This week in pictures...

Another week has flown by! Lets see what we did.

Saturday:

We went to church for the morning service.

Here is little Em ready for church. She has her water bottle and little folder where she keeps her "homework" for her kids class:

Sunday:

We went to the mall with the family, I had to return some things and figured to make a day of it. We usually never eat at the mall, but we were hungry and the little man fell asleep in the stroller and we did not want to wake him to put him into the car, we figured we might as well eat.

Hubby had a healthy version of fast food:

I had BAD food. But when I smelled the orange chicken coming down from the food court, I just could not resist. Shame on me.

Monday:

Posted my living room tour on Monday

We had some delicious minestrone soup for dinner

This is how my kitchen looks like when I am cooking or baking. MESSY!

So when I am done cooking, not only do I have to clean my mess but also the kids mess. Fun!

Tuesday:

Little EM had an eye check up (for her lazy eye). The doctor was very pleased at the result of her wearing glasses everyday. So we are not going to be have to be doing the eye muscle surgery at this time. She is to keep wearing her glasses every day for the next 4 months and then we will come in for another check up. Thank God!

Little Em was such a good patient, as a reward we went to Burgerville for some chicken strips, I think she mainly wanted to go there because they give balloons to the kids, Ha Ha!

Little Man and I

Wednesday:

We ran errands all day: The post office, the craft store, grocery store, costco...

we also did some shopping at pier one

Thursday:

We spent all day home on Thursday, I cleaned the house and

I worked on a sewing project. Here is a little sneak peek on that. I will post the finished project once I get my camera back.

Friday:

Got the amber necklace in the mail! How do you feel about using the amber necklace?

The little man has been so fussy lately because of more teeth coming in. I hope this helps.

I will let you know my thoughts on it once we use it a bit

That wraps up our week!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. If you have a "weekly" post please leave a link in the comments, I would love to stop by and take a look at your week.

Rainy Day= Soup!

Today was a rainy, gray day

I decided to make a big pot of my favorite soup (can you guess what it is?)

I picked up some french bread to have with our soup

Here is how my kitchen usually looks like while I am cooking.

The little man likes to open all the drawers and take everything out and throw all his toys over the floor.

It is minestrone soup!

YUMMY!

What do you like to eat on rainy, gloomy days?

Does your kitchen look like a tornado of toys when you are cooking?

This week in pictures...

Can you believe this week is over?? All I remember is valentines day and then being sick for the rest of this week.

Let's take a look what we did this week.

Saturday-

We didn't go to church on Saturday (We were up until 1 am in the emergency room on Friday night because the little man had a puncture wound in the mouth. BTW, thank you to all of you who have expressed concern)

Saturday night, the little man was doing so much better, we decided to head to our favorite burger joint (five guys)

Look how happy the little man is less then 24 hours later, kids sure bounce back fast. (he actually saw another baby and got so excited) You can check out last weeks post about last Friday night at the ER

Then we went to Menchies. We love our frozen yogurt!

Can you guess which one is mine?

Hubbys, little Em's and MINE!

Sunday-

Hubby cleaned the yard

While I prepped everything for our little play date/kids party

We had such a great time!

Monday-

Meh... woke up feeling terrible.

For breakfast I had a toasted english muffin with peanut butter and sliced bananas

Tuesday:

I made steak for dinner on Valentines Day

Doesn't it just look delicious?

Opening our valentines day gifts

(I love the kids expressions in this photo)

Wednesday-

Little Em's favorite food

Cupcakes are a staple in our house.

Seriously.. We have cupcakes every week!

Why not, they are so pretty and yummy.

Hubby brought me home some macrons from nuvrei

I already went through a box of tissues by Wednesday, my nose was sore and I just wanted to climb in bed. But the macrons made my day!

Thursday-

Little man has been teething this whole week.

So we have been using teething tablets. (they seem to help for an hour or so) I just don't like giving him pain killers. I have been considering getting an amber teething necklace. I keep thinking, oh he's done teething, then BAM he starts teething again. I may just go down to cotton babies and pick one up for him on Sunday. Does anyone have any advice on the Amber necklace? do you think it works or not?

I decided to try out burts bees diaper cream since little man got a rash from all the watery stools he has been having and my usual diaper cream didn't seem like it was helping.

The Burts Bees got rid of most of the rash after just two uses.

However, I don't think it is cloth diaper safe. (has anyone use this cream with cloth diapers?leave a comment please) I may just strip this whole diaper lot, just to be safe.

Friday-

Such a gloomy rainy day

That's our week!

Thanks for visiting :)

Kido's Valentine Party

Little Em has been drawing "valentines" for her friends since the beginning of January.

She wanted to know when she will get to give them to her friends (aww)

Since Little Em is not yet in school and I decided to throw a little party/play date for her friends. Plus it was a great opportunity for us moms to catch up.

Here are a few pics of the party:

The sweets table:

A little closer:

Mini water bottles and pink lemonade to drink:

Strawberries and blueberries

Cupcakes!

I used a strawberry cake mix for the cupcakes

and then frosted them with my butter cream frosting

Little store bought frosted sugar cookies

Instead of spending a lot of time on cake pops, I decided to just dip oreos into candy melts. Just as cute as cake pops in a fraction of the time

Little gift bags for the kidos to put their valentines in

For lunch we had mini cheese pizzas, salad, veggies and dip

After lunch we decorated cookies!

The kidos were so excited to open their valentines!

Aww.... look at them!

Ok, these have to be the cutest little kidos ever!!

We had such a great time at our party/play date!!

Did you have a valentines day party? If so, leave a link in the comments, I would love to check it out :)

Thanks for visiting!

This week in pictures...

So finally, after the whole month of January, no one was sick anymore.

Thank God we are all well again.

It has been a fun week for us!

Here is a few pics I snapped this week.

Sunday

Hubby needed to go to the mall, so we made a day of it

and went shopping and then out for dinner

My daughter found this cute ballerina doll to play with

The little man found a cozy place to sit at while I looked around the kids section

I found this super cute rain coat for the little man

Monday

I worked on some valentine party things

While I was crafting, my daughter was playing "mommy and baby"

Tuesday

Having breakfast and pretending to be a fireman!

My dad flew in for a visit :)

Wednesday

Package from ELF!

I love getting packages in the mail :)

Picked up some pretty cupcakes

Thursday

Went grocery shopping:

I had to snap this pic, my daughter was playing "fisherman"

It was too cute!

I took the kids to the park

It was chilly but at least it wasn't raining.

It has been a lovely week!

What have you guys been up to this week?

Healthy Eating on a Budget...

So after watching Food Inc, I can honestly say that I am sick to my stomach.

I am also mad! How can it be OK to sell meat that has been treated like that.

I guess I never thought about it before, I just saw meat in a package. Nice color, clean, no bones. Easy and convenient for me.

This has encouraged me to become more healthy.

Its not that we eat "bad", We don't drink pop, don't eat chips, don't eat at McDonalds, and we have a home cooked meal almost every day and we take our vitamins.

Is that all to it?

My first thought is to go to whole foods and buy only organic products. But we cant afford that.

I need your advice ladies

What are your tips and tricks for eating healthy on a budget?

One more thing, my kids hate vegetables (cooked or raw), how do you get your kids to eat their veggies?