Tales of a Tired Mom

Our trip to a Christmas Tree Farm Our trip to a Christmas Tree Farm Wahoooooooo! It's the most wonderful time of the year! We have so many things we love to do to prepare for the holiday season. One of my favorite things is picking out a Christmas tree! I don't know about you but does the debate for real vs. fake tree go on in your house??? I am a real tree kinda girl! We have gone to the same place every year since my daughter was born. Since we moved we had to ... VIEW POST

Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania My daughter had a week off from school and lucky for my husband, he had extra vacation days that he needed to use before the end of the year. So he got stuck home with me and the kiddies for a whole week. YAY! It has become really hard for me to take the two kids out by myself. I mean, I don’t know if it's just me, but my kids will run in opposite directions leaving me in a panic of who to go after first. Anyway, I knew the Please ... VIEW POST

Leftover pulled pork recipe turned to Asian style meatballs So I'm whipping up a quick recipe to using leftover pork. I made a bunch of pulled pork in the crockpot for dinner the other night...but now I have so much leftover and I need to transform it!! I love making all types of "meatballs," I love to do turkey balls, spinach balls, etc. Especially because you can get some extra veggies in there too!! Leftover pulled pork recipe turned to Asian style meatballs For the sauce: 1 ... VIEW POST

Acorn. Spaghetti. Butternut. Green. Yellow. I need all the squash! Who's ready for a fun and easy fall recipe? This is actually a great idea if you are hosting Thanksgiving because it is so pretty and can be used to serve soup is you are feeling fancy!! Acorn Squash Thanksgiving Side Dish or Fancy Soup Bowls What we need: acorn squash salt and pepper olive oil brown sugar cinnamon butter What do to: Cut in half. Scoop out seeds and guts. (I definitely ... VIEW POST

One of the "luxuries" that I miss before life with kids is eating a meal. Without someone climbing into my chair or needing something or running away from the table or throwing something on the floor or needing a second serving. Going out to dinner with my husband any day that I didn't feel like cooking. If we wanted to have a mid week date night or just celebrating the weekend! Now. With these 2. I think the straw that broke this camel's back was spilling the soy sauce across the table and ... VIEW POST

Teachers...this one is for you! I need to give a Friday shout out... For all the TEACHERS, teaching assistants, etc. I need to preface this with the fact that my 2 and 3 year old give me a "RUN (and I mean this both literally and figuratively) for my money" all day every day... pretty much any time they are not sleeping. Which by the way they DONT!!!!!!! I have a lot of close friends and family who are teachers, or going to be, TA's and I KNOW they are the kind of people who truly ... VIEW POST