kiddos

27 posts

November 27, 2015 / giving , kiddos , reviews

Vtech InnoTab Max Review

Our family was provided with a Innotab Max from Vtech in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are 100% my own. I'm gonna be honest. My four year old loves his scre...

October 1, 2015 / family fun , kiddos , play

A Party & Party Tips with Play All Day Elmo

“I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central forHasbro and Playskool. I received product samples and a party stipend to facilitate my review, as well as a promotional ite...

March 19, 2015 / kiddos , reviews

Spring Shopping with Carter's

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Carter’s. I received a complimentary gift card to facilitate my review and thank me for my participation. Ah, spring! I th...

July 29, 2014 / great finds , kiddos , reviews

Back to School Shopping with Kohl's Disney Jake & Sofia

I participated in an Influencer Activation Program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Kohl’s. I received a promotional item to facilitate my review. All opinions along with my shopaholic tendenci...

February 14, 2013 / kiddos , Photography , Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

I had an entirely different post planned for you today but baby has had other plans. This girl is one tired Momma and I just haven't gotten it all together. I can't let Valentine's Day go by without s...

July 10, 2012 / kiddos , outdoors , summer

Shaving Cream Slip N Slide

I am still trying to regroup from our vacation last week. Thankfully some posts need few words.... this is one of them! I don't think they knew what was more fun. Going down.... Or trying to get back ...

June 22, 2012 / kiddos , Photography , quarterly top 5

Quarterly Top 5 Photos

Starting something new here on the blog. Not that long ago I stumbled across a cute little blog Click. Pray. Love. Well that cute little blog has a fantastic quarterly link up called the Quarterly Top...

June 10, 2012 / kiddos , learning , summer reading

Summer Reading MeMeTales Readathon 2012

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Sweet Sundays to bring you a "sweet" summer reading program! Sorry folks, this one was too good I couldn't wait to share it with you! Do your kids participate in ...

May 28, 2012 / fun stuff , outdoors , kiddos

Our Butterflies of 2012

A few weeks ago I introduced you to the caterpillars that were to be our butterfly family of 2012. Well this is the continuation of their story. We had eight caterpillars in all and each of them turne...

May 13, 2012 / kiddos , birthdays , family

Happy Mother's Day & Happy Birthday M

Hi All! Seeing as it's Mother's Day I'm taking a break from Sweet Sundays. However, if you were really looking forward to it and are a bit bummed it's not making an appearance this week I've got you c...

May 1, 2012 / Random Thoughts , kiddos , family

Three Nice Things

Contrary to what you might think my life is not picture perfect. Really you say?? The fun thing about the blogging is that it's really easy to paint a pretty picture. But nooo... I burn the baked good...

April 30, 2012 / kiddos , nature , raising butterflies

Raising Butterflies 2012

We are a little over halfway through raising this year's butterfly family! When our butterfly larva arrived Mr. A was more than ready to keep a journal of their growth. However, he quickly figured out...

April 26, 2012 / kiddos , crafty , sensory play

Colored Rice Bottle Art

At some point you will probably figure out that I just LOVE colored rice! I think I'm regressing because I never had colored rice as a child. (I know...so deprived right?) Anyhow, I am more than getti...

April 23, 2012 / Random Thoughts , kiddos , spring break

Spring Break

Happy Monday! Today marks the start of Mr A's April vacation week. I know a lot of you had spring break last week, but where we live, this is the week for us. We have a few things on the agenda and I ...

April 19, 2012 / kiddos , creative play , memories

Coffee Creamer Bottle Bowling

I was cleaning in the playroom the other day and came across a bag full of coffee creamer bottles that we have had since 2007!! No joke...if you look at the expiration dates on them, they are in fact ...

April 9, 2012 / nature , raising butterflies , kiddos

Raising Butterflies

Happy Monday! With all the business of Easter behind us I thought I would share with you a spring memory from last year while I spend some time running around and getting my house (and thoughts) back ...

April 1, 2012 / baking , family , kiddos

Easter Sugar Cookies

This weekend's big project was our Easter sugar cookies. Now, not to toot my own horn, but the family has lovingly dubbed me the sugar cookie queen lol. Hey, if I get to be the queen of something...ev...

March 30, 2012 / kiddos , family , Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts Over Coffee

My babycakes turned seven months yesterday. This morning as I was scurrying around doing my Mommy thing, I went to take a sip of my coffee and it was cold...again. Then it hit me. I realized I haven't...

March 28, 2012 / Easter , kiddos , crafty

The Easter Egg, a Virtual Book Club

Somehow I was lucky enough to stumble across this link up from Toddler Approved. A virtual book club... I was immediately in love with the idea!! The task was to read the book, do some kind of activit...

March 22, 2012 / kiddos , babycakes , memories

Moments

Most of my time over the last couple of days has been spent trying to give the site a makeover. While I was at it I was playing with a few pictures. One of the reasons I wanted to start a blog was to ...

March 20, 2012 / kiddos , family , Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts

Holy cow! Today it hit me. After six months I think I finally have a routine back. Apparently I had totally forgotten what it was like to have a baby in the house! Meal time used to be a fairly peacef...

March 19, 2012 / family , kiddos

Signs of Spring

I think this has to be close to my favorite time of year. I love it when the temperature starts to creep back up after dipping down all winter. When you can ditch the coats and smell the dirt. I don't...

March 9, 2012 / kiddos , Photography

I Heart Faces: "Beautiful B&W"

Have you ever heard of I Heart Faces? I just recently found it. There's some great stuff on there along with these monthly photo challenge contests. There are so many great photos to look at. This mon...

March 8, 2012 / Photography , kiddos

School Pictures

Yesterday Mr A's school was doing their spring school pictures and this time I opted to pass on the individual shots and just get the class picture. Last time we got school pictures I had to look twic...

February 29, 2012 / family , home , kiddos

15 Minutes

So yesterday, with piles of shoes and toys mounting, groceries that had been unpacked onto the counter, but not put away, and a play date looming for later in the afternoon something had to be done. H...

February 28, 2012 / kiddos , style , parenting

Flip Flops

Isn't funny how certain things can make us think of certain people? Even silly old things like flip-flops. Over vacation last week I had a day out with the steps. A rare occurrence where all the stars...

February 27, 2012 / kiddos , cupcakes , crafty

Hello World!

Hello world! Welcome to my blog :) I'm really hoping we become great friends. We have so much to talk about! Meet C, Cutiest patootiest 6 month old there ever was if I do say so myself! Sure to be the...