Times two

Would you believe me if I told you Max also has hand,foot and mouth virus?  It's true. Today has been rough on all of us. Not only did max not sleep last night, he didn't all day today either. Poor thing has blisters in his mouth, has no interest in eating and torn to pieces bc it is to painful to suck on his paci :(. After an afternoon of hell, I called our ped - on her cell! Asking for ideas to help the pain. She told us about an old trick to put benadryl in a spray bottle and spray the back of his throat - it would help numb it.

Late afternoon we took them to get frozen yogurt. A friend suggested this as she had done it with her son when he had this. Sure enough, Max was in heaven - something that felt good! And tasted great!  After ice cream we walked to the park - had some smiles but turned into yawns and tears so we headed home.... To find out Claire had a 101.5 temp :( my poor babies :(. Neither would eat dinner, Claire wouldn't even drink her milk. Both went to bed at 6:30 and haven't heard a peep so far... Hopefully the Benadryl and ibuprofen are working miracles and we will all get some much needed sleep!
I'm hoping and praying none of their friends get this. It's a mean virus.

Another double

Poor buds.... He has another double ear infection. One more and we will be talking tubes. He had a 101 temp yesterday and had a rough night. His pattern is usually the same - long cold followed by ear infection. I actually took him last week, only to find out it was just a "cold". I didn't like the doctor we had to see - thankful we got to see our wonderful Dr. Bates today!










Helping me make their morning "momo" smoothie!!

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Holla!

It's consignment time in NC!! I am very proud of my recent purchases!


Today I purchased a total of 17 items: 14 articles of clothing, two pairs of shoes and a wooden table with four chairs (that I will paint a different color) all for $105! I should add that half of the clothes were polo!

Two of my favorites!

Claire's deals!

Score!!

I went to one last week and will go to my last one tomorrow! I love finding these great deals! Tomorrow my focus is on my nieces and shirts!


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Motivation

.....or lack there of.  I've been awful at staying on task.  Not sure why, but it has been this way for a few months.. and my lack of post/pictures (on our real camera) prove it.

It may be because my two crazy toddlers are keeping me very busy.  I have been struggling with getting rid of their morning nap.  They still wake up nice and early (6-6:30) so I was thinking (and they were showing) they needed a morning nap.  They like their morning nap and usually take a 1.5-2 hour nap. How many times can I say nap?  Then when it comes to their afternoon nap, they take a crappy one, usually only 1hr.  Recently, we have been skipping their morning nap and man oh man they get feisty waiting for their afternoon nap.

This is a picture of applesauce thrown all over the dining room wall - it's also all over the floor.  This happened as a result of one over tired little boy (my fault) throwing a tantrum instead of eating.
You would think that since dropping the morning nap, they would take a great 2.5-3.5 hr one in the afternoon....WRONG.  I am lucky if they sleep for an 1.5.  Does this just take time?  Should I keep the morning nap? (i'm afraid they will want to only nap in morning and never in afternoon).

We have kept our mornings busy by going to The Children's Museum, playing outside and going for runs.

 Claire LOVES her pink sparkly flip flops and will start crying if you try to get her to wear a different pair!  We had a mini tantrum before school the other day.  They aren't allowed to wear open toe shoes, sandals or crocs to school and this girl wanted to wear them!

 Buds wearing Claire's hats, playing with his truck while taking a break from vacuuming!

Pretty little diva!

Claire has also become obsessed with our iphones.  It's very annoying.  She knows how to unlock it (I need to do the passcode) and find her "itsy bitsy spider" app.  She LOVES it and if the phone is in her sight, she wants it.

 Cutest little guy I've ever seen!

Sidewalk chalk is always fun!

Dawgs win!

Last night after watching football, I came home, typed a post on my phone and apparently fell asleep - it has since disappeared. Oops. It may have been about these:

Yep! Krispy Kreme! OMG. Hot and now! Worth every calorie!

Thanks to a bulldog win, we had a great weekend!

Two newest UGA fans

Daddy and the Buds!!

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Good And Not So Good Eats!

