fruit kabobs!

Today for snacks we had fruit kabobs.  Even though I have no problem getting them to eat fruit, I thought it would be something fun for them to do.  Alex was super excited.  He could hardly contain himself with all the fruit in front of him.  His little hands were in and out of those bowls so fast!

sweet dreams

Isn't he the most perfect little 14 month old you have seen lately?  I don't think I have seen one so perfect for at least 19 months, and before that it was over 7 years earlier when I had TWO perfect little 14 month olds (who incidentally slept on those same nursery rhyme sheets).  He's holding his Dalmatian puppy dog that his Aunt Jessica got him.  He doesn't carry it everywhere with him (yet) but he always smiles really big when you give it to him.  He likes to snuggle with it while he watches cartoons!

Cake Balls Anyone?

We made cake balls for Valentines Day, and when I say we, I mean it turned into a family affair!!  

First I made the cake, the babies licked the bowl (and then took a bath!)

 After it cooled, I crumbled it up.  Then my sister Jessica mashed the frosting into the cake mix.  The boys helped her make the cake balls.

 

After they set over night I dipped them in chocolate.  They turned out MUCH better then the first batch I made last summer!

 

LOOK!  I even made some in the shape of a HEART!! 


*I first got this recipe when we visited family in Alabama last summer.  However, I have since come to find that these little cake balls are all the rage in the mommy blogosphere!  For the recipe and TONS of different things you can do with these cake balls, I would suggest going to this web site.   

http://www.bakerella.com/

and look under pops and bites!  

** Read the comments for LOTS of suggestions on tips and tricks for making them!

My Foray into SAHMomminess

I never intended to be a SAHM.  I'm not even sure if you would consider me a SAHM.  I mean, I do work at Wal-Mart four nights a week and I sub at least once a week.  However, the majority of my time is spent at home.  Last week I did nothing.  I didn't sub, I didn't work at Wal-Mart, I didn't clean the house, I didn't wash clothes, I did nothing. 

I think to be a SAHM you need self motivation.  I don't have self motivation.  I need someone telling me you need to do this and this is how it should be done.  Then when it's over I need them to say "Way to go!" "Great Job!"  or "What were you thinking?"  Someday (hopefully soon) I'll have my own classroom, and I know I will have to have self motivation.  But, I will also have State Standards, the Board of Education, a principal, and many others telling me what I will be teaching.

But for now, I need to work on this SAHMomminess business.  I need to become self motivated.  I need to clean, to wash clothes, to organize rooms and make meal  plans.  And maybe I'll tell my self "Way to go!"  "Great Job!" and I'm sure more times then not "What were you thinking?" 


If you don't know me, you're thinking wow she's got a handle on this.  She knows what needs to be done and she's going to do it!  If you do know me, you're probably thinking I'll believe it when I see it.  Quite frankly, I'm going with the latter.  But who knows, maybe I will surprise you, maybe I will surprise me!

My Christmas Cards...

they're still sitting on my counter.  Waiting for stamps...  I hope I make it to the post office before heading into Wal-Mart to work.  I had the best intentions to load the kids up, get stamps, ingredients for cookies, and a few other odds and ends.  However, and there seems to always be a however, I couldn't find Emmy's other shoe, and then it was 1 and Days was on, the boys wanted to go play with their friends, and Alex was whinny because it was nap time.  So there my cards sit... still on the counter... and it's one day closer to Christmas... and one more day late for my Christmas cards.  To bad too, cause they were really cute this year.

not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday!

This is my first Not Me! Monday... but here I go!

It was not me that decided a little less then a year ago that I, the girl that can't ever do anything everyday for more then a week, was going to do a project 365.  And it definitely was not me that only made it a few months collectively.  Because we all know that when I decide to do something I do it all the way or nothing! 

I so did not let my children eat candy bars before lunch because we only eat healthy around here and only have chocolate for special occasions.

It's a good thing I'm not a procrastinator too.  I would never wait till the last minute to make Christmas cards, get them stuffed, stamped, ready to mail at the last minute and then STILL have them sitting on the counter ready to be mailed! 

This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Sept 16

Wow!! Where has my baby gone?