Shelby has a fixation with Mickey Mouse. She can express her opinon with words now. She can turn on the TV now. She can turn the channels now (after pressing enough buttons).
Her attention span is getting longer so she lasts longer than just the intro. We have four episodes of The Mouse on On Demand. We know those episodes by heart. We just recently got a DVD of four new episodes! Hooray! Last weekend, both Scott and Shelby were enjoying the lazy day and the new episodes!
Sunday: Leftover pizza & pancakes Monday: Leftovers Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pie (from the freezer) Wednesday: Spareribs in the slow cooker (adapted from Smitten Kitchen) Thursday:Eggplant Parmesan (from the freezer) Friday: Leftovers Saturday: Out!
I've done my September freezer cooking in steps. I haven't had any days off work lately. So, I'm doing a little every weekend. I'm starting to get a bit more bold and adventurous with what I'm freezing. You never know until you try, right?!
On Sunday, we asked Shelby if she wanted to go to the pool. She said, "Beach!"
Usually we'll load up all our gear into the car, drive around for a while looking for a spot, then haul all of our gear onto the beach. Today, we thought: well, we moved to be close to the beach. Let's take advantage of it and ride our bikes to the beach!
We loaded up Shelby and our towels/toys into the bike trailer and took off! We took the straight shot over to the beach (~1.5 miles) with only two traffic lights in our way. We chained our bikes to the access ramp and wheeled the trailer onto the beach. It was so easy!!!! We'll think twice about driving to the beach again!
Shelby has no fear when it comes to the ocean. There was a nasty undertow and some crashing waves (for Northeast Florida), but she still ran right into the surf screaming and laughing!
We had such a great time this weekend! We managed to spend most of our time on our side of the Intercoastal. It was so much fun.
On Saturday I had to work (boo). But, we went to The Third Street Diner for dinner. It's a retro diner with American and Greek food. It's a good thing Shelby doesn't sit in a highchair anymore. The diner's two highchairs were already occupied by two adorable girls. The three babies couldn't take their eyes off each other: pointing and smiling the whole time. Afterward, we went up to Neptune Beach. We came across a drum circle at Lillie's Coffee Shop. They meet the first Saturday of the month and they call themselves: Perk-cussion....perk-cussion? Get it?! They had a bunch of blocks, drums and maracas for the kids to play. Shelby thought it was fantastic!
Sunday: Steak and toasted green beans and grilled pears for dessert! Monday: Seared tuna and Grill Watermelon (from Bitten Word)...we're going to put Dad to work this weekend! Tuesday: Red beans and Rice (from Jane's menu last week) Wednesday: Grilled chicken marinated in Schezuan sauce Thursday: Coq au Vin (from Three Many Cooks) - didn't get to it last week Friday: Leftovers Saturday: Out?
