HELP...Need Meal Ideas!

(THESE PICS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POST, BUT THEY ARE FOR FUN AND YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE :) They are pics of Breanna's "swim" lessons, she loved them.


I am sick and tired of our dinners. I swear Rob and I go through the same meals over and over and over. I have very good intentions of cooking new things, but I have a pickier husband then he would admit. He really loves certain meals....Loves, LOVES....Loves....so the problem is, he'll want them over and over and there is VERY limited variety.

I have barely tried any new meal ideas b/c he'll never ask for them again. Or, he says, yum this is good but eats WAY less then he would one of the "normal" meals we have. So...lack of motivation is also a problem for me.

One last problem, on some particular days, and I don't know which one it will be, Rob will think of and decide what he wants for dinner. If I have already planned something else he will politely eat some and then go make what he really wanted....um, that's frustrating b/c why did I go to the work of cooking if he was going to ultimately make what he wanted anyways.

All this comes down to me rarely preparing a meal UNTIL Rob gets home from work so that I don't cause myself unnecessary work if he doesn't even want the meal I prepare. We are eating very late at night b/c he does not get home until 7:30ish and then we start preparing a meal after Breanna goes to sleep around 8pm, so 9pm has become our new "dinner time". (by the way I'm starving by this time.)

I need suggestions on:

1. New meal ideas that your family loves
2. How to vary our meals with being able to still have Rob happy (I want him to ENJOY his meal after a long day of work.....and I know he loves certain meals, but ultimately I'm SICK of these certain meals and have no motivation to cook them again and again and again.
3. Does anyone plan out menus? Could you share a sample "calendar" for me to look at?

Thanks for listening to me vent :)

PS- I love Rob and this is in no way to criticize him, I just need help with ideas for me and our Meal planning.

Grammy's Visit

I miss my parents. I haven't lived close to them in almost 5 years and it's hard. But, I always LOVE visits from them and vacations to their house. My mom came last month and we had a blast. I'm finally posting some pics of that visit. Breanna absolutely loves her. These pics are from right after Breanna's nap, she just wanted to sit on my mom's lap and play with her forever. She had such a fun time. I cry every time she leaves,I know, dorky huh? but hopefully I'll be planning to visit them in June or July :)

After Nap Time

I love walking into Breanna's room after naptime. First of all this is what she looks like.....I love her "Bedhead".



In this pic she's saying "hey mom get me out of here!!"



Lately she has been needing time to adjust after her nap. When she was younger the minute she woke up she was ready to play and hang out, now she needs at least 10 minutes to adjust, sometimes 30 or else she's really cranky. In this pic she's looking down at a book, reading and relaxing.



This face is Breanna's "serious" "thinking" face. She sticks out her tongue and her cheeks get extra chubby. She does this whenever she is concentrating hard on something, such as reading, playing, stacking blocks, picking up something small, etc.



She loves to read. She'll hang out in her crib for awhile if I give her a book to look at, I think she likes just relaxing for a few minutes after her nap.

Hilarious Comedian - Brian Regan on Flying

This guy is hilarious! Rob and I have been listening to his improv and he is so funny. Hope you enjoy it. There's a ton more of his comedy on You Tube if you like it!