Healthy Eating? What a Pain!

I'm not going to lie.  Sometimes "healthy" eating is just plain a pain in the keaster and a time sucker, since you usually cook from scratch.  You can no longer just grab something quick without preparation and pre-planning.  For example here is my kitchen from last night:

While the dinner was super yummy (Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken, mango salsa, faux cilantro lime rice - made with grated cauliflower instead of rice, and black beans), it made a mess and created a lot of clean up.  And clean up with three little kids who want your full attention . . . . . . . ummm, yeah right.  However, it got done and I have to keep reminding myself that in the long run this is a better option.  It's cheaper than a funeral and relatively a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things.

Anyway, Little Man is finishing up preschool this week and is NOT happy about it.  Not only is he the only kid in his Primary class at church that is not going to kindergarten in the fall (His birthday is too late in the year to meet the deadline.), he does not handle changes in his schedules well at all.  However, we discussed how every school year has an end and the exciting things that he gets to do this summer and that he will get to see his very much loved Miss Kymm next year for more days during the week and for a longer period of time each day.  He even came up with a fun new tradition: a backyard camp out the night of his last day of school.  He is really looking forward to it, but I am not so sure my husband is since he was chosen to sleep outside with him and it is only supposed to be 49 degrees.  They probably won't last through the night, but that is okay.  It gives Little Man something to look forward to instead of focusing on the sadness of school ending and that is what counts.

I think we also have officially transitioned Princess to her toddler bed.  She has been sleeping in it for both her bed and through out the night.  I'm so glad we did this now, instead of waiting. Since she can't reach and turn the doorknobs yet (Yep, she is that tiny.), she is not able to "escape" and has resigned herself to actually sleeping.  YEAH!  So much easier than the oldest!  However, I think with the Littlest Princess, we are going to struggle with the "escape plan" when it is her turn.  She is already almost as tall as her older sister and they are only a pound apart even though they are a year apart in age. Oh well, that is a worry for another day.  Next phase in Operation: I WANT MY ROOM BACK!!! is to move the Littlest Princess either in her older sister's room or go ahead and move Little Man downstairs and give the girls each their own room, which will happen eventually anyway.  We are not sure yet how we are doing this, but I just know that something is going to happen this weekend.  My goal is to have my room kid free by June 1!