'm going to start posting menus for the week, just in case anyone wants to come for dinner (or SKIP a dinner!)...  this week, i'm late, but i'll try to do it earlier.  also this helps me plan ahead better.  i'm trying to have a routine for the week (for dominic & zoe's sake) and also trying to budget more carefully, so planning meals helps me out.  i'm in charge of dinners on mondays, tuesdays & wednesdays and sometimes we cook on a weekend too.  and if nothing else is going on, PIZZA SUNDAYS WILL BE BACK!!!  woohoo!

ok, here's this week:

MONDAY - chili with bread (monday is soup day)
TUESDAY - pizza!  (we missed it on sunday)
WEDNESDAY - chicken-n-dumplin's (one of my favorite comfort foods)

lunches will be mostly TBD, but to include: (always at noon)
- sandwiches
- quesadillas
- leftovers
- mac-n-cheese (on thursday when timothy comes over to play!)

snacks:  (10:30 and 3:30)
- fruit
- crackers & cream cheese
- fishies
- chai (some afternoons)

hope to see some of you at dinners & feel free to come for lunches or snacks!

=)

first foods

i didn't know this, had to read somewhere that papaya is the traditional first food for babies in kenya.  of course, kenya's a big place.  probably means a particular tribe.  anyhow, in addition to this little tidbit, mathias' grandmother gave her babies papaya when her milk was not enough.  and we had a lovely little papaya, so i thought the time would be perfect for zoe to try her first solid food.

well, i have super cute little video to demonstrate that she just doesn't seem to be into eating solids, but i have been having a terrible time uploading videos.  and now i just can't upload them at all.  (anyone else having this problem??)

anyhow, here's a photo:

a few days later we tried sweet potato and got the same face:

we keep trying a little bit at a time... the other day she ate a few spoons of butternut squash soup from omi and today she at a little apple sauce.  she seems to like it better if it's a piece of fruit she can suck on.  

i guess i'll just keep trying!