Playhouse

The kids love playing outside at my parents house and who blames them there is so much to do and see and explore! Plus this weather makes it super great for playing outside!





The boys are staying at my parents and the girls at Jerry and amanda's so I am going to get some house cleaning done before we head to Texas! All that is Erik :(

Location:MaMere and pawpaw house

Taco Dinner

I am not sure if I posted this or not but my kids love Tacos - ok Jaxon loves Taco and in one of the WW cookbook they have Healthy Beef-n-bean tacos

1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 lb lean ground beed
1 onion (i use what ever I have - sweet, white or red and the all work great)
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoon taco seasoning mix
1/2 cup water ( I use 1/2 cup when I double the recipe)
1 1/4 cup fat-free refried beans

cook beef, onion, garlic, and season mix,
stir in water cook until liguid has evaporated
stir in beans and heat through
spoon about 1/4 cup of beef mixture into each taco shell

2 tacos - 318 cal, 9g fat, 41 carbs, 7 g fiber

I made it tonight with Tommy and Maddie here, after telling me it did not look like their Moms they tasted it and ate it. The beans make the taco meat look more like a paste then the crumbed meat.

school parties

The kids had their parties today at school. They had fun. Each did crafts and played games. Jaxon's class played bingo and decorated cupcakes while Katie did sticker crafts and played toss games. I was running back and forth between the 2 classes but they too busy to really care that I was not there all the time.
So now the holidays have begun!

comeaux family christmas

a little back step for the blog - Sunday we had my Mom's family Christmas party, Erik said it was the best one he had been to. The kids were at a prefect age. We did not have to worry about them at all - plus it was at my Mom's house so that helped.

then we tried to take a family picture - the kids did not want to do this but this is what we ended up with..

Making spin art

We started the holiday off by making crafts - spin art

End of great 2 weeks!

Well Erik is on a flight back to Qatar and this was the hardest good-bye so far. We had a wonderful time while he was home. Jaxon had he birthday and a super fun party. He also started indoor soccer, which is a very high speed game that he loves. KK finished another round of gym and had her parent watch for Dance. 2 painting date nights which we have beautiful pictures from - if you had not try it - what are you waiting for??
Erik was home for the Christmas parties - our neighbors Friends Christmas and then the Comeaux party. It was just a wonderful 2 weeks! for the first time I actually cried this morning when it was time to get up know that he would not be there for 6 weeks to keep me warm. Then at the airport KK was crying so that mad both of us cry.
This is not our first Christmas morning with out Erik, he has missed due to shift work but this is the first time we will not see him at all on Christmas. So I have to keep a smile and make this a great Christmas for the kids! I think the hardest part is going to be when I tell them they have to wait to open Santa gifts till Daddy gets on Skype!

Reality sucks sometimes

Yesterday I realized that the kids start there Christmas break the day after Erik leaves. I knew this before but I guess the reality of it hit me since it is so close. I feel bad for the kids. I will keep them busy while they are off school but it is hard since this is a family time.
I am jealous of the people that do get to spend the holidays with him. Most of them don't even celebrate Christmas.
I am thankful for the time we have together an glad this contract is almost up. Ok enough of my pity party time to enjoy the time I do have, even if that means just sitting in the same room together.

Yeah life!

One week down

Well even with Erik home I have lost a little weight - very little but that is alright. I really shouldn't have lost any since this past week I have had Hooters with lots of Beer and wings, Jaxon's party, Cane's and lots of drinks with Megan! Boy I wonder what my week would have been with out all that! anyway down .6 so Yeah!

new program

So WW changed their program on Monday so I went back to the meetings to make sure I am getting all the new information plus there is something about standing on a scale in front of someone that kinda helps you stay on track - well I started yesterday and had a good day. We had a great dinner of FLank steak and Roasted artichokes which my kids asked for seconds. Today was turkey with roasted squash which they did not ask for more veggies, oh well I tried. As I am figuring out my points using the new method - fat, protein, carbs, and fiber, I am finding I am not eating enough! With the fruit being 0 points I am able to stay full with out spending my points, well you have to use all your points each day so I ended yesterday with a fun size candy bar and tonight with another one but also a vodka and cran apple cocktail - you think that is what they had in mind??

Erik comes home tomorrow! I am so excited.

Slipcovers

AMazing what Slipcovers can do for ugly old faded chairs!


Yeah life!