Surviving Little People

Pumpkin Patch

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:45:00 +0000

Pumpkin Fun!

Funnel Cakes, Roasted Corn and More!

80 Ft. Slide

Look, See, I want to touch the animals.

Notice the warning on the picture:)

Pony Rides

Pumpkin Picking

Hayride

Time to go home and he still has the Pumpkin on his head!

Mini Home Makeover

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:38:00 +0000

I thought it would be a great idea to redo a few rooms in my home with a fresh coat of paint - maybe frame a few printables from Pinterest. I was envisioning House Beautiful!

INSTEAD each room I walked INTO looked in need of a new reality show, "Camp Organization!"

http://www.cartoonstock.com

Hmmm, maybe next year!:)

Nicki, ~Always

Sauteed Chicken Breasts, Onions, and Celery Over Rice

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:03:00 +0000

Join me over at Kelly's Korner today for
Favorite Main Meal Recipes

My favorite is Sauteed Chicken, Celery, Onions over Rice

Recipe:
4-6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 Large Onion
4 Celery Stalks
Salt
Garlic Powder
Pepper
1-2 Sticks of Butter

1. Sautee 1/2 Stick of butter over medium heat in a frying pan adding chicken breasts
2. Cut celery into quarters then add to top of chicken
3. Cut onion into big circles and lay over celery
4. Add another 1/2 stick butter, flipping chicken and celery and onions as needed
5. Cook rice in seperate pan
6. Cook chicken all the way through and continue to sautee until the celery is soft and has picked up the butter, onion and chicken flavor

Serves Chicken, Onion and Celery over hot Rice
Serves 4 to 6
Enjoy!!

My Little Gymnasts

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:01:00 +0000

"Mom, Can I do a Handstand on the shed roof?"
"No son, that is where I draw the line!!"

Mr. Nick Praying with the group of boys before training.

This one is a natural!!

This one is not afraid to try anything!! UT OH!!

Great determination!!

Beautiful Form!!

Spills

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:56:00 +0000

There are more spills in my house then there are towels to clean up the messes!! No sooner do my kiddos open their eyes and we have already reached spill number 25. By night time I want to sit on the floor kicking and screaming, saying "Do you really need anymore liquid today".

Packing for 8 plus a dog

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:19:00 +0000

Heading to New York to visit family and friends for the New Year sounds like so much fun, right?
Did you see me mention New Year as in 20° F where you will need all the winter essentials to survive?!!

Just a sneak peek at my packing list for the kids-
6 pairs of boots
6 pairs of gloves
6 set of hats
6 winter coats
6 pairs of snow pants
6 pairs of sneakers, shoes
6 pairs of socks x enough for 10 days and the occasional, “I got snow in my boot!”
6 pairs of you know whats x enough to last the trip
36- 40 outfits which does not include tights and hair bows (packed those with the accessories)
Kid Tylenol ~ just in case
6 toothbrushes, kid toothpaste
band-aids
Much much more
These are pictures of the return trip home, which yielded many more goodies from family and friends.

We may need to think about renting a u-haul in the future or we could visit during the summer!!

Princess Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:07:00 +0000

Guess who had a birthday?? The big #1

The boys loved singing Happy Birthday!!

She loves her new computer!!
Her favorite part of the party was her princess friends who helped her open her gifts.

Can I frame this face?

Our sweet precious little girl turned 1 years old in December!!
What better way to celebrate than in a princess dress made by grandma!!

2 Left Shoes

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:22:00 +0000

Clearance sale on shoes at the mall 50% off of already reduced prices!!

~Bought 2 pairs of shoes for my 2 yr.old 1 pair for church and the other for play.

Fast forward to playtime and imagine my surprise when I discover I purchased two left foot shoes:)

Fast forward yet again to Sunday morning Church

Me: “Honey, can you put on our little guys new shoes?

Hubby: “ ah, we have a problem, they are both for the left foot!!”

Ugh!! Who buys their child 2 pairs of shoes and all four shoes are for the left foot?!!!

Needless to say my little guy wore Blues Clues shoes to church on Sunday:)

“Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?”
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

Our 3 Trees

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:43:00 +0000

Show Us Your Life- Christmas Tour of Homes on Kelly's Korner

My favorite part of Christmas decorating is my front porch!!Everybody in my house knows that the front porch is for Momma:)

The inside tree is for the rest of the family.
That is of course until I spent an entire afternoon watching HGTV decorate for “The Holidays” We now have 3 trees 2 for me and 1 for everyone else. My living room tree has the most beautiful decorations, they match our room completely.

Our boys have the sweetest friends- after their little companions found out I was taking over the tree decorating on the inside of the house their dear friends (12yrs. and 8rs. old) used their own money to buy our kiddos a tree and a stand so they could still have colored lights and surprised them with it when they came for a sleepover.

~Simply precious!!

Both the bottoms of the inside trees are ornament less due to a very curious 11 month old!!

Oh Christmas Tree,Oh Christmas Tree, whatever happened to you standing?

This was the kid’s tree after a run in with our 2yr. old:)

No Need for Words

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:04:00 +0000

Wordless Wednesday

Fall Princess

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:31:00 +0000

A One-Dog Family living with 2 Labs!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:01:00 +0000

For the first few years after having kids we did not have a dog!! Our cat had a nervous breakdown after we brought the third baby home in three years. Poor Boogie (the cat) had to live out the remainder of his days with a nice old woman.

Having the experience of a stressed out cat we steered clear of animals all together!!

Until ~

2 days after Christmas 7 years ago our neighbors decided to adopt a dog then changed their adoptive minds 24 hrs later, burdening me with the news of the dog’s imminent death if it was returned to the shelter. I say that guilt trip should have banned him from being our neighbor; instead we became the reluctant owners of our very own Lab-Retriever mix, Maggie.

