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Strawberry Festival

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I took the “big girls” (Aubrey 4 and Emma 2) to the Strawberry Festival at Boone Hall Plantation this morning to get a little Mommy-Time.
Emma started the day off with a bang by super-gluing her toes together…
She actually pried them apart before I could finishing Googling “super glue solvent.”
(FYI, the general consensus was acetone.)
We had a great time at the festival. We had to walk about 12 miles, in Crocs and flip-flops, through fields and black dirt, in the hot sun to get to the actual entrance. My kids were thrilled to eat hot dogs and cotton candy and play with friends. By the time we got home, our feet were so dirty they no longer qualified as “Wal-Mart feet.”
They were more like Salvation Army feet.
And I even got a deep-fried-decolletage for only 2 tickets.

Aubrey Said:

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The entire family got into our bed this morning for a Saturday morning snuggle fest. Aubrey (4) curled up next to me, kissed my cheek and said, “Momma, I love you even with your stinky morning breath…”

THAT is true love!

PSA: Cheap Formula

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Hey Mommy’s with bebe’s still on formula! My friend Kasey found a site that sells formula at wholesale prices, if you spend more than $100, shipping is free! Check it out! www.babywuvinc.com

Filed Under: PSA

Recipes: Grilled Pork Chops

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This is another all time fave of mine. My recipe card says I got it from my Momma (cue music…I got it from my Momma, I got it from my Momma…)but I don’t know WHERE she got it. If you think it’s Aunt Lulu’s, please email me and we’ll get it all straightened out.
Here’s what you need:
1/2c soy sauce
1 lemon juiced
2T butter
1/2t onion salt
1/4t hot sauce
1/4C bourbon or sherry (You teetotalers don’t get your panties in a wad, you’re going to cook the alcohol out!)
Boil for 4-5 minutes. Marinate 4-6 pork chops for at least an hour or overnight. (I buy the family pack of chops, double the marinade recipe, cook half and marinate half the chops in a freezer bag and place them in the freezer. When you need a quick week night dinner, you pull out the chops and they defrost and marinate at the same time. MULTI-TASKING, people!) Throw ’em on the grill and cook ’em til their done. I know when mine are done but you might want to use a meat thermometer!

Aubrey Said:

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I was praying out loud this morning as I was making sandwiches for the girls’ lunches. (It’s called multi-tasking!) Aubrey came in the kitchen to finish her Cheerios and heard me…
Aubrey: What are you doing, Momma? Who are you talking to?
Me: I’m praying. I’m just talking to God…
Aubrey:OH! Well, you keep doing that. He really likes it when you talk to Him!

Mother of the Year

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At the girls’ preschool the children study one letter of the alphabet a week. Every year for the letter ‘P’ the school has a Pajama Day. Aubrey remembered it from last year. When it rolled around this year, the girls were SO excited to wear their pjs to school.

Aubrey, the priss-pot that she is, insisted on wearing a nightgown even though it was only 20 degrees outside. (That is ARCTIC for Charleston!) Emma wanted to wear her very favorite, fleece footy pajamas that are covered with monkeys. I was afraid she would get too hot while playing in her classroom and want to take them off, so we put ANOTHER pair of pjs underneath the fleece ones.

Because Emma’s pajamas had feet in them, she couldn’t wear her shoes. Being the wildly innovative mother that I am, I grabbed a pair of Aubrey’s shoes and put them on Emma’s feet. ON TOP of the footy pajamas, ON TOP of the regular pajamas. (I packed her shoes in her bag so if she wanted to strip during the day she would have shoes that fit.) I was brilliant, I had thought of everything.

We grabbed our jackets and hats, bundled up and headed to school. I dropped Aubrey off in her classroom and all her sweet little, pajama-clad friends were there to greet her. Emma and I made our way down to the 2 year old class and I froze in my tracks. Every single child in that classroom was wearing clothes. You’ve GOT to be kidding me.

“I thought today was Pajama Day,” I said to her teacher.

“Yeah, the 2 year-olds don’t usually participate.”

Well that was obvious NOW. Aubrey had participated last year in the 3s, so I just assumed we were ALL going to be wearing our pajamas. FABULOUS. I did have a back up plan, and offered to let Emma change into the extra clothes we keep in her backpack for potty accidents. She flatly refused.

“I want to wear my pajamas.”

That baby marched into her classroom with two pairs of pajamas, her sister’s shoes and her head held high!

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My Magic Lamp

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I have a magic lamp. Unfortunately, it’s not the “genie-in-a-bottle-you’ve-got-3-wishes” kind of lamp. It sits beside my chair in our living room and as long as it is burning like the Olympic torch, my children will sleep at night.

My husband, who likes to save a buck wherever he can, has been known to turn off The Lamp. It never fails. He always gets busted when I am awake at 3am with one or ALL of my children. I always flip out on him the next morning, “WHY would you turn The Lamp off?” I’ll say, with bags under my eyes. (He has lived with me for almost 12 years and is used to me being totally irrational.)

Seriously, if The Lamp burns all night everyone sleeps. The Lamp is wired directly to my children’s eyelids, with one flip of a switch you can not only turn off The Lamp, but one of my kids eye’s will simultaneously pop open.

I’ll go green somewhere else. I’ll recycle. I’ll only take 5 minute showers. I’ll turn the AC OFF. I’ll use my leftovers to make compost. But The Lamp is staying ON!