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A menu plan for the last week of soccer practice

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We were scattered all over the countryside this weekend. Rockford and Poppy were hours away at a two-day soccer tournament, and Pete and I were home for a chess tournament. Poppy’s team made it to the semi-finals, and by all accounts she played some of the best soccer she’s played all season. This was Pete’s first chess tournament. His experience was light on victories but he had a great time anyway. I’m proud of both of them, and I was glad to have everyone under the same roof again last night.

This is the last week of soccer practice for awhile. Poppy is a little sad about not seeing her girls four days a week, but she’s also relieved to have a little downtime on the horizon. I am, too.

Here’s what we’ll be eating as soccer season comes to a close:

Monday: Potluck
We’ll be sharing a meal with families from our homeschool co-op.

Tuesday: Fish sticks and mac ‘n’ cheese
Poppy wasn’t around this weekend to tell me what she wanted for Poppy’s Choice night, but I figured she’d be just fine with good ol’ fish sticks and mac.

Wednesday: Ham & swiss sliders
This is one of Rockford’s favorite meals.

Thursday: Poppyseed chicken casserole
I was happy Pete picked this instead of cheeseburgers again this week.

Friday: Pizza

Hungry for more? Check out the Menu Plan Monday linkup at OrgJunkie.

Photos

Not the full week in photos

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Monday

It was Pete’s birthday, and I took zero pictures. 🙁

Tuesday

Pete spent a good long time building his birthday presents.
LEGO crafting

Wednesday

We went to a Billy Collins reading with friends, and it was just what my sad soul needed.
Billy Collins

Thursday

No pictures Thursday, either!

Friday

The kids had some friends over to work on a gingerbread project.
Gingerbread

Saturday

No pictures. I’ll try to be more purposeful with the cameraphone this week.

Flotsam / Jetsam, National Blog Posting Month

Let’s call this one an ‘I Will Continue Doing NaBloPoMo’ brain dump.

Today I woke up at 6am and then spent six hours in a school cafeteria while Pete competed in his first chess tournament. One of his games was a tie, one was a buy and two were losses. He had a blast, and I read Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” I’ve never seen the movie, but they must have changed the story and the Holly Golightly character significantly. I didn’t find her winsome and wonderful at all. Or maybe I have the completely wrong idea of what the movie is about.

I dropped a bowl of ice cream on one of my toes yesterday — losing all of the ice cream in the process — and at the time I thought it was broken. It bled a lot and throbbed all night. It’s hurting less this evening, but I wasn’t able to stay off of it as much as I probably should’ve today. I’m pretty sure my toenail is going to fall off. That’ll be a new experience for me.

I’m tired and my laptop battery is about to die, so I’m going to post this old-school brain dump of a post and cozy up with an episode of “The Crown.”