Summer is just around the corner are you ready? I have so much things to do. Number one is to register my daughter into summer camps. I usually go for the mini vikes camp. They are awesome with the kids ,lots of activities for all types of kids. Thank goodness foe summer camps and grandparents because I would be completely lost with them. Well it’s too bad I just couldn’t take the summer off and then go back to work in September. I should of been a teacher. Here’s a question how long have you been away from you kids? The longest time I’ve been apart from my child is one week. Would three weeks be too long? Lets try this again would three weeks be to long but with grandparents? My child has a opportunity to go to some pretty amazing places for the three weeks. I feel in my mind that this would be a wonder experience for her but my heart is telling me it’s way too long. I still haven’t made my final decision, but my daughter has. She’s all for it!!!

Valentine’s Day has definitely changed in my house as years go by………..When my now husband and I met it was quite something!!! I can remember the first Valentines. He had our apartment nice and cleaned that is a very good way to my heart:) I had just got off work so I knew there would be something waiting for me. I walked into the bedroom to change and found so many goodies on the bed. Flowers, perfume.cozy robe, slippers, jewelery and can’t forget chocolate.

Now……. it’s me getting up and 7 am to make pink pancakes for my 5 year old daughter. Don’t get me wrong I love doing things like that. I also made pink pancakes for my husband too We spent the day together going to the park and riding bikes. Our daughter has so much passion when it comes to these types of holidays. I found a coffee cup and turtle chocolates under my pillow. They gave it to me the night before because our daughter can’t keep surprises that easily.

Valentine’s Evening after our daughter went to bed we made a beautiful late dinner. Rib eye steak,  lobster tails with roasted potatoes. It was very nice we watched a movie but you know what I don’t remember it I think we were watching the Olympics back and forth as well.

Go Canada Go!!!!!

Is there anything that you need……..that is the question I usually ask before leaving the house. I’m the shopper of the house I buy everything we need. Sometimes my husband does I bet of shopping but that’s usually when I’m sick or I just tell him to go get it.  Anyways the point of this post is to gather up ideas for my daughters lunches and snacks at school.

I like to shop the perimeter of any grocery store, everything we like seems to be in the aisles but I’m trying to keep my family healthy. My daughter’s lunch box usually consist of turkey sandwich, granola bar ( no nuts ), apple, cheese, tomato and crackers of some kind along with water bottle. You might think that’s alot but she is in school for 6-7 hours  twice week. The rest of the week the lunch is still the same. I give her alot of choices because most of the time she doesn’t eat what I give her. It must be a phase because she does eat but not as much as I would like. Getting back to shopping………. bread without nuts because that’s what she likes if she had it her way it would be white bread all day everyday ,yogurt pops I don’t really think they have much nutrition but my daughter loves them so I put those in her lunch. Cheese sticks are great for lunches along with crackers but my daughter doesn’t like cheese sticks. I’ve tried every kind of cheese stick but no luck. Lets be honest convenient food is not that great. I’d rather cut up cheese then give her those cheese animal cut outs from black diamond. Another one is fruit leather that is easy to throw into her lunch box but it doesn’t beat real fruit cut up. I’ve tried fresh fruit with yogurt dip but most of the time it comes back home because it had seeds or something. Well gotta go to the grocery store and get all the good intention foods for my daughter but will come out with all the horrible stuff that she will only eat.