It has been how long??

Has it really been since the 24th of July that I sat down and posted here?  I mean a picture post, or an updating post.  Sorry everyone!  But if you knew how much we had to do in the past month...!  Sooo where do I start?  Well, we had John and Naomi, and then John only and then both again (yes it is confusing) for at least a week and a half.  We also had two Manse Nights for the youth in our church.  And of course I'm schooling Amelia and Aaron and trying to spend time with Owen.  Keith gets attention regardless, but it is the middle children that can be neglected, at least that is from my experience.  Amelia is almost done her grade 1 Language and Spelling.  I have yet to see her finish her Saxon Math.  I will not be buying Saxon again for her...I think they could've made it at least somewhat colourful for the first several grades!  Probably it would've been better if I bought the manipulatives to go with it but well you try to pinch pennies (ahem dollars!) here and there.  I've already bought her Grade 2 Math, Language and Spelling from Abeka, but I would really like to get another Apologia Science book and maybe just maybe dive into some History.  I really want to know what The Mystery of History is like so if you've done quite a bit of it please leave a review I want to hear from you!  Yes, I am rambling again!  So with Aaron what am I doing?  Well, he is practicing how to write letters and it is rather hilarious to watch.  B's end up with three humps usually...the X's look more like T's and so on. At least he is trying.  I'm going through Amelia's K4 readers with him and he seems to be doing quite well...at least when he isn't being a goof!  

Oh no!  He can pull himself up!  And I actually caught him getting himself up on his feet with out holding onto anything!  I hope walking isn't coming too soon!

He really wishes he could be out there too.

Aww!  Seriously he is like this most of the time!

Cauliflower Bean Casserole = yum!!

Well!  Here I am typing with one hand and holding baby in the other as wells trying to cook dinner and write up a blog post...yes ridiculous I know.  I am putting him down whenever I need to do something dangerous in case you think I don't care about the safety of my child.  He is not very happy right now. :(

So, I'm typing this to give you a yummy casserole that Ida gave me which is what I'm making right now too.  It has passed 4 Smith's and they all gave it a good grade (oh one of those Smith's was me, ahem).  So have a go at this because it is filling due to fat content, but delicious though easy!  And you know how mum's want easy yet delicious meals! :)

Cauliflower Bean Casserole

1 cauliflower cut into florets 

1 bag of frozen green beans

1 small onion chopped

1 package of bacon

1 cup of grated cheese

1 cup of mayonnaise

1 cup of butter (yes the original recipe calls for 1 whole cup...I put in maybe 1/2 cup don't do this to the mayo though, because the mayo gives this dish its delicious flavour)

So you cook up the cauli, the beans and fry up your bacon (I snip mine in half before hand to make it easier to eat) and your onion if you don't like too much of the raw onion thing (husband).

In a large casserole dish mix the cooked stuff together.  Then I guess you melt the butter or at least soften it enough to mix with the mayo and you mix that into the mixture and then you top it with the cheese and bake it at 300 for 20 minutes.  Enjoy :)

All right I have to grate my cheese now! :)