Tantrum

Eli threw one of those major tantrums in the Target toy isle yesterday - you know the one where you just want to walk away and act like it is not your child that is acting like a total brat. I mean come on Eli, Christmas is just a few days away. We were buying a birthday present for his friend Wade and I told him he had $6 from losing 2 teeth he could buy something "little". He did not like it when I told him that the $ 89.99 Lego set did not count as "little" as well as the $40 Star Wars set. To make it all worse my mother-in-law was with me therefore she got to see how wonderful my mothering skills were...I tried everything but then resorted to saying "okay fine-I am calling your DAD to come over here!" --he stopped crying and settled on a $4.99 Bakugan.

Do you believe in Santa ?

Emma came home last week and told me 2 of her friends told her Santa wasn't real and that it was just your mom and dad. Well.....1st I wanted to strangle the kids who said that to her(of coarse they are both sweet girls and I wouldn't do that...) and 2nd I wanted to cry. It caught me off guard and I just sort of looked dumb-founded at her. I then proceded to tell her that once she stopped believing in Santa that that is when Santa no longer comes to your house to bring you presents and it was too bad her friends wouldn't be getting any presents from Santa. I was sad for the rest of the day thinking that she may only believe for one more year.

Thanks, Stacie

My cousin wife, Stacie had the Elf Dance thingy below on her blog and I had to copy b/c it was so cute.

a new JibJab Sendable

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Emma's Birthday Party

Emma had her 1st BIG birthday party. She had abt 15 kids ice skating on Sunday to celebrate. The girls had a really great time-it was the first time skating for alot of them. They actually did great only a couple minor injuries :). The cupcakes were from Sam's club-so cute!

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Christmas at Mimi and Papa's

We had Christmas Sat. at Mimi and Papa's -we had so much fun and got so many great gifts!

Adjusting to work schedule

I am really finding it difficult to adjust to working all day then coming home and trying to play catch-up to everything that needs done here. The kids seem to be testing my nerves also. Lots of whining and fighting. Hopefully it is a phase and everyone will get use to the new schedule.

Gingerbread Latte

Tried the new gingerbread latte from starbucks b/c I got a free coupon in the mail. I rate it abt a 3 out of 5 -- it was okay--but at the end of my latte I felt something kinda hard on my lips -it made me kinda freak out. I found out later they put some kind of "spice drop" in it. Kinda wierd but it was free.

Basketball

Eli had his 1st basketball practice tonight and I have one word to describe it-COMICAL. Can't wait for the 1st game-it's Jan 10th-my birthday-what a great present :).

Cookie Time

Emma got her forms today to start selling cookies-YIPEE! We officially start selling Jan. 1st.

Indy's first snow fall

We had our first snow over the weekend. It was pretty but also pretty cold. The kids lasted about 10 mins outside playing.

PYZAM.COM

I got this cute background @ www.pyzam.com. They have alot of cute things for blogs and myspaces. Check it out!!!

New Recipe

I tried this new easy recipe last night to not so rave reviews from Emma. We had to sit thru dinner listening to her gag and cry w/ one bit in her mouth for abt 10 min. It was actually really easy to make and pretty good. I'd give it a 3 out of 5. Oh, Mike and Eli ate it just fine.

Chicken & Green Chili Enchiladas
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Prep Time:20 min
Total Time:45 min
Makes:8 servings
What You Need
4-1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 can (4 oz.) chopped green chiles, undrained
1-1/2 cups BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Taco Cheese, divided
16 corn tortillas (6 inch), warmed
3 cans (10 oz. each) red enchilada sauce, warmed

Money Saving Mom: Kodak Gallery: 75 free prints and 30 holiday photo cards for $0.48!

Money Saving Mom: Kodak Gallery: 75 free prints and 30 holiday photo cards for $0.48!: "Kodak Gallery: 75 free prints and 30 holiday photo cards for $0.48!"

pictures

I took abt 20 pictures to get one for my Christmas cards. I used the link below but ended up paying abt $5 for 30 pictures b/c the 1st code was expired-still that is a great deal.

Quit job

I actually turned my 2 week notice into work today @ the surgery center. I was scared of turning it into my boss and luckily she had already left for the day so I got to turn it in to someone else who is very nice. I am still scared to see her on Friday tho. I guess I will survive.
I thought this cartoon was sort of fitting since I have so many part time jobs w/ no benefits....

TOO LONG

I can't believe I have not blogged in almost a month. Well, Mike had surgery again and I have been trying to work extra. He went back to work last night --yea !!! It wasn't easy for him and I actually feel kinda bad abt it :(. I promise in the next couple of days I will post some pictures.