This weekend kept me busy. It started off with Darnell and I attending the Black & White party that Cherie hosted to try and raise money for the Humane Society. While at the party, Jennifer was nice enough to watch Joshua. We dropped him off around 11p, and I missed him so much that I was back at her house by 1:30p to pick him up lol.
Saturday morning Joshua, and I picked up Makeda to do some shopping at The Eastern Market. I made sure to make a list prior to going so I could make sure to buy what I needed, and not buy what I didn't! That worked out great! I got a bunch of fresh vegetables for a much better price than what I would pay at the grocery store. I got everything in the below picture for $20 even. I thought that was a pretty good deal.
We actually had a great time. We got down there kind of late, so it wasn't all that crowded. As you can see from the picture below, Joshua sat directly in his stoller. This was the first time he has done that, and I wasn't ready for it either! I started to pull him out of the car in his carseat, but Makeda said he can just sit in the stoller. I was floored!!! It was, and still is hard for me to handle. It just seems like he is growing up way too fast. So, I pushed him in his stoller with him not facing me. It was weird because I couldn't see his little face as we walked through the market!!!! :( He must have liked it because he was perfect the entire time. Towards the end we decided to put the food in the car along with the stoller so we could go into a cheese store I wanted to check out. I then swaped him into the Bjorn and faced him out (for the first time), which he seemed to enjoy as well.
Sunday was spent making dinner for the evening, and prepping dinner for the week. I must admit, it got to a little overwhelming at times, and there were times that I wanted to say FORGET IT, lets just go back to eating out every night!! LOL! However, when it was all said and done, I was very pleased with the results. Here is a picture of everything after it was cut, diced, prepped, mixed, seasoned, etc.
Menu for the week:
Sunday: Chicken, Bean Patty (for me), mac & cheese, red beans & rice, asparagus
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Baked Shrimp Scampi, Broccoli & Rice Pilaf
Thursday: Fajitas
Friday: ??
Saturday: ??
As you can see, I got a lot of my dishes this week from Molly's blog My Happy Meals. I love to see what she cooks up next, and always waits to read her reviews before I make the dish as well. For the most part her taste has never steered me wrong :)
After everything was prepared, I decided to take Joshua out to the local playground. We went to 3 playgrounds in search of one with baby swings, but we didn't have any luck. I still took him to one where we walked around, went down the slide, and hung out on the swings for a few. It then go really windy, so it was time to go!
Overall, great weekend...can't wait to see how my dishes turn out!
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