Mommy Trial and Error

Being a stay at home mommy

2012-01-26T20:19:00.000-06:00

This post is all about me venting about my crazy but lovable life. I do not want to hear about working moms and they have it rough. I can't imagine leaving my kids to go to work...I understand they have it hard...

Anyways...

I need a break. My kids are my life and I love them too pieces! The past 2 months I haven't been kid-free for more than 2 minutes. Sleeping doesn't count...but I always have a kid climb in bed so I probably could count sleeping! I am not complaining about having to spend time with my kids... I enjoy every second of spending time with them.

Now that Addison is in school she wants my attention every second she is home. I am fine with this. She went from getting attention every second to sharing the attention at school. Very hard... Kyle and I don't get "us" time until it's bedtime. Lately bedtime has been getting earlier each night. Once the kids are in bed it's time for cleaning up, getting lunch & clothes ready for the next day, sitting down to breath and then it's my bedtime.

I wake up every day with my kids telling me it's daytime and the sun is up!

Owen is very much my son. He hates being by himself. If Lucas won't play with him he is on me begging to wrestle or play Lego's. Lucas now thinks he is a big kid and Owen is a baby.... so he likes to play alone a lot!!

I am lucky if I get in a 2 minute shower without a kid or dog trying to get in. If a kid does get in the water temperature goes from extremely hot to freezing. Not enjoyable! Most days I leave the shower with soap still in my hair because I hear the kids doing something bad!

My house is going every 2 weeks with being sick. We have caught strep, pink eye, the flu, allergic reactions, colds.... everything! :-) When my kids are sick they are really needy...all kids are...

**I just got interrupted by Lucas. He now has a rash on his elbows and starting on his face. I can't vent anymore... mommy is needed!!

Doggie Kool-Aid

2012-01-26T13:51:00.002-06:00

I just caught Owen & Zoe sharing....aww.... kool-aid out of the dog bowl. AHH....

Life changes so quick...

2012-01-25T13:22:00.000-06:00

Our Wedding - 2005

Addison arrives - 2006

Lucas arrives - 2007

Zoe joins our family - 2008

Owie arrives - 2009

Wow... I guess we have had a pretty boring life the last 2 years. No new members to the family... well...Mystery. {my kids still talk about him.}

I have been in baby mode since I found out that my sister is expecting. I am so ready for a new little baby to hold and cuddle!! Kyle & I are done having kids so now I just want tons of nieces and nephews!!

I started my blog as a way to journalize our life. I have a horrible memory as always forget to write stuff in the baby books. My blog has helped me remember all the fun stuff. I even have printed it out and made a book into it!!

So... I am going to write about each one of those pictures...

Our wedding!
It was amazing. With it being in November we figured it would be a cold fall day but it was beautiful out. The morning seemed to drag by as slow as possible. Ceremony was perfect and the reception was a blast!! I'm pretty sure my husband danced the entire time! :-) Sorry to all of our guest he didn't talk to! :-) 6 years have went by already... hard to believe. I fall in love with him more and more every single day!

Addison Arrives!
Our first baby. Our little princess!! I had a great pregnancy...some morning sickness in the beginning but not bad. I craved ketchup & mustard with everything. Oh.. and pickles!! I would eat a jar of pickles at 1 sitting. At 35 weeks I started to dilate....37 weeks I was at 3cm...but didn't have my princess until 39w6d.....and I was induced. Labor was the easier than my easy pregnancy....stupid morning sickness! :-) During pushing we were talking about the Cubs & the weather. Kyle and my sister were in the room with me!! Addison was born with thick dark dark brown hair. She was short & chubby!! Perfect!! Our whole family was at the hospital waiting to meet our new princess! This was the perfect pregnancy & delivery!

Lucas Arrives!
My pregnancy seemed to go by much quicker since I was taking care of Addison. Addison was only 3 months old when I found out I was pregnant!! We were so excited to find out it was a boy. We would have our little girl & boy!! I craved big home cooked meals!! My mom was awesome during this time... she always made my favorite for me!

Halfway through my pregnancy I found out that I was very anemic. Dangerously anemic. Until Lucas was born I had to drive an hour 3x a week to get iron treatments. They were double doses also so it took longer! 90 minutes... with a baby who was close to 1 years old and knew how to walk! My amazing parents always helped me and took me.... since I couldn't chase around Addison while having an IV in. For 3 months we had to do that... fun huh? Again I started to dilate at 35 weeks. A few trips to the hospital with false labor... at 36w.

April 10th was Addison's birthday. We were throwing her a small party at my moms. I did NOT want to have Lucas on Addison's birthday. Them having their own birthday was very important to me. During the whole day I was having horrible back pain and knew Lucas would be coming soon but tried to get through the day. After the last birthday present was opened I said, "Let's go." It was hard to move but I was afraid I was having Lucas that second. My whole family froze for a second because none of them knew I felt bad. Kyle got the car and rushed me to the hospital. Stupid back labor.... they did induce me and I had Lucas the next morning! WOOHOO!! Their own birthdays!! Delivery was very easy.... I did have a harder time breathing because my back pain... Kyle, my sister, Kyle's sister & my best friend Amanda were all in the room. My little boy was very skinny & long!! He was born at 36w6d. This pregnancy & delivery was so much different than the first time. I think I expected it to be the same!

Zoe dog joins our family!!
First, I am NOT an animal person. I bet my family was shocked when I said we were getting a puppy. My kids begged me for so long and loved playing with my mom & neighbors dog so I felt bad. I am a mom who will do anything & everything for my kids so I got a dog. It took us a little while to figure out what kind we wanted and what kind would fit our family the best. A puppy lab! The first few weeks having her home (we got her at 8w) were harder than having a baby at home. She had horrible diarrhea the first few nights... and rolled in it. 2am baths were not fun! :-) After that was the chewing... cabinets...tables..chairs... toys...toys...toys...door trim... :-) I think Kyle wanted to kill me! We bought a new coffee table and within 2 days Zoe chewed a huge part of it off... :-) Thanks dog!

A month after having her we found out that I was pregnant! YAY!! Not really a good time to have a puppy though. My lovely husband was great and helped feed her and take her out a TON!! She is a perfect fit in our family. She is just as crazy as the rest of us!! I think we have the most hyper dog in the world! :-)

Owen Arrives!
It started with horrible morning sickness. I couldn't get out of bed until I ate something... my super husband would get me a bowl of cereal every morning!! Apple Jacks most of the time!!

I really wanted a boy because Addison's drama exhausted me. :-)

Starting at 30 weeks I was getting UTI's that would not go away. UTI's can cause stronger contractions... so I was in pain constantly. None of the medicines would work. It would take 2 different medicines to get rid of a UTI. This caused many trips to the hospital and being sent home with a new medicine. Finally at 36w6d I had contractions that were not going away and not normal. We went to the hospital again...me thinking we were just going to be sent back home.... and a few hours later Owen was born.

This delivery was completely different from my first two. In the room with me was just Kyle. My brother Joe was outside the room though... so he was kinda there! My epidural was too strong... I couldn't feel anything. Owen's heartbeat started to drop. When I was told to push I couldn't... I thought I was. The Dr. started getting louder and telling me to push but I couldn't. They had to use the vacuum and he was out quick. He had a head full of dark curly hair and was my smallest baby!! After a few minutes of holding him the Dr. took him to the nursery. He was a little blue (perfect to me) and the Dr. was worried about him.

Hours and hours went by and I couldn't see Owen. My epidural was so strong that I couldn't walk for 10 hours after delivery. Because of that I couldn't go to the nursery to see Owen. Finally at 10am I could walk. Owen had tubes on his face and I started to really panic. We were told to go to our room to receive a phone call from a different hospital's NICU. This phone call is hard to remember... I know it was about moving Owen to a different hospital.... fluid in his lungs... that's all I remember.

Shortly after that phone call an ambulance was waiting for Owen outside. This was 12 hours after delivery. They released me from the hospital so we could follow Owen to the hospital. Being released was a little surprising. I was just able to walk 2-3 hours before that.

We got to the new hospital and ran to the NICU. Being there was the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with. My baby had all kinds of tubes & iv's on him. I felt like I did something wrong to cause him the pain he was having.

Leaving the hospital with Owen still there was so hard. I was afraid something would happen when I was gone. We went home to sleep and shower and went back to the NICU. I think I only slept an hour... worrying too much!! This happened for a few days. I think that during this week I got maybe 4 hours of sleep total. I would have Kyle call the NICU at 2am to check on Owen.

