Mommies Tea party!

I thought this was an adorable idea by Mommies United , for the two weeks of their Mega Launch party. Go visit them, and come back here and tell me what you think!!!

I looked all over for pictures of Tea Parties. BUT, I decided that not matter what age, what the menu is, or how many we've done, we always feel like a little girl when we have a tea party.

It reminds us of the big hats, the white gloves, the dainty sandwiches and our ultra feminine touches on our plastic tables.

Have a tea party if you need to feel like a little girl again, even better... have one with your little girl. It'll bring tears to your eyes.

So, I added a Tea party game.

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Gold At The End Of The Rainbow:

This game is really a lot of fun.

Have the children leave the room and hide gold chocolate coins, small laminated rainbows, small laminated pots, and a single laminated leprechan.

The children come back into the room with their party bags and try to find all of the gold coins, the laminated rainbows, laminated pots, and the little laminated leprechan.

The children who find the rainbows and the pots will get a small party favor for each.

The child who finds the little leprechan will get a larger wrapped present (not too fancy or expensive).

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I hope everyone enjoyed their tea party!!

Warm Blessings,

Lilith

Happy Ostara!!

Ostara is one of the four solar holidays in the wheel of the Year. Its name comes from Eostre, the Germanic goddess associated with various aspects related to the renewal of life. Ostara is celebrated on the vernal equinox marking the beginning of spring. It is a joyous holiday centered on fertility, rebirth, and growth. Symbolically, the Goddess is reawakening with the warming ground and the young God is merry and playful.

In my neck of the woods, we are having on Ostara celebration. Scotch Eggs, fruit trays, meat trays, sweet breads, drinks. It should be fun. We have about 10-12 people coming to this. I'm excited about it :)

Ok.. going back to work!
Have a lovely first day of Spring!!

My rantings, ravings and NOT Wordless Wednesday

Here I am.. I'm gonna ramble...



*This first topic could be very crude and a huge angry rant. Please excuse it, and ignore it if you are easily offended, I'm frusterated with someone and I need to vent. Since I get to spend tomorrow with the person at a get together, I need to get this out somewhere.*



Topic One: Men and the pregnant women they love.



GET OVER YOURSELF!! If you can't let your selfishness go while your love is carrying your child, you do NOT deserve to be a father! It's about 14 months of hormones, and tears, and hard times, and love, and miracles and everything you WANTED!



* Treat your woman with the respect you would have wanter YOUR mother treated with when she was pregnant with you! Treat your woman with the respect you would want your daughter treated with!



* Those hormones that you hate, are caused by the child that is HALF YOURS.... do what you have to do to get over your dumbass feelings. She doesn't mean it.. she's got the hormones of a teenager, if you can't handle her now, you won't be able to handle your own child.



* Yep.. sex is an issue when pregnant. Get over it! If you need to "do it yourself", talk to her, let her know but DO NOT STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT WHILE SHE'S SLEEPING! Go to bed with her, "take care of business" another time, NOT while she is wanting to be cuddled and feel safe. First time mom, or 10th time mom, they want to know someone is there for them.



* She's gonna feel unattractive, looking at naked women on XPeeps, or on a porn site will NOT help the situation. Buy a magazine, visit the bathroom, just go to bed with her, sometimes she can't sleep without you there! Oh, and stop being a moron and complaining the next day.. "Oh.. I'm so tired. " Stop wacking off long enough to go to bed with the mother of your child you moron!



* Telling her that she hurt your feelings, or that you don't feel like her words are fair.. I'm gonna repeat myself.. GET OVER IT! Just because you are used to being the center of attention because you were in a band, or because you are the baby of the family... this is HER time, NOT yours. You will have your time at sporting events and when you are taking the baby out alone to the mall or the park. This is the ONLY time it's her time. After this, it'll be all about the baby. I don't give a SHIT if your feelings are hurt.... she deserves the world, and DAMMIT she will be shown it, either by you or by me.... and trust me, I'm better at it!


*snarls*...... Ok... venting over.. for now. (This post was edited so I could take out so many things I had written. Sometimes, it's better not to say anything :) )



Topic Two: Exercise



Yep.. huge change from the last topic.



Ok.. on FitTV (not sure what channel for certain areas), has a show called 'Shimmy'. It is an exercise program that is belly dancing. It is AMAZING!!! You have no idea how hard it is to work out and look good doing it. My tummy and thighs were KILLING me :)



Then I walk every day at work, outside with a work friend on Mon, Tues, Weds. On Thurs and Fri I walk alone with the Ipod. I LOVE it! It's so great... and the weather here has been great.



I would love to get some Bloggy friends together and start a work out program.

Even if it's something small and simple to begin with.



Yoga one day, walking with a stroller the next (for those that have little ones), basketball with the kids (for those that have big ones), Shimmy, work out tapes, Something. And then we can compare. Even take pictures for those of us that are walking, and posting them. Something fun like that for a group of us. What do ya'll think? Oh... and doing an online food journal.

They say you can lose weight better by logging the food you intake. It helps you see it better, and it helps your mind say, "Nope.. I'm not gonna eat that because I don't wanna write it down."



What do ya'll think?



