{Almost} Wordless Wednesday

When you give a toddler a spoon....and some yogurt

The novelty of it only lasts so long....

Before they realize using their hand is WAY more effective in getting the maximum amount of food into their mouth.....

And all over their face.

I suppose I should be grateful he didn't fling it on the floor or at the walls.

I'm sure that time is coming.

Happy Wednesday Friends! 

We have a winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered my Shutterfly Giveaway yesterday!

This morning I put all your names in a hat and let my co-workers pick!

Here's the THREE lucky winners!

Moe from Love you a Million

Lacey from

And.....

Ashley Brooke from

Congrats everyone!

I will email you the codes later today!

Did someone just say Christmas....in October?

I'm breaking a pretty big rule here in the EyeCanSee household.

Talking about Christmas before we've even lit our Halloween pumpkins.

Tragic I know.

But now that we have all these uh-mazing family pictures, I've got to have some way to share them with all our family and friends.

Thank goodness for Shutterfly and their awesome Christmas cards!

Remember last years?  No?  Here let me remind you of it's awesomeness

Pretty cute huh?

Well I've already been busy scouring the pages of Shutterfly trying to pick one of my favorites to top it.

I'm usually a sucker for the montage photo cards, but I think this year I might pick a one photo card.  Mainly because I'm loving this design. 

Vintage Ribbon
Simple.  Festive.  Fun.  Retro.

Plus there's room on the back for more photos and space for you to write a word or two!

Perfect!

And since I'm a sucker for coordinating address labels, I think these would send our cards off in style!

Starlight Snowflake

If you haven't checked Shutterfly out before, you definitely should.  In addition to holiday items they have cards for all occasions from weddings to babies and everything in between.  And today is your lucky day because Shutterfly is offering 25 FREE cards to THREE lucky Worth the Squeeze readers.  All you have to do is leave a comment (followers only please:) and I will pick at random and announce the winners tomorrow.
Good luck and happy shopping!

***I was contacted by Shutterfly for this promotion and giveaway.  In return I was given 50 free cards***

The Great Pumpkin is coming

Last year we skipped a lot of the "ohmygod we have a kid now so lets do all these things our newborn won't care about" family activities.  AKA the Cider Mill and Pumpkin Patch.  Well this year I was DYING to go....you know, because our 14 month old will know the difference.  So yesterday we packed up the car and road tripped to Louisburg, KS to visit their infamous Cider Mill.  It was a gorgeous sunny day.  Every time we have one of those now, I cherish it, knowing it could very well be our last for a looong while.

We ate some Cider Donuts....

and drank some Cider.

Attempted to take a picture by the "How Tall" sign.  Easier said than done with a toddler.

Played in the hay

Picked a pumpkin

Played in the dirt....a lot.  I was just excited he didn't try to eat any of it.

Took a hay ride, where Jamie's eyes never left the tractor.  Or as he liked to call it "cah!" "cah!"  Apparently everything with wheels is a car, we're working on that.

And pulled the goats ears fed the goats.

All in all it was a great day!!  We brought home lots of goodies and have enough apple and pumpkin butter to last us a lifetime till next year! 

A little bit of this. A little bit of that.

• So awhile back I joined Molly's Fall Swap!  I got matched up with the fabulous Pinky B and last week a beautiful package showed up in my mailbox!  Ms B spoiled me for sure!  TWO amazing candles.  Fall has hands down some of the best smells!  Cinnamon, spice, pumpkin, apple cider....I love them all!  And now my house smells pretty darn good!  Some Godiva Chocolate Truffle coffee.  Two of my favorite things rolled into one?  Yes please!!  A FUN dark blue nail polish which oddly enough I had been looking for!  And last, but certainly not least, a leaf candy dish filled with my fave candy, Reeses!!  Let's just say between me and the hubs, they didn't last long and now my poor leaf sits alone and empty.  Thank you Pinky B for all my Fab-YOU-lous gifts!!

