Easter

This Easter was super fun for my kids; and I'm SO GLAD it's over with LOL. They have sooo much candy it's ridiculous! Putting their baskets together was stressing me out as the day got closer, because I just kept buying random trinkets or things I thought they'd like, and I realized that there was no theme to the baskets, and definitely almost NOTHING easter related ugh! So at the last minute, I did buy some bunny and spring things and in the end they loved their baskets.

We are also so BLESSED to have amazing friends, and one friend in particular had an Easter party for the kids and it was amazing!! Sooo much candy, sooo much love and thought into all the homemade decorations and games, it was super fun.

The best part of Easter for me was something my Ladybug did on Easter sunday at church. That morning, as she opened her eggs and saw the goodies she got, she realized she had money! (a few dollars nothing big) Hubby realized we had no cash (as always) for the offering and wanted me to ask Alyssa to let us borrow a few dollars. Well, as always, my questioning daughter wanted to know WHY we give money to church, what does it do and about a million other questions. After explaining to her why we offer monetary goods to God and what the Bible says about offering, she told us, "mommy, I've decided I should give ALL my moneys (yes, moneys) to God because it helps the church and God will bless me with money later on for giving him my moneys now." I told her she didn't have to give it all, even $1 would please God but she said "no mommy, I want to give it all" so she did!!!!!!!!

We will give her more money than she had to begin with soon, but I want to wait so she's not expecting it, as that's how it's supposed to work. Give to God, not expecting it back in return, simply having faith that he will provide all you need.

I will post pictures later, as always, I'm super duper lazy with uploading pictures. LOL

I've turned into an Organic Food Researching Maniac!!

I was chatting with a fellow SAHM friend at a play-date a few weeks ago, and the topic of conversation has started a whirlwind of changes in my home; more specifically in our food. We somehow got into the topic of organic food and she told me how she buys all organic food, and I told her that my husband would never go for all organic because it's just so expensive. She recommended I watch the documentary "Food Inc." to help convince my hubby of the benefits of buying and eating organic (I had told her he was a documentary lover.) I have always known that there are benefits to having an organic diet, but I did not know the exact specifics and I never really bothered to research specifics. I was not an organic shopper, and that was mostly because every time I walked passed an organic item at the grocery store, my jaw dropped to the floor when I would see the prices! I just wrote off organic food as something rich people and celebrities ate and it being "just another fad diet/food trend."

So that same night, I found the documentary on Netflix, and we watched it together. OMG- he was just as appalled as I was to see just how horrid our food in America is and how important it is to have an organic diet! We discussed and chose to start our "organic journey" with buying the "dirty dozen" organically grown only from then on. Since then, I have realized that when you buy in bulk, and buy sale items, organic shopping is not nearly as expensive as one imagines.

Long story short, I am now a maniac researching organic, local, grass-fed food and I thought I'd share this with you guys. LOL! I have read 2 books so far, educating myself on organic food and trying to figure out what I need to know to buy and eat to have the healthiest food for my family. It has been very interesting and I can see that this is now a part of our lifestyle that will stay with us forever. I hope everyone can take some time and really find out what is being sold to us in our grocery stores, and exactly how "healthy", and really how DANGEROUS our foods are in this country; it's a sad but very true fact that we are the most UNHEALTHY country in the world. The origins of our food is without a doubt a big factor of this fact in my opinion.

Valentine's day

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!

We started our day by having breakfast; Valentine themed :) Heart shaped belgian waffles with heart shaped eggs! Alyssa loved it so much! we are doing heart shaped sandwiches for lunch too. She and AJ got their gifts from Mommy and Daddy after breakfast and she said, "mommy, this is the BEST valentine day ever!!" I will post pictures later.... can't wait to see what the rest of the day has for us.