Show and Tell - Yellow

Week two of school is complete, but next week will actually be the first full week of school what with starting on a Tuesday and then the Labor Day holiday.  Mia did great this week and definitely enjoyed her first show and tell.  They were supposed to take something yellow so she chose one of her favorite Dr. Seuss books which just so happened to have a yellow cover.  

PTA and Room Parent is definitely picking up for me and I'm loving it.  I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew.  I've already met some fun people and of course love all the emailing, planning and organizing involved.

Happy Weekend!!!!

Face Painting, Boots and Grocery Shopping

Hooray for the weekend!!!!!  Today was filled with a trip to the farmer's market, trying a new bbq restaurant (I gave it a "meh"), "family boot day", grocery shopping and finally a couple hours at the pool.

Farmer's Market was awesome as usual.  We got tons of awesome produce, some more czech sausage and skirt steaks along with local Pineapple Balsamic Vinegar and dairy free cookies!!!!  A new vendor this week was an airstream bakery.  When I saw the posting about them on fb - I messaged them and asked if by any chance they would have dairy free cookies (a total treat for Mia because that generally isn't available) and they did!!!! When we went by they had set aside two for her and didn't even charge us.  It was totally sweet.  We will definitely be going back next week and buying some.  :) (and maybe begging for the recipe too)

I think I've mentioned it before but I <3 H.E.B.!!!!  Their "bulk foods" selection is fabulous.  Today we got different fruits for more homemade granola bar and made our own trail mix.  I was also able to get ground ginger for a total of $0.08 because they had it in bulk and all I needed was 2 tbsps for a recipe I'm going to try this week.

Fabulous start to the weekend for sure.

Legos, Books and Black Bean Fritters

Mia and I built a lego zoo (the pic above is the goose she built), she made a book for her daddy, played at the pool and tried black bean fritters.  As you can see the reaction to the black bean fritters was less than ideal, but she ate it so I'm happy.

Sunday Fun

Flowers! Succulents! Herbs!
Mia and I put together two porch rail boxes, Ben did a really cool succulent arrangement and I planted some herbs (chives, cilantro, basil, rosemary, oregano and parsley) and an aloe plant.  Dinner tonight consists of all things from the farmer's market - a sausage and veggie dish I made up - here's hoping it tastes good!  Mia is a little under the weather - I think she might be dehydrated as she's complaining about her tummy being upset but there aren't any other symptoms and eating isn't bothering her.  I'm sure she'll bounce back quickly but we are going to skip the pool today just in case.  Over all it's been a wonderful weekend!

Update:
Turns out I didn't make the dish up it was one stored really, really far back in my memory - turns out it was a ratatouille and Ben did an awesome job cooking it.  The sausage he used was a czech style sausage and was very good.  I can't wait to get it again - next time I think I'll use it in a breakfast casserole.