The best Mom EVER!

Yep, if you came to my house last night that's what you would of heard coming out of Taylor's mouth.  Why you ask?  Because I bought him candy corn and had the best idea to make green goblins for FHE treat.  Those of you with teenagers- please tell me it's always this easy to please!!

Yes, the lighting in my kitchen is horrible and yes, I'm too lazy to photoshop my pictures before I post them on my blog!

nO wILpOwEr

These usually are green and red. We usually wait til Christmas to make them. But why? They are so fun to make and eat! Taylor loves helping me. Plus, we had to experiment with the candy corns. {Don't waste your time}

So I was thinking about labels and how I haven't been labeling my posts. I was thinking how I would use them etc. As I was looking through my past posts I realized why do I need labels when the only label I would use is ... FOOD!! {I think I have a problem}

So when, how and why do you use your labels on your posts? ... Just in case I actually blog about something other than food!

Ooey Gooey Goblin

We love the kid's cooking class at Ben Franklin. So fun and so yummy. However, Lauren eats all the toppings that actually make it look like a Goblin!

Good Stuff

Do you skip back to the house after getting this from your mailbox? I do. I love it. Page 21- the Pork Chops, Stuffing with Apples? SO Yummy. AND... it's

-3 ingredients

-3 steps

-30 min.

- 2 pans to wash

Now that is my kind of meal!

Run over HERE if you don't get this FREE in your mailbox!

Eat This!

Have you seen this book? I LOVE it! I'm not a real healthy person, I wish I was. I mean I do serve whole grains and a fruit and veggie at most meals. I make my kids eat fish- that's good, right? Do I know if they are getting their 1.4 Cups of veggies or their 4t. of oil? Who knows? What I do know- is this book is going to help me. It tells me things I shouldn't buy. Then it goes a step forward and tells we what things I SHOULD buy. That's HUGE! It's small, it fits in my purse, it's cute- the pages are color coded AND it has bright colorful pictures for us visual learners!!

It has a restaurant section that will tell you what you shouldn't eat AND what you should eat instead. So if you buy these for your kids, you might want to push the chicken nuggets vs. the cheeseburger. Nuggets- 375 Cal, 13 g fat, 610 sodium

Cheeseburger is 575 Cal, 16 g fat, 935 sodium- Ouch!

It even tells you what to buy for Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, etc. My neighborhood kids will not be getting fun Starbursts this year for Halloween- 170 Cal, 3.5 g fat, 24 sugars Instead, they get Skittles, 80 Cal, 1 g fat, 15 g sugars. I'm sure their Mom's will thank me!
Okay, I love these as much as my kids do- but for 160 cal, 10 g fat, 370 sodium? I would much rather have these- 120 cal, 3.5 g fat, 220 sodium
Pepperoni is a stple at our house- 140 cal, 13 g fat
Who knew there was turkey? For 70 cal, 4 g fat I'm SURE it tastes the same!

Bye Bye Capri Sun at 100 Cal and 26 Sugars

Hello Minute Maid Fruit Falls 5 Cal, 1 Sugar- Are you kidding me? My kids will never know!!
Ranch Dressing is more like a beverage at my house. 140 cal, 14 g fat
We are heading back to the "South Beach Diet Days" 70 Cal, 7 g fat

Those are just a "few" things I learned- fun stuff huh?