August 2008 » TheJoyfulChaos

And Then This One Said..

August 21st, 2008

Tonight while I was tucking this sweetie into bed we were looking at his “prize” from his Subway “Kid’s Meal”. On one of the cards there was a quiz about some Hannah Montana song or something. It was called “Life’s What You Make It”. As soon as I read the title out loud to him, my middlest said, “But that’s not right. We don’t make life. That would only be true for God. He makes it all.”

Keep the truths coming, keep teaching this teacher, you smart ones.

From The Mouth Of My Babe

August 20th, 2008

While I was sweeping today, TheOldest said, “Why do you sweep? It’s like mouthwash for dogs. There’s no point in it. It’s just gonna get dirty, like, immediately.”

Inspired By Michael Phelps

August 17th, 2008

We waited until we were sure the bigger kids could handle a bigger pool. We waited until we were sure we could handle the kids handling a bigger pool. We waited until we had the money. We waited until the end of the season clearances. We waited 2 days after filling it for the rain to stop. And evidently we waited until global warming corrected itself and the local forecasters could say things like “This has to be record temperatures for Arkansas.”

Getting Started

The Last Time We'll See The Sun For Days

The Cutest Little Pirates You Ever Did See

: “We have enough floaties for an olympic-sized pool.” ~The Local Comedian

Queen Of All Floaties

Hypothermia In August

Ahoy There, Matey!

Chili Bites

August 16th, 2008

One of our favorite snacks around here are Chili Bites.

They were intended as appetizers, but we eat ‘em for dinner sometimes.

I usually use the Scoops type chips, they’ll hold more, there’s less chance of spillage (yes, it is a word – at least in my vocabulary), and they’re cuter. But today I had these regular kind of tortilla chips left over.

The original recipe called for vegetarian chili. Which I’m sure is absolutely marvelous, but I live in Arkansas, where most people don’t even know that exists or much care. So, we go in the opposite direction with No Beans chili – perfect reasoning, right? Calls for meatless, use veggieless.

I plop the chili right onto the chip, top with grated cheddar cheese (or whatever you fancy) and pop it in the oven – 350, just until the cheese is melty.

I mix taco seasoning – either from those handy packets or your own mix if you prefer, into sour cream. Now, how much sour cream and how much seasoning is up to you. I mix it to taste, start with 1 tablespoon seasoning to a cup sour cream and go from there. The leftover sour cream mix is pretty good plain as a dip too.

I leave a little more than half of the chili bites to top with plain sour cream for the kiddos, because they tell me it’s too spicy with the seasoning.

And to top it all off we usually put a sliced jalepeno on the top of ours (we were fresh out this time).