It's enchilada night!

Hokay, today has been kinda nutsy.

So this morning, I vaguely wake up to hear hubby coming home, and fall asleep again. I wake up to my alarm later (close to 45 minutes after Jesse should be home) and no hubby next to me. I listened to the monitor to see if maybe he got Andrew up but don't hear anything. So, anyhoo, I get up and hear the door downstairs open.... it's Jesse. He comes in a few minutes later saying he came home, noticed we were out of milk, and went to buy more milk for Andrew (and Cidre for mama!). So sweet :)

After Andrew ate, I unloaded the dishwasher and got the little man dressed, he and I took off for our first EVER grocery run on our own. Usually Jesse gets up a bit early since he gets to sleep at home every other Friday night, but I thought it might be nice to let him sleep/ have a bimonthly "adventure" with my little guy.

We head to Whole Foods, get all of our shopping done rather quickly, check out and take off -- reason #63,287 I love it there: as I am putting the last bag in the car, my anxiety rising about leaving Andrew locked in the car while I return the cart (and double checking I have my keys for the hundredth time), a worker comes out and offers to take it in for me. Score!

Afterwards, we stopped at Payless, they know us there.....is that bad? I had been looking online and found two pairs of sandals I wanted for the little man and they were on BOGO but by the time we stopped in that sale was over. We found a dressy sandal and fun time sandal in the next size up (now all we need are rainboots (kind of a necessity down here, plus he has grown out of his first pair) and water shoes). We go to check-out and the lady gives me a 20% off coupon, double score! So I spent less than I budgeted for, which is great because as per usual, Target hypnotized me into going over budget....ahem. AND the coupon is reusable! Dang, another reason to buy shoes.... ;-P

Obviously, we headed next door to Target next. Spent tons of time there, and ended up getting a few things not on the list. BUT I would just like to say that it was only a $2 bouncy ball and a $12 blow up palm tree pool for our balcony, hehe. P.s. I promise it's kid size.... and I promise I won't treat it as mommy sized lol

So spent more here than planned, but no worries! We got the beer ;)

The nice cashier gave Andrew a sticker to wear, and when we first arrived I got a parking spot near to the front, in the shade of a tree AND bang next to a cart return. Day made.

Once we got home, though, I realized I could carry maybe 1/4 of our bags up with Andrew so I ended up having to wake Jesse anyways. Oh well. He got some cuddle time with munchkin and I fed Andrew lunch while Jesse hauled up bags and ran out to mail our bills because I forgot while we were out. Oops.

After putting everything away, Andrew and Jesse played with the new ball while I folded laundry and then munchkin went down for a nap and hubby and I retreated to the bedroom to watch the season finale of Grey's Anatomy.

Kind of bummed that munchkin has such long naps. It's usually awesome, but there was a potluck meet-and-greet for some of the families going to the baseball game on Sunday that we were hoping to go to. It is currently 5:30pm, and the potluck is already happening. Sigh. Oh well, that means we're making enchiladas tonight and can eat the organic guacamole and chips I bought for the event hahaha....

Here is the VERY simple method we use to make our yummy enchiladas:

Brown 1 lb of hamburger...

Add enchilada sauce, and put some in the bottom of your baking pan

Add meat with sauce and shredded cheese in each tortilla

pour on the rest of the sauce and add cheese. Cover in tin foil and bake 15 min at 400 degrees.

Time for a Cidre break

Aaaaaaaaand stuff your face. ;)

Oh and P.S. I heard about this earlier today-- SO awesome!!! I want one of these knife sets sooooo bad! So. Check out this awesome 50% off Rachel Ray knives sale! No coupon code needed, and free shipping if your order is over $79

Alright, that's all for now. Have a great weekend! TTFN! <3

Easter and playing catch-up

Wow, the past month has been way too busy! So we got home from Minnesota the week of Easter and since I had stomach flu (see previous post) I was really in no mood for celebration/ barely aware of the holiday/ had been on a liquid diet for 4 days so just toast made my stomach hurt I was so full..... SOOOOOO Easter was pretty 'whatever' here. We got up, went to church, had an Easter PILE in the afternoon since mama was too sick to search the closet for his basket, and had family time. Really dropped the ball.

The next morning, however, we all packed up and hit the after-holiday deals at Target. I give myself $50 each holiday to stock up on half price goodies and it's working quite nicely. We realized early this year that little man still has no idea what a holiday is so this year until Thanksgiving we will just kinda half-ass it and gear up for big, fun holidays beginning next year.

This past weekend we did a lot of the norm, grocery shopping, hanging out, etc. but we also shopped for flip flops at Old Navy-- $2 per pair! Though I got too small of a size so I need to exchange a pair.... but drove my mom to and from the car fixer and ran a few other errands.

We also made it to the zoo and spent two days at the pool where Andrew had a blast running all over with daddy trailing him and then throwing himself head-first into the pool (where I was swimming along with them to catch him). We had a blast!

Today I felt so accomplished. We found a missing bag of Andrew's things from the trip, cleaned out his drawers and pulled out the next size up clothes, started my chili at 10am, pre-made a bunch of waffles to take out and toast for quick breakfasts, and we even got to go play! We went to PetCo to see some animals and Andrew ended up loving the cats and -- get this -- no allergic reaction, yay! He stuck his finger in a kitten's mouth and poked an adult cat in the eye but they were very calm and good. We are thinking we may have to invest in a cat one of these days ;)

Also, we went to the park purely to let Andrew run around in the grass but on our way to the slide we met a nice family, his mother and their son who is only weeks older than Andrew! We ended up staying for a while talking with them and letting the boys play and it was wonderful. As we left they told us they are at that park pretty much every day and the first thought in my mind was "we have to come here every day." LOL being a parent is so strange. I am a total loner but I want Andrew to interact with kids his age so the though of this kid and little man getting along got me soooo excited, haha! We'll see, maybe we'll see them again and maybe we won't. It's so freaking hard though to meet other parents. The ones at music class were super cliquey and I haven't gone to stroller strides more than the one playdate so no idea if anything will come of that. We're hoping to go to a few more events of theirs in the next few months here though.

Date Night! Home state team TWINS vs. Rays :)

It's been wonderful having our routine back! Little man is so much happier and I am so much more relaxed. And I am finally feeling like I'm getting out of my funk!! 

Last but not least, here's our dinner menu for the week! TTFN! <3

Monday: Roasted Garlic Mushroom Lentil Soup and Salads

Tuesday: Crockpot White Chicken Chili

Wednesday: Creamed Peas on Toast

Thursday: BBQ Chicken legs (got these pre-made from Whole Foods!) and salad

Friday: Breakfast-for-Dinner

Saturday: Dinner Out

Sunday: Homemade Fettuccini Alfredo