Grateful

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to escape normal life for a couple days! I drove down and stayed with my mom for two days, i don't think that has happened since I've been married! So fun...Around 11am the first morning, these are the thoughts that ran through my head....

6 things I am grateful for this morning (in no particular order)

1- Taking a shower without a toddler opening the door and throwing polly pockets at me.
2- Sipping my coffee while watching Food Network instead of Candace trying to bust Phineas and Ferb
3- Blow drying my hair AND putting make-up on BEFORE 10am!
4- Eating breakfast without having to wipe any bottoms...
5- Actually realizing I do have brain power when I'm not using it to clean up milk or legos.
6- I'm still in the SAME shirt I put on this morning and it's 11am! No stains at all :)

I absolutely LOVE my kids with ALL my heart, and usually embrace the snotty noses and dirty shirts and PBS kids, but mornings like this are GLORIOUS once in awhile. Thank you Dave for letting me go and get some rest, and thank you mom for letting me crash at your house!

I love pinterest!

So, thanks to my two fun sisters and mom, I was recently introduced to pinterest.....wow! So fun and so many cool ideas. Being crafty does not come naturally to me, I have to try really hard :) Pinterest makes it easy.. See an idea, and try it out. So far I've tried a couple recipes, done a couple Halloween crafts, and learned all kinds of new things you can do with Pipe cleaner! Check it out..

So, I saw this on pinterest and it is from a blogger @ www.no1hasmorefun.blogspot.com
My original thought was that Kate would have fun with this, but it turns out it was a little too hard for her, and instead Emma and Ben had a BLAST! All you need is a bunch of pipe cleaner, and a colander (or in my case 2 :).. Let the kids be creative....


This kept them busy the Entire time I made dinner AND made these yummy healthy snacks:



These scrumptious morsels are called Energy bites and are packed full of healthy goodness. The recipe can be found at www.fooddoodles.com . They are a hit with everyone and were super easy to make! Ben asked for them as soon as he woke up and Emma packed some in her lunch. You've got to keep them in the fridge or freezer, and are easy to make a double batch of...Try it out!
Ok, I'm off to get more ideas :)

It's bigger than him!

Hughes Cousins

It's blurry, but we actually got one picture of all 7 Hughes cousins sitting in one place! Haha!

Totally true!

Got this off facebook...oh so true...

Wanderings

At dinner tonight we were talking to Emma about her spelling test she brought home. Only 6 right out of 15, which is pretty unusual. This is how it went down- Me: "what happened?" Dave: "Was your mind wandering?" Emma: "yeah, I think it went to the store to get more knowledge."

There are no words..

Ben came into the room holding a frying pan. He told me to hold it out so he could run full speed into it to see if it leaves a face print. Yeah, Tom and Jerry is now officially banned at our house...

Did I mention we have chickens?

Well, we do...and we love em... Never in my whole entire life did I imagine I would want to own chickens, and if it wasn't for my wonderful animal loving husband-I wouldn't. But, the kids love them, and two eggs a day ain't bad either. Dave figures 2 years of not buying eggs and we'll make our money back on the chicken coop! Haha..

High heels and drama

It's no secret that Emma and I sometimes disagree on clothing choices. The other night she had a meltdown- I wouldn't let her wear high heels with athletic socks (apparently this made it ok to wear for PE-ha!). I took a deep breath and said, "What needs to happen right now?". She choked back the tears long enough to say, "Do I need to take a couple chill pills?" The girl does listen to me...

Crazy lady

One of the easiest ways to get my kids to laugh really hard: Driving aimlessly around the neighborhood pretending I don't have a clue where we live. I'm wondering 2 things: when will this cease to be funny? and how many neighbors think I've lost my mind?

First day of school 2011

1st day of school!! This momma is VERY happy. The last 2 weeks have consisted of utter boredom (not me, the kids), constant fighting and lots of whining. It was time to get back in the routine. Drop-offs went as expected. Emma was nervous and Ben was fearless....pretty typical. It's gonna be an exciting year for them, and for the first time in years, I am sitting here typing in the middle of the day and it is QUIET! Maybe I'll actually get some stuff done :) Here are the kids heading out this morning....

Mr. Independent

Emma: "Mom, can you walk me to my classroom tommorrow and make sure I put everything in the right place?" Me: "Yep, I'm on it." Ben: "Don't walk me into school. I can find my own way."