So thankful....

    So thankful that I am able to be a stay at home mama. I feel so lucky to be able to stay at home and be the best mom and wife I can be. I love doing all my mama and wife-ly duties. Cooking, cleaning, hugging, laughing, and supporting  to name a few. Here are just a few things that consumed my day:

                                                  Love love bath time!!!!

                                            Loves Passion Ice Tea Lemonade

Playtime!

                                Playtime with her present from the Hickle Family!

    She loves getting up on the dishwasher as I unload it! How could a mama get mad at this little face! Needless to say, I have had a great day with my baby girl! Mommyhood is def the greatest job on earth:) Hug your babies with all your might!

Mama and Me Cooking Class!

    Please tell me that I am not the only one with a kiddo who is the pickest eater ever?!?!?! My T is super picky and I can hardly ever get her to eat. I had read in past articles that  a way to get your children to eat is to have them help you in the cooking process and usually they will be more inclined to eat. I will try anything at this point! So, a commercial for Pillsbury. these little mini pizzas made from their Grand Biscuits. My kid loves pizza, I mean what kid doesn't, plus they were in these fun little mini sizes, I was hoping to hit the jackpot. She made her own little pizzas, and actually made one into a little pizza pocket. She gobbled them up!! Score for Mama!!!!
    For the husband and I, I bought Naan to use for our pizza crust. I piled it high with mushrooms, onions, garlic, and grape tomatoes. YUMMO!

                    

Target Naan, so good! 

   

We love mushrooms in our house!

If you have never had these little grape tomatoes on your pizza then you my friend are missing out! They get nice and sweet as they good, they are so good!! I chose a little piece of pizza with no sauce, little cheese but loaded on the veggies. And I opted for a way bigger salad than I made for my husband.

I can't forget to add apicture of the other cook in the kitchen, actually she was more of a supervisor:)

Got anything I can try?!

                                                         

    Overall it was a great meal, everyone was happy and everyone's bellies  were full. Makes for one happy Mama!

Super Mom-Wife!

    I woke up this morning with two things on my mind. 1: I HAVE to get my run in early  before it gets too hot and I make excuses not to go and 2: What should I make for dinner!
     Well friends, I accomplished both of these all before 10 am. I ran 4.50, yes, 4.5 miles this morning. I had some library books to take back so I ran up to the library and back. the trip there wasn't bad, but man it was rough coming back! But I was happy, and thankful when I finally saw my house nearing. I threw some chicken, mushrooms, celery, minute rice, and cream of chicken soup in my crockpot and dinner was DONE! 6 hours later I can smell the goodness! I got a really good looking zucchini that I am going to saute up to go with it too. Mmmmm...I love my crockpot:)

TGIF!

    Thank Goodness It Is Friday!!!!!! Started out my Friday on the RIGHT side of the bed today, feeling great and ready to get the day started. Unlike yesterday when I just wanted nothing but to get back under my covers. I met my mom and sister for breakfast with E. Our favorite eating place:

They also have the best coffee!

     We order salad and a pasta dish and split it 3 1/2 ways, E had some too:) We walked around and went through the Farmers Market, did some sampling. Some good. Some bad, very bad. Ended our date with some cupcakes. My mom and I split a Pumpkin SPice with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing and a Banana Cake with chocolate frosting topped with crushed peanuts. YUMMO! My sister had a chocolate cupcake with snickers topping. After we got home I knew that I run was in order. So I packed up the baby and off we went for a quick 2.5 mile run. I didn't feel as bad about eating those cupcakes when I was done. At least that is what I am telling myself!!

    I made dinner but have yet to clean up the kitchen. I should probably get on that asap. Goodnight Friends! Have a great Friday night!

    

I really hate it when....

I wake up on the wrong side of the bed! I thought that a good cup of coffee would help, I mean coffee to me is the cure all! Sadly no, it woke me up but I was still grumpy:( I knew what would make me feel better, a nice long run! I know I am crazy, running to make me feel better?!?! But let me tell you we did 3 miles, I was spent by the time we got back but it did the trick. I felt so much better. My advice if you are feeling grumpy? Don't waste your day sitting on the couch, get out and run it off!

This is what happens to E-Monster after a 3 miles run!

This is what happens to Mama, red, sweaty, and thirsty!

I needed something good and full of protein after that run, so I made a turkey sammy with cucumbers to add texture, a quarter of a peach that I shared with baby, and my Passion Iced Tea Lemonade that I make at home. Starbucks charges WAY too much! Let me know if you want the recipe! Baby helped me with all my sammy ingredients...

Her high chair held all I needed! She thought it was funny! Or maybe she was thinking, BUFFET!!!

Emi says, "Screw the spoon! Just give me the pouch!"

Sadly I have to cut this short, we are off to T-Bone's hockey practice, with traffic it may take us awhile to get there! But on a good note we are going out to dinner tonight!!! I have the night off :)

Have a great night Friends and TGIF tomorrow!!!!

A great way to end the day!

    Our friend Mark came up to hang out for a couple of hours. I can't believe it has not even been a year and it was like old times, laughing and whatnot. So grateful to have him here with us.
    On a reality tv note, so glad Michael and Holly won Bachelor Pad, although Michael deserves better than Holly. I can't believe she is engaged to Blake...barf! The new Bachelor Ben was announced, the guy who owns the winery...can't wait!!!! On yet another note....Survivor starts tonight, and the winner of Big Brother will be announced:) What can I say I LOVE MY TV!
    Well Friends, I am off to bathe a very messy baby and then off to read with T, we are reading, "The Witches," by Roald Dahl. Great author, funny books. Then to finally sit on the couch and watch some of my shows.
    Good Night All:)

Relief!

