I'm still really liking using this 14 day repeating meal plan. It super simplifies things for me. We did decide to have a different meal one day last week but other than that we haven't gotten sick of the same meals yet! Breakfasts I do not follow my meal plan for breakfast day by day. What I like to do is make sure I have the items on hand to make the different breakfasts listed. We have 15 laying chickens and are getting around a dozen eggs a day so eggs are ALWAYS for breakfast. I make waffles, muffins and french toast on my "Baking Saturdays" after checking our stock in the freezer. I've been using THIS recipe to make yogurt and Our Best Bite's cinnamon rolls recipe . Lunches Lunch is the same as breakfast in that we don't necessarily follow this meal plan but I have the supplies on hand. I make our bread using a DealsToMeals recipe . I love this bread recipe! I can grind whole wheat and make whole wheat...
Tafton's birthday was two months ago now and we wanted to share with you how he spent his birthday budget. Once our children turn 8 we give them a budget for their birthday, right now the budget is $40, that may change in the future. With that money they can choose to have a friend birthday party, or purchase a present for themselves, or a combination of the two. We give them a family birthday party regardless but it's simple with just cake and family invited. Tafton chose to have a Nerf battle birthday party. He designed the invitations on google docs. Sorry I can't find a copy of his invite! He had a really fun time designing it though. He hand delivered them to save postage cost. We borrowed extra Nerf guns and ammo from Grandma Shirley in case some of the boys didn't have Nerf guns. For food Tafton purchased 2 Little Caesar's pizzas, 3 large sodas, and a bag of Cheetos. I made cupcakes from what we already had in food storage and ...