The Mothership

This rain makes me want to play this song... let's stay home tonight and snuggle...plus make one of Tim's favorite dishes.  This is a recipe adapted from my friend Sarah years ago.  It's a go to and I'm fairly certain Tim dreams about this chili.  Plus, it's SUPER EASY!!!! Ingredients:   1/2 of one large white onion, chopped 2 cans of black beans, drained and rinsed 2 cans of pinto beans, drained and rinsed 2 cans of kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 can of chili beans 1 can of diced tomatoes 1 can of corn 2 (10.5) oz can of diced tomatoes with chilies 1/2 can of taco sauce 2 Tbsp. of chili powder 2 tsp. ground cumin 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp onion powder 1 tsp. dried oregano 1/4 tsp. paprika 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional) 3 chicken breasts Cilantro (optional for topping) ***You could make this even easier and substitute the seasonings for one taco seasoning packet.*** Place all ingredients besides the chicken

I'm not sure that it was ever in our complete plans to have babies so close in age.  The weekend before we found out we were pregnant with our third, we were watching a t.v. series that involved a lot of young children running around and we turned to each other and said, "HA! WE will NEVER have 3 children 3 and under!"... Well, the next weekend we would be eating our words...our daughter would soon have her 1st birthday and our oldest had not even turned 2 yet!  AHHHHH! I mean I "knew" it would be exhausting because of course EVERYONE tells you, "Oh you are gonna have your hands full!" but...whatever! It's no secret I always envisioned myself a mother of young children.  But I don't think ANYTHING prepared me for; the cloudiness of thought process, the moments of shear terror, the never-seeming to end sleepless nights, the always making your best guess as to why they are upset - which is brain numbing - the frequent in the moment discipline