Why Mama's Should Never Be Sick!

Morning y'all! Can I just say the stomach bug is gosh dang awful. Okay in March right before I had baby Gman my kids where sick one right after the other for two weeks straight. Literally the day they were all better I had little Gman. Now Thursday night of last week I spent the whole night with the stomach crud. Seriously I felt so blessed in March not to get what my kids had but if Thursday was even half an indication of what they had it was awful. Of course now we are sharing again. Ugh! Sickness just seems to travel no matter how much scrubbing you do and let me tell y'all mama's should never get sick. Never! Especially when your breastfeeding. That was a bunch of fun let me tell y'all but my little gman some how seemed to know mama needed some extra help that night and he slept way better then usual. My hubs totally stepped up to the plate to and was up all night with me, then got the kids up and off to school, and took care of the little's all day the next day. He rocks for sure! But ya know there are definitely a bunch of reasons that mama's should never get sick and actually it's not only mama's wives should never have to get sick either. 

1. No matter how much you love your hubs nobody takes care of you like your own mama. (mine doesn't live close so can't get help there)

2. Everything falls apart. Laundry, dishes, house, children. 

3. You are only allowed a maximum of 24 hours to be sick before they all decide they need you now. Really it's probably more like 12. 

4. Mama's can not shut off the brain when sick it's still telling me there are a hundred things to get done even if my body won't let me do them.

5. Little little ones don't understand mommy not feeling good. It's hard on them. 

6. Being sick is not a vacation! But is usually the only time off we get. 

7. Life is just not fun when your sick. 

8. Inevitably just as you feel better someone else get's sick.

Aw the joys of being the mom. Well y'all I'm off to go take care of Duke he's feeling awful and it breaks my heart to see my little's sick. Hopefully we will all be back to tip top shape faster then last time. Have a great one y'all. Hope you are all happy and healthy. 

Meet Sheree

 Morning y'all! Today I want to share a new friend with y'all. Her name is Sheree and she blogs over at The Hartungs. I had the opportunity to get to know Sheree when she won a giveaway I was participating in and I got to make her a fun piece of subway art. I hope that you enjoy getting to know her too. Thanks for stopping by today Sheree.

 

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Aren't all her pictures fabulous! Thanks again so much Sheree. Have a wonderful day y'all!

Whip It Up Wednsday

Morning y'all! Do you ever get in a rut and not know what to feed your family for dinner. I have to say some day's I really hate making dinner. I just don't want to make the same thing that I've made for the last who knows how long. So, lately once or twice a week we try out a new recipe. My Duke totally loves when I whip out a new recipe because he's always up for trying new stuff. I of course have more often then not used pinterest to find a good recipe. So, today I thought I would share with y'all one of the recipes that my family loves. We have tried quite a few but let me tell you there have been some hits and some huge misses so in order to keep what they love at my finger tips I have a folder that says recipes we've tried. Those are the keepers.

Now I don't know about you but I have some criteria when I decide to make a recipe. After all I'm the mom of four kids and well I hate to spend my life in the kitchen. Whether it's doing the dishes or making dinner I want things to be simple and not a huge mess. So here are some of my criteria for a recipe. 

1. Doesn't take me longer then a 1/2 hour to an hour to throw together.

2. There are not strange ingredients that I have to go to a specialty store to find. 

3. It's not complicated. I'm a pretty good cook but I'm no chef. 

4. It sounds good to me and has things in it that I would normally eat.

5. It's boy friendly.  I love salad and so do my kids but it's not a meal when feeding four boys. Makes a great side dish.

6. The faster the better because sometimes dinner needs to be done in a hurry.

So, having said that here's what we've been whipping up at our house lately. 

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These Ranch chicken Enchiladas have become my kids new favorite and you can find the recipe here on The Recipe Critic. Thank you Alyssa for posting this recipe I love enchiladas but the kids don't really love the recipe that I have so finding this one was awesome. Also I've used the recipe that she has for cooking the chicken for many other things it's so awesome.  My mom was a huge fan of these too when I made them for her. So, these are definitely a must if you love enchiladas. My kids even eat them with out the ranch dressing on tops. They just love all the cheese and chicken yummy goodness. So, I hope you will whip up some of these in your kitchen they are worth it. Come back next Wednesday for some more goodness that's being whipped up in my kitchen. Have a great day. 

Jennifer's Mother's Day Craft

Morning y'all! Today I have the fabulous Jennifer from Busy Being Jennifer here to share a fun mother's day craft with y'all. Jennifer is one of those awesome Texas bloggers that I've had the pleasure of getting to know. Actually I'll let ya in on a secret Jennifer is originally from Canada. So, she is the coolest Canadian living in Texas that I've ever met and we are both far from where we grew up. Your going to love her craft and trust me check out her blog she's one funny lady. Have a great one y'all oh and she has a fabulous handmade shop too...

