Today (January 24th) is National Peanut Butter Day! (yeah, I had no idea either, until I read it on Facebook and went to verify it!) So, to celebrate, Captain Fussybuckets and I made Peanut Butter Bars! My mom used to make these scrumptious things called Peanut Butter Balls and if you’d like to make …
Being a mailman or mailwoman is hard….not that I would know, but I can only imagine. They have the tedious job of getting all the correct mail to the correct boxes and/or houses. They have to deal with unhappy and impatient customers, weather, dogs, cars, and so much more! Whether they work for USPS, UPS, …
Trash men (or women) have a hard job. Lugging other people’s disgusting trash into the huge truck and riding around in all kinds of weather doesn’t sound like much fun to me. Captain Fussybuckets thinks this is the most exciting job lately, so much so that he had to play like he was a trash …
I’m excited because today we have a guest post from Melissa from The Mommyhood Chronicles blog! Melissa is a dentist, mommy, and an awesome blogger! Check out her blog:As a kids’ dentist, I felt I could help with many parents’ issues with their kids’ teeth. I wrote this post with suggestions from my dental hygienist, …
Today was Captain Fussybuckets’ first time at daycare. He spent about three hours there are had a good time. You may be wondering why I, a stay at home mom of two with a degree in early childhood – elementary education needs to send my son to daycare. Well, for a couple of reasons…one, he …
Captain Fussybuckets usually only watches Nick Jr., kids’ DVDs, and the occasional sports event on TV. I used to watch the Country Music Association Awards religiously as a child and teenager, but haven’t watched the show in a few years and really don’t follow any country music singer except Keith Urban. However, I was sick …
I get the reasoning behind Daylight Savings Time. I understand that people want more hours of daylight in the evenings during the summers. But I really, truly hate DST. I didn’t hate it until I had kids. Well, that’s not true, I hated it before I had kids, because before kids, I was a teacher. …
Here is a simple recipe that takes very little time and preparation! My mom would make these for us growing up and I made them for the boys at the children’s home. They, along with Captain Fussybuckets, would just eat them up!!! Chicken Cups (makes 10 cups) 1 can of chicken 1 can …
If you’ve been reading my posts, you know that I’ve been agonizing over the microphone cake that Captain Fussybuckets requested for his 3rd birthday party as well as the piñata that I had the brilliant idea of making. I promise this will be the last birthday post for awhile…well, okay, maybe a few days/weeks, as …
Captain Fussybuckets turned 3 on Tuesday. His party is planned for Saturday and will include his three 3 year-old cousins and of course, Baby Brother and the rest of our families, hopefully. That is, assuming we’re all well! Here are a few pictures from the Big Birthday! The night before his birthday – Halloween …