Bread with the Brisels

Happy, happy Monday! You know those weekends when you crawl into bed on Sunday night and feel satisfied and rejuvenated from your days off? That's exactly the feeling I'm having right now. 😊 We had such a lovely weekend together! On Saturday we did all the things  so that on Sunday we could play. We cleaned, got the garden planted, and laundry finished.  On Sunday, we woke up and headed to church. After church we went to a local orchard that was putting on "Baby Animal" days during the month of May. This is the same orchard that we visit in the fall. It's one of our favorite places! They had some of the "normal" orchard things open, like the corn pit. I truly think Sammy would have stayed in the corn pit if we had let him! There were baby bunnies and kitties to hold, and baby chicks and ducks to watch. The weather couldn't have been better! There is also a train to ride, which is always a favorite. I love this picture. It looks like Jack is saying,

  It's Friday and I couldn't be anymore excited about the upcoming weekend! I'm linking up with  Andrea  and  Erika  to share some of my Friday Favorites from the week. Settle in, I've got lots of them this week!  This week was Teacher Appreciation week, and we were spoiled by our PTA. There were an abundance of treats and drinks all week long! My favorite little gift came from one of my students. It was this cute basket filled with all of my favorite things...so thoughtful! It was Grandparents Day at Sammy's preschool on Monday. He was such a lucky little boy to have both sets of grandparents there with him!  I snapped this picture of my boys before we went to church on Saturday night. We love an opportunity to match, especially when Bluey is involved. 😉 On Sunday my dad filled a raised garden bed for us, and it involved moving around some dirt. Sammy couldn't have been more thrilled. He ran up to the door and made me admire his worm. Look at that smile! You c

Today I'm sharing a very  easy dinner recipe that Dustin and I really enjoy. It's low carb, high protein and extra delicious. The best part is that it only takes one pan and a few minutes to pull together. Here's the recipe! Egg Roll in a Bowl Serves: 4+ Ingredients: 1 lb of pork sausage 1 bag of Cole Slaw mix (I end up using about 2/3 of the bag) 1/2 red onion, diced finely 1 tablespoon of minced garlic 1/8 cup of soy sauce (we like low sodium)  pepper  Optional - rice and green onion Directions: Start browning up your sausage in a large skillet, crumbling into small pieces.  When your sausage is nearly cooked, mixed in your bag of cole slaw mix.  Then, add in your onion, garlic and pepper.  When the vegetables are softened, add in your soy sauce. Mix things around, and you're all set! To serve, top with green onion. Sometimes we serve this over rice if we need a heartier meal. 

Yesterday we walked in the house after school and Sammy declared, "it's the weekend!"  Nobody was sorrier than me to tell him that that wasn't the case. 😉 Monday night/Tuesday morning we had a bad storm and were in the basement for about an hour around 2AM. It was a struggle to get the kids back asleep following the sirens and unplanned wake-up.  Then on Tuesday my class at school had a field trip. It has been a *start* to the week. I'll be back here tomorrow!  

Hello, Tuesday.  Today I'm sharing the five things I like to do each night as far as "closing time" goes for the house. These are tasks I like to do each night to put the house to "bed" that help me start my mornings off on the right foot. On the nights that I don't do these things, I always find that my mornings the following day just aren't as smooth as they could have been.  Here we go... #1 - Empty the dishwasher  I like to start the dishwasher as soon as dinner is cleaned up, so that by the time the boys are in bed, it's ready to be emptied. Nothing irritates me more in the morning than having to put away my noisy dishes, so it's always nice to go to bed knowing this is done.  #2 - Wipe off countertops  I always make sure my kitchen is neat and tidy before heading to bed. This means that all dinner dishes are cleaned and put away (see above 😉) and the countertops are cleared and wiped off.  #3 - Take out the trash I like to make sure the tr

Yay for Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Our weekend was relaxing and productive, but heavy on the productive side. I'm sharing an exciting FPIES update on Jack! At our appointment with Jack's allergist, we were given a "ladder" of high risk foods to introduce slowly. On the ladder was wheat, egg, and milk. We tackled wheat a little earlier on, and thankfully it was a pass. We like to trial high risk foods over a weekend, that way we're home in case he has a reaction. It can be a stressful time for all of us, while we wait and see how his tummy tolerates food.  I feel pretty good about saying that we tackled egg this past weekend! We've been working with a FABULOUS food allergist dietitian who has provided some non-traditional recipes for us to introduce these high risk foods. I made some muffins made from the "normal" muffin ingredients, except I used breastmilk, rather than butter or milk, to introduce egg this weekend.  Jack had 3 expo