Family Movie Night....January Edition

We try to have a family movie night at least once a month, where we sit down and watch a wonderful(ahem)animated family movie. Sometimes it's more than that sometimes, not so much! Anyway, in January we watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I try to be creative when it comes to the meal part of movie night but this time, my husband came up with having Spaghetti and Meatballs while watching the movie. So here are some pictures from our family movie night, ENJOY!


Don't you just love Netflix!

The spaghetti and meatballs I made(Notice the amazing garlic bread we had made out of only the best bread.... that's right left over hamburger buns!

Sweet Pea enjoying her spaghetti "with red stuff"

Sweetie Pie enjoying her dinner....(apparently, noodles are better when they've been attached to your hair for a few seconds)

The Boy enjoying his spaghetti a little too much, notice his lap....

Then came the popcorn, The Boy is hiding his popcorn by his daddy's lap!

The girls enjoying the movie and popcorn!

Relaxing...but only for a minute because soon enough Baby Rhino will be close by to attack his sister who is hanging between couch and ottoman and then all will return back to normal!

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The Simple Woman's Daybook......

I am joining a weekly Monday ritual of sorts, it's called The Simple Woman's Day book. It gets back to the simply things in life that we sometimes forget about because of all the chaos that we sometimes let over whelm us. So if you would like to join head on over to:http://www.thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/!!!

FOR TODAY : February 8,2010, From the desktop of Jessica, who likes the simple life compared to a chaotic one!
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW...
The sun is shining on my Lane and it looks rather cold!!
I AM THINKING....
I really want my house to be clean and all the laundry done....Hhmmm, where is that maid? Oh wait, it's me! And I'm on the computer posting a blog...cleaning can always wait until AFTER I post a blog!
I AM THANKFUL FOR...
Healthy babies, a loving husband, a God that NEVER fails, a roof over my head, food, clothing, and the list will never stop. I have so much to be thankful for that I could make a whole blog about being thankful and never run out of things to be thankful for!
FROM THE KITCHEN...
It's a little messy from the Superbowl supper we had last night, not bad but I have dishes in the sink.(and may I just say, GO SAINTS!!!Who dat?) But later I will have some chili simmering in the crock pot for supper tonight.
I AM WEARING...
It's Monday, I'm a stay at home mom, with three children...ages:3,2,&1, so...as always I am STILL in my pj's until nap time anyway!:)
I AM CREATING...
A list. In my head, as usual. A list of things to do, things I want to do, and things I should have done last week!
I AM GOING...
No where today! Today is cleaning day. If I don't clean up today, my house will use it's magical powers and start to triple the dirtiness that comes with everyday living!
I AM READING...
Right now, the books of Matthew and Genesis. I also started to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy and stopped because frankly, not enough of a love story in it for me. Yup, I like love stories.
I AM HOPING...
God will be able to use me to be a blessing to someone else this week.
I AM HEARING...
My children playing...rather nicely together. There is no arguing, only the noise of toys and jabbering from my 15 month old. This is rare!.....Scratch that, The boy has stolen baby Strawberry Shortcake from Sweetie Pie, and is now running away with it, while Sweetie is chasing him, screaming. Ahhhh, Now that's more like normal!
AROUND THE HOUSE...
There are toys, lots and lots of toys....and laundry, lots and lots of laundry.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...
Spending time with my husband and kids outside....I can't wait for spring!
A FEW PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK:
Cleaning today. Tuesday, maybe the library. Wednesday church!Yay! Thursday, grocery day? Friday night,the Valentine's Banquet, with the love of my life! And who know what else? Only God, so just like laundry, we will take it one load at a time!;)
Here is picture for thought I am sharing...

My Sweet Pea, being well sweet!
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January it was good month after all.....

