The Ambitious Life

Happy Birthday Isaac! Oh my goodness, I love you.  You are the sweetest, happiest little man ever.  You definitely have a stubborn streak, you know what you want and you tell it how it is...but you are just a sweet boy.  You say almost everything like a question. You put crazy long pauses in between words and phrases..."My birth...day?" "Christmas....lights?".   You love to snuggle with momma although you are usually too busy to sit still.  You LOVE going to school two days a week and playing at "Miss Beth's house" aka the church.   You love to go to Sunday School...you get lots of snacks and EVERYONE is your friend.  I'm often told how well behaved you are and what a great job listening you do.  I'm thankful for that.  Stay sweet little man.  Stay cheerful and laugh often.  Your smile is contagious and I pray you continue to overflow with joy.  I'm proud of you and thankful you're my son! Love you, Momma For your birthday dinne

So, confession - I am not a great cook.  I mean, generally my food is edible (except for instances of raw chicken...don't ask) but it isn't amazing.  Hubs on the other hand CAN COOK!  He is a foodie at heart so it's interesting to see how that works out in our home.  But, I do cook five nights a week so I have to have some sort of plan.  Otherwise, around 5pm chaos ensues as I try to figure out what in the world I am going to do. When we moved to Harvest House I immediately had more people than my family that I was responsible for feeding - no pressure.  I quickly learned that I HAD to have a plan in place or no food would ever get on the table.  Breakfast and lunch are usually very simple.  I make sure I have cereal, milk, bread, peanut butter, jelly, fruit, etc on hand for those and I don't plan them more than that.  We are flexible with those meals but they tend to revolve around those staples.  (I'm seriously considering trying to eliminate 'junk' cer