Meatball Steak

Eating. This has been a not-so-fun adventure in our home recently. Our kids were not picky eaters and now they are. Phooey! We have discovered that they will eat almost anything if we simply add the word steak. I do not know why steak works but it does! I think Chicken is the only thing we do not call Steak.

Earlier this week we were eating Meatloaf and mashed potatoes. They were gagging before they sat at the table. Then a few nights later I offered them Meatball Steak and they gobbled it up and asked for 2nds!! Meatball steak is (you guessed it) leftover Meatloaf! Steak is also code word for ground meat, cut up burgers, and of course steak is steak. They do not have steak unless it is on our plate, which I am thinking I haven't had in awhile. Sounds yummy!!

Do you have any tricks that provoke your kids to eat?

FYI: The picture is one I found on the good ole' world wide web, it isn't a picture of our meal!

Tommy, this is for you!

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I hope you and Sarah are doing well, kiss the kids for us!!

Many blessings!

Take a walk down Memory Lane

So Bee has a fun idea, and I tried it. She found this website that tells you what the #1 song was on days gone by. Here are mine:

The day hubby was born - Get Off of My Cloud by the Rolling Stones
The day I was born - Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul
High School Graduation - Vogue by Madonna (I completely know this was true. I have countless pics of me and friends Vogueing.) Gotta love high school!
My husband and I met - Macarena by Los Del Rio (This song drives me crazy.)
Day I was married - I'll be Missing You by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (Back in the day when he was Puffy!) Gotta love that! ha
Day HC was born - Crazy in Love by Beyonce` featuring JayZ (I sure fell Crazy in Love with HC)
Day JB was born - Let Me Love You by Mario (I guess I was out of touch by this point because I don't even think I know who Mario is nor do I remember this song.) JB always lets me love him!

I think this was kind of fun. A little stroll down memory lane and some I just don't know. The Vogueing makes me laugh. Tell me if you choose to see what was #1 on special days for you so I can come visit your walk down memory lane (or just leave your results in my comment section).
Thanks and Be blessed!!

Bedtime Fun

I wanted to share a little added fun we are having at bedtime now. Click here if you want the previous scoop. By the way, we do start off with everyone sitting during storytime but then one moves in and the other can't see and then they are both standing. I guess this is a good sign that they enjoy storytime.

So now, after story time and rocking and singing to one lullaby each, we hear pitter patter, pitter patter the length of our second floor. Over the last few months my son has fought a stuffy nose and even though he is well now, he is using every little idea he has to manage a few more moments of freedom. So we venture upstairs to find this in his sweet little grubby paws:

To you this means nothing. To us this is... the NOSE bag.

It includes all the normal torture devices. But the favorite is this one:

You say Vicks, we say nose. My daughter has a knack for renaming common household items and it just sticks. So needless to say, we put a touch of vicks, aka 'Nose', on his lip below his nose and all was well. I know you are supposed to put it on the chest but we always put it on the upper lip area when noses are really stuffy. Now we have to slowly lessen the dots until he realizes he is now able to breath again.

Wednesday Hero

Pfc. Joseph Allen Jeffries21 years old from Beaverton, OregonArmy Reserve’s 320th Psychological Operations CompanyMay 29, 2004

Below is all the information that could be found on Pfc. Joseph Jeffries.Pfc. Jeffries was killed with two fellow soldiers, Capt. Daniel W. Eggers and Sgt. 1st Class Robert J. Mogensen, and an unnamed sailor, when their vehicle drove over an IED in Kandahar, Afghanistan. All four service members were attached to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan. He is survived by his wife, Betsy, and his parents Mark and Linda Jeffries.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived.

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WordFilled Wednesday

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Food I miss!

As some of you know, we just returned home from a trip to Houston. On our way there and home we passed through our former home town and we had to stop and grab some favorites. On our way to Houston, we stopped at De'Angelo's Pizzeria (in Baton Rouge) but my blog was far from my mind. I have no photo. :o( Anyway, they have the best caesar salad, cheese bread WITH marinara and super great pizza or calzones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am hungry for it now as I type this!! This was a frequent stop for us when we were in BR!

On our way home we stopped at the Mall of Louisiana for lunch. A great fit since we were on the road for so long and needed to stretch, as well as eat without concern for the kids running around. I did manage to get a picture of those eateries. I thought of taking pictures of the grub, after said grub was gone! I am still new to the blog world and so you will have to forgive me. Next time I will do better!! We ate at Arzi's (I prefer Albasha though) and the kids ate Caine's. Caine's is great chicken fingers quickly (you know, the way fast food is supposed to be - FAST) and the BEST crushed ice Coke ever ever ever!!!!!!!!!!!! Arzi's or Albasha - we get Chicken Schwarma. I used to eat that at least once a week. Yummy!! We felt like we did great things by eating 3 of our many favorites and we didn't even stay in BR on our adventure!

Wordless Wednesday

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I think this is funny!

Don't you just love that Subway commercial where the girl orders 'badonkadonk butt'? I think that is so funny! I just thought I would share a commercial I enjoy.

Do you have a favorite commercial? It can be recent or commercials from back in the day! Or, to use the word of the day, what commercial brings you delectation (see sidebar)? I just realized tomorrow the word will change so, the definition is great pleasure; delight, enjoyment. FYI!