During this time of rushing to the hospital, to my moms (to see my other kids) and back home to relax - I started having some problems. I won't go into details about this but my Dr. put me on bedrest for a few days. WHAT? My baby was in danger and my other kids were at my moms... I couldn't be on bedrest. The stress, no sleep & just having a baby was too much on my body.

I sent Kyle to the NICU to see Owen and it killed me that I couldn't be there. Kyle took lots of pictures and even got to hold Owen.

Owen had too much fluid in his lungs from the fast delivery and his lungs were not fully developed. After a week in the hospital he was ready to come home. The phone call saying we could pick him up was the best!! Even though I was suppose to be on bedrest I wasn't going to miss picking up my son from the hospital. I was so excited to bring him home to finally really meet his family. During the NICU stay the only people who could see him was grandparents & Kyle and I.

I always say that if I had Owen first I wouldn't have had any other kids. His pregnancy/delivery was horrible and I would never want to go through that again.

Wow - time goes by so quick.

While writing this I had to get up over 100 times to do different things with the kids. We have pink eye! fun fun!! So I am ending it now... maybe later I can add a few more pictures and edit it a bit!

said WHAT?

2012-01-19T09:55:00.000-06:00

Owen was looking at our movie collection and saw the movie - Little Monsters. He instantly turned it upside down and said he didn't like the movie. When I picked it up to see what it was he grabbed it out of my hands and threw it in the trash. His response after doing this - PROBLEM SOLVED! MONSTER IN THE TRASH!

:-) He loves spooky stuff but that must have been too spooky for him!!

Snow - love it or hate it?

2012-01-19T09:36:00.000-06:00

AHHHHHHHHH......

I have lived in Indiana my whole life so I've had to deal with snow since I was little. I have no problem with the snow. It's fun to play in and is very pretty. This is my 12th winter driving in the snow - I've had my share of spinning, driving into fields & getting stuck. No problem....

What I HATE about the snow is how crazy other drivers are on the roads. I have very precious cargo and drive very cautious. No - I'm not one of those dangerous people that barely move and cause accidents. I do drive safe and what's comfortable for me though. People in these huge SUV's or trucks get so close behind me that I get so nervous.

We live close to the school so there are no buses by us. These crazy little kids run out in front of cars like it's no big deal. Today I came VERY VERY close to hitting a boy crossing the street. In my subdivision the speed limit is 20mph so thank goodness I wasn't going too fast... I stopped just in time to miss the boy.

So - I love the snow but hate people in the snow! :-)

said WHAT?

2012-01-18T12:31:00.000-06:00

Owen - Mommy, doggies poop on the ground right?
Me - Yes Owen! They don't go on the potty like people.

*We had just read a book about how people go on the potty. Even firemen!

5 minutes later I go into Addison's room and...

Owen is naked and trying to poop on the carpet. When I asked him what he was doing this is what I got....

Me - OWEN... what are you doing?
Owen - Hi mom. We playing doggies. I the baby dog. Dogs don't do poop in the potty.

That's what I get! :-)

Baby Shower Planning

2012-01-17T15:53:00.000-06:00

In case you didn't see the news - MY SISTER IS PREGNANT!!

I am so very excited about this that I can't even explain it. I have wanted my sister to have a baby since I got pregnant with Addison. My sister was still in high school so I knew it wasn't going to happen but I still wanted it!! Stephie & Keith are going to be amazing parents and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for them!!

So.... a baby coming means a SHOWER that needs planning!! I don't want to give the theme away yet but it is so stinkin cute! Right now we are doing the guest list, food planning... all the kinda boring stuff!! I have been on the phone with my mom and sister daily and have been emailing Stephanie (yes... another Stephanie - Keith's sister) daily with plans!!

Thanks to pinterest we are getting all kinds of neat ideas!! As soon as our invitations are out I'll blog about the theme!! Oh - we are finding out the sex next Monday!! AHHH.....

Organization!

2012-01-16T09:26:00.001-06:00

My life is a mess! I have about 20 different spots for everything in my house. When I need neosporin I have to go on a hunt.... when I need kid fingernail clippers it takes 10 minutes. There are certain things I'm very organized with but I need everything to be. With my kids rooms I try to be very organized. Everything has 1 spot that it SHOULD be in every night. This doesn't happen every night but we try. Lucas is AWESOME with it. Addison.... she is the most unorganized person I know. She always knows where everything is but it is in no order at all. Today I went into her room to put a DVD away and I saw something pretty interesting. All of her DVDs were very organized. Her movies are her favorite.

