13 Healthy Smoothies to Start the Year Off Right
Every year I say the same 3 things, “I will eat better! I will get active! I will lose weight!” and every year I fail MIS-ER-A-BLY. Not this year. Nope this year IS going to be different and some healthy smoothies are going to help. So far we’ve got ourselves a family gym membership; unfortunately, due to a virus that we all seemed to succumb to one after another (as so often usually happens in…
Giving K’NEX Building Sets This Christmas #HolidayGiftGuide
Building sets seem to a boy’s best friend these days. It seems that there are so many different brands out there, even my local Walmart as a whole aisle devoted to these things. I get it, I mean it’s just like when I was younger and all I wanted to do was make jewelry, it was just my creative side trying to break free. To be honest I’m happy that my son loves just about…
Save Your Holiday Memories With a Lexar JumpDrive #HolidayGiftGuide
With the holidays you automatically know that there is going to be family gatherings, activities that can only be enjoyed during the winter months and of course presents. But there is one more inevitable matter that you can just not get away from during the holidays… pictures! Capturing all of the glorious memories on film, I mean media card is inescapable and why would you want to!? Here’s the thing, what happens if you take…
Colton’s Night Before Christmas from I See Me!
Christmas Eve is fast approaching and I have our day all planned out; last minute shopping in the morning, baking and crafts in the afternoon, family movie time in the evening, followed by a reading of My Night Before Christmas, originally A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. Except our rendition will now, forever be known as Colton’s Night Before Christmas and be beautifull illustrated by Virginia Allyn. Thanks to I See Me!…
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree With KIDZ BOP Christmas Wish List #HolidayGiftGuide
A few nights ago we FINALLY put up our Christmas tree. In this house, the moment the tree STARTS to go up is the moment that Christmas music gets blasted from the speakers. I swear it is the best kind of motivation; you know all the classics so it’s not hard to sing along and when you’re singing a Christmas carol you don’t care what you sound like. I swear my neighbors probably thought that…
Smell Good In A Snap With SNAP Perfume
To know me is to know that I am a closet perfume hoarder! Who am I kidding? I am not in the closet at all I am completely and utterly proud of my “obsession”. After all you can never have too much of a good thing and I find nothing wrong with wanting to smell amazing at all times. It’s seriously not a lie when I tell you that I have OVER 10 bottles of…
Learning with Fisher Price Smart Stages Toys #fpsmartstages #HolidayGiftGuide
I’m sure it comes as no surprise when I tell you that Fisher-Price is a staple in our house. I mean, it is in everyone’s house, right? See, I knew it! Ever since Lucas was born we’ve been buying toys with the Fisher-Price logo on it and to this day still trust the brand and everything about it with Colton too. We know that when we purchase a Fischer-Price toy we will not only be…
A Few of My Favorite Things Christmas Wish List Giveaway
Christmas is just around the corner and I’m sure you are all working hard to cross everything off of your lists; baking, shopping, wrapping presents. You all work so to give your loved ones wonderful gifts and beautiful memories during the holidays and you deserve a little something in return. I have joined forces with 22 amazing bloggers from 2 countries to offer 22 prize packages for this year’s Christmas Wish List Giveaway! Each…
Christmas With Oliver’s Labels
I love to decorate for the holidays! Making our home Christmas-y, as funny as it may sound just makes me feel more “jolly”. It helps me get into the Christmas spirit every time I turn around and see something that signifies the most wonderful time of the year. Oliver’s Labels’ Room-eez™ Personalized Stockings and Santa’s Village Holiday Decals were perfect for what I had in mind. This is the first time that I have ever…
Christmas Classics from Mill Creek Entertainment #Giveaway #HolidayGiftGuide
The holidays are a time for family. To me “the holidays” are not just Christmas, Boxing Day or New Years… in my eyes they begin on December 1st. One of my favorite traditions involves watching a different movie or show each night leading up to the big day. Every year, once a week starting on the last day of November I skim through the guide on the TV looking for any and every holiday movie…