The Weekly Plan {April 15th}

Yea! It's a Spring Break of sorts around here this week!! This mama is just as excited as the kiddos!!

I've got lots of fun things planned, such as scrubbing bathrooms, switching out the clothes for the spring/summer seasons, gathering up yard sale items (for our upcoming church yard sale), cleaning out my kids' rooms (yikes!), and much more fun:) Mind you, I have to cram all of that into the two days I'll actually have at home to get any house stuff done--the rest of the week is super full!

Monday:
~clean bathrooms
~do laundry
~clean The Princess' room and switch out her closet for spring/summer
~Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie
Tuesday:
~Field Trip!!
~Dinner: {out}

Wednesday:
~clean Mr. B's room and switch out his closet for spring/summer
~switch out my closet for spring/summer
~finish gathering up yard sale items (and drop them off!)
~Bible Study
~Dinner: Pigs-in-Blankets

Thursday:
~take The Princess for orthodontist consultation
~Field Trip!
~Dinner: Cream Cheese Chicken Chili (crockpot)

Friday:
{Happy 16th Anniversary to the hubs & me!!}
~Co-op classes
~Heading to Nashville for a romantic night with my awesome hubby!

Saturday:
~have fun in Nashville before heading home
~Dinner: {snacks/take out}

This post is linked to Menu Plan Monday at I'm an Organizing Junkie.

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