I am a little late at posting this. I didn't have it finished until yesterday. I ordered my groceries last evening and they arrived this morning just in time for lunch. I splurged and bought donuts for the kids. So, after we got all the groceries and all the bags put away we all sat down and enjoyed a nice jelly filled doughnuts. Why jelly filled and not chocolate you may ask? Well, over here the donuts are not the same and all you can really find are jelly filled or ring donuts, sometimes you can get plain custard ones. You can't get yummy frosted ones. There are a few Crispy Creme shops in the country and when we are in cities that have them we do usually splurge on some. By splurge, I mean they are expensive. After the conversion, we are paying about $24 for two dozen donuts. Thankfully, we don't have one close to home so it is not a temptation to do often.
Monday - Tuna melts and Tomato soup
Tuesday -
Chicken Lime TacosWednesday - Kids will have spaghetti or pasta (we will get to eat at a dinner at church)
Thursday -
Peach French Toast (this has been a favorite for years, we usually have it for breakfast on Christmas)
Friday - Tomato Pesto Pizza (I got this great idea from a friends, thanks
Holli)
Saturday - Potato Soup with bread (this recipe came from a friend I used to babysit for when I was in college. We all love it and usually eat is all and I double it. I'll post the recipe below.
4 Large Potatoes peeled and diced
3 C. chicken stock (can use water and chicken boullion) (use enough liquid to cover top of potatoes in pot)
1 1/2 C. Milk almost boiling
1/8 tps. nutmeg
1 tsp. dried parsley
salt and pepper to taste
grated cheese to top
Cook potatoes in boiling stock for 20 mins until very tender. Puree potatoes in blender or mash until very smooth -- do this in the water/stock they were in. Stir in hot milk, nutmeg, parsley and salt and pepper. Heat until simmered. Serve with cheese.
This area in our home, other than just being our kitchen table where we eat all our meals, is where we watch the birds. We have three bird feeders right outside those double doors at the end. It is such a perfect place to have feeders, because we are all at the table at least three times a day and we can watch the birds come and go. One thing we have discovered is that the birds like to have breakfast when we do. We all delight in watching them and naming which birds come. If we don't know what kind of bird it is, we look in our bird books. They are strategically placed in a basket on the windowsill at the table. We then talk about the colors and size of said bird and look for it's name. 
Here are a couple pictures of the our bird basket. As well as a few bird books, we also have a bird observation notebook. In the notebook, we write down the name, size, color, what the bird was doing and draw pictures of new birds that come to our feeders. I would like to get a pair of binoculars for the basket as well. I know we have a pair somewhere, but haven't seen them since we moved here. 
Watching the birds together is such a great family table activity (maybe in another post I will write other things we do while at the table together). It spurs much conversation and excites us all about the beauty of God's creation.