Topic Three: Meatless Monday



Ok.. I decided to go Meatless on Mondays.



Why?



Because my stomach is hating meat these days. I want my kids to have a childhood with many types of food and different tastes.



This week I did a Pomegranate & Eggplant Braise. I got it from a website for Meatless Mondays.



Here is a picture of this Monday's meal.




















It was horrible! I HATED the eggplant, it had the consistancy of mushrooms. *sobs* I hate mushrooms. Ewwie Ewwie Ewwie... I ate the potatoes, grapes, salad and toast! *laughs*

Next week I'm doing a baked potato, broccoli, cheese, salsa, a salad on the side and orange slices.
I want my kids to experience new foods.. that was nasty.


Topic Four: Movies

The best movies of the week.

I am Legend

Great movie, it's the only movie I could watch with 90% of it being Will Smith.

August Rush

The movie was so heartfelt, the acting was great. The soundtrack is IT! I want this soundtrack. Watch this one with your kids, my 13 year old son loved it!

Topic Five: "IF" Question of the day

If you could have only one piece of furniture in your house, what would you want it to be?

Ok.. this is my installation. I need to do some mindless blogging around the blogosphere.

Warm Blessings!!!

Thank you for listening.

~Lilith

Mommies United Launch Party

Hello everyone!

There is a new blog starting out and it's coming together with a lovely group of ladies at the helm. Mommies United was started to give us a place to visit, share and relax.. Oh, and of course win. And in the spirit of winning, they are having a Launch Party. They are also having a scavenger hunt and all of this is lasting two weeks.

Go on and check them out, it looks like a ton of fun.

I also decided that in recognition of thier "launch Party" I'll give away some advice. It's nothing big, and EVERY body wins!!

Homemade Furniture polish

1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup of lemon (I hand squeeze it in)

Pour these into a spray bottle, then, shake it up to bring the two together.
Spray it onto a cloth, and wipe down your wood with it.

It's brilliant, healthy, cheap and it makes the wood look AMAZING!

I did it this weekend and LOVED it.

I hope everyone has a great week, and I'll post on here what prizes I would love :)

~Lilith

Please check out the link I have on my sidebar!

This was really hard to choose :(
I want to try for so many things!!!
Ok, here is my request.

* Natural Pod are offering a house play pack, with various items for imaginative house play to the value of $150.00
* Rockin Kid Shop 1 Rockin' Baby Pouch
* Fuzzy Me is giving 1 birthday TUTU
* Baby and me Boutique is giving one winner a $100 gift certificate

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Christine, Kristin, Amanda, and Shanda are the faces of Mommies United so lets get to know the Mommies! It's time for a hunt that is all about us. Join in on the fun and create a post all about how Mommies United started maybe answer why we created Momies United and the post should include information about us Mommies.

1. How many children does Christine have?
~Mommy of six, with a set of twins

2. What is the name of Shanda’s children's boutique?
~Lemon Kisses is the name of the Boutique

3. When did Kristin start An Ordinary Life?
~The blog started December 20, 2006. (What a difference it has made.. a GREAT change from then to now!)

4. Amanda makes what children's apparel?
~Amanda makes hair bows (and really cute ones at that!!)

Sunday

Good evening everyone!
I know it is late but I wanted to share so many things with ya'll.. BTW, this is gonna be a long picture intensive adventure :)



First, Here are a few pictures of the competition on Saturday.

This is Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak.

Kara and her flight about to drill.

Kara and her flight performing.

They did great. I had to leave early because I had the girls and two little ones in a military competition equals one mommy with a headache. So then my friend and I went to the mall and walked around with them.

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Ok... Now, I enter giveaways CONSTANTLY. I was a bit sad until lately when I started winning alot, here are my winnings so far this month...

This lovely lady Karen Lynch had a giveaway for a Dr. Seuss book. I was one of the winners (there were 4 of us) So we won this book.

Emily from Ellinghouse let me pick out any clippie I wanted from glamorgirls. I chose these because I LOVE the chocolate/pink combination!

I got this great fabric from this lovely site! She's got so much energy and always finds such cool things. Make sure you visit The Ardent Thread

I won this prize as my first wins, and I can't wait to get them in the mail. Both shirts are in red, and one is for me, and the other will be for Issa, and then LaLa when she gets older she can wear it too. It is from Little Showoffs, I won it on the site Peek a Boo picks. Megan from Peek a boo is expecting baby #2, a little girl, so she's a busy mom!

I want to thank the blogs that offer these giveaways, and the wonderful companies that participate in this!

I'll keep ya'll updated on any other wins, if they come!!

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So, for dinner tonight, I made an AMAZING dish. JC bought me a new Foreman (since mine dove from the cabinet and shattered on the floor last week). Here is what we ate for dinner tonight.

Pretty yummy lookin' huh? Tomorrow is Meatless Monday for the family, so I'll let ya know what we are having then!

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I'm adding a new thing to my side bar! It's the green tip of the week, let me know what ya think!

Love ya'll, My mom is gonna start reading my blog, so HI MOM!!!!

I'll talk tomorrow for the Monday back to work!

Warm Blessings,

Lilith