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Healthified Eating Out {with Kids!} :: The Kids LiveWell Program

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of the National Restaurant Association. I attended a live event and received a gift bag and promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate. When the opportunity to attend the National Restaurant Associate show at McCormick Place on behalf of Kids LiveWell, I jumped… View Post

#MAYhemforMoms Pinterest Party :: May 30th!

The party has closed! Join us next time for even more fun! Welcome to our very first ever Pinterest party! Co-hosted by The Peanuts Gang & Toddling Around Chicagoland, the #MAYhemforMoms Pinterest party will show you Pinterest in a brand new light! The party is sponsored by BABYBJORN, Maple Hill Dryer Balls & The Peanuts Gang. {Thanks to our generous… View Post

To The Office, I Bid Farewell.

After receiving the first six episodes of The Office for my birthday in 2005 in the second apartment I shared with my husband of one year, I have been hooked. With a theme song and lead characters that Charlie recognized since he was one and a half, The Office holds a special place in my heart. “Ryan started the fire!”… View Post

Pocoyo’s World DVD :: Review & Giveaway

Pocoyo is a curious toddler who’s full of laughter and fun…and a touch of good natured mischief!  The Narrator greets little Pocoyo every day and gently suggests an answer to anything that puzzles him.  Pocoyo teaches preschoolers important life lessons, such as learning to share and take turns, in a world full of simple shapes, bright colors and cheerful music. About the DVD: Join in… View Post

Mother’s Day Love

I spent Mother’s Day this year doing all of my favorite things with my favorite people! Church with brother, wife, & Charlie & Jack’s cousins, lunch with all my boys at Cheesecake Factory (SO GOOD!), relaxing on the couch with my computer and a movie, dinner at Buona Beef, & cake from a local bakery. It was the perfect day!… View Post

Spark Studio :: Shopping in a New Way!

Thanks to Walmart Labs for sponsoring today’s discussion about all things Pinteresting & searchable! For Mother’s Day, I asked for a bicycle after falling in love with a beachcomber on vacation. At first, I tried the traditional “bicycle” search language online at Walmart, but found my choices were pretty basic and it returned a TON of options that I had… View Post

Mariano’s :: A Well-Rounded Shopping Experience

I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias® and Mariano’s #cbias #SocialFabric. We have truly fallen in love with Mariano’s and plan to make it part of our weekly shopping round-up. I can’t wait until they finish building the one closer… View Post

Dress United with Colton Dixon

We received a complimentary shirt from Dress United, but the shirt was designed by me and worn by my niece. They neither sponsored our night out nor compensated us in any additional way.  For my niece’s 13th Birthday, I took her to see her favorite American Idol, Colton Dixon. She was VERY excited and I’ll leave the major details within… View Post

What I Would Say

This weekend, we will celebrate mothers around the world. We will honor them and thank them for raising up and loving children. But what about the mothers who don’t have their children? Six years ago, I experienced Mother’s Day in an anguished way. I left a church service that was too painful when they asked all the mothers to stand… View Post

LTYM {Recap}

How do you sum up a three month experience that changes your life forever? How do you encapsulate what it feels like to form close friendships after seeing each other only about three times in the course of those months? This past Sunday, I finally shared my story with sixteen other women at the Listen to Your Mