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THINGS I’VE BEEN COOKING

May 12, 2016

I love to cook and making the food isn’t the issue with preparing meals for my family, but it’s the deciding that gets me sometimes. I usually sit down on Monday morning and plan out our dinner meals for the week, since I’m a notorious over-spender at the grocery store and if I don’t have a plan and a list, things can get away out of control. So meal planning works for me, as long as I can actually get around to deciding on what to put on the menus. I like to use Pinterest to save food ideas and almost always pull up my food board when I’m menu planning. Just recently I took a cue from Shanna and created a board to save things that I’ve actually made, and I really like having the “EAT” and the “EATEN” ideas separated now. And now I feel all incentivised to try new things just so I can move them to the “EATEN” board, hehe.

This week’s dinners::

Monday – Blackened salmon burgers, Morroccan chickpea salad, kale salad
Tuesday – Waffles, eggs (ayla’s birthday supper because she loves waffles, hehe)
Wednesday – Crockpot roasted chicken with onions and carrots, rice pilaf served with herb yogurt, mixed greens salad
Thursday – Tuna salad sandwiches, spicy celery salad, leftover veggies, watermelon
Friday – Thai chicken pizza, sweet potato pizza, mixed greens salad

Other things we’ve been eating::
Ricotta and herb frittata
Almond butter toast with fresh strawberries
Morning glory muffins
Soaked oatmeal porridge

What about you:: what’s on your dinner menus this week?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE SWEETIE GIRL

May 10, 2016

IMG_5786 IMG_5800 IMG_5837 IMG_5861 IMG_5893 IMG_5910 IMG_5911 IMG_5921 IMG_5927 IMG_5945 IMG_5948 IMG_5954 IMG_5971 IMG_5981 IMG_5983 IMG_5984 IMG_5987 IMG_5990 IMG_6000 One year ago today, the sweetest little newborn baby girl was laid on my chest and my heart exploded with a kind of love that I’ve never known before.

It’s amazing how such a small little thing can change everything about your life and change everything about your heart in such a short amount of time. Ayla June has brought such a joy and a light to our world, and we love everything about her sweet little existence. It seems almost unbelievable that it’s been an entire year since she came into our family, and it’s cliche to say but so very true (i guess there’s a reason for cliches, hehe), but goodness time does fly by and they grow so fast.

We did a little birthday party celebration for her last week while we were vacationing at the beach with my family, and it was the funnest little thing! She dug right into the cake and didn’t mind at all getting her fingers and face all messy and filled her little cheeks as full as she could. It was the cutest thing! She had a few gifts to open after the cake eating, and she was more interested in the frilly gift decor pieces than in the actual opening of the gifts. But she seemed to love the new fun things once we helped her open up the packages.

Happy birthday, Ayla June! We celebrate you today and every day and we love to watch you grow and see you become all you are made to be. You are a treasure.

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I’m Alicia + follower of Jesus + wife to my incredibly wonderful husband + mama to my girls, Ayla, Aveline, Fleurie and Adella. I love motherhood + family + finding joy in the little things. Thanks for stopping by!

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