Anyway... time to review 3 awesome things!! First... a recipe I found on pintrest that I made last night!
Chicken Enchiladas w/Chili Sauce
These Chicken Enchiladas are absolutely delicious! I didn't use the jalepenos because I forgot to grab them at the store (which was good for me because spicy is hard for me right now, but I know that Jon would have absolutely LOVED it with some kick), and I also just used a regular mexican blend of cheese instead of the white cheddar and monterey jack. They were DELICIOUS! A few things before you make them though... they took me a long time. It was totally worth the flavor, but I underestimated how long it would take so Nicholas ended up having a PB&J roll up with apples because I didn't think he should have to keep waiting. Though, when they WERE done, and he tried them, he liked them (so kiddo approved)!! Also, somehow I managed to forget the one cup of water, haha... they were still really good, but they will be better next time when I have more sauce! Definitely worth a try and it's not big on processed food at all!
Nicholas' Chore Chart
I'm definitely not trying to toot my own horn on this one, because it wasn't my idea to begin with. If you check out Pinrest, I found a BUNCH of examples to go by and this is just what I came up with. That being said, this has been a GREAT thing! Nicholas absolutely LOVES it! He knows what is expected of him, and is very proud of himself when he gets them all turned over. I love that it reminds me to do his homework practice (because I've been saying for MONTHS that we needed to be doing that nightly, but then I got busy and forgot often) and it reminds us to practice his memory verse. His church has a memory verse every month so, for now, we're just doing that one (Matthew 19:26 this month!)... but once he gets a bit faster at memorizing (which I expect will come soon!) we'll go to one every other week and then one a week. I haven't found a good place to put the chore chart yet. I had all these plans for the menu board and the chore chart before I made them, but then I realized that his chart would be too high for him to flip the cards himself. So now I'm kind of back in "figure out a good place" mode. But seriously... this has been a GREAT investment! We've had all the standard chore charts when they have the grid and use the stickers and that kind of thing... but somehow this has just got him really excited and it's working way better than ALL the other methods I've tried.
Crayola Dry Erase Activity Center
I got one of these for a friend's child because she's super into school-type stuff. While I was at it, I grabbed one for Nicholas because, while he ISN'T into school-type stuff, he NEEDS handwriting practice like nobody's business. Love the kiddo and he's making great improvement, but kindergarten expectations are high now so I knew we needed some practice. I have more workbooks than we can count. I probably have 5-6 around here that go over all the preschool skills. I'm not saying those are bad at all; in fact, I grabbed a smaller manageable sized one for Nick when I was getting all the cards for the chore chart and menu chart laminated. But that being said, at some point I get tired of having the paper everywhere from letter and name practice. Sometimes it's great because I can save them, but every other time it's annoying because I feel like I SHOULD save them but I can't save every little paper he writes on (trust me, his plastic bin is overflowing!). He has dry erase handwriting boards already, but this comes with templates that are perfect and it means that I can make my own templates so he can trace new things easy before doing them himself. The templates go through all letters, upper and lower, all numbers, games, and a few blank ones that you could write what you wanted (sight words, name, etc...). His school just restarted their yearly sight words so I'm going to be using those as well!
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