$1 Outdoor Kids Activity

$1 you say?? Do tell!!!

Well we ended up doing some yard work this weekend, and the kids were wanting to get into everything! So I needed to keep them busy...

What you need:

Paint (got at the dollar store)

Rocks (look around your house)

Now get to painting!!

I always put them on a picnic table cloth, it's more comfortable then the plain cement.

They loved it and I ended up putting their rocks in my front yard area :)

Let them get dirty!

I used to hate it when my kids got dirty!! STAY OUT OF THE MUD!  But then I came to the realization...soap cleans mud!! Ok...so here are just some cute pics of my little man, Drew, getting dirty!



Easy Crock Pot Chicken Soup

I enjoy thick chicken soup -- not some salty noodley stuff.  Here's how I make mine.

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast 

26 0z Can of Cream of Chicken

10 oz Can of Cream of Broccoli (you can do whatever though, even mushroom)

Egg Noodles

It's the easiest thing. I put in my chicken in the crock pot, top with both soups and I cook on high for about 3-4 hours. But you could do low for 7-9 hours.

Final Step:

Put in egg noodles for the last 10 min and you are done!

I topped with pepper and green onions! Delicious!!

Diet Day 3

So, this diet isn't going so bad.  I have my snacks that I prepackaged here ... and I have also been making salads.

Now I've seen this all over the web and Pinterest, so I don't know who to give credit to.  I'm sure you can just google "mason jar salad" and find someone that is also doing this.

Here's what I did.

You will need a few mason jars:

I got 12 of these for $8. Not a bad price.

Ingredients:

Lettuce

Cheese

Chicken

Dressing

Veggies

Now follow this order when you are putting the salad together.

Step 1:

Put as much dressing as you prefer in the mason jar.

Step 2:

Put in chicken

Step 3:

Top with veggies

Step 4:

Top with Cheese

Step 5:

Top with lettuce

I guess I didn't need 5 steps, I could have broken it down in one step...but OH WELL. Just do as I say!  K!

Here you go. These last for 3-4 days, and I love them! It's so easy to just grab and go. Plus you can shake it up while in the jar, and pour onto a plate and it's all ready.



Pink Panty Droppers

I've heard these be called a few different things...but let me tell you...they are delicious!! At least for those of you who like to drink adult beverages.

Here's what you need:

6 cans of beer

1 can of frozen pink lemonade

Vodka - lots of it

Step 1:

Pour all 6 cans of beer into a large bowl or something to hold your beverage

Step 2:

Empty the can of frozen pink lemonade.  This works best if you have let this unthaw.

Step 3:

Fill the empty lemonade carton with vodka and pour into the mix.

There you have it.

Enjoy responsibly!!



snack organization

My kids snack cupboard is ridonkulus!!! It's always a mess, and things are just topped on top of eachother! Is that right to say? lol

here's the proof!

So I busted out the ziploc baggies and seperated some snacks for my kids. I bought some goldfish snacks and I seperate those into about a half cup each, and got 10 bags for them to grab and go.

I got some storage containers from the dollar store and I put those in my cupboard, and just emptied the boxes and put everything in there. Easy to see and grab.

Easy Peasy -- no more standing there for 5 minutes and waiting for them to pick something out.

How to Diet... Day 1

Ok ... I'm going to be brutally honest here! And since I have like 5 people that read my blog...it's all good! LOL

I think I'm fat... not horribly fat, but I'm just not happy with my body.  After having 2 kids, it does some brutal things to your body.  I enjoy my curves, but I would like to be healthier and more toned.

So the journey is going to begin! I turn 30 on July 20th. WOW!!! That was hard to say!!! aagghh!!!

My goal: TO LOSE 30 LBS BY MY 30TH BIRTHDAY!

I know this goal is going to be hard to reach, I possibly may lose like 10-15, but it's good to have a goal!!

Day 1:

Honesty! I weigh......205lbs! I know, people don't believe me when I tell them that...clothes hide things very well!!! haha!

This is how I started my diet. I went grocery shopping!

I bought HEALTHY food!  Fruits and veggies, and a lot of chicken for some easy crock pot recipes, I will add those later this week!

Here's what I did to ensure that I would always have easy access to healthier foods. I started with just some easy things. Here is what you need:

Veggies

ziploc sandwich bags

I cut up the celery and divided them into baggies, along with the peas. This way it was an easy snack to grab.  I like to dip my celery in peanut butter, and my peas in hummis. YUM!

I put them in the fridge to keep them nice and cool, and seperated them by using a dollar store container.

Don't mind my unorganized fridge...you are only supposed to look at the yellow container for my celery and peas! The beer is the hubby's...bad boy!!!