This will be a very busy week. But hopefully also very fun. This morning is church. This afternoon we are celebrating Christmas as a family. We decided to do it today so we could relax, enjoy it and have some time to play with our toys before all of the other parties start. Monday will be our 2nd Christmas...we get to see the baby!!! I have my 20 week u/s Mon. morning (I'll be 19w 2d...20w is Christmas Day). The baby is getting more active. Justin even got to feel a few kicks on Friday. It's been 10 weeks since our last u/s and we are all beyond excited. (The only down side is the u/s prep...having to drink a bunch of water and then not be able to use the bathroom is like my worst nightmare :P Hopefully it doesn't make my anxiety go up too much.) As long as the appt. isn't too long we'll go right from there to gymnastics. Justin gets to come with us. I'm sure Rebecca will like to show off all of her moves to Daddy. The rest of the day will be prepping food and cleaning. Tuesday morning is groceries and milk pick up. And last minute cleaning. In the evening my in-laws will be here. They'll be staying until Thursday morning. Wednesday is Voogt party day. In the morning Justin and his dad might go to the farm where we get our milk...just to look around. In the afternoon/evening all of Justin's family will be here for gifts and dinner. In the evening we have our co-op pick up. Not sure yet who all is going to that. At least Justin and his dad. Thursday I might make another trip to the store for some stuff for our party on Saturday. Aside from that Thursday and Friday are clean up and get ready for the next party. And possibly pack for Sunday. Saturday morning we have church. In the afternoon/evening my extended family will be here. That meal will be a little easier since everybody brings something. Saturday evening will be busy cleaning up again and getting ready to travel. We'll be heading to Grand Blanc the next day to see my family.
My to-dos this week are all prep and execution of party stuff. I'm going to be a bit more detailed than usual in my daily to-dos so that I don't forget anything :) I just found out that we will not be having anyone here for lunch on Wed., so I adjusted meals yesterday for that. My goal is easy meals when we don't have guests. And doing as much ahead of time as possible so I can enjoy the parties and our company. Should be a fun week. Here's what's on the menu:
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S (chop veggies, shred cheese, clean, church, celebrate Christmas, thaw milk)
B - yogurt, crispy nuts, raisins, avocado (me), breakfast cookie, pineapple (Justin)
L - hot dogs/brats, corn, leftover homemade french fries
D - hot taco rice w/ salsa, cheese, avocado, lentils
M (make pudding, u/s prep, Dr. E. (u/s!!!!!), gymnastics, prep for guests - clean/prep basement, thaw ham, thaw noodles, thaw broth, thaw chicken)
B - yogurt, crispy nuts, peas, corn (me), yogurt, granola, pineapple (Justin)
D -
T (feed sd, prep soup, clean, Meijer, milk, guests, chop fruit for breakfast, make muffins, make whipped cream, thaw sausage,
B - scrambled eggs, avocado, toast
D - chicken noodle soup w/ homemade noodles, sourdough granola muffins
Des - homemade chocolate pudding w/ raw whipped cream
W (make fruit salad, make scones, thaw hashbrowns, put ham in cp, cook sausage for Thurs. breakfast, farm visit, prep corn, prep sweet potatoes, set table, Voogt Christmas party, co-op pick up,
B - whole wheat maple pecan scones, pineapple, grapes, bananas, yogurt
L -
D - ham, sweet potato casserole, corn pudding, beans, rolls, fruit salad, wine, sparkling grape juice
Des - peppermint stick buster bars, egg nog, gingerbread cookies, Christmas cookies, coffee
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B -
L -
D - leftover ham, sweet potatoes, fruit salad, rolls, peas
F (prep smoothies, clean, laundry, prep for VH party, cook ham,
B - leftover fruit salad kefir smoothies
D -
S (clean, church, nursery, put away laundry, pack, VH Christmas party, roast veggies)
B - yogurt, crispy nuts, raisins, corn (me), toast w/ pb, yogurt, fruit (Justin)
L - misc. leftovers
D - ham, buns, roasted veggies, banana bread, salads/desserts from family (pickles/olives, sausage cheese balls, peanut butter truffles, salmon spread?, lettuce salad, potato salad or deviled eggs, TBD), gingerbread cookies, Christmas cookies
Merry Christmas! Have fun celebrating today!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to hear about your u/s! How perfect to have your u/s the week of Christmas!
Why are you cooking the VH ham the day before?
I'm going to be off on Monday the 27th (working the 28th and 29th, though). Kevin is off all week for shut-down. If you guys spend the night Sunday, maybe we could all go up to Flint Children's Museum on Monday morning?? Then you guys could take off after a quick lunch and drive during nap. Just a thought. :) I didn't realize you were considering spending the night.
Since we are just doing ham on buns I might cook the ham the day before, cut it up and just warm it for the party. Since Rebecca naps until 4 some days it's tough to do much before the party. So any less kitchen work I have to do once people are here is good. I don't want to be checking on a ham and making sure it's done at a certain time. Plus I don't even know exactly when we'll eat. So it would be tough to cook it right before dinner. I want to enjoy the party :) And have the ham done. I might do the veggies a little ahead too and just keep them in the cp to stay warm.
ReplyDeleteWe are still debating about spending the night. We had thought that if we do maybe we could just have all the kids play at grandma's in the morning or something. Something very low key. Rebecca does not have gymnastics on Monday. So it just depends if I have time to pack on Friday and if we're up for it or too worn out from a week of partying and want to be home to sleep on Sunday.