After having a house full of sick children for the majority of January, I was beginning to think that it wasn't a very good month. Then I had a change of heart. While I was downloading pictures from my camera to my computer, I realized that January was actually a pretty good month.(and yes I only download my pictures once a month, I should do it more often but hey, you know how that goes!) Even though we made about a dozen trips(OK maybe not a dozen but very close to it!)to the doctor's office and eight different prescriptions(yes eight!) between all three children looking back at the pictures of my three beautiful babies, it wasn't so bad after all! We had a couple of family movie nights, played with Mimi and Paw, watched Paw fix the front door(and even tried to help...even though I'm sure he didn't need help especially from the tornado triplets!), had an indoor picnic in our pj's, and was even able to go outside and ride the new bikes Santa gave them for Christmas once or twice when the sun peaked out. Even though at some moments I thought that snot would be an everyday occurrence for the rest of my life and at others I thought that I may not make it through another day of whiny sick kids and watching Nick Jr. until my eyes popped out of my head, today I realize, it wasn't so bad and I did indeed survive. Just like my backed up laundry, I took it one day at a time and look it's all done and put away....unlike my laundry, that is still backed up!
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Blessed beyond blessed......

I just want to say how incredibly blessed I am. I serve a God who is so faithful and simply put, amazing. He is our provider, our peace, our hope, our life. He is always doing things we don't deserve, and yet He still does them. He is so awesome. This has been a pretty good week so far. I mean come on, when God is in control, how can it not be? I am so happy that I get to be a SAHM(stay at home mom!) I have had a few fun adventures so far this week. Monday I made some very yummy homemade ravioli's. That's right homemade! It only took me 2 1/2 hours but I made them and they didn't look half bad and they tasted heavenly!(By the way, the recipe said it would take about an hour....yeah right, they lied!) Also, this week everyone is(drum roll please...) better! Praise God, everyone is fever free, earache free, and snot free! God is so good! Last Friday I had to call the doc, yet again. Sweetie Pie woke up with a nasty earache. They finally called her some antibiotic ear drops in to the pharmacy. After a few days of wrestling a two year while trying to insert the ear drops with lots of love and a heating pad, they actually started to work and she is now back to her normal 2 year old self! I am so glad, you just have no idea! Yesterday, me and Sweet Pea went to the library. This was her first visit and the first in many years for me. It went really well and we both enjoyed our self very much. She was in love with the fairy tale paintings on the wall and the little tables that she could sit at while she looked at books.(I also think she liked not having her siblings there to take the books away!) They didn't have The Sword of Truth series I was looking for, so I settled for The Fellowship of the Ring. Thanks to my husband who has me hooked on science fiction/fantasy books. (By the way, I use to hate reading and now I love it! Once again thanks to my book loving husband!)I don't think this will be our last trip by far! Tonight is church and I am beyond excited because it's the first time we have been able to go in about two months! I love my church and I love my life! Well there's the first half of my week, stay tuned for the second half! Until next time......
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Not Me Monday........

It's Monday and I am blessed to have another one with my wonderful husband and beautiful babies. I did not pretend my son was asleep this morning while he was crying from his bed at 5:30 this morning, hoping that it was a dream. I did not let out a happy sigh when he did go back to sleep. I did not let out an unhappy sigh when he woke back up ten minutes later. I did not go back to sleep with my 15 month old in my husbands recliner for a little 2o minute nap. I was awaken to find the boy grinning from ear to ear right in my face. I most certainly did not do a happy dance on Saturday when I went to the theater see The Book of Eli with my husband....alone!(Thanks to Mimi and Paw for watching the kids!) I did not turn into one of those women who rolls their eyes and does not understand why you would bring a two year old to an R rated movie. Not me. I also did not let out a huge sigh when the two year old threw a fit in the middle of the movie. Not ME!!!! I did not do another happy dance and clap my hands in delight(And I still do not know where my girls get that from!)when I found out that I would get to watch not 1, not even 2, but 3 full hours of the best(and my favorite) show ever Lost! I most certainly did not. I will not stay in my PJ's until after lunch today, because that is not the only time I can shower without my children destroying something! My children, destroying something? Not my children! I was not smart and actually wrote this post while one child was still asleep and while the other 2 played/watched cartoons for a few minutes. Not Me and not on a Monday!

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