So, it's been a little over a week and a half that I have been trying to eat clean.  Basically meaning cutting out processed food.... no package foods, no white flours, less sugar - instead, eating lean protein, whole grains and lots of fruits and veggies.  The first six days I did great!  Then it came to Saturday night and Sunday.  Since I do my grocery shopping on Sunday, I had gotten low on the fruits I like to snack on, not to mention we went to a friend's house for football.
Being unprepared is probably the biggest mistake.  Makes it more tempting to reach for the unhealthy foods.
And... I did cave and get fro yo last night with a little bit of choc. toppings :) It was worth it!

Another thing I've noticed with making most things from scratch - makes a huge mess.  I probably spent 30 minutes cleaning up from tonight's dinner and attempted dessert! Mess everywhere!

Good Eats:
Lunch: tuna mixed with hummus and greek yogurt on a wasa cracker, sweet potato with cottage cheese, tiny bit of butter, and garlic/, roasted veggie wrap, and black beans with cilantro and greek yogurt in lettuce wraps.

Dinner: whole chicken in crockpot, stir fry with lots of veggies, quinoa patties (quinoa mixed with cottage cheese, spinach and garlic), stuffed portabello mushrooms (leftover quinoa with veggies and cottage cheese)

 stir fry with left over chicken

stuffed portabello mushroom

Tonight I tried a recipe out of Deceptively Delicious.  It was for homemade chicken nuggets.

Basically you mix one egg and a cup of pureed broccoli in one bowl and in the other mix whole wheat bread crumbs (I used panko), a cup of ground flaxseed and a couple of spices.  Dip chicken in egg mixture then in bread crumbs and cook in pan.  This made a huge mess! It was really good though.  Everyone ate it except picky Max!  He had a few bites but was more into the quinoa/spinach mix.  -forgot to take a picture.  

THEN I decided to try one of the desserts. FAIL!  I made the chocolate chip cookies. The secret ingredient was garbanzo beans.  The last cookie I made with garbanzo beans was really good!

Justin was excited I was baking again.... he immediately asked what I put in them and I conveniently left out garbanzo beans and just said applesauce.  He took one bite and said, "it taste like a dirt patty lacking sugar!"  So, for the second batch I added a little honey- nope!  Third batch I added some peanut butter - better for me, but still nothing spectacular.  

 they look normal!

  I'm thinking they will be perfect for Max and Claire.  I rarely let them have sweets like this, so when I do, it's a treat! ...hopefully they will think so!

I'm down two pounds since eating cleaner.  I think it also helps that I am not taking bites of M and C's food/snacks.  I was probably adding on an extra 200 calories with a bite here and a bite there.

First day of school!

Today was the day!  I might have been more excited than Max and Claire!  This week they were easing the kids into the new schedule.  Instead of 9-1, they went 9-11.
I was hoping they would sleep in til at least 7 so we could have a good morning and not worry about morning nap...but that was not the case.  6:19 was when they decided to wake up and 7:45 was when they decided they did NOT want to take a quick nap!
So off to school we went -with no nap.

Got my backpack and ready to GO!

I really wanted to get a good one of them together, but they were ready to go and not wanting a camera in their face.  

Such a big girl!

They went right in and started playing with toys.  Max fussed for a minute, but then found the trucks!

 Sadly, Claire's boyfriend Trevor is in a younger class, but her other buddy Ellis is keeping her company!

Their teachers said they had a great time!  They have a picnic tomorrow (for the whole school) and won't go back until Friday.  Next week they will start their 9-1 Tues/Fri schedule!! This Mommy is ready!

They were exhausted when we got home.  We had an early lunch and I put them down for naps at 12:30.  Claire woke up crying around 1:15 and would not settle down.  I went to check on her and ended up taking her out of the room so Max could sleep.  She was so upset, and I still don't know why. Max woke up shortly after, so it made for a long, whiny day! 

Some unrelated housekeeping....

This past weekend we had a family sleepover at our friend's house.  It was a day of football.  We watched the UGA game at home then headed over to their house for the night games.  Another family stayed too - one big sleepover!  (We stayed so the Moms wouldn't have to go home early and no one had to worry about drinking and driving)

There were actually 8 kids! (4 and under!)

And here is a video of Claire's new dance moves! Please excuse her Flock of Seagulls hair do!

Hopefully tomorrow I can post about my "real" food eating and some new recipes I have come up with!