If you have spent anytime with Grace you would know that she LOVES being outside! I think she would seriously live outside. Her day is not complete without spending most of her time outside. It really does not even matter to her what she does outside, just as long as she is outside. But if I had say what her favorite thing to do, it would have to be SWINGING!

After hours of pushing her over and over again, I have to remind myself that she will only want me to push her so much longer... She is going to learn how to do it all by herself. 

Even though sometimes I make her daddy hide her swing, so I can have a break. (I seriously do this!)  I know I will miss these days!

I hope you are experiencing this beautiful weather! We played outside almost the entire day yesterday! (I think I even got a little sock tan line!) We swang on the swings, walked around the block in the wagon, rode bikes and watched Michael work on the fence a little bit more.

Well time has come around for another dinner menu. Please post in the comment section some of your favorite recipes! (maybe you will even see one of yours on the blog!) Also let me know if you try one of my recipes! I would love to know what you think!

Creamy Grilled Chicken Piccata- This is a new recipe for me, but I have made some other recipes from this blog and they all have turned out excellent!

Salmon- My entire family loves this recipe.

Carrots- recipe

BBQ- This is a longtime favorite recipe.

Coleslaw- recipe

Beef & Broccoli- recipe

Also since I will have leftover Sweetened Condensed Milk from the Salmon, I am going to make Blueberry Croissant Puffs for breakfast one day this week! Enjoy!

ps. Here are some previous menus if you need more ideas!

Menu 1 Menu 2 Menu 3 Menu 4 Menu 5 Menu 6

For months we have been talking about taking away Grace's paci. Well that is as far as it went... talking. We had already limited her to only having it in her crib and on long car rides. Well... honestly, I just loved our routine and did not want to throw a bump in the road. Grace is an EXCELLENT sleeper. She really tells us when she wants to go to bed and goes right to sleep. Takes great naps and never complains.

Friday we bit the bullet (after Michael and I renting a movie and making brownies- setting up for a LONG night) and made a big deal about throwing paci in the trashcan and waving goodbye. We read a little book about saying goodbye to paci. She understood and went right to bed without even a single cry. She woke up early, but for the most part we had a great night!

Saturday, we got up early with Grace and I headed out the door for an 8 mile run! I love this warm spring weather we have been having lately! The rest of the day was filled with more work on the fence and a Lowes run.

Well I know you have been anxiously awaiting to see what the fence looks like...

Well what do you think? We LOVE it! Michael was busy today building gates, while Grace and I played the day away.

There are a few more things to complete on the fence, but before too long we will have it completed. (by we you know I mean Michael)

I hope you had a wonderful weekend, even though we did lose an hour. 

I know it has been a long time since I have written and given you a weekly menu. I still have been writing a weekly menu for myself, just not sharing... Partly because I have been lazy, also because I did not know if anyone was benefitting? Please let me know if these are posts you want me to continue? Thank you.

Salmon- This is a new recipe and I am excited to see how it turns out!

Zucchini and onions- We have made this recipe before and absolute love it!

Pancakes- I usually use this recipe instead of buying a mix. It is really easy and tastes great!

Meatball Subs-We have made this recipe before and is excellent and SUPER easy!

Chicken Tetrazzini- This is a Pioneer Woman's recipe and you can never go wrong with her dishes!

Sausage Gravy- Recipe

Enjoy! I hope this will help you out and make your life a little easier and maybe help you get out of the recipe rut!

Now I am going to warn you ahead of time that this is a very random list. These are all things that this week I am loving and wanting.

1. I found this recipe off of pinterest and LOVE it! Michael and I ate almost the entire pot full in one night. I made some rice and we used it was a dip and put it in a wrap with avocado and a little more cheese. Delicious!

2. Grace had grown out of all her tennis shoes and she was in desperate need of more! I headed to a few stores, but ended up getting these shoes from Khols. She loves her little running shoes. She feels like such a big girl.

3. We are borrowing this from some friends and Grace thinks it is a hit! It plays 6 different songs and has numerous things to turn, pull and push on this cube! Hours of laughter filled here!

4. This is not a new love, but maybe you could say a rekindled one. I use these wipes on everything! Especially since we have had some runny noses lately. I wipe just about everything down with them.

5. My new fence! I can't wait to share pictures with you!

Happy Tuesday! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Grace and I got to spent a lot of time together this weekend! You see we had to stay out of daddy's way. He was busy working and building a fence for us! 

Saturday was filled with a Target run (and when I say "run" we really just wonder and I put things in the cart and then out and then lose and put them back in, because I always find too many things that we "need" at Target). We even grabbed lunch out to be away from the house until nap time. We came home to see our fence coming along and close to complete!

Sunday Grace and I had even more girl time (still leaving daddy at home) and celebrated a very happy 3 year old's birthday. The party was at a local gymnastic center. Grace did not want to leave the foam pit! She stayed in here what seemed like forever! (I need one in my living room- a huge play pen!) 

We left the party only to head to the park and play some more. Grace was in bed (after a long soapy bath) early! Actually so was her momma and dad-dad. 

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

ps. What do you think of the new design!?!?

What do you think? I am more than pleased! I LOVE my new blog design! It was in desperate need of a makeover and Carla over at Glam Blogs worked with me (which is not easy- I am pretty computer illiterate) and made it look EXACTLY how I wanted!

Thursday and Friday I was able to spend some time with one of my very good friends, Heidi and her two beautiful kids.  We celebrated a birthday, went on a walk, changed diapers, played outside, made play dough, changed diapers, broke up fights, talked, changed diapers (you get the point), went to bed at 8:30 and had a wonderful 2 days! 

I hope you are a having a wonderful weekend so far. I can not wait to tell you what we have been working on this weekend!