Poor little Zaney isn’t having a very good night. We are struggling with potty training after getting sick last weekend. So far tonight he has fallen out of bed (hard), wet the bed, and had another accident. I would put a diaper or pullups on him but he just takes them off.

So here we are in the middle of the night, early early morning with him on the couch and me on the big chair. Hopefully he will feel like going to bed in a little  soon, so mommy can get a little sleep before Zarek wakes up.

Sometimes it’s hard being the mommy. Always worth it but hard.

Print out some mommy cards for the next time you have your little ones over for a playdate or just meet a mommy you want to meet up with again.

I forgot to mention that I was featured at The Frugal Homeschooling Mom, I got together with her and made a coloring sheet. I will be making more in the near future so stay tuned!!

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Hope you have some great plans for tomorrow. Why not bake some cupcakes and decorate them with some fun cupcake toppers? Check out some of the other freebies from earlier this month and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on the upcoming freebies the rest of this month!!

Here is two free bag toppers for you to print and make little goodie bags. Instructions are with the images at flikr.

Don’t forget I will be posting printable freebies all month this month so if you don’t want to miss out make sure and subscribe to my feed.

This February I will be showing my readers some love and adoration by filling up the month with freebies. I will be giving away at least one free printable every week this month! Everything from these Color your own Cards to Printable Stationary. So make sure and subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss out!!

I made this Coloring Valentine’s for a wonderful contest over at Cool Mom Picks (working with Etsy) for a charity event.

INSTRUCTIONS: To print them click on the images and go to flikr. Click the button right above the images that says all sizes. Make sure and pick all sizes. And save them. They should print at 2 2/3″x3 1/3″

Hope you enjoy!!

Here is a little freebie for you for the New Year

Feel free and print it for yourself.

Get full calendar here.

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Here is a layout I have created with some of this paper. I call it Imagine.

I could share one recipe and to be fair it would probably be my husband’s recipe (one fact in our house is I don’t cook). But what I am going to share that Works for Me is the 4 Ingredient Recipe book that I love! I don’t even remember who gave me this book, but if I had to guess I would say my Mother-In-Law. She always hopes for me to become more domestic. And to prove how great this book is. I’m going to share with you a secret, I almost lost my job over this book.

One day I was taking the book to work so I could find some recipes for a shower I was hosting. I was working on a Sunday in a retail store inside a department store. I was the only one working. When I got to work and I realized I didn’t have the book. I went out to my car. It wasn’t there. I started to panic. I must have put the book on the top of the car.

I did something that was just down right crazy but I loved this book sooo much. I put a sign up in the store saying I’d be back in 45 minutes and I drove home. I slowly drove up and down the main roads in our neighborhood looking in the ditches for my book. I couldn’t find it and my time was up I had to go back to work.

No one who knows me would believe I would do this (for a cookbook of all things) but I did.

When I didn’t find it I cried. I’m not exagerating, I bawled. I was so upset while I talking to TJ on the phone that he promised we would go and buy a new one that day. And that is exactly what we did!

So I would highly recommend this book. I have used this book for showers, parties, and Christmas parties.

Here are four of my favorite recipes from this book:

1. Chunky Hawaiian Spread

1 package (3 ounces) light cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup fat free or light sour cream
1 can (8 ounces) DOLE Crushed Pineapple, well-drained
1/4 cup mango chutney*
Low fat crackers

Beat cream cheese, sour cream, pineapple and chutney in bowl until blended. Cover and chill 1 hour or overnight. Serve with crackers. Refridgerate any leftover spread in airtight container for up to one week.

* I don’t ussually put this in because it’s hard to find. I probably don’t know where to look.

2. Hot Artichoke Dip

1 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing or Kraft Real Mayonnaise
1 cup (4 ounces) Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained, chopped

Heat oven to 350F
Mix all ingredients, spoon into 9-inch pie plate or 2-cup casserole.
Bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Garnish as desired. Serve with tortilla chips, crackers or party rye bread slices.

3.  Cheesecake Creme Dip

1 package (8 ounces) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1 jar (7 ounces) marshmellow creme

Mix cream cheese and marshmellow creme with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Refridgerate.

Serve with assorted cut-up fresh fruit or pound cake cubes. Garnish as desired.

4. Ever-So-Good Peanut Butter Sauce

1/2 cup Karo Light or Dark Corn Syrup
1/2 cup Skippy Super Chunk or Creamy Peanut Butter
3 to 4 tablespoons milk

1. In small bowl stir corn syrup, peanut butter, and milk until blended
2. Serve over ice cream or cake. Store in refridgerator.

Don’t forget to check out my contest below and win yourself a free blog design!!

I wanted to upload a couple of templates I have made. I have posted layouts I have made with the templates. The templates themselves come in black and white, you just add your own paper, pics, title and journaling. Both templates are in a 300dpi PSD file for you.

The first template is a circle template that I had made before we had upgraded my computer and took me way too long to make. It is a 8×8 template.

Download Template Here

This second template is a 12×12 layout I created today. I was inspired by a starbucks display. I liked the three tiers with the bar down the center. And I thought wow that would make a great layout. You can find inspiration whereever you are just take a look around.

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In the second layout I used my own papers from my freebie paper kit: Boys & Their Trucks. You can find it at this post.

…but he can throw me good bye kisses. There are times I’m said Zane will not say Mama, but usually I just find it funny. But I have to say it warmed my heart when he threw me his first good by kiss to me. As TJ was taking him up the stairs for the night we were waving good bye. I threw him a good bye kiss and my little guy threw it back to me.

Our wonderful Evelyn has been working with him on this since he first started going to day care. I have been encouraging it a lot of late since he is back to waving good bye. (For a bit he refused to wave good bye or maybe he just forgot.)

Of course his good bye kisses are more of hitting himself in the face and then tossing his hand your way. But the meaning is all the same. Lots of Love.

Here is a little treat for you. These are quote frames for your scrapbooking. If I get a chance I will add an example for you to see. But they are an overlay for your photos. And they are in honor of Father’s Day. So I hope you enjoy!

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