Coconut oil

I've heard so much about coconut oil lately, how it's such a healthy fat and is overall good for you.

While at Trader Joe's last weekend I saw some and on a whim grabbed a jar of it.

{Sidenote: I don't really enjoy spending money so spending $$ on something that I don't know much about and buying it on a whim is kind of unheard of for me.}

So, coconut oil.

Today, after looking at this darn jar for almost a week and thinking about Googling what all the hoopla is about I decided to snap a pic on Instagram and share it on fb asking of help.

Bought it, now what do I do with it? #help

Help my fb lovelies did.

Man oh man, when in doubt ask friends!

After hearing friends praise this miraculous oil I'm beyond excited.

I finally opened the jar and oh my word, the smell.

If you love coconut you will love this.

For me, the most exciting aspect of the oil is for skin.

Poor Ainsley, you guys, her skin.

It gets so dry during the winter and is so sensitive.

I feel bad for her.

My plan {thanks fb peeps} is to whip this coconut oil and make some body butter for her. 

::Hopefully:: {fingers crossed} this stuff will work wonders for my little Lee.

Please share lovelies, have you used this stuff?

What are you favorite recipes and uses?

Happy Valentine's Day lovelies!

Happy Valentine's Day!
The day that celebrates love.

The little girls and I were busy today decorating to surprise Adison and K.

Adison was so surprised, it was awesome!

K is bringing dinner home for all of us tonight and we are going to have a low-key night.

I hope you all have a very love filled day/evening <3 p="">

xo

Things are good

I know everyone says it, I say it a lot, but life is busy.

I started watching baby B again, between that and an ever increasing schedule life seems to be in hyper drive.

By the time the evening comes and the children are in bed and if I don't have a meeting I am crashing in bed.

Exhaustion hits, my brain is fried from the daily grind, the coffee has left my system and that's the end of it.

We've been having some ADHD issues, some sibling issues and some life issues but above and beyond all of that we have moments.

The moments of a child wanting to share her pink tic tacs with her mama.

Of a child getting frustrated and declaring that she is no longer my mother but K's mother {I don't quite understand that one}.

Moments of sisters loving on sisters with such love and devotions that it makes my heart swell ten thousand times.

Moments of the girls not getting along at all then falling into fits of giggles.

Moments of laughter with my husband where I feel so blessed beyond measure that I get to call him mine and I am his.

Moments of feeling the presence, the love and the bond with Christ that fill me with such peace and right-ness.

I'm sorry I've been sporadic in posting and not been around as much, but life is full, full beyond my wildest imaginings.

How are you doing my lovelies, I sure have missed you all, xo

Random post # 1741

Hola lovelies!

How are things going in your lives?

Here, in casa de cupcake things are moving right along.

They're moving a warp speed honestly, too fast, so fast yet sometimes not fast enough.

Like in the middle of a temper tantrum {not mine} or in the checkout lane at the grocery store.

But really too fast, like my baby toddler soon to be preschooler who's just getting to darn big for her own good.

::sigh::

Hold me, please, maybe brush my hair and sing Soft Kitty to me.

{shhh, don't tell, but sometimes I ask K to sing it to me when I'm sick}

Funnies heard around here lately:

Abby: Mama, did you know I have a baby in my belly? Not a big baby, just a teeny tiny baby.

Abby: Mama, can I please have some nach-ios? {pistachios}

Ainsley while watching the last Ice Age Movie: It's time to get butt wild! {It should be "Buck" wild}

Adison had her parent/teacher conference last night and homegirl is doing awesome.

She has an amazing teacher and loves our girl so much.

She also loves our other girls as evidenced by them acting like loons during the conference and she just laughed and though they were a riot.

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what else???

K and I watched Alex Cross last night, it was good but some parts were too violent for me to watch.

I was totally doing the little kid hiding behind my fingers thing.

Tyler Perry was awesome and Matthew Fox played his part magnificently creepy, it totally weirded me out thinking of him from Party of Five to this.

I want to see the new Denzel Washington movie, Flight.

I LOVE him and pretty much everything he has been in, it does throw me for a loop though when he plays bad guys.

He's too much of a good guy to be playing bad guys!

Anyone seen it?
What did you think?

