Good Morning!

I feel refreshed today :-) I really want to go somewhere, just like yesterday. I might go to homeschool group even though I really don't want to go to Panera. I just want to be out and about. We've had breakfast. We had steel cut oats with honey, fresh fruit and yogurt on top. It was yummy but the girls are less willing to eat new things thanks to the great school lunches. I mean what could be healthier then the pizza, hot dogs, candy and chocolate milk they get on a daily basis? I'm dripping with sarcasm in case that fact was missed. I finally told Frankie to tell them not to give her more candy. It was getting ridiculous, she actually brought me the candy yesterday instead of eating it. The boys really liked our breakfast, which makes me happy. I'm not sure if I'll make lunch or if well eat at Panera. I'll probably make it. Panera gets pricey if you're going once a week. If I feed them before we leave they might be happy with hanging out with their friends and forget to ask for anything. Wishful thinking. Chris adores Panera! And Nicky is a huge fan of their cheese and broccoli soup. Mack will probably want to go if I mention it. He's such a social person and loves the opportunity to be a grown up kid. Aaron's nursing is cut down from yesterday, yay! Part of me is happy that he's not connected all the time. Part of me wishes he was nursing more so he'll plump up faster. It seems that I just can't be happy. I always need something to worry about, no wonder I'm getting gray hair. I will have to work on that. Chris is reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I wonder if he'll finish it. He's a book hopper. He starts books, reads about 10 chapters and stops. That would drive me insane. How can you not want to know what happens at the end?!?I offered to pay him to finish this one :X He's quite money motivated so maybe it will work. I really don't care what he reads, as long as he reads something everyday. It just annoys me that he never seems to finish anything. I guess this entry is at its end. I'm just rambling because I feel like typing at this point.

Dinner update(and lunch and snack too!)

We had a really healthy food day and everything met our kid's approval, woo hoo! For lunch I made chicken-veggie sandwiches on whole wheat pitas with grapes on the side. Oh, it was yum! I heated mine and Nick's since we both have an issue with cold food but it was really good! For snack I made the healthiest guacamole recipe I could find and we ate it with corn chips. It was really simple. 2 avocados, some onion, a splash of lemon, bit of salt and some garlic. I think it needed more garlic and I didn't add enough salt. I added some tomatoes too. I was the only one who thought it was lacking, they ate it up! For dinner the salmon was soooooo good! I still have to get used to fishy flavors as I've never been a fish eater but the kids all wanted seconds. We had it with brown rice and spinach as planned. Perfect! Maybe this healthier eating thing won't be so hard. I just have to look for better recipes of the things I know we like. Why didn't I think of that before?

And for the recipes. Salmon marinade : http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Baked-Salmon-II/Detail.aspx

Guac: (read the comments and tweak to taste) http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Guacamole/Detail.aspx?prop31=5

The chicken salad recipe is from my book and I just don't feel like typing it all out. I will try when I have some free time. Aaron is not a happy or calm baby tonight!