Maggie is unique. Some of her charming qualities are~ running at lightning speed into moving vehicles, barking incessantly, refusing to eat unless it is what she wants. Shedding hair Everywhere!! ~oodles of fun having Maggie around for the last 7 years!!

A year ago April I decided we were not being subjected to enough torture and talked my hubby into a second lab. This time we got a puppy. (So we could train this dog right. Ha!)

Reality~ She eats everything including blankets, who knew!! She smells, she pees and she has no sense of personal space!! After chasing her around the neighborhood for 30 minutes and threatening her with a trip to the dog pound I came to the conclusion we are a one dog family living with 2 labs!!

Picture Perfect

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:21:00 +0000

Show us your Life with Kelly’s Korner today is all about your nursery!!

When we found out we were having a baby girl after 5 boys, my dream nursery was born!!
I was at a obgyn appointment and there was a child’s section of Restoration Hardware Magazine with photos of a very similar Nursery.

                                         Restoration Harware Baby and Child (picture above)

I was in love. Poor hubby!! Poor Hubby’s bank account. He painstakingly painted our nursery for 15 hours (with paint from the same place as the bedding and decorations of course. Put in laminate floors to enhance the look of the nursery and painted the changing table my mom had handmade for our other children to match her furniture we bought her.

Our Princesses Nursery

                    Our Princess Loves her room!!

My Name is not Annoying

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:59:00 +0000

Gotta Love when your children decide to talk to each other!!

12 yr. old: "You are annoying!!"
6 yr.old: "Hey, My name is not annoying!!"

A Beautiful Day

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:43:00 +0000

Fabulously Fall

Getting ready to go pick pumpkins and decorate the front porch!! Maybe even have a little apple pie!!

Flight Day Take 2

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:23:00 +0000

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Notice the outfits are the same as the day before!!

Since our clothes were in Atlanta and we were not, I had to wash all the clothes and put them on again the next morning.

The great outcome of a missed flight and 5 hours of waiting:

A fist Class Cross Country flight for eight!!!

The Kids did great!!

After an all day and most of the night flight.(lost 3 hrs. going to California) My boys had just a little energy……..

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Flight Day Take 1

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:42:00 +0000

My hubby and I embarked on a 10 day trip to California with our six kids. Ages 12 down to 7 months!!

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The excitement was building………

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Then came, “attention all passengers , there seems to be a ground hold in Atlanta right now (Our connecting flight was out of Atlanta) We are delayed 1hr.” And so we sat and sat and sat.

Then came, “attention all passengers , there is still a ground hold in Atlanta right now (Possibly missing our connecting flight out of Atlanta) We are delayed 1hr more.” And so we sat and sat and sat.
Meanwhile~
Then came, “attention all passengers , there is still a ground hold in Atlanta right now ( missed our connecting flight out of Atlanta) We are delayed 1hr more.” And so we sat and sat and sat.

After 3 hrs. of waiting on the plane they announced, “Your flight is…
Really!!
We spent the next 2 hrs. in the airport waiting for the airline to rework our flight for the next day:)

Jet Lag

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:51:00 +0000

You know the part of your brain that registers sleep?
I think the baby, the two year old and I left it in California. Considering I am writing this at 2:00a.m. and my sweet little cherry blossoms did not go to sleep until 1:30a.m. Oh the joys of traveling across time zones!!

A Beautiful Life

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Grandma Trudy, isn't she beautiful!!

Hi everyone, sorry for my absence. We have been on a trip to California for my hubby's grandma's 90th birthday party!!
Lots of funny stories to come in the next several days:)

Have you Seen my Brain?

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:42:00 +0000

Typical Utterances from my tween
“I guess”
“Are you sure?”
“Whhaattt!!”
“Why does” or “Why not” are the typical beginnings to every conversation I have with my budding young man!!
I hear there have been many missing mommy brains throughout the centuries~All seemed to be found within 10 to 15 years.

Please

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:53:00 +0000

I figure if I am always hearing “can I have this?” at check out they could help mom out once in awhile!!

Grilled Potatoes

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:29:00 +0000

My favorite Grilling Recipe is quite simple!! Potatoes and Onions in Tin Foil!!! Hmmm Yum
Join me over at Kelly’s Korner for a wonderful day of fun filled grilling recipes.

First you cut up your red potatoes into quarters and place then on tin foil
Second cut up 1 to 2 onions into thin strips and place on potatoes
Third sprinkle a small amount of oil and salt over potatoes

Fourth place on heated grill

Fifth cook for 20-30 minutes until soft

Sixth Place your potatoes on a plate and ENJOY!!

I need to admit I have a tough time sharing these with my family!! (Smile)

Hubby, “I have no idea what is wrong with my wife”

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:38:00 +0000

If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says "keep away from children." ~Susan Savannah

I have decided that sometimes the funniest thing about husbands is their complete shock when you tell them you have reached your limit on child rearing and decide to let them have a try at it for awhile.

Dear hubby,

You must have missed the 4,037 times when I said, “I need a break!!”

You must have missed the fact that when I state, “I need a clean house” and the number of days said has numbered over 2100 days!!

You must have missed the not so subtle, “I only need you to listen to me”!!

So I have decided to take a mommy vacation!! (Even if it is only in my head- Lol ~smile~)

Time To Clean Your Room

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:34:00 +0000

Hmm, I wondered how my children cleaned up the mess they call their bedroom so quickly!!

Of course when I asked who did it I got, Not Me!!

Bad Mood?

noreply@blogger.com (Fabulously Chaotic) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:12:00 +0000

Happy Saturday!!