Also, if you are a child of the '80s growing up in the '90s I think you will appreciate this as much as K and I did.

 Have a good Friday lovelies, xo

A little of this and that with a healthy dose of caffeine

Hey lovelies!

How are you?
I miss you oh so much.

I've been lax on writing and reading blogs.

I've been exhausted lately, totally wiped out.

I've found myself falling asleep between 8 - 10 every evening, I wonder if that means that I am finally growing up?

Last night I even fell asleep with the lights on in my room.

::yawn::

I've been consuming a lot of this lately.

Well, not too much as I'm still counting calories.

Enough to keep me properly caffeinated and making sure there are enough calories for at least a cup or two a day, it is about priorities after all.

This child, she keeps me on my toes.

She is so creative and so her that I find myself just watching her because she is fascinating.

This was her playing Disney Universe the other day.

The funny thing though is that she was doing really well, too.

Lee and her hair.

Girlie still was long hair like Rapunzel-ed {yes, that's what she calls Rapunzel}.

Every day she wants a braid of some sort and she knows exactly what she wants in her hair.

Last night, for church, she wanted braided piggies with pink hair ties, a pink headband and a purple flower.

Homegirl rocked it.

Before church Lee had fun playing dress-up with Chloe.

This kitty is the best cat for children.

She doesn't bite or hiss or scratch.

She lets the kids love on her and even dress her up and when she's had enough she goes away.

We do remind the kids that Chloe is getting older and they have to be careful with her, we tell them she's a grandma kitty.

Calorie counting.

I know I already talked about it, but thought I would share some of my favorite snacks.

I'm a snacker, I'd much rather graze on food all day then eat big meals.

These two snacks are delish, I have to admit thought that the popcorn is my all-time favorite.

It says that it's a healthy kettle corn, it has a hint of sweet and salt which is the best combination ever.

Cuties and clementines, my kids LOVE them.

Lee loves the clementines the best, Abby and Adison love either.

I can't eat them, my body doesn't like the acidity at all but I LOVE peeling them.

I don't know why but I am more than happy to peel one or two or twelve for my kids if they will eat them.

Post-morning-school-drop-off.

My littles in the car, singing and reading.

Last but not least, I know that all around the country people are having some crazy weather.

Ours has been the same.

It was 74 in JANUARY!

Two days later we had snow and ice.

Our weekend was ...

Filled with headaches for me, I spent most of Saturday in bed

Spent cuddling sad little girls, Ainsley woke up at midnight Friday night crying. I brought her to our bed and we watched some shows until we both fell asleep

The first time in a couple of weeks that I was able to attend church

Spent vacuuming approximately 1,000,000 times because ::NEWS FLASH:: kids are messy, at least ours are

Spent having lunch with my dad and step-mom on Sunday then hanging out at their house for a while. Abby had so much fun that she told me she didn't want to leave

Counting those darn calories. Yes, K and I are still at it. I'm finally getting used to it and having an easier time than expected with discipline with it

How was your weekend?

The fast and the furious

We've been invaded.

A stomach bug has hit our house.

It started with the smallest member of our family on Thursday.

She was down for the count.

Miserable.

Laying on mama, on the couch, at one point on the floor even.

Just laying there with the saddest look on her face that I have ever seen.

My poor baby.

I started feeling sick on Thursday, just some nausea.

Friday the nausea was worse with some indigestion.

Friday night I threw up and then slept for five hours.

I felt pretty miserable on Saturday but was able to cope and made it to the store to pick up some necessities.

K started feeling sick on Friday.

Was pretty nauseated on Saturday and spent all Saturday night and part of Sunday puking.

He is beyond miserable.

This cute girl perked up on Saturday morning, she finally started eating again this morning though.

Things are definitely not back to normal yet with her but getting there.

Today I am feeling almost 100%, still some residual tiredness and such.

This thing seems to come on strong and leave pretty quickly.

The older two girls have been spared so far, I just pray that continues.

So, a positive with this stomach bug?

I've lost almost 3 1/2 pounds, I'll call it a win although I loathe how it happened.

Bleh!

Please be praying for K, he has had this bug the worst.

Poor guy, if you would also please pray for his asthma {which acts up with stomach viruses} I would appreciate it.