Whole Foods :)

My daughter has always been a 'climber' but lately she has taken it to new heights- literally! All she wants to do is climb on everything she sees. Her favorite thing to do is the climb on a chair and then up on the table. She is 16 months old and doesn't seem to understand discipline. I have tried everything and she just thinks it is all a game. She laughs hysterically when I tell her 'no' and even enjoys 'time outs' so much that she puts herself in one herself and giggles. Needless to say it is getting hard to cook anything because I can't turn my back for a second with out her ending up on the window ledge or the kitchen countertop. This is the reason for my post tonight. I had been feeling guilty that tonight I didn't make a long grocery list with the ingredients I needed to make meals for the entire week, I didn't go to the grocery store to find all of the ingredients while chasing an active toddler up and down the aisles and I didn't spend time preparing and cooking dinner one handed while holding and entertaining my daughter at the same time. Instead I went to Whole Foods and spent only $30 to get dinner for the three of us for three nights. I bought chicken and cheese sausages that were freshly made at the store, freshly prepared black bean burgers, whole wheat buns, broccoli, sweet potatoes, vegetable balls and cranberry stuffed turkey breast. All of these were made fresh that day and all I had to do was cook them by either sticking it in the oven or in the fry pan. I still felt like I had 'cooked' dinner but with out all of the hassle! The point of this post is that sometimes you can cut corners to make life a bit easier and you shouldn't beat yourself up for it. I saved time, I wasn't stressed out, my daughter didn't fall off of anything and we all had a wonderful meal! Hopefully you can enjoy a week off every now and then :)