People movies

Her first row of movies was ones with people in them. These are some of her favorites! Notice 3 of Dwayne Johnson movies next to each other? The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain & Tooth Fairy! Ha... He is a great actor!!

I think she watches Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 three times a week! We don't have the first one but I don't think she really liked it.

The second row was all scary movies! They were mostly Scooby movies but Casper was in there also!


Scary movies

Next we have princess movies! Addison never watches these but she will watch the Barbie movies! I think I want her to watch these so I just buy them. :-) Beauty & the Beast is amazing - how can she not love it?

Last - tv shows! These movies she rarely watches.

Now if I could just get her to those organizational skills with the rest of her room!

I have been trying to make 1 place for everything in my house... it is very hard! My first task - medicine type stuff. Most of this is in 2 cabinets but you have to dig through it all to find what you want. When you have a headache you don't want to search for pain relievers! When I start this I will take a before & after picture!

My boys are trying to pick Zoe's nose so I must end this! :-) See ya!

Memories that will last forever!

2012-01-11T11:41:00.000-06:00

Today is my hub's birthday... everyone make sure to wish him a happy birthday!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE!!

Today my boys and I are cleaning for Kyle's birthday dinner tonight. Well, I am cleaning and they are making more for me to clean. I got so tired of cleaning so I turned pandora on really loud, Pitbull station & danced with the boys. Dancing with my kids is a memory I will never forget. We have so much fun and just go crazy. Today Lucas made a new dance move to show daddy. :-) It's a special birthday present he said!!

It's so easy to go on with the day to day chores and forget to have fun. It's sad... I wish I could just have fun with my family every second of the day. Tonight when all of our family is here I'm going to try to make it so much fun where none of us forget this birthday!! hmmm... now what can we do?

I think you should turn your music up real loud and dance right now!! Go for it!!!

Missing my Addison Marie

2012-01-09T20:17:00.000-06:00

My little girl is 5 years old but she seems so much older. :-( Today she had her first cheerleading practice, read a few books by herself & did some awesome math problems. She was at school from 7:30am-4:30pm.... 9 hours... At noon I was watching the clock because I missed her so much and wanted her home. Where has the time gone? Before I know it she will be a high school cheerleader, taking her SAT's & never home. :-( I guess all I can do is enjoy her while she is here. :-)

At Cheer camp!


My beautiful 5 year old!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

2012-01-09T09:52:00.001-06:00

I haven't blogged in awhile so I have a lot to catch up on! The holidays kept us so busy plus we were sick so I had no time on the computer.

Christmas break started off great. Day 1 we went to see the new chipmunk movie. Thank you mom! Chipwrecked. My kids LOVED it!! I found a new way to keep Owen quiet during the movie also - ring pops!! I will be sneaking these into every theater now!!

My kids love the when the chipettes sing Whip My Tail!

Aunt Becky reading the awesome card!

Next was Christmas! Christmas Eve morning we went to see my Aunt Becky in a Christmas play. I only took the big kids because I knew my little wild boy wouldn't be able to sit long. The kids were really interested for most of it but it was too long for them. I was shocked that they watched so much of it. After the play we gave Aunt Becky her Christmas present - a handmade scarf made by me! :-)


Orange & Black scarf for A.Becky

On the way home from church Addison told me she picked out a new job for when she is older. A church owner. At first I didn't know what was going on in her head....and then it hit me. She noticed people handing out money and Addison LOVES money. I didn't say anything and just let her talk about it. She said it would be the best job ever because we talk about Jesus and people just give you money to talk. It's like a big party. <-- This is so Addison. I did explain everything to her when she was finished but it was fun listening to her!

We always spend Christmas Eve with my in-laws! We had a great time and even Santa showed up! The kids loved all of their gifts & have went on and on about Grandpa being magic.

Before we went to grandpa & grandma S's for Christmas we sat out Santa's milk and cookies & the reindeer food... just in case we were sleeping when we got home. The kids were awake so we checked out where Santa was - Santa Clause, Indiana! Since he was so close Addison rushed to bed and was asleep within seconds. Lucas watched a movie and was asleep with no problems. At this time Santa came to our house and put together the gifts & ate all the cookies & milk.