    As I walked T to school this morning it felt so nice! It was cloudy, breezy, and cool. There was no humidity, what a nice change. As I walked home I think I even felt a couple raindrops!
    I came home determined to get my cardio and workout in before Mr. Sun came out, I knew the weather change would be short lived and before we knew it, it was going to be back into the 90's my this afternoon.  the one day that the baby wants to pick to sleep in it was this day! She was so cuddled up with her dad that I couldn't bare to wake her to to stick her in the stroller and go for a run. So, like any housewife I used this time to get as much as I could done before she woke up! Although, going and getting back under the covers did cross my mind! In the 25-30 mins the baby slept in I got the kitchen cleaned up, the dishwasher started, a load of laundry in the washer and another load from the dryer and folded! Oh, and I made tuna fish and put it in the fridge for lunch...I was on a roll!
    After the baby had breakfast and I sat and chatted with my husband over a small cup of coffee I knew I had better get my workout in. I put E in her stroller and off we went. Man, I am so glad we did! It was a beautiful day here in Yucaipa! The sun was shinning but the air was still a little cool. After only 10 mins on our run I looked down to see her passed out. The stroller always seems to do the trick! Since she was still passed out after 2 miles I decided to pull her into a shady spot under a tree and I got my yoga mat out and did a 30 min Nike Training Club workout. It is a FREE app for those of you that have iPhones. It has tons of workouts! I did the 30 minute shredder workout. It kicked my booty! Baby slept through the whole thing:)

                                                              Taken before our run.
    When we got home lunch was pretty much done. Since I made tuna earlier all I had to do was slap it between 2 slices of bread and I was good to go. I added Swiss cheese and sliced cucumber to our sammys as well, you can never have to many veggies:) The husband's was on a sweet hawaiian bread and mine was one this bread I saw at Staters and couldn't pass up. My mom, sister and I have been trying to incorporate Chia seeds in our diets, they are supposed to be great little seeds to have in your diet. So when I saw this bread I was like, "heck ya!"

                                                       It was very tasty bread!
    So the first half of my day as been GREAT! What is on the agenda for the rest of the day...??? A whole lot of hugs, kisses and laughs with my fam!

And a lot of this!!!!

Have a great rest of the day friends!

So over the HEAT!

    Don't get me wrong I LOVE summertime.....sundresses, my rainbows, my sunglasses, no school, sleeping in..my list could go on. There is just something about feeling the sunshine on your face that makes you feel good, not to mention the sunkissed skin many of us get during the summer season:) However, when it is over 100 degrees in Redlands at almost 6:00 pm, there is something wrong. I am ready for the cooler weather, the jeans, the long sleeved shirts and the sweaters. I'm also on the hunt for a new jacket, it's the simple things in life that make me happy!!! I saw a girl wearing one at the ice rink last week and I loved it, I am hoping to find one like hers, next time I see her I am going to ask her where she got hers, is that rude? Or a compliment?
    It was only 8:30 in the morning and I was sweating so bad at boot camp, I was working hard, yes, but it was  stinkin hot that all of us were just drenched by the time our couple mile cardio was over. What a great workout this morning though, I have been feeling really good during our runs. I am NOT a runner by any means and I actually loathe running, but I know running is what is going to help me get my skinny bod back, so I grin and bear it! I felt great over the class was over. The good times kept coming when I walked into the house and saw that my husband had cleaned the living room! Whoop!!! I made salads for lunch and we caught up on our tivo while the baby took her afternoon nap!

    Toms. They are all the rage right now. I finally gave in and bought T-Bone a pair. And they have them in baby sizes too! OMG! I had to resist, telling myself, baby doesn't even walk yet why would she need shoes?!?! So I put them back, sadly put them back:(
    Well, both girls are bathed and ready for bed! I am going to feed the little one and sit and sit with the husband while he plays a new video game! Good Night Friends!!!!

The Three-Day weekend comes to an end and I am....

EXHAUSTED! But in all honestly I think I may be tired because sadly I think I am getting sick. I have been trying to ignore the ick since I felt it coming on on Thursday. I think it is a cold, but because I am nursing a baby I can't take anything to ease my ick, or even to take the edge off:(
    On a more positive note I did get my hair done and cut, compliments to my sister for giving my hair the TLC that is was in dire need of! T-Bone got a trimmy trim trim also, and a feather in her hair! She loves the feathers trend right now, she can pull it off, me, not so much......
    We also attempted an art project with the girls using their hands and feet, I think overall it came out cute and I can't wait to put it up in the house:) Here are some pics....E was NOT into pics..see pics below:

                                                     T's foot was the trunk of our tree!

                                                                    Tickelish!!

                                                            E's turn....not a happy camper!

The branches!

Finished product..see, E was NOT happy!!

Now, where to put it?!?

    So, overall a great three day, but man, this mama is T-I-R-E-D! Well friends, I am off...it's bathtime for the girls and have to get ready for the week ahead. I am shooting for an early bedtime for myself but Bachelor Pad is one tonight, and I may not be able to wait until morning to watch all the drama unfold:) 

Night all!