Did someone say Halloween?!

As the Halloween catalogs start rolling in, my daughters mind has started reeling.

Everyday it changes.

"Mommy I want to be Jessi for Halloween."

"Um how about I be My Little Pony."

Or get this new one.

"Mommy I think I want to be a Barbie Motorcycle Girl."

Um that got squashed in two secs my friends.

But really it is Sept 7th, October is knocking on our doors.

I plan on upping the Halloween decor this year.

Which means lots of DIY.

So I thought I would share two projects from last year.

DIY yarn wreath.

Coffee filter yarn ball bats. Which I happened to share a year ago today...

Anywho happy crafting and I will be back with some new stuff for this year!

XO

Our week thru iphone pics {Aug 27-Sept 2}

Did I just really type Sept 2nd?

Holy crap, sorry that freaked me a bit.

Anywho here was our week, minus the ugly cause who wants to see the time outs, the fighting, the messes or any other thing you can think of between a almost 2yr old and 5 yr old can do.

See this...

Yes that is a WALL of rain. Every single day, this is what awaits us at pickup time for school.

Welcome to Florida.

I was upstairs picking up when Bean went MIA.

After a little search I found him behind his door brushing his teeth and talking to R2.

No big deal, ha.

Buggie started back at dance this week and trying to keep a 2 yr old boy still for 45 mins, is no fun. So we do A LOT of "ready set, GO!" outside...

Buggie doing another project at Lowes Build and Grow workshop.

She loves this time with her Daddy.

And the smell of lumber, which cracks me up cause so do I.

Then this happened.

I am calling it "puddin massacre of 2011".

Yesterday we built a little fort after school and watched Rio. Kids loved it, until Bean started knocking it down every two secs, insert yelling here.

And lastly a little video of Hubs getting the sillies out. He is the best Daddy ever.

Wish you all a happy LOOOOONG weekend.Now go get the sillies out.

Mom in the Shot {Sept 1, 2011}

It has been forever and a day since I have done an Embrace the Camera post.

But its like riding a bike.

So here I am hopping right back on and pedaling like no ones business.

Here I am at home, scratch that, I mean Target. But check it, see that cart?! Its void, void of children, which totally made it a photo op!

Snookie was not the first girl to rock a bump.

I have been stylin a quiff, since I was knee high to a grasshopper, ok not really, more like the past 7 yrs.

But SOOO before Snookie's ever appeared on MTV.

Oh and speaking of MTV.

I remember being a kid and dying to stay up and watch the VMA's, and when I heard that

this week was the VMA's, I was stunned.

Here is the thing, I can not care about the VIDEO MUSIC awards, when you DO NOT play music videos!!

PLAY MORE MUSIC, and stop making "celebrities" out of teen moms.

Ok sorry for that rant, but I mean really...

And there is this kid.

He steals my heart everyday and challenges my soul even more.

Love him...

Wow, did not even need training wheels.

Now have you been in FRONT of the camera lately?

Link up with Em.

What We ate Wednesday {Not Yo Grandmamas BLT}

***OK SO THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO POST TOMORROW, OH MAN***

This post really should be titled "What I ate Wednesday" since I eat at least one tomato sandwich a day. And sometimes two. There I said it, I love me some tomato sandwiches.

To make things more interesting I have been changing them up. And here is what I call

"Not Yo Grandmamas BLT"

What you will need:

- Red and yellow tomato {honestly you can just do red, the yellow is more for the effect, ha}

- Prosciutto {I like mine with three slices}

- Arugula

- Mayo

- Sriracha {if you do not know what Sriracha is, get to know, trust me mkay. It is sold at most food stores and even Target, you will find it in the asian food section.

Now get you some spicy asian ketchup!}

- Bread

Preheat the oven to 350, place your prosciutto on a cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 14 mins. It will start to curl up and and crisp. While that is cooking mix your mayo and sriracha together. Now this part is completely personal. I like mine spicy so I will use more of the sriracha, then most. Add a little stir, taste, then you can always add more. Then right before the prosciutto is about to come out, toast your bread. Now when choosing the right bread to toast, I judge it on wether is tears up the bottom of my mouth. The more tearing the better :)

Then assemble.

Smoosh and cut.

Yep, it's a two napkiner.

Enjoy!

A Pinterest Project {Plates}

I was late to the Pinterest party.

Really late.

But its not my fault, ok it is.

I have to admit I just did not get it.

Not one bit of the hype.

Then someone sent me an invite and what's the saying

"The rest is history."

Now Monday's are going to be dedicated as "A Pinterest Project".

This weekend when pinning, I came across this image...

And I fell hard for it.

While my mind was spinning about plans to go to goodwill and start gathering, I had a hand to the forehead moment, I freaking have a box FULL of plates from Hub's grandmother just chillin in a closet!!

I could not get up the stairs fast enough. And when I was done unwrapping I had two beautiful stacks of hidden jewels sitting in front of me.

Our entry has been in desperate need of some sprucing.

And after a quick convincing to Hubs, I was off to Joanns to purchase some plate hangers.

We sat and picked out our favorites {I could have put every single one up but that would not fly with Hubs, but I might just add one every once in a while and pray Hubs does not notice, Hubs just forget you read that, mkay.}

They add a touch of color and a bit of whimsy to our barren entryway.

Next I will be adding a few nic nacs to the table to tie together.

Look what I did.

So there you go the first of many "A Pinterest Project".

Happy pinning!

Food Art

A few weeks ago, Lindsay came up with the best hashtag

ever created.

#weplaywithourfood

And ever since then a little community of Momma's wanting to make fun unique plates of food has joined forces on Instagram.

I know we are not inventing the wheel and that there are some Mommas with MAD skills out in the blog-o-sphere, ie Meet the Dubiens.

But this group is super fun cause we get to see and inspire one another.

Here are my contributions so far...

{Mr Robot-o-wich}

{Flower Power}

{Somewhere Over the Pancake Rainbow}

{Batterfly}

{The Bagel Digger}

{Rapunzel Rapunzel let Down your Cheese}

Yes my crowning moment was braiding string cheese to resemble Rapunzels hair.

If you decided to join the fun, which I hope you do, it comes with a warning "Add at least another half an hour to your grocery time." Because you will find yourself picking everything up and thing to yourself "Know what can I make this into..."

Make it fun!

What we ate Wednesday {Grilled Romaine and Flank Steak Salad with Balsamic Onion Bacon Dressing}

This recipe is adapted from my StepMommie's without actually having the recipe, so

not sure what is true to hers or not, haha!

But its super easy and SOOOOO tasty.

What you will need:

- Heads of romaine, you will use half per person.

- Flank steak

- 7 slices bacon cooked and crumbled

- blue cheese

- garlic

- small red onion {diced}

- balsamic glaze

- tomato

- olive oil

- a beer

Season your steak with salt and pepper, marinate with 2 tbsp garlic, 2 tbsp olive oil, and the beer. I would let sit on the corner for an hour.

Then grill your steaks 7 mins per side.

While you grill the steaks, trim the tops of the romaine and half them. Brush with olive oil and salt and pepper. Once the steak is done, grill the romaine until it gets a little char and welts a bit.

While the grilling is happening, in a small non stick pan cook the onion over medium high heat until it starts to brown.

Add half the bacon and 2 tbsp of the balsamic glaze. Cook for about 4 minutes. then right before serving add the rest of the bacon. Add more glaze if necessary.

To plate place a piece of the romaine, some sliced steak, blue cheese and the dressing. To add a little color some diced tomato on the side.

ENJOY!