Christmas morning I woke up super early and was dying to wake my family up but I was nice and let them sleep a little longer. If you aren't up before 6 on Christmas what kind of person are you? :-) My family would have been okay with waking up at 8 but I couldn't let that happen. The kids loved all of their new toys & was so surprised with what Santa got them.


Lucas got a Wii

Lucas has been begging for a new Wii. Ours has been broke and he hasn't been able to play it. He was so surprised to see that Santa got him a NEW one!! Santa also brought a few new games! Mommy & daddy got him lots of Legos, Nintendo DS games, DVDS & much much more. Addison went shopping for the first time and got Lucas some blow up punching gloves. Lucas' favorite Christmas toy - Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Electronic Fire Station Prime Playset.

Addison got drums!

For the last 3 months Addison has been begging for a drum set. Since we are in the middle of making a playroom in the basement I told her no we will get one after the playroom is finished. We have no space upstairs right now! Well, Santa got her a drum set. We had one very happy little girl!! Mommy & Daddy got her lots of puppy dogs, dressup stuff & DVD's. Addison's favorite present - her drums!! Thank goodness that Santa didn't listen to mommy & daddy. She has been making all kinds of songs up & singing while playing. I have one very talented little girl!

Owen got a big wheel & CANDY

Owen is a hard kid to buy for. He is only 2 1/2 years old but loves all of his big brothers cool toys. I hate buying the same toys that Lucas already has but needed to buy Owen something. We ended up buying him lots of Cars stuff & tools. Santa brought him a Thomas Big Wheel. Owen calls it his motorcycle! :-) Owen was so fun to watch this year. He opened his presents and was excited with each one. Addison got Owen a few Cars cars. :-) Owen's favorite present is probably his "motorcycle." He has been driving it all over the house and screams when anyone else touches it.

My kids biggest surprise was something my dad did for them. It was so very sweet and my kids will never forget it.


Lucas & the reinder antler

On Christmas morning after we opened all the presents I told Addison to look outside at the reindeer food. She opened the door and her face was priceless. She said, "wow, there is a reindeer antler outside." :-) I laughed and asked her if she was crazy. Her reply, "Yes, I am crazy." hehe...
My dad found it at work on Christmas Eve and dropped it off that night. Lucas wants to take it to a museum because he has never seen a reindeer antler before!! Such a smart boy!! The kids tell everyone what it is and that it is magic!!


Addison & Einstein

After Christmas we had 2 birthdays left in 2011. Uncle Steven's & Aunt Stephies. We celebrated with Uncle Steven & had some great fajitas... yum!!! For Stephie's birthday my kids had caught strep throat and were on medicine. After 24 hours on the medicine we loaded in the car and rushed down to celebrate with my sister. We had cake & tons of snacks to celebrate that night with. Owie wasn't doing too good so we stayed a few hours and went home. Kyle and I celebrated 2012 in the car driving into our subdivision!!


Joe, Louie, Me & Stephiebirthday girl

I hope all of my friends & family had a great Christmas & an awesome new year!! Our new year has been kinda rocky so far but it's gotta get better!! :-)

Lucas said WHAT?

2011-12-21T11:36:00.000-06:00

Lucas - Mommy you know what would make us the goodest kids ever?

Mommy - What buddy?

Lucas - For us to wrap a present for Santa and leave it by his cookies & milk!

Mommy - What would be a good present for Santa?

Publish Post

Lucas - a new machine that tells you if the kids are good or bad. I bet I can make it and repair it when I'm older.

:-) I love my sweet little guy!!

BOGO Free

2011-12-13T10:12:00.000-06:00

The boys and I were at a store a few weeks ago and heard the funniest conversation. I almost forgot to blog about it!!

{BOGO Free Sign on headband rack}
Random Customer - I am all finished shopping but I'd like a bogo.
Employee - Okay, you will need to pick out 2 headbands
Random Customer - no thanks, I'd just like the free bogo.
Employee - but it's buy one get one free
Random Customer - but your sign says bogo free - I want a bogo not a headband.
Employee - bogo means buy one get one free.

hahahaha.... I wanted to pee my pants....

