T's Tongue Twister

T is a toddler who loves nursery rhymes. Much of the time we spend in the car we're singing or reciting together. Here's an exchange we had the other day.

Me: Peter Piper

T: Peter Piper

Me: Peter Piper picked

T: Peter piper picked

Me: Peter Piper picked a peck of

T: Peter Piper picked a peck of

Me : pickled peppers

T: pickled peppers

Me: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

T: Peter piper picked a pe-- hey! don't do that to me!

We laughed! T and I have so much fun together. I love being his mom.

How do you and your children pass the time together in the car?

Menu Plan Monday: Thanksgiving Week

Very easy meal plan this week! Still, joining in with Org Junkie's Menu Plan Monday- because life's easier with a menu plan.

Sunday- Lebanese Culinary Adventure

Monday- Leftovers

Tuesday- Cajun 15 Bean Soup

Wednesday- Leftover soup

Thursday- Thanksgiving dinner x2. Yes, that's twice. First with my mother-in-law's family for lunch and with my father-in-law's family for a mid-afternoon dinner. I've learned how to eat very light.

Friday- out shopping with my mother-in-law and the ladies on my father-in-law's side followed by a meal at O'Charley's (it's their tradition)

Saturday- leftovers probably

Menu Plan Monday

We're going to have our Lebanese dinner later this week because we were sick this weekend. In fact after I finish this entry I'm going to take a nap. So thankful to be around my inlaws right now. Hoping we don't pass it on to them, and that we're all well by tomorrow. Having my menu planned for the week will make getting back in the groove of things much easier. Check out the Org Junkie's blog hop to see some other great menu plans for the week!

Monday- with in-laws

Tuesday culinary adventure? If not will move to weds and make Wed's planned---

Wednesday: Bean Burritos

Thursday: Potato Cheese Soup

Friday: leftover soup

Saturday: Chicken Spaghetti

What are you planning to eat this week?

Flashback Friday: Mountains + Me = Joy

I love the mountains. Mountains + me = Joy
So far that equation has yet to fail.
I do have a favorite mountain though.
I love the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Back in the 70s my grandfather bought a cabin in the Sierra
Nevada mountains of California. After he died (long before I
was born) my grandmother owned it until an uncle bought it from
her. I grew up visiting that cabin. All the time when we lived in
southern California, and every few years once we moved far
away to live in the deep South. I always called the Sequoia Nat'l Park
and Kings Canyon area "my Ithilien".
I am so happy when I get to visit those mountains. It's just so beautiful
and restful. Joyful!

This picture was taken in 2007, the year before I was married. My last
family vacation as an unmarried woman! Next summer I hope to go
with my husband and son to the cabin up there, perhaps joining
my sister, my father, and my mother. The cabin's definitely big enough.
We love to hike, to sit on the deck overlooking the lake, and obviously to
splash in the chilly mountain streams!

Wordless Wednesday: Pumpkin Fun!