The best kept confessions of a Stay at home mom....the stuff we hide from everyone ( a new weekly series)

Yup! You read that correctly and I am sure I will have plenty of my SAHM friends upset that I let our secrets out, But Im sure a few of you will be happy I said it and you can sit back and laugh behind your computer screens without anyone knowing you secretly do some if not all of these things too!!!

My first confession: Well its quite simple really my youngest daughter had her first tooth pulled this week so was on a diet of soft foods, you know the sort of things, mashed potatoes, pudding, jello, etc. So being the best mom in the world that I am ( scoff) I decided to make her lemon pudding in little dishes.

Well of course who has 6 of the same sized dishes when you have kids, so naturally 2 were bigger than the other 4. When the pudding had set and it was time to dig in, Naturally the kids wanted the two larger dishes. SOOOOOO Of course, I told them there was entirely too much sugar in them and they needed to be split to smaller dishes. So they were allowed to have the smaller dishes.

 ( Needless to say at 17 weeks pregnant and a killer sweet tooth, the large lemon puddings may have disappeared over night)

When asked the next day where they went I of course said " Oh hunny Im sorry they went bad over night"

While yes this is not one of our bigger secrets, it just goes to show you that we are not above telling little white lies in order to have peace and quiet with our lemon pudding!!!! I hope you all enjoy our new weekly series as Susan and I embark on something new and fun!!!

If you have any confessions ( but dont want turn yourself in) feel free to email us your confessions with full anonymity we will gladly post them as if they were our own :) 2NaturallyTwistedMoms@gmail.com

Have a great day Moms ( and Dads)!!!!

~Opal

Cravings, Heart rates, needles and thread? Who comes up with this stuff?

So DH and I have our NT scan on monday and as most parents do at this stage in a pregnancy, we are both really anxious about possibly finding out what species of baby we are having. I could have sworn with both of my DD's that they were both boys and MAN ( or should I say Wo-Man) was I wrong!!!! From cravings to heart rates to the way I carried and so on EVERYTHING screamed boys.....not to mention out of 14 grandchildren on DH's side of the fam 13 were boys.

My grandmother used to use the old Italian wives tail of the needle and thread suspended over the belly ( I cant for the life of me remember which direction meant boy or girl) But it was always right.

So I write to you all today to find out what is the craziest, wackiest, funniest or realest gender predictor you have ever had? Leave them as a comment!!!!

Have a great day Momma's ( and Daddy's)

~Opal

It must be in the water........

Ok After 6 years of swearing up and down that my Hubby and I were finally content with 2 little girls and NO MORE babies, I mean come on, 4 years of no diapers?! Who would go back to that right? Well Apparently we were dumb blessed enough to do it all over again :)

That's right folks 2 Naturally Twisted Moms are both pregnant at the same time :) Susan is due Sept 10th with a little boy which will grow their crowd to 4 bundles of joy!!! And I am due Nov 27th with an unknown species gender :) Taking our little crowd to 3 bouncing babes!

With 2 little girls ages 8 and 6, we are hoping to have a male species joining us in late November, however we will be quite content with a healthy happy baby :) 10 fingers and 10 toes are plenty for us.

So with that being announced, we will ( through morning sickness and bouts of sleep deprivation and cravings) I will be starting a mom-to-be diary and question and answer weekly.  So stock up on the questions :)

Also please leave a comment on this post with things you would like to see from the dynamic (pregnant) duo that is 2 Naturally Twisted Moms....Recipes, healthy alternatives, gardening, pregnancy, breastfeeding etc if it pertains to kids, moms and families, we will do our best to give it to you :)

Hope you all have a fantastic day, Ill be on the couch eating pickles and Ice cream :)

~Opal

Mmmmm.....

So, as I sit here being productive sidetracked (as usual), I can't help but to think about all the delicious-ness that was our dinner last night.

*Disclaimer: we try to eat healthy with every meal and snack, but sometimes you just can't fight the urge to have a grilled cheese sandwich......with bacon.......dipped in a beer batter......and deep fried! LOL*

We have been watching the show Bar Rescue and on an episode they served a deep fried grilled cheese sandwich with bacon. It looked delicious, but was soon forgotten about. Last night as we were thinking up ideas for dinner the episode replayed....and we couldn't fight the craving any longer. J and I were off to King Soopers and before too long, we had a heart attack on a plate!

Here is a picture of our wonderful sandwich with the recipe for those who want to give it a shot. =D
*Original website: http://www.chefbrianduffy.com/#!deep-fried-grilled-cheese/c1ldt
(The recipe was too long to post here, so follow the link and enjoy)

Our attempt at the recipe. =D

Let us know how it works out for you! 

Enjoy! ~Susan

Today is THE day...

For candy, flowers, romance and all things that sparkle! I hope that everyone is having a GREAT day and doing something special! I know that Opal and the family are having a nice weekend get away. We have a great 4 day weekend ahead, but I haven't planned anything yet. (TALK ABOUT PROCRASTINATION! LOL). J had her party today and I had Mops with the younger two...it's kind of a boring old "normal" day so far. Thanks to Pinterest J made her gifts this year and she was really pleased with the way that they turned out.

Don't forget to head over to our Facebook page...we are nearing the 100 mark and are planning a super awesome giveaway! But, you can only get in on it by "liking" our page and being a fan! =D

~Susan

Impatiently waiting.....

..For February 1st! Valentine's Day is just around the corner and it can't get here soon enough! I mean, don't get me wrong I love Christmas too but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Valentine's Day! Why? Well, I'm glad you asked! Reason 1: I get to spoil the hubby and kiddos every day in Feb all the way up until the big day. Reason 2: I think it's the only day out of the year that I get flowers. (Most years). Nothing beats a vase full of flowers on the kitchen table!

What are your favorite Valentine's Day traditions?

We (a little more I and a little less we), like to do a count down. I wrap 14 gifts and the kids and hubby get one a day. I know its not very creative, but I think it adds some fun to the holiday!

Love,
Susan

Attempt one FAILED...Moving on...

The flu came rushing through our house and now that everyone has had their turn at being sick it's time to get back to a normal schedule! (Thank goodness!) I missed out on half of the month and half of my goal for organizing the house, so now I am really getting down to business! So here are a few posts all wrapped into one:

1. The first thing that I did was went through the house and cleaned it. I washed walls, baseboards, light fixtures, blinds, did all of the laundry, EVERYTHING! I felt that if I was going to tear apart the house and put it all back together, it should probably be clean to begin with.

2. My next step was to get rid of things that we don't use or want anymore. Last month, right before Christmas, my wonderful Husband purged all of the broken items. (So luckily I didn't have to do much of that). I boxed up everything that we had too many of or just plain didn't use and I am planning on having a garage sale once the weather is bearable here. (If you price as you go, a garage sale is cake later. Might as well do it now instead of having to go through it all again right?). This one was hard because I tend to find things and think I will use it, but I forced myself to get rid of it if I didn't use it in the last year.

3. The next task (that I am still working on) is to go through everything that we have stored. We plan to move at least one more time in our lives and I have moved these storage items from house to house, only to put it back into storage. So, what's the point in keeping it? A lot of what I have kept are baby clothes and while I am not ready to part with all of it, I realized that I can part with A LOT of it and still have PLENTY for our 7 month old and #4 (we just found out that we are expecting again...YAY! =D).

This is as far as I have gotten so far, and I will try to update more regularly as well. The BEST place to find organizing tips is Pinterest! (oh so addicting)! This is what sparked the cleaning and organizing and I definitely plan to use some of the ideas from there. Thanks for putting up with my lack of posting...more to come. I PROMISE! =D

Love,
Susan