Miss Addison

2011-12-08T19:52:00.000-06:00


Addison's Choice

The past month Addison has been coming home singing Christmas songs and so happy. She LOVES to sing...at one time she wanted to have a career of singing at a zoo for people!! :-) Her stage name would be Addison Bieber! Well, she had a school Christmas program to get ready for!

On Tuesday we went shopping for her Christmas program. I wanted her to wear something nice but not over the top! Everything I picked out she hated. It was too colorful, too stiff, too much purple or not enough red. ugh... she is the queen of excuses! Then she found this little white vest & BEGGED to wear it. When we were in the changing room she picked out the red long sleeve & black dress capri pants... ugh... nightmare!!!! I made her try on around 50 outfits and she would not budge on what to wear. oh... she also wanted to wear her boots with this and that would have looked even goofier!!


My Choice

Thank goodness that grandma came in and bribed her with ice cream! At first she wasn't going for it but after a few seconds she quickly changed her mind. THANK YOU GRANDMA!!!

Addison thought the outfit made her look like a ninja! :-) Grandma told her that she looked like a sheep...so Addison said "BAAAA!!

I posted this picture on my facebook and asked if I was a bad mom for not letting her wear this. Here is my favorite comment I got....

It reminds me of a shepherd, so if she was playing a shepherd in the program yes?

hahahhaa....

She did look very cute at her program.

I asked her why she sat by all boys and she said those boys are all her best friends. Her having 2 brothers that she gets along with great might be a problem. She would rather play ninjas or batman than dolls & Barbie's.

The Christmas program was very cute and only 30 minutes long!! 30 minutes is perfect for Mr. Owen who is a wild child. The seating was a little crowded but that was my only complaint. At the end of the show Santa & Mrs. Clause made an appearance. The kids were very excited!!

Addison had a bunch of people come see her. Mommy, daddy, brothers, aunt & uncle, grandparents & a great aunt!! Aunt Stephie even got her a rose!! Addison thought she was a superstar with that flower!!

Owen said WHAT?

2011-12-07T06:49:00.000-06:00

Owen - There are grapes on the hot fire pit... RUN!!

*I sat a bag of grapes on the stove and one fell out of the bag. 30 minutes after this Owen started screaming that there was a grape on the hot fire pit...RUN!!

Recipe - Goulash!

2011-12-06T13:07:00.000-06:00

This is one of my favorites!!! Enjoy!

2 lb. ground beef
one tube of hot pork sausage
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green pepper
2 Tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1 can of tomato juice
1- 16 ounce box elbow macaroni

Fry ground beef and sausage in a fry pan until done - then drain. Add onion and green pepper -stir so meat doesn't get crispy. when veggies are tender you can stop.

At the same time cook your noodles. Pick the smallest time that your box tells you. (I don't use all of the noodles....85% probably) Drain and add everything together in a big pot.

Add meat/veggie mixture, noodles, tomato juice and seasonings. Stir & cover. Simmer on low.

Simmer for 10 minutes on medium to low to blend the flavors.

ENJOY!!!

For leftovers get another tomato juice to add to it!!

Review - Real Construction 130-Piece Super Workshop Mega Set

2011-12-05T08:31:00.000-06:00

Real Construction 130-Piece Super Workshop Mega Set

Rate: 4 Stars

Suggested Age 5+ (Lucas is 4 and did this with his daddy helping)

Lucas got this toy from a Christmas party and LOVES it. If you have a little boy who loves tools it is a must buy!!

It comes with a hand saw, detail saw, hammer, screwdriver, square, hinges, nails, hole cutter, screws & foam. 125+ pieces!!

Pros -
*It's not real messy! When you are using the saw some foam breaks off but not bad at all.
*Kids can use the tools with no help.
*You can be creative and build whatever you want!

Cons -
*Horrible directions for complex stuff but for small projects not bad.
*No measurements

Recipe - Scotcheroos!

2011-12-04T08:42:00.000-06:00

One of my favorite recipes that my mom makes!


Scotcheroos!

Scotcheroos

1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
6 cups rice krispies
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips

1. Measure corn syrup and sugar in cooking pan.
2. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently til sugar dissolves and mixture just begins to boil. (If you let it boil to long it will dry out your scotheroos and make them hard.)
3. Remove from heat.
4. Stir in peanut butter. Add rice krispies. Stir well.
5. Press into buttered 13x9 inch pan.
6. In another cooker on low heat slowly melt chips together and spread over top.
7. Let cool, then cut into bars.
8. Enjoy!

