He Said/She Said

He Said: Dude I totally just saw two bats fly out.

She Said:  Like out of our house??!?!

He Said:  Yes!  Come look.

She Said:  No thanks, I'll pass. 

It's bad enough I have to hear them and

KNOW I live in bat cave. 

I don't also need visual confirmation.

He Said:  Oh come on.  It.was.awesome.

She Said:  Yeah....apparently your idea of awesome

and mine are vastly different.

In case you couldn't guess.  The bats are back.  {insert sarcastic YAY! here}
I'm not sure which is worse.  The fact that I get to listen to them again for the summer or the fact that my husband finds it AWESOME.

Tasty Tuesday: Southwestern Stuffed Peppers

I've been trying lots of new recipes and I thought it was time to share one of my new favorites!

This one came from Pinterest courtesy of the Simply Love Food blog.

It's easy.  Delicious.  AND good for you!

Not to mention it will be perfect for summer with all the fresh local peppers you can buy.

It also worked fabulously for leftovers.  I made the full batch of "filling" but only stuffed 2 peppers the first time.  Saved the rest and a few days later used the leftovers and stuffed 2 more fresh peppers.

Voila!  Easiest dinner ever!

The husband gave it 2 thumbs up and my littlest food critic even gobbled it up.

Definitely try it, you won't be sorry!

Southwestern Stuffed Peppers
what you need:
Olive Oil
1/2 lb lean ground turkey
1 cup chopped onions
1 heaping Tbsp taco seasoning
2 cups of cooked rice (I used brown)
3-4 organic bell peppers, halved and seeds removed
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup frozen corn
1 15 oz jar of salsa
Shredded Cheddar Cheese (I used 2% Reduced Fat)

what you do:
Pre heat the oven to 400 degrees.  Lightly coat the peppers with olive oil and roast in a baking dish about 20-25 minutes just until cooked thru.  Remove peppers and allow to cool until you can handle them.

In a bowl add the taco seasoning, cooked ground turkey, chopped onions, black beans, corn and rice.  Add in the salsa and mix well.

Carefully spoon the turkey mixture in each half of the bell peppers and place back into the baking dish.  (I used about 1/2-3/4 cup per pepper and stuffed 8 halves all together)  Cook for another 15-20 minutes or until the peppers are cooked all the way thru.  Before removing from oven sprinkle the tops of each pepper with shredded cheddar cheese.  Place back in oven just until cheese is melted.

Remove from oven and top with fresh cilantro, avocado or sour cream.  Whatever your heart desires!
I figured the WW points to be 5 per pepper not including any addiontal toppings added.

Bon Appetite!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hope all the moms out there are enjoying their day!

Mr. EyeCanSee....you ARE the father

Except we don't have to go on Mo Po to figure that out.

The proof is in the pudding....errr pictures.

Nose?  Check.

Ears?  Check.

Hair?  Check.

Gap toothed grin?  Check.

If it weren't for his mama's squinty eyes {which are spot on the same exact color as the hubs} and pictures like this

{Yikes!}

I'd wonder if I had anything to do with making this kid.

Happy Friday Friends!

Choose your own adventure

Do you ever wish you could request a do-over?

Go back in time to the moment things started going wrong?

Kind of like a Choose your own Adventure book.

I don't like the way this turned out.....

So let's go back to Chapter 5 and choose a different route.

Pray for a better ending.

If only it were that easy.

Life lately has been a little crazy, filled with lots of uncertainty.

Things I can't really share. 

Not right now at least.

But one thing is for sure.

Lot's of big changes are headed our way whether we like it or not and sometimes I feel like we're standing at a fork in the road.

Part of me says we need to just roll with the punches, take life as it comes and just continue along on the same path.

The other part of me craves something new. 

Something different. 

A fresh start.

A new adventure.

I told the hubs the other day that we've exhausted the KC mojo....if it could go wrong, it did.

So let's move to the beach.

The Carolina's perhaps.

Or maybe Colorado.

Who doesn't love the mountains.

I always said I wanted to learn how to snow board.

If only it were that easy.

Or I was that brave.

I couldn't even throw caution to wind and uproot my life fresh out of college, so the chances of doing it now with my little family in tow?

Pretty slim.

I'm a creature of habit. 

When things go awry I seek comfort in the familiar.

So while I don't see us packing up and moving across the country, I could really use a breath of fresh air.

Barely Legal

It's been a big month!  From a solo weekend with daddy to yet another long road trip to Ohio.

We said goodbye to the binky with little resistance.  Apparently mom and dad were more attached to it than he was!
We've graduated from mama and dada to mommy {sometimes just mom} and daddy {or Hun just like mommy calls him, which will always crack me up}

And everyday he seems to learn something new.
I love watching him learn and explore!

Everyday we get closer to two though my baby becomes less and less baby.

More and more little boy.

While I embrace all the new found independence I find myself grasping on to what little baby is left.
Like the fact that he's still in his crib and uses a sleep sack which he fondly calls "sacky."  I'm afraid we may need to find one big enough to send with him to college.
Or that he still lets me rock with him right before bed every night ans snuggles on my shoulder just like when he was itty bitty.

He makes me so glad to be a mom!

Happy 21 months little man!

Enjoying the small things

Yesterday I raced home from work so I would have time to hit the grocery store before picking up Jamie.

I raced through the store.

I raced to daycare so he wouldn't be the last one there.

We raced home.

I hurried to carry all the groceries upstairs so I could get the dog out ASAP.
By the time we got outside I was exhausted from all the running around.
I was exhausted from the day.

All I wanted to do was go back inside and breath.

Take a time out before the madness of our evening routine began.

Just as the thought of putting my feet up put my mind at ease, I saw a little 25 pound toddler race by, headed right for the swing.

I sighed.

I didn't want to swing.

I wondered if I could bribe him back inside without a tantrum.

And then I realized how in the blink of an eye he's not going to want to play with his mama.

I should slow down.

Enjoy these little moments.
So we swang.

We laughed. 
I soaked it all in.
I felt all the stress of the day melt away.
I was reminded that sometimes, you need to just stop and smell the roses.