Mason and his imagination. He picked up a non working cell phone and "called" his daddy. If you didnt know the phone had no service to it you would of thought he was holding a "real" conversation with Brian. Cute!

The Office

The office was given a make over. It is all clean and organized and more spacious.

Honest Truth

Today Brian and I both had some shopping/errands to run. So we decided to make it even and far for both and split the boys up. It is rare that we do this, and today was a special treat. We actually we off in two separate cars. (Usually we just leave one kid at home with one adult while the other goes out.) The boys had no idea what to think. We asked them who wanted to go off with whom, they chose, but when it came right down to it; mason was pissed that he was going off with me even though he said he wanted to. It was the appeal of the truck. They both wanted to be with daddy. So I listened to Mason cry. Him and I talked, I bribed (not my proudest moment) and we were on our way.

After shopping we met up and had some dinner. To be fair we let the boys switch cars for the ride home. Well, since Aidan had been with Brian Christmas shopping he started to tell me all about his time with this daddy. Literally ALL.

He was going on and on and on and THEN.."mommy, me and daddy got you clothes and underwares(as he says it)." I just died laughing..Thanks son for telling me something your daddy bought me for Christmas. haha

Kids cant keep a secret. Note to self: Dont take them Christmas shopping with me and say its for your daddy because then he will know.

Crayon Keeper

What a great gift idea!

Portion Size - Now vs. Then

I recently went to the movies with a friend/neighbor and purchased a medium soda for the film. When the lady working the counter handed me my drink I wanted to fall out. Are you serious? This drink was enormous. No ONE person needed to be drinking this whole drink. So it has started me on my search for how much size of items we commonly consume. This is what I found:

Because portions are now so large, it’s hard to understand what a “serving size” is supposed to be. Today’s bagel counts for three servings of bread, but many of us would consider it one serving.



















Those extra 350 calories, if eaten a two times a month, would put on two extra pounds a year, or forty pounds in the next two decades.

While the 12-ounce can used to be the most common soda option, many stores now carry only the 20-ounce plastic bottle, which contains 2.5 servings of soda. When presented with these larger sizes, humans have a hard time regulating our intake or figuring out what a serving size is supposed to be.

Then Now
333 calories 590 calories
When McDonald’s first started in 1955, its only hamburger weighed around 1.6 ounces; now, the largest hamburger patty weighs 8 ounces, an increase of 500 percent. And while a Big Mac used to be considered big, it’s on the smaller side of many burger options.

We Americans love to get the most bang for our buck. When confronted with a 32-ounce drink for 99 cents versus a 44-ounce drink for ten cents more, the decision is easy. You’d have to be a sucker not to go big. But our ability to get the most out of our dollar doesn’t always serve us well. Value pricing, which gets us a lot more food or drink for just a little increase in price, makes sense from an economic standpoint, but is sabotage from a health standpoint.

What is normal?
Increased portion sizes give us more calories, encourage us to eat more, distort perceptions of appropriate food quantities, and along with sedentary lifestyles, have contributed to our national bulge. Unless you’re trying to gain weight, it might help to reacquaint yourself with serving sizes. The NHLBI tells us that a serving of meat should be the size of a deck of cards while one pancake should be the size of a CD. It’s unlikely that we’ll see a scaling down of food to these sizes anytime soon, so perhaps we should all become familiar with another image: the doggy bag.

For the full article http://http//www.divinecaroline.com/79975/49492-portion-size--vs--now

This just blew me away!

Today my son, Aidan, told me ....

Chocolate makes your tummy hurt.

I cant have chocolate mommy. I dont want my tummy to hurt.

I mean are you serious. Coming from a kid. Love it.

Cowboys fan

Holy geez! I want this. I never thought I would be a football fan..but now that I am, I must have a shirt to support my team. Adding this to the Christmas wish list.