Etsy

2011-12-04T07:57:00.002-06:00

My Etsy Shop

Happy Birthday!

2011-12-03T13:58:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday to my dad & niece Hannah Marie!! I love you!!

Brands

2011-12-02T08:07:00.002-06:00

My kids are such brand junkies!! They love their Hienz Ketchup, Hersey's Chocolate Syrup, Chips Ahoy Cookies, Recee Puffs, Cocoa Pebbles.... the list goes on and on.

Sadly, I am the same way. I have to have my Tide Laundry Detergent, Finish Dishwasher Detergent, Dawn Dish Soap, Pledge, Windex... the list goes on and on.

Since prices keep going up and my husbands salary isn't going up as fast - I decided to change a few things around the house.

Here is my experience so far...

Hersey's Chocolate Syrup VS. Great Value
My kids HATE the Great Value syrup. Addison wouldn't even take a 2nd drink.

Hienz Ketchup VS Great Value Ketchup

My kids didn't notice a thing.... I did but I can deal with it!!

Chips Ahoy VS Great Value

No difference!!

Cereal - we do NOT like any other kind except our certain brands... I've tried...

Bounty Paper Towel VS Great Value

I LOVE Great Value - no difference in product just price!!

Windex Glass Cleaner VS Great Value

I didn't mind the Great Value but it took more wiping than the Windex did. I am back to using Windex now...

I do LOVE Clancy's Party Mix at Aldi's. It was kinda like Gardetto's!

So I am saving some money but some things we just can't change!!

New member to our family!

2011-12-01T20:40:00.001-06:00

We are getting a new family member!!! No... I am not pregnant!! I am getting a new niece or nephew!! My amazing sister & Keith are expecting in June. Stephanie & Keith are wonderful with my kids so I know they will be terrific parents. Baby Alphabet will be very loved by all of it's family - especially me... I've been dying for a little baby in the family!! :-D

Keith & Stephie on the day they found out!

*Baby Alphabet - I didn't know how to spell Keith's last name at first... it's very long.. Alphabet was easier...

Congrats Stephie & Keith!! I am very excited for you two!! Love ya!!

Don't piss Addison off Part 2

2011-12-01T08:39:00.005-06:00

My kids are evil. Lucas wants to kill his brother and Addison likes hanging animals. What kind of mom am I?

This is Addison's newest animal hanging.

Super Hero Food!

2011-12-01T08:00:00.008-06:00

Super Hero Food!!!!

Awhile back I was having a hard time getting my kids to eat good food. All they wanted was cookies, fruit snacks & chocolate milk. Addison would never try any vegetables & Lucas hated all meat. So - I came up with the best idea! Call healthy food - super hero food! My kids LOVE it!! Every time we eat they ask if it is super hero food and what it does to our body. Example - Carrots give us better vision... and cookies make us slow. I think they are waiting for me to say it makes you invisible or can fly! :-)

A few nights ago I made spaghetti & meatballs. As we were eating Lucas asked if it was a super hero food. We told him yes, it had veggies in it & meat which makes you stronger. He then told us he was going to eat 100 meatballs and kill Owen. YIKES!! He did have about 3 meatballs and before he wouldn't even try them.

Junk Food...

Last night I took the kids to McDonald's (which I rarely do anymore... it's so expensive and GROSS). The kids loved their food and ate all of it. This morning when we woke up I told them I was sick from the McDonald's food. Lucas got very sad and told me that it's not super hero food so we shouldn't go there anymore. McDonald's is my kids favorite so I was shocked that Lucas said we shouldn't go there anymore!!

Daddy is CrAzY

2011-11-28T08:52:00.002-06:00

Owie/Mommy convo

Owie - my daddy is crazy
Mommy - oh yeah... why?
Owie - he is a crazy driver
Mommy - haha... yeah...
Owie - he drives like this {crazy spinning and jumping}
Mommy - haha... Are you going to drive like that when you get big?
Owie - no no no... the police will get me. I will drive like this. {perfect ... both hands on pretend wheel and no jumping or spinning}

:-)