Teaching Time

Alexa working on matching letters to the cards
Caleb (or maybe he's Mario) completing a worksheet on ordinal numbers

Menu Plan Monday

Tonight - Chicken Fettucini Alfredo, salad, homemade bread

Tuesday - Beef tips in gravy over rice, honey carrots

Wednesday - BBQ sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, corn

Thursday - (Dave's birthday) Steak, red potatoes, broccoli, pistachio pie

Friday - (Dave gone, Molly coming for dinner) - Shrimp and grits with fried okra, salad, bread, chocolate molten cakes

Saturday - Hotdogs, oven fries, fruit

Sunday - my turn, no idea yet

Purple Girl

A few weeks ago my mom took home a pair of Alexa's pants to repair because they had a hole in them. I mentioned that I was just planning to throw them away because she didn't really have any shirts to match them anyways. So my mom bought her a shirt and patched the pants to match the shirt. Cute!
Unfortunately, she was making quite the goofy face in the only picture I got that actually showed the patch.

15 Months

Jordanna turned 15 months old on Monday and had her 15 month check up today. Unfortunately, it turned into a sick visit as well since she has been running a low fever since Monday night. The doctor thinks it is just a virus. She got out of having her shots today since she was running a fever, so we have to go back for shots in a few weeks.

Anyway, here are her stats at 15 months.
--Height - 31 inches or 60th percentile
--Weight - 18 pounds, 10 oz (This is below the chart for weight. The doctor is not hugely concerned at this time, but she does want us to come back for a weight check in a month.)
--Still naps twice a day around 9:00 and 2:00. Sleeps about 12 hours at night.
--Is still a great eater. Some of her favorite foods are macaroni and cheese, peas, pancakes, bananas, and anything Dave is eating for his snack.
--Can walk fairly well but still crawls a lot of the time.
--Says several words - Mama, Dada, juice, hi, bye, uh oh, yes, book.
--Loves bath time, pooh bear, her thumb, Daddy getting home from work, going bye, and playing outside.

Cookie Monster

Just like her daddy although he is a little less messy than she is.

February 2011 Books Read

18) From Head to Foot by Annie F. Downs - a devotional for teenage girls written by one of my high school classmates
19) Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois - I didn't like this one as much as the 1st book
20) Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days by Nancy Lande - a peek into the life of 30 home school families
21) My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Gannett - read this to Caleb
22) Always the Baker, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker - cute, fluffy story
23) How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O’Neal - ditto
24) Listen by Rene Gutteridge - not sure how I feel about this one
25) Pioneer Woman by Ree Drummond - a true story about how the author of the Pioneer Woman blog met her husband
26) Baby, We’re Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon - had some interesting adoption stories but was VERY scatterbrained
27) Skinny Cocktails by Jaclyn Foley - recipes for low calorie mixed drinks

I feel like I read 1 or 2 more, but that's all I have written down. I'm on my way to finishing at least 2 books this week.

Sisters