Finally

It's July now and little baby Carly is finally to a point where the cough is almost gone. Having a baby with a cough is no fun at all. We had to force her to take a lot of different medicines while she was sick, but the one that she fought us on the least was the cough medicine we found - which was basically watered down honey. She didn't mind that one at all, and it helped suppress her cough during the night. One night we forgot to give her any and she coughed so hard she threw up. Yuk! But, luckily we layer the sheets on the crib and have extra layers of blankies, which made the clean up quick and easy. Again, Yuk!

Sick Baby

Having a sick baby must be the worst part of parenting. I love how cuddly our baby girl is when she sick, but it's not really worth it to hear her crying and miserable. She has a chest cold, possibly bronchitis, and she is having a hard time breathing. Took her to the doctor last night and she's now on all kinds of medications. After having your baby be sick a few times, keeping the house free of germs becomes very important. We have bottles of anti-bacterial lotion in several locations and a big can of lysol! The plan is to keep the house as sterilized as possible and to bug the kids about washing their hands every few minutes! Why are "Colds" happening at the start of summer??

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New Recipe

I tried a new recipe tonight and it was a big hit! We love Mexican food, so my husband and I just started talking about what ingredients we like best in mexican dishes. I cooked some hamburger with mexican seasoning and some mexican rice on the stove. While they were cooking I layered in a casserole dish refried beans (we like the green chile and lime flavor), then corn, then the cooked rice, black beans, hamburger and topped it off with cheese. I threw in some green enchilada sauce on top of a few of the layers. I baked it at 375 for about 20 mins and served it with tortilla chips. I topped mine off with sour cream, my husband likes hot sauce. It was a really quick meal and everyone loved it!

Healthy Date

I think it's pretty common for most people (especially women) to be concerned with their weight, it seems to be the never ending battle! Also, most couples I know are struggling with finances and if you have children time alone! My husband and I are always looking for cheap and creative dates to go on. Lately we've started combining exercising and dates! We go for walks while our kids are in school....this would also work in the evenings just leave your kids at home! We stick our baby in the stroller and go for a walk....no phone, computer, t.v....just my hubby and I getting healthy and having time to talk without interruptions. Today we walked to the local convenience store and got a non-fat frozen yogurt to share on the walk home. We plan on walking together everyday, it's a great way to re-connect and support each other in having a healthy lifestyle!

There's nothing to eat!

How many times a day do you hear that?!?!? I love watching my kids stand in front of a fridge or cupboard full of food and exclaim, " there's nothing to eat!". One thing we've done to combat that constant question has been to get our kids individual baskets. Each child has a basket with their name on it, we try to refill them twice a month, but usually our budget dictates that. We go to Wal Mart where they have chips, cookies and soda for about $1 each. We let each kid pick out their favorite of each to keep in their basket and they have to budget their treats to last the 2-3 weeks between shopping trips. This has really cut down on the extra snacking and whining about wanting snacks. When they eat all their snacks, they're done! Again, depending on our budget that month we'll put different things in, favorite cereal, beef jerky, pop tarts..you'd be surprised the snacks kids come up with (like a bag of pepperoni!).
This also helps with mommy snacking :). If the kids have their treats in their own basket and not just sitting on the shelf, it doesn't tempt me. I can keep healthier snacks like fruit, cheese or just goldfish crackers on hand for when they've had enough sugar or have run out of treats. Some of the kids go through their whole basket in a few days and spend the rest of the time eating the healthier snacks and others budget really well and just have one treat a day. It has worked for us pretty well.
So here's my question to all moms...What are some of your favorite quick recipes? A family favorite that is quick, simple and made from ingredients you usually have on hand?
In our house the quickest, most common meal is probably "Italian Casserole". We just cook whatever noodles we have, ground beef with spaghetti sauce, pour it all in a pan, throw some cheese on top and bake it in the oven until the cheese melts. The kids love it, especially as a change from spaghetti.

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