Back to School Dinner

Back to School Dinner has become a tradition in our household. Every year the night before school starts we sit down as a family and recap our summer and what we are looking forward to the new school year. There are a lot of excitement and nerves when going into the new year that I like to make a special night for the kids. It isn't anything crazy and over the top as you can see below! I always make a favorite comfort meal. This night we had meatballs and spaghetti. 

I ended up not buying anything extra for decorations and just used what I had around the house. 

I love using the craft paper on the table and I just added markers and crayons. We played a few card games and filled out a Back to School Questionnaire that I had created on Canva. I was trying to find one online but couldn't find what I was looking for. It was super fun to create and I just love Canva. 

Here is a link to the questionnaire if you want to use it for next year!

 Back to School Questions

We read Splat the Cat - Back to School, Splat while the kids filled out the questionnaire. It was a cute story! 

The kids look forward to this tradition of ours every year! Even as my girls are now older they still have fun doing it and my son who is 7 loves it! 

Do you do a back to school dinner? Leave a comment if you do! 

xoxo, 
Erika 

 

Meal Plan Monday

 Happy Monday! Another weekend has flown by with it being full to the brim. I'm starting this series on my blog to keep me accountable and to hopefully help budget better when it comes to grocery shopping! I try to make our meals as simple as possible. So you will definitely see us having the same thing from week to week. If I'm going to try a new recipe I will do that on the weekends when I have more time in the kitchen. 

So here is the meal plan for this week: 

Sunday: Pot roast with potatoes and green beans
Monday: Taco night/quesadillas 
Tuesday: Air fry pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes and corn
Wednesday: Butter chicken with rice and green beans
Thursday: Pizza and salad night. 
Friday: Leftovers or Breakfast night 
Saturday: Take out or go out to eat! 

Leave a comment of what your favorite go to meal is on a busy night. I'm always looking for more ideas! 

xoxo, 
Erika 

Weekly Meal Plan

 Do you like meal planning? I don't but know that I need to do it so that we can save money and we aren't grabbing take out. It doesn't have to be anything crazy. We have a simple meal plan this week since we are going on vacation at the end of the week and we have a few busy nights. I planned out Sunday thru Thursday this week. This meal plan isn't set in stone because as I'm writing this we had flipped Sunday and Monday's meals for this week. 

Sunday: Hamburger & FF

Monday: Chicken Sandwiches w/ mac & cheese

Tuesday: Chicken Quesadillas

Wednesday: Pork Tenderloin w/mashed and green beans

Thursday: Breakfast Night

Let me know what your favorite meal is? Hope you have a good one! 

xoxo, 

Erika