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Healthy Snacking Challenge with SmartPop! (Giveaway!)

Popcorn is a staple in our pantry for snacking at home. It's such a quick, delicious snack and one the whole family can agree on. I was recently given the opportunity to participate in the Healthy Snacking Challenge by swapping out out my usual View Post

Going Too Far

  It’s never a good thing when, while cleaning your home, you hear your child mumble to himself in his room, “I have really gone too far”. View Post

Rubber Ducky Party Theme

I have loved rubber duckies for a long, long time. As a matter of fact, my baby shower was a rubber ducky theme and my son was decked out in all of the rubber ducky clothes I could find when he was a baby. While browsing Pinterest tonight, I found View Post

Mother’s Day Thoughts

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty If I have learned anything about being a mother, I think the above quote View Post

Laziest Mom Ever

My son’s teacher gave his class a cute little fill-in-the blank questionnaire about their moms as part of their Mother’s Day happies they made at school.  According to my son, I’m quite the lady of leisure.  Apparently, all I do is View Post

Maurice Sendak, King Of All Wild Things (1928-2012)

I came home yesterday evening and opened the local newspaper and read that Maurice Sendak, beloved children's author, had passed away.  I was sad to read this, because Where The Wild Things Are is one of my son's very favorite books and one I will View Post

$150 Paypal Cash Giveaway- Ends 5/30

Chic Algene of I Heart Giveaways and The Coffee Chic is celebrating her birthday today! To make things more exciting, she has teamed up with me to bring you an awesome giveaway. One lucky entrant will win $150 Paypal Cash. Finish the entries View Post

Children’s Book Week Giveaway Hop- Ends 5/13

In honor of Children's Book Week, I am partcipating in a book hop giveaway hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer.  If you are looking to enter giveaways for some amazing children and Young Adult books, you will definitely want to check that link out View Post

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