Monday, September 10, 2007
So Saturday was a really bad day and I'm sorry about all of the complaining I do, but there's something about barfing it all out on paper (or rather the blog) that always makes me feel much better. Sunday was a much nicer day and today, I actually have all three babies asleep and have at least an hour or two all to myself. Imagine that! There are so many things I want to do, I hardly know where to begin. Should I paint my toenails, scrapbook, read one of the million books on my "really want to read" list, fold the laundry, edit the endless number of pictures I have stored on my computer so I can print them, clean the house, take a nap--oh, what to do? I suppose after I finish blogging I'll fold the five baskets of laundry stacked in various corners of my house and try putting it all away and maybe mop the kitchen floor. That way when all the kids are in bed tonight all I'll have to do is read and sleep and snuggle into Mark's side and that's a perfect way to end any day.
 So first of all, Barry the Bear has gone back to school, much to my relief as well as the boys. I really didn't know he was coming home this weekend and we really didn't have anything planned. And I'm just the kind of mom that won't let my kids write "we did nothing" in a journal that every other parent in their class is going to read. Oh, the shame! So, with a little bit of creativity we had some fun with Barry and Denver was totally excited to go to school this morning and tell his entire class about Barry and all the mischief he got into at our house. Saturday morning we found Barry hiding in one of the kitchen cupboards eating our honey. Sunday morning we were startled to find Barry sitting at the kitchen table coloring a beautiful picture of himself and Denver. And this morning around 2:00am Denver wandered downstairs to find Barry sitting on the couch all wrapped up in a blanket, eating popcorn and watching TV. Even Hunter and Noah were surprised by all the mischief Barry was getting into and all three of them were constantly trying to guess what he'd get into next. It really was fun for all of us and I wouldn't mind having him come again. But I definitely think next time Barry's parents should send a permission slip home first or at least give us a heads up that he's coming. I mean really, my bathrooms were hardly clean enough for guests and next time I should probably do a little "bear proofing" first.
 On a completely different note, last week Denver and I were watching the Food Network together and we saw Paula Deen make these really cute chili bowls with some Bisquick. So I decided, since we had chili in the freezer (I used my own and not Paula's Five Alarm Chili) and refrigerated biscuits in the fridge, to give it a try. So I smooshed the biscuit dough onto the muffin tins turned upside down. And while they baked I thawed the chili and grated some cheese and wa-lah! Dinner. It was super simple and totally kid friendly and if I could I would hug that Paula Deen right now. Even the twins were eating the biscuit bowls and the chili and it literally only took ten minutes to throw the entire dinner together (minus the tossed salad I made to go with it.) Anyway, if you're on a $60/2 week budget like us and you have to feed a bunch of nitpicky kids, chili is like your best friend. You can have chili one night, baked potatoes and chili the next, chili dogs the next, and chili in biscuit bowls the next. Perfect! Okay, well not totally perfect. I mean you'll probably need to throw in Raman noodles and Tomato Soup with grilled cheese sandwiches to mix things up a bit, but still, you know what I mean. What's cheaper than a bunch of beans, a few tomatoes, some hot dogs and some potatoes?
 
posted by Shana # 12:11 PM 
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