Long Thanksgiving

Well this year Eddie went to Georgia (carnsville) again to race for G-man. Tegan and I stayed home this year so we didn't have to have Hardee's for Thanksgiving Dinner again!! Don't get me wrong I LOVE Hardee's but not for Thanksgiving! Not to mention the LOOOONNNGGG!!! Drive!!

Eddie had a rough weekend racing but Tegan and I had a great family Thanksgiving!! My mom cooked at my house and my sister and nephew came over! It was the 1st time we have had Thanksgiving dinner in our house! It was fantastic!!! Tegan made such a huge mess she had to have a bath after eating but she tried EVERYTHING on the table including Cranberry's and she loved them (yuck :p)

Then Monday we started the week with a new daycare kid! Jameson! He is here most of the day so it keeps Tegan and I busy and home bound!! Which this time of year is a great thing!! neither one of us do the cold very well. We put up the tree Monday and lets just say that this year is going to be a lot of chasing Tegan around! Last year she wasn't mobile at all and this year she doesn't sit still!! she attacks the tree and the presents so wish us luck :)

Eddie got home super early morning Monday and we are all still really exhausted from the lack of sleep the weekend brought! lazy weekend for us all! :)

Who is ready for some helpful hints to get the holiday season started?!?!?!

1st off is a helpful hint for baking cookies!! And we all know that we will be baking lots of them with Thanksgiving just a few days away and Christmas not far behind that the ovens will be getting a great workout :)
When we put the cookies in to bake set your timer for half the time required on the recipe and rotate the baking sheet half way. Your cookies are done to perfection when the edges are golden brown and the center is still soft. Let them cook on the baking sheet them move them to a wire cooling rack for best results...Make cookies ahead of time. After cooling completely place cookies in an airtight container and store them for up to 5 days!! And they will still taste fresh as the day you baked them :)


We ALL want hints on new ways to use something we have had forever!! And i have found the perfect website with hints on how to reuse just about anything you can think of!!
www.realsimple.com/new-uses-for-old-things/
Their are a ton of great reuses for items along the left side my favorite is the new uses for kitchen items!! Who knew aluminum foil could be used is so many amazing ways!!!!


Another great Tip we all need this time of year are quick, easy and efficent ways to clean your house! Because we all know there are going to be those guests that have a comment about everything! Why not shorten their list :)

http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-home-pictures/8-easy-ways-to-clean-your-home.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthChildrensHealth_20111008#/slide-1

One more site to check out that i found to be VERY helpful is below. It is 101 cleaning made simple!! love it!! Hopefully you will too!!
http://www.myhomeideas.com/healthy-home/organizing-cleaning/cleaning-basics-00415000067491/

Please feel free to share how this blog helped you or could have been better!! Or if you have some helpful hints to share too!! :) Thanks so much!!!

More helpful hints to come!! Everyone have a wonderful Holiday!!

Peace, Love, and Family :)

Crazy girl!!

My baby girl is absolutely refusing to walk lol! She will follow behind any toy she can but will not walk unless she is holding on to something!! Silly girl!!

We went and dropped off a ton of stuff for Tegan this weekend to Auntie Brooke's house!! Tegan just looked around like she was making notes of what to get in to all weekend!! Lol She is such a lucky girl to have such amazing people in her life that love her sooo much!!

Night Night Help from Parents.com-Must Share :)

Yes, yes, daytime naps are important for toddlers. But a new Canadian study finds that it's nighttime zzz's that are most necessary for developing self-control, memory,creativity and problem-solving skills. Makes sense, says Kira Ryan, co-founder of Dream Team Baby Sleep Consulting, a company that counsels parents on sleep issues. "Nighttime sleep is when the most prolonged stages of REM and deep sleep happen, allowing the brain to process basic functions." To help ensure your peanut gets the most night- night possible, follow these three rules;

1.GET THE TIMING RIGHT

Toddlers should be hitting the sack between 6 and 8 p.m., and sleeping 11 to 12 hours a night. If your tot is nowhere near this schedule try making gradual changes to his routine.

2.WAKE LATE-NAPPERS

"Your toddler should be up from his afternoon nap for three  to four hours before bedtime to make sure he's tired, but not exhausted, when it is time to turn out the lights." says Ryan.

3.DON'T RUSH THE TODDLER BED

"It's best to keep children in their cribs until two and a half or three years of age." says Ryan. "If a toddler is able to move around his room, sleep can be more challenging."

(Article compliments of August 2011 Parenting Magazine-Article by H.P)

This has been soooo helpful to us with our 1 year old as she thought a late day nap was going to be an every day occurrence. Which then made bed time an absolute fight until we started making her nap earlier in the day then go to bed by 8 p.m. Now we all get better sleep and more of it :) Hopefully it was helpful to you as well!!