Menu Monday

We did OK last week in following our family dinner menu. We were thrown off a bit when there were no leftovers for Monday night, but I was glad the chicken taco pie was that good. Next time, I plan to add some bell peppers for a bit more flavor and mix it up with pepper jack cheese. Wednesday's rigatoni dish made A LOT, so I fish sticks were bumped to this week. I made Saturday's dish yesterday for lunch; it will make nice leftovers for my lunches this week. Both of the kids LOVED it! I loved it because it is so easy. Kraft recipes are great!

So here is our attempt at a menu for this week:

Monday
BBQ Chicken pieces with rice and salad

Tuesday
Fish sticks, mac-and-cheese, vegetable

Wednesday
Sloppy joe sandwiches, mashed potatoes, vegetable

Thursday
leftovers

Friday
Southwestern Potato Patties ~ New recipe!

Saturday
Grilled pork steak, party potatoes, skillet green beans

Sunday
leftovers

Menu Monday

Welcome to Menu Monday. I've decided to try planning our dinner menu a week in advance to see if it helps us to eat home more often and eat more balanced meals. I also saw this on another blog that I follow and thought it was a great idea. Since imitation is the best form of flattery, I'm sure it's okay to steal this idea.

Monday - leftover Chicken Taco Pie (from Sunday)


Tuesday - Stampin' Up Club and lia sophia party - grab 'n' go supper!


Wednesday - Rigatoni with Italian Poultry Sausage and Sweet Peppers


Thursday - fish sticks, dinner rolls, and vegetable/salad


Friday - pizza and salad


Saturday - New recipe! One-Pan Taco Beef and Noodle Skillet

We'll see how well we are able to stick to this. Husband-of-mine, if you are reading this, please don't tempt me to eat out. I am too easily swayed after a long day at work.

If you have any quick, easy, kid-friendly recipes that we could try, please post them as a comment to any of my Menu Monday posts. I'm always looking for new things to make!

- becky

Sometimes...

...everyone plays nicely together, and there is peace and harmony in the Seabaugh home.

- becky

Forgive Me?

You'll forgive me for this one day, right buddy?

Isaiah lOvEs his new Thomas jammies (thank you, Aunt Jenny!) and his new Froggy books (thank you, Aunt Joan!). I just love the smile on his face in this picture. So, even though he's sitting on the Elmo Potty, to the Internet it goes. :D

- becky

Better Late Than Never

I had really get better about this whole blogging thing. I seem to be consistently behind in posting pictures. Perhaps it has something to do with chasing two little ones and working full time... Hmmm. That could be it.

Anyway, here are some pictures of our family Christmas. We had a great one this year, with Isaiah singing lots of the Happy Birthday song to Jesus. Mallory starting walking (more than just one step) on Christmas Day. I consider that a great Christmas present. I just love that I was not at work when she started cruising around all by herself. She's getting to be such a big girl!

The kids and I attended the 3 o'clock service at church on Christmas Eve. A pretty big storm with some yucky sleet/ice/snow was coming through, so we decided to go to that service, even though I knew it would cause problems with naps. Better to be safe than happy, I guess. We sat with the Koellers (who are a great help to me in church, by the way!), and Mallory took a nice little nap while Debbie held her. :)

Mallory's Christmas dress is so adorable. My mom made it for her! (Okay, Feranec family - "She MADE it!")

This the best we could get out of her. She kept trying to escape.

Isaiah is looking so grown up!
If only he would behave a little better in church...

Annual family picture in the front of the church

Tim was working for 3, 5, 7, and 11 o'clock services on Christmas Eve, so he did not have to go in for Christmas morning. It was a good opportunity to sleep late, open presents, and stay in our jammies all day! Well, 2 out of 3 isn't bad, I suppose. Guess which one of those we didn't get to do?

Hilarious! Isaiah had better look out. Mallory constantly has her eye on his toys.

See? She won't even look away for a picture. By the way, the toy is a little snow plow. Every Wisconsin boy must have one of those.

Formula or egg nog...? Looks like she's telling a very involved story, doesn't it?

Merry Christmas!

- becky

That Reminds Me...

All of this snow falling tonight reminded me that I hadn't posted pictures of the kids playing in the snow last month. If you will remember back to mid-December, we had our first blizzard of the season. Over 14 inches of snow fell that day. Ridiculous.

No tears! You can tell she was born in Wisconsin!

Look how high up the mailbox post the snow already is!

His Oscar the Grouch hat is the bEsT!

Still hangin' out. Can you tell she couldn't walk yet?

OK. It's cold out here. We've had enough fun. Let's go inside already.

- becky

Mallory's 11 months pictures

Mallory will be turning a year old this week, so I figured it was time to get her 11 month pictures posted. I don't have a picture of her in the bouncy seat this month. (Oops. We'll make it up later.)

Special thanks to our friend Tanya from church. She made the adorable tutu for Mallory! I found the wings and thought it would be fun to do something different for Little Miss's pictures this month.

I think she got cold, and is calling back-up for clothes.

- becky

Chicago Trip 2009 - Last Morning

Wednesday morning - time to go home. :(

It's funny how things change when you have children. (Okay, so sometimes it's not so funny.) We were on the expressway on our way out of Chicago by 9:40 a.m. Back in the day, Tim and I would have been just sitting down to breakfast. I am really, really glad that we were able to take the kids on this vacation. They really enjoyed themselves. I think it is even more enjoyable for us to do things like this with them because their reactions to new experiences are so fun to watch.

Isaiah "working" on his new laptop.

Before I end my postings for this trip, check out this rare find at a store on Wabash Avenue. Be sure to turn the volume on your computer up!

HAHA - You're welcome for getting that song stuck in your head. :D

Until next time, Chicago...

- becky

Chicago Trip 2009 - Second Day

The Hancock Observatory

94th floor, please.

Navy Pier

Lincoln Park

Wrigley Field

Sears Tower

This would have been a great picture if my sweater wasn't reflected by the glass. Oh, well.

I think this should be Tim's new FB profile pic.

I love Chicago. Sigh...

I love trains, too!


Navy Pier - Crystal Gardens

The Chicago Theater

- becky

Chicago Trip 2009 - First Day

So, this picture shows how early we wake up in the morning with kids. Our hotel room had a view of the plaza in front of the NBC Building.

"Look, Mallory!"

"I know, Isaiah. We're up really high. Those people look small!"

Well, that's an interesting smile, Little Miss.

Millenium Park

John G. Shedd Aqaurium

It's really hard to get both of them to look and smile at the same time.

The new Fantasea show was really cool! One of the beluga whales had a baby whale on December 14th, so the whale exhibit is closed right now. We did, however, get to see some belugas in the show.

Last year, this entire area of the aquarium was closed for renovations. We were quite happy to be able to catch up with our old friends - penguins, dolphins (especially the dolphins!), and sea lions.

We found Nemo! I feel really bad for clown fish. I didn't hear a single person call them clown fish at the aquarium. Everyone, myself included, said, "Look! Here's the Nemo fish!"

Isaiah is so cute. He was checking out the sharks that were swimming overhead.

Healthy snacks? Um, okay.

"I'm pooped."

2009 Macy's Christmas Tree

Sorry it's at an angle. I was holding Isaiah up to see the tree at the same time.

Naturally, we had to walk along Wabash. Isaiah would have been heartbroken if we hadn't.

- becky