 

• Last week I got my hair done for the first time in SIX months.  I was so over being a Brunette.  It had faded and was pretty mousy and blah....I was ready for a little blond in my life again!  We put in some highlights and voila!  It feels so good.  While brunette was fun while it lasted, I think I'll always be a blond at heart.  We also cut off 2 1/2 inches.  Amazing how good a trip to the salon can make you feel!

• I keep hearing clips of Justin Bieber's new Christmas song on the radio.  And.....it's actually not bad.  His voice is changing and it has a bit of a Jack Johnson feel to it.  I even got the hubs to listen to it and admit it wasn't the worst song ever.  Maybe I have a little love for the Biebs in me after all.

• I'm due for a new cell phone and I can't decide.  I was all dead set on the HTC  Evo and then Sprint had to go and get the iPhone.  Now I'm torn.  Everyone keeps saying get the iPhone, it's fabulous, your life will never be the same....but eh, I'm just not sold on it yet.  The Evo is so thin, and light and has a nice BIG screen.  Android has WAY more free apps where, from what I've heard, Apple nickle and dimes you for everything.  Plus everyone is sold out of the 4S and I kinda want my new phone like yesterday.

• I broke down and joined Pinterest.  Mainly because I was hoping to get some good {P}inspiration for our family photos last week.  Eh.  I don't get it.  And I didn't find anything I was looking for.  Maybe I'm doing it wrong.  Now I keep getting notifications that people are "following" me.  I'm warning you in advance people, I only have one "pin" and I don't see anymore coming in the near future.  Sorry to disappoint.

• Last month I tried to be crafty and was then reminded why I don't do crafts.  You see, I went out and bought all the supplies to make a wreath for Halloween.  Half way through I ran out of ribbon and when I went back to the store, they were all sold out.  It then sat on my kitchen table, half finished, for weeks until I finally moved it downstairs to the junk room.  Craft fail. 

• Are you all keeping up on the Baby Lisa story?  The girls at work are all obsessed, watching the minute by minute live coverage and I've been sucked in.  I think part of the obsession has to do with the fact that it's all happening right here in KC.  Kinda brings it closer to home.  I feel bad for the parents, but stories like Kasey Anthony and JonBenet Ramsey automatically have me wondering if they had a part in it.  How does a baby just disappear without a trace??

• The Italian Beef Sliders from Tasty Tuesday were amazing.  Best new recipe I've made in a looong while!!  These will definitely be a new staple in our dinner rotation!  You HAVE to try them!

• I'm still LOVING my new position.  Great to be back in a clinical setting, plus the kids crack me up on a daily basis.  Just today a little boy brought me this picture.  Melts my heart.

Happy {almost} Friday Friends!

{Almost} Wordless Wednesday

So this past Sunday my dear friend {formerly known as} D.A.R took some family pictures for us.

It was an all around perfect morning and I am chomping at the bit to see how they turned out!!

Thankfully a few sneak peeks showed up in my inbox to tide me over.....eek can't wait to see the rest!

Happy *hump* Day Friends!

Tasty Tuesday ~ Italian Beef Sliders

Yesterday I went to the grocery store without a list.  Without a weekly menu plan.  This is usually a recipe for disaster and a bunch of half assed hodge podge meals.  I'm proud to say I left with the fixings for seven well executed dinners including TWO new on the whim recipes.  I was beyond excited.  (Don't laugh, sometimes it's the little things)

I have my local Hy-Vee to thank for this one.  They had a display right at the front doors with a recipe and ALL the things you would need right there.  Talk about a marketing trap that I fell right into, but when I saw how easy these would be....and my favorite word "Crock Pot" in the "how to", I was sold!  These bad boys are cooking as we speak and I can't WAIT to get home to try them out!

Italian Beef Sliders

what you need:

3lb Beef Roast

1 Good Seasons Italian dressing and recipe mix packet

1-jar pepperocini's (with liquid)

2 cans of beer

2 onions

Swiss Cheese

Buns
(I cut the recipe in half)

make it

Toss all ingredients into the crockpot and cook on high for 8 hours.  Put on buns with Swiss Cheese.

Seriously that's it.  Could it get any easier???

Bon Appetite!