https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 00:55:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weekend-trip-ideas#post-1178095 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:45:09 +0000 Claire.Peonies 1178095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone have any relaxing weekend trip get-away ideas? We are leaving Friday evening and returning late Sunday, so it would have to be a short plane trip. Something within 2 hours of Chicago/Midwest if possible. We are trying to avoid big city, but if the b&amp;b or hotel is relaxing enough, we don't care too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-984185 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:47:52 +0000 blackbird 984185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>homemade baked beans! You can make them in the crockpot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-984053 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:11:49 +0000 Smurfette 984053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: you can mix in cooked cubes chicken and make it a meal too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-984041 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:09:13 +0000 cmomma17 984041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: ummm, yummy!!! @smurfette: Yum!<br /> Why haven't I had either of these dishes before? Both of you just need to make them for me! LOL</p> <p>I'm leaning towards a tortellini pasta salad .... I think I'll save the slaw recipes to enjoy at home! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-984015 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:01:22 +0000 Smurfette 984015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: So good!<br /> 1 Bag Cabbage shredded (I buy the angel hair slaw)<br /> 1 package Ramon Noodle Salad - oriental<br /> 3 tablespoons Sesame Seeds<br /> 6 Green Onions (chopped)<br /> 1/2 cup Slivered Almonds</p> <p>Mix cabbage and onions together. Toast almonds, sesame seeds and noodles (crushed up) at 300 for 20-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.</p> <p>Dressing:<br /> 1/2 cup Oil<br /> 3 tablespoons Sugar<br /> 1/8 teaspoon Pepper<br /> 2 teaspoon Soy Sauce<br /> 3 tablespoons Vinegar<br /> 1/8 teaspoons Salt<br /> Soup Flavor Package</p> <p>Mix together. Toss with cabbage and onion. Add toasted mixture right before serving </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-984014 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:00:58 +0000 Mrs. J 984014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Broccoli slaw is great. You can buy the shredded broccoli next to the normal slaw mix in the produce aisle. Mix with dried cherries, pistachios, and poppy seed dressing. Yum! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-984004 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:58:04 +0000 cmomma17 984004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: wah, my computer won't open your link. BLT is probably not for me though, since I'm vegetarian but I bet my family wouldn't complain! ;) Pasta salad is a great idea though! Off to google recipes....</p> <p>@smurfette: what's asian slaw? I don't know if I've ever had it. A friend of mine always brings asian noodle salad to parties and it's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983284 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:53:18 +0000 Smurfette 983284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always bring Asian slaw salad, it is a hit everywhere I bring it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983236 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:38:47 +0000 SLR 983236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easiest fruit salad EVER (and really good)...</p> <p>1 21 oz. can peach pie filling<br /> 2 15 oz. cans chunk pineapple<br /> 2 8 oz. cans Mandarin oranges<br /> 1 10 oz. bag frozen strawberries<br /> 4 bananas<br /> Mix all ingredients except bananas &amp; chill. Add bananas just before serving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983156 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:22:21 +0000 cheert16 983156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.fullforkahead.com/2011/08/03/blt-pasta-salad/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fullforkahead.com/2011/08/03/blt-pasta-salad/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983145 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:19:46 +0000 cheert16 983145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: Hmmm- I have been on a Blt pasta salad kick for like a month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983118 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:14:45 +0000 cmomma17 983118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: okay you make that, but now what am I going to make?! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983113 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:14:04 +0000 cmomma17 983113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: I do it a little differently than that recipe I posted but you're right, it is always a crowd pleaser! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983104 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:12:25 +0000 Sweet T 983104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Texas caviar is a good one! It's like a bean salsa. My recipe is a little different than @cmomma17's but it's always a crowd pleaser. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983103 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:12:13 +0000 cheert16 983103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: yum!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983094 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:10:09 +0000 cmomma17 983094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's just one of many recipes: <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/texas-caviar-i/" rel="nofollow">http://allrecipes.com/recipe/texas-caviar-i/</a><br /> I personally don't put the Italian dressing in mine. I prefer olive oil, lime juice and spices. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983082 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:08:40 +0000 Bao 983082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mommytotwois: umm yum, just baked like that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983081 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:08:35 +0000 cmomma17 983081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: it's beans, corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, etc. with spices and lime juice. It's like crack to me. I'll eat a huge bowl of it for dinner :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983051 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:03:51 +0000 cheert16 983051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: what's Texas caviar? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983025 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:58:16 +0000 cmomma17 983025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: ugh, me too!<br /> My mom is bringing Texas caviar and chips (yum), and my sister is doing caprese bites (tomato, mozzarella and basil on a stick, double yum). Me? No clue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983024 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:57:48 +0000 Mommytotwois 983024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: So good! Now I want it!! I had it at a friends sons birthday party a few years ago, haven't had it since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983021 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:57:12 +0000 cheert16 983021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mommytotwois: YUM!!!<br /> @Leialou: ohh good idea! I never make them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983017 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:56:23 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 983017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually bring deviled eggs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983016 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:56:22 +0000 Mommytotwois 983016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>chopped up potatos, cheese, sour cream, and bacon. </p> <p>so.amazing.omg </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-bring#post-983006 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:54:52 +0000 cheert16 983006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need an idea for a side dish to bring to a cookout this weekend!! am so bored of all my recipes! Anyone have a great recipe or idea they don't mind sharing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-over-the-weekend-as-a-family#post-355516 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:17:33 +0000 Lozza 355516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Having alone time keeps us sane :)<br /> The amount of time varies- sometimes it's the period from shortly after he wakes up from his nap through dinnertime, so that might be about four hours. Or sometimes if LO wakes up early and I'm feeling beat, DH will take LO for a couple hours while I sleep a little longer (we're talking like 5:30-7:30 AM), and then we'll switch and DH will go nap for a couple hours while I hang out with LO, and then I'll wake up DH around 9:30 and we'll go out for a couple hours before naptime. But there are also plenty of times when one of us goes out for dinner with friends and stays out late, while the other does dinner and bedtime for LO. (We actually split up a lot, now that I think about it). I know that I really feel recharged after an evening out with friends, and I think DH does as well.<br /> I also think that I can get frustrated if I think that DH is hanging out with LO and that I have some time to do stuff (whether that's at home or somewhere else), and then LO comes and finds me, or I end up with LO, and I do a lot better if I'm able to know in advance when I'm "in charge" of LO, and when DH is "in charge."<br /> Re: hanging out with whole families, we find that it's fun to add friends to stuff you were going to do as a family anyhow. Like if we were going to have to go to the mall to buy shoes, we'll check in with friends and see if anyone else wants to go too, and it's just more fun to do it with a group. So it's less like "adding the dads to kid time" and more like "adding friends to routine family stuff." Does that make sense? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-over-the-weekend-as-a-family#post-355492 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:03:22 +0000 irene 355492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: Thanks for the idea of designated mommy-time and daddy-time! I mentioned it to my husband and he seems to be thrilled with it. I think he was upset at me because there are times I'd leave LO with him and sneak out to do other stuff (well, not really personal stuff, but I'd go downstairs and wash bottles and he'd be upset because he thought he was just "visiting" and ended up being tied down to have to play with LO until I get back!)</p> <p>So how long is your shift and how long is your husband's shift on the weekend? Do you mind sharing your routine so I can follow? ;)</p> <p>I also agree having friends with kids are huge...! but unfortunately we don't really have that. I mean we do, but only the moms and babies hang out, and the dads usually don't want to join . I don't know how and where to make friends that we can all hang out with the whole family though.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-over-the-weekend-as-a-family#post-353499 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:46:30 +0000 mrs. wagon 353499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. How old is your child: 3 months and 2 years, 10 months</p> <p>2. What do you do over the weekend as a family? We're always on the lookout for local activities for families (our town does a lot of things like fall festivals, flag day parades, etc). But if there's nothing exciting going on, we'll usually plan a day (or morning or afternoon, since Wagon Jr. is still napping once a day) at the outdoor mall near us, a park, a big shopping mall nearby, the outlet mall, etc. We also go to church on sundays. </p> <p>3. Are you and your husband happy? Overall, yes! These activities and outings definitely stress us out and tire us out, but there are so many moments where we look at each other and say "this is nice." and even though we're EXHAUSTED at the end of the day, after the kids are in bed, we're really happy with how the day went. This didn't happen much when it was just Wagon Jr. (we'd have a lot of disastrous outings) but now that we have 2 kids and Wagon Jr. is a little older and able to do more things (REALLY have fun at these things rather than just observe), it's a lot more fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-over-the-weekend-as-a-family#post-353398 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:08:13 +0000 Lozza 353398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. LO is now 18 months<br /> 2. It's definitely true that our lives are very baby-centric. We don't go out to fancy restaurants (unless we have a babysitter), we don't really see movies, etc. But we're lucky for a couple reasons- first, all our friends are either parents of young kids, or enjoy hanging out with young kids. We go out with friends more now than we ever did before kids, and we all kind of help out with all the kids, which in turn gives people some time off too. You kind of just wrangle the child nearest to you when they need wrangling :). Secondly, we live near a big city with lots of cool stuff to do, much of which is baby-friendly without being lame. So we go to the zoo, and farmers markets, and various festivals, and museums, and the aquarium, and we take long walks in interesting areas, and we go on hikes and bike rides (with special carriers for bebe).<br /> Also- and this is huge for us- DH and I each get a significant amount of baby-free time. Usually that's because we switch off with LO... maybe on Saturday we all hang out in the morning and through naptime, and then in the afternoon, I go out and do whatever I want/need to do while DH hangs out with LO, and then on Sunday we switch. It's pretty integral to our sanity.<br /> 3. Yeah, we're good. I mean, it's not sunshine and rainbows all the time in our lives or our relationship or our jobs, or anything, but I'd say we're just as happy, if not happier, than we were pre-baby.<br /> Seriously, the friends-with-kids thing is huge. If the friends you have don't have kids, or aren't into doing kid-things, I definitely encourage you to find some additional friends that you can have full family hang out time with. Even if it's just getting together for dinner or to watch a football game, I think it makes a big difference to all of our moods that we have so much interaction with other people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-over-the-weekend-as-a-family#post-353212 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:28:11 +0000 pinkcupcake 353212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. How old is your child: she's 8 months old<br /> 2. What do you do over the weekend as a family?: everything! We run errands, shop, visit with friends or family, go on walks with the dogs, check out new restaurants, etc. I nurse everywhere and wear L as much as possible so she can nap. If she falls asleep in the carrier while we are out, we typically just walk around and continue browsing or something so she can sleep. It's getting a little tricky with feeding since we just started feeding L solids three times a day, but I pack her food in little containers with ice packs so they will stay cold (or I'll feed her Earths Best pouches).<br /> 3. Are you and your husband happy?: VERY!! We were actually just saying how this is the happiest we've ever been :) I feel like she constantly makes us laugh and she's definitely the center of everything. She makes our family feel complete. </p>