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We have a family tradition where we do hotpot every year for New Years Eve. My parents, my husband and our kids, and my sister and her husband. We all eat dinner together starting around 7 p.m. and going until we are absolutely stuffed, then people disperse to their various parties, but we start off together and always have a great time.

I have 10. For a while there, I had two kids in cribs at the same time. I don't layer, but I do "double up". When I make the bed, I put a mattress pad and a sheet on the mattress, then I flip it over and repeat on the other side. That way if we need to do a quick change in the middle of the night, I just strip the sheets off one side and flip the mattress over.

I had thought 3 for each kid would be sufficient, and then we had the stomach bug from hell. ;)

Flossmoor Station Brewery. OMG good.

I always put curry powder and cashews in my chicken salad, oh and often curry powder in my oven-fried chicken. So yummy!

I make my own during Passover, because the pesadicka stuff is awful, or when we run out. Otherwise it's Hellman's all the way.

I have to admit, homemade tastes better though. :)

Brown the chicken and set in a warm oven to keep at temp.

Add one chopped onion, and a couple cloves of crushed garlic to the pan. Sautee until translucent.

Add in a (drained) can of artichoke hearts and black olives. Cook off the excess liquid. Sprinkle in a Tablespoon of flour. Stir until you can't see white anymore.

Add in a cup or two of decent white wine to make a sauce. Put the chicken back into the sauce and veggie goodness.

Simmer, covered, until the chicken is done.

Serve with pasta or rice and a colorful green salad. YUM.

I get a load going in the dishwasher straight away, and do one run though (fill the drain board) of hand washing. Then the next morning if I'm lucky my husband finishes up the dishes, or I face the daunting task myself. I detest waking up to dirty dishes though. :(

We dropped off my 2 and 3 year old kids at a friend's 3 year old party about 2 months ago.

This is their 7th child and all the older siblings were there helping out. The next youngest in age is 9.

They specifically told all the parents that it was a drop off party, but we were the only ones who left. We walked to a nearby coffee shop and had actual grown up conversation. It was GREAT!

Oh, both of our kids are potty trained, so that may have been an influencing factor.

Like you on Facebook, and I should win this because my uber-geek husband would flip out with the amazing anniversary gift I could give him!

We called them a few weeks back when 3 year old was found playing with / eating an entire jar of red pepper flakes. The wonderful man at Poison Control was very calming, laughed a little, and prescribed lots and lots of ice cream.