MEAL PLAN FOR THE WEEK 18TH - 24TH JANUARY

MEAL PLAN

MONDAY: 

Mayflower Chicken Curry & Noodles

TUESDAY:

Big Mac in a bowl (SW recipe)

WEDNESDAY:

Home made Fish & Chips & peas

THURSDAY:

Chicken Pasta Bake
FRIDAY:

Cottage Pie & Veg

SATURDAY:

         Pizza (boys favourite)

SUNDAY:



Roast Chicken & Veg & Roast potatoes 
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Bear's Favourites: Melissa & Doug Sticker Pad

So I thought I would share a post about Bear's favourite things. If you have a toddler you know that there favourite things change all the time. After Christmas Bear had a massive pile of new toys that he has been playing with. One of his fav's at the moment is this Melissa & Doug Reusable Sticker Pad that we bought him.
   We both love this sticker pad and play with it everyday. It has 5 colourful backgrounds and 165 cling-style re positional stickers. We got bear the vehicles pad which has boats, diggers, planes, cars and trains. Its super fun and easy to use and the stickers stick really well, and are really good quality and is great for creative play.

We bought bear this as he loves stickers, but the normal ones are sometimes expensive when you only use them once and half of them end up on the floor or are not sticky enough. The pad was really cheap from Amazon.co.uk and I think I paid £3-4 if I remember correctly.

    
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MEAL PLAN FOR THE WEEK 11TH - 17TH JANUARY

MEAL PLAN

MONDAY: 

Rump steak, home made chips & peas

TUESDAY:

Spaghetti Bolognese 

WEDNESDAY:

Chicken Goujons, Sweet potato chips & broccoli 

THURSDAY:

Slow cooker Chicken Casserole & brussels 

FRIDAY:

Cooked Breakfast

SATURDAY:

         Pizza (boys favourite)

SUNDAY:

Gammon, Egg & home made chips & peas


I have only shown dinner time meals as I don't plan breakfast and lunches. I just have what I feel like on the day, which is usually sandwiches, pita and hummus or Eggs (something quick and easy). Bear has a packed lunched at nursery three days a week, so I try to keep away from sandwiches (his favourite) when he has lunch at home. He loves eggs so its sometimes a omelette, dippy egg and soldiers or a snacky plate as I call it with crackers and cheese, fruit and anything else he fancies.
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What's in my Toddlers change bag?



When you first have a baby you have to have everything but the kitchen sink in your change bag its full of nappies, bottles, wipes , creams and god knows what else! Now Bear is Three and potty trained his bag is a lot smaller and easier to carry around and he sometimes carries it around himself if he's in a good mood!

So the first thing is the bag. I recently bought this in the Next Christmas sale, I had been eyeing it up on the website but didn't fancy paying £14 for it. On boxing day I had a look in the next sale and was just about to leave when it caught my eye hanging in the socks and hats section. I had to grab it. It was in the sale for £7 and I fell in love with it. The bag itself is very roomy and light. I love that is has some monochrome colours in it and it looks like a bear, which is what we call Harvey.

The contents of the bag are probably the same as what every mum puts in there child's bag when they are out and about. The most important thing is a full change of clothes, Bear has been potty trained since he turned two and a half  but the occasional accident does sometimes happen so I always carry a change of clothes especially is we are out for the day. Next is a snack and a drink , Bear would probably say this is the most important thing in his bag. There is nothing worse than being out with a toddler and they are clinging to your leg crying, saying "I'm hungry"!

I always carry around a pack of wipes for those sticky situations and plasters for the bumps and grazes. There is either a book or toy in Bear's bag to keep him occupied if we are out for dinner or in the car. My diary usually goes in Bears bag along with a pen, chap stick, 4head for headaches, hand sanitizer and my purse and keys as I don't really do handbags.

What do you have in your child's bag?
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2016 Goals!



It's new years and everyone makes some kind of list of resolutions or goals. Here are mine. I really want to try and accomplish every one of these goals and I'm hoping by blogging about it that it will motivate me to do it!

 1. Lose weight!
2. Blog at least once a week
3. Be more organised
4. Save £1 every day for a year
5. Try one new recipe every month


 So number 1 is probably on the top of most peoples list. New year always calls for healthier food after indulging at Christmas and after our Christmas chocolate stash has depleted we will be buying no more than the little fun size ones for an occasional treat!

Blogging at least once a week is also an obvious one that I have wanted to do for ages so here goes! Number 3 is just in general be more organised in life, having meal plans done and things sorted for Bear's nursery and Matt's work and using my handy Cath Kidston diary to help me do this!

 Saving money is a biggie for us this year! We have a break to Center Parcs to pay for and trying to save for a new house. I have decided to save £1 for every day of the year so near to Christmas this will help us towards Bear's birthday and Christmas as well. You wont really notice if £1 a day is going out your account or just taking the change out of your purse.

Okay so when I was a kid I as a really fussy eater and I wouldn't eat anything but baked beans and dinosaur meat sandwiches (weird I know). But as I grew up I started trying more things and now I eat a wider selection of things but still I would like to try more. I figured one new recipe a month wouldn't hurt so I can research and get the ingredients I need and add them to my meal plan. Keep a look out on here for my meal plans and new recipes.

 Thanks for reading, have you got any goals or resolutions for 2016?
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Let's get started!

Okay, now I have a laptop I have no excuse not to blog now. Christmas is now over, I'm looking forward to new year and seeing what happens in 2016. Harvey will start doing 3 mornings a week at nursery, which he absolutely loves. Bear has really started to bloom since he's been going to nursery. He is talking so much more and is getting more confident and loves going to nursery to play with his friends.
My aim is to post at least once a week and I'm determined to stick to it. I know some weeks that I probably wont have a lot to say but I WILL do it! I'm going to finish the year out with this post and a new little picture of Bear, he looks so grown up. Then in the new year update the look of the blog ans hopefully start gaining followers and maybe even make some YouTube videos. Watch this space! Thanks for reading. :)
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Long time no see....

Okay... So I haven't been the best of bloggers. I've been away for a while and really want to get back into blogging but being without a laptop is driving me crazy and I hate writing on my phone. So hopefully after Xmas I will have one. I'm determined to get the blog going again and I really enjoyed doing it last time. What's been happening since I last posted? Well Matt has got a new job as a chef so I've been trying to manage his unsociable hours. Harvey has started nursery (sob) and is getting bigger and more grown up everyday. This was just a little post to check in and I hope to be back on to blogging in the new year. :)
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