Hi! I'm Jennifer. The rambling blonde mind behind Busy Being Jennifer. I'm just a small town Texas blogger enjoying life, sweet tea and all kinds of craftiness. Mother's Day is Quickly approaching, unfortunately my Mom is far away. She gets a gift card and note in the mail and a nice long phone call. My Mother in law is right next door, so she gets a little more personalized gift :) This year I decided to spice up her vase for Mothers Day! You're going to need a vase, tissue paper (I used white), modge podge, a 1 inch circle punch, paint brush, burlap, lace and ribbon.   Punch a whole bunch of circles from the tissue paper. I found the punch worked best with lots of layers of paper. Thin the glue down just a little. I prefer a 4 to 1 ratio. Starting at the base of the vase "paint" on a little glue. Work in small batches to keep the glue from drying completely. Dab a little glue and then place a paper circle. Over lap them just a little working in a line.   I found sticking the vase on my hand and working upside down was easiest. You want a sort of fish scale effect. When you reach the top of the vase, you may need to cut some of the circles in half to give a clean line at the top. Give the whole vase a good coating of glue and then allow to completely dry. Once the whole thing is totally dry you can decorate however you'd like :) I chose burlap, lace and a little ribbon. All you need now is some pretty flowers!

I hope you have a fabulous Mother's day!

That is the cutest way to spice up a vase!  I would love to get that for mother's day however, the hubs is not crafty! So, maybe my mother will be getting that. Have a great one y'all and Thanks so much to Jennifer for stopping by to share with us. 

Insanity of The Last Month

Morning y'all! I don't call my blog Insanity Rules for nothing we have been having a lot of insanity around these parts. I feel like we have been going non stop for the last month. I might need a vacation from my own life if you know what I mean. I was on a bloggy vacation for awhile trying to enjoy our new born however, it even if I wasn't keeping busy blogging there was so much going on other wise. Here's a little of what y'all missed while I was vacationing. 

1. Baby Gman was born almost three week early. Now if that doesn't throw one for a loop I'm not sure what does. Especially since we had just had every child get the pukes right before we had him. Two weeks of sick kids stinks literally. We were grateful to have him early though.

2. We had to figure out in a hurry what we were going to do about our one car situation. Talk about stressful.

3. Sleep deprivation causes mommy to forget a lot of important things regarding school. Good thing that the teachers are really patient with me. 

4. I now am the mother of 4. Which can be a bit overwhelming at times. Our laundry seems to have tripled and we only added one more person. I think the boys are up to something secretly. Love my boys!

5. Our washing machine broke. I should say our 2 year old washing machine broke! I have to admit that upon learning that it would be more then the machine was worth to fix I literally kicked the thing. My foot is fine I promise. I was so angry and will never by another washing machine by that particular company and no I will not be naming names. So, going without a washing machine for almost two weeks is terrible with four boys but makes one appreciate what you have.

6. We decided to combine the blessing of our little guy with shortmans family birthday party and well my mom and I made 4 dozen cinnamon rolls, and apple muffins, as well as 48 cup cakes. Yep we are crazy for sure.

7. Several Dr. appointments, cub scouts, and not enough sleep were on our schedule.

8. Taking a toddler and an infant grocery shopping pretty much = insanity.

9. Trying to spend as much time with my mom while still getting enough sleep was hard.

10. My toddler deciding to wake up several times a night just like the baby not cool!

Those are just a few of the crazy insane things that went on while I was on bloggy vacation. Hope y'all are having a great day.

Car Seat Blanket Love!!!!

Morning y'all! It's Tuesday and I wanted to share with y'all this fun baby car seat blanket. Remember when I made those baby wish lists? I had this adorable car seat blanket on the first one and really wanted to make one for Gman because I knew that we would have varying weather when he was first born. It looked really simple but let's face it I ran out of time because the little guy was almost three weeks early. Well in comes my amazing mother to the rescue. She made one for me and it is so handy. No more worrying about finding a blanket to cover him up with or if he's warm enough. It works perfect. 

Oh there's my little toddler photo bomber. He's always trying to get into the picture. Anyway mine is made out of flannel and won't be used much this summer but it's big enough that I'm pretty sure that I can use it this winter too. I love that the car seat belts fit right through the slots you make in the blanket and then you don't have to unwrap the baby when putting them into the car seat.  If you are wanting to make one of your own you can find the tutorial here. I just love when I find a project on pinterest and it turns out great. Thanks to The Complete Guide for Imperfect Homemaking for the tutorial and for my awesome mom for figuring out how to make it for me. It's such a great item to have. Hope y'all are having a great day. How about one more pic of a adorable sleeping baby. 

Isn't he the cutest. Thanks for stopping by today.

Scrappin Monday

Morning y'all! Wow I'm a little behind this morning but heck I got to shower before 3 so that's a plus. We are actually doing really well today just super busy. Gman slept pretty good last night so mommy feels less like I got hit by a truck. Littleman is still driving me crazy trying to maul his baby brother at every turn but other then that we are having a great day so far. Just wanted to share some fun Scrap book pages with y'all today. I know how do I have time to scrap book with four kids. Hahaha not a lot that's for sure but I had a little time to myself yesterday thanks to the hubs so I thought I would share with y'all where I'm at when it comes to the older boys photos. Obviously I didn't get to finish 2011 yet but I'm so close. Here's where we are at.

Wahoo we are in the holidays now! Which means I'm almost done with 2011 and then it's on to 2012 of course by the time I finish that one I will have to do 2013 and so on but ya know it's one day at a time. Enjoy y'all and have a great day.