Taco Monday!

Surprise . . . there is photographic evidence that Minnie and Bubbles were here this past weekend!  A forgotten picture was on the fancy camera.  This picture shows the majority of the time spent with Minnie and Bubbles.  They love to have people with dedicated game playing time.  They probably played every single game we have! 

It's no secret that we are Lego Movie obsessed!  Actually, we are obsessed with anything Lego-related, but we are watching the movie a lot lately.  One of the things that Lincoln and Beau love the most from the movie is Taco Tuesday.  (It is technically TAKOS Tuesday, and Lord Business is using the acronym to trick the residents of the city into thinking that they get free tacos instead of getting sprayed by the TAKOS machine with the frightening KRAGLE, which is really KRAzyGLuE.  If you haven't seen it, you wouldn't understand.  But it's super important around here!)  Believe it or not, the boys have never had tacos.  That's pretty crazy since we eat Mexican food every week!  They just always have chicken quesadillas or fajitas.  Anyway because they were so interested in Taco Tuesday, we decided to have our own Taco Tuesday.  Something came up for Tuesday night, so we are having Taco Monday!  Lincoln was so excited that he made a few signs for his room.  This one is a picture of him declaring it "Taco Monday" and holding a taco.  He also drew each of us smiling because we all were going to be happy about Taco Monday.  So creative! 

After all of this buildup, the tacos had to be super yummy!  The chicken breasts cooked in the Crock Pot all day in water and salsa.  The cooked and shredded chicken spent a little time in the skillet with more salsa, taco seasoning, and a spoonful of sour cream before being loaded into taco shells and topped with cheese.  After 10 minutes in the oven, it was taco time!!!!  Mommy and Daddy added a few veggie toppings, and it was the most photogenic and delicious meal ever!!!!  The boys actually ate a lot of their taco, even though it fell apart a bit.  They loved the flavor, the chicken, and the taco shell - it was just hard for them to keep it together.  Taco night for the win!!! (This really is my plate, and I didn't steal the photo from the Internet.  Hard to believe it looked this perfect!)

What better way to end our evening than with fancy banana splits?!?!  Two little guys LOVED their dessert! 

Lincoln  just can't get calmed down to go to bed these days.  He's always so busy in his room when he is supposed to be sleeping!  At 11:00 he was finally finished crafting his latest banner.  He drew a picture and wrote the first initial of so many people.  The order (I think) is Mommy, Beau, Lincoln, Daddy, Pops, Nana, Bubbles, Minnie, Allyson, Auntie, Patsy, Lincoln splashing in a puddle, Lincoln and Beau riding in the parade, and a heart.  That's pretty much the best banner ever!!!   

The takeaway from Monday:  we like tacos, we like banana splits, and Lincoln likes to make banners.  That's a pretty great Monday!  Oh, and Lincoln's teacher called to say she loved that Lincoln shared a joke with the class that was super hilarious.  Popsicle sticks with jokes on them are awesome, and he was happy to share the joke he got on Sunday evening. 

Q: What does a parrot say on the 4th of July?

A: Polly want a firecracker!

We are planning to take a big box of joke Popsicles to school for afternoon snack on Thursday.  Lincoln and his friends can take turns sharing their jokes after they eat their cool treat.  School can be so fun!