Broccoli Salad

Broccoli Salad

  
     *Couple heads of broccoli

     *1 cup mayo

     *1 tablespoon vinegar

     *1 tablespoon mustard

     *2 tablespoons sugar

     *Couple dashes seasoning salt

     *1/2 teaspoon onion powder

     * Generous helping of bacon bits 

     * Generous helping of raisins

    1. Bring water to rolling boil in large pot then turn the stove off.

    2. Drop broccoli in water for 1-2 minutes to blanch.

    3. Strain broccoli and rinse. Place in fridge. 

    4. Mix ingredients together, adding broccoli at very end.

With love, 

Mama Hauck

September Randoms

*Coming up on a whole month without any sign of mice in the kitchen! I'm STOKED!

*Sammy and I went to a friend's wedding yesterday. It was held outside and it was beautiful! We were late though. We seriously were walking to our seats while the bride and groom were walking down the isle. lol For some reason we got stuck behind every dang semi on the road. Anyway, we had a great time! We ate yummy food, devoured cake, I drank 3 glasses of wine, we danced to one song and one song only.....our song......Danny's Song by Kenny Loggins. Here's a pic of us. It was the first time I wore a dress in a long while. Not too shabby, ehh?

*I wanted to make the kiddos homemade trick-or-treat bags for Halloween so I set out to buy the fabric. I've made one so far with the help of my handy sewing machine. I've still got one more to go, but when I'm done I'll post pics for ya'll to see. I think you'll be impressed. :)

*It really irritates me when I try my hardest to put on a friendly face and join a new group only to be shunned and left feeling like an outsider. Story of my life!!! I'm pretty much the friendliest, non-judgmental person you will meet. Why ignore me? 

*I asked Molly if she was going doo-doo and she nodded her head and I swear she said yeah. HAHAHA

*No new news on Sam's potential position. Still waiting to see when he can set up his interview. I feel like this whole process is really getting old.

*In the span of a week and a half I ate McDonalds 4 times. 4!!!! I can feel my arteries clogging.

*I always think my photography is great until I look at someone else's work. Then I feel discouraged and wonder if I will ever do anything with my photography. 

*I love how Sam gets my humor....even when no one else does.  And how we can be thinking the same exact thing and say it aloud at the same exact second and I scream, "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" haha

*The kiddos have their first dentist appointments this Friday and I'm not looking forward to it!

*I told Sammy that as of October first I'm digging out the Halloween decorations. I want a whole month to celebrate my favorite holiday. I'm getting giddy with excitement!

*I sat and pondered what my life would be like without my children. It wouldn't be worth living. I hope to never know what that feels like.

With love,

Mama Hauck

Molly's First Word

About 2 weeks ago Molly said her first REAL word!!

ELMO!!!! 

HAHAHAHA! We have a Sesame Street food mat on our table she likes to sit and look at while munching on her favorite treats. I was pointing to Elmo and saying his name and Anthony was chiming in and we were both going back and forth trying to get Molly to say Elmo. I got up to clear the table when the little Mols chirps up with a perfectly pronounced Elmo. AHHH!! I whipped my head around and gave a little shriek and scared her with my excitement, LOL. 

Now every time we sit down at the table Anthony tries to get her to say Elmo and the two of them will sit there and point and chatter back and forth. Too cute. Unless they're not eating because they're too busy playing and knocking over food and drinks in all their excitement. Then it's not cute. 

Today Anthony had a crayon and Molly was trying to take it and I heard Anthony tell her no. Then I SWEAR I heard her in her little Molly voice say NO back at him. I hope I was just dreaming. Having both my children know the word no isn't my idea of a good time.

What will her next word be? 

In other kid news, Anthony is now without his signature mohawk. We typically give him a mohawk for the summer months and then cut it off come September. It gets to be a pain in the butt to do his hair up all the time. Now we can save money on hair gel. 

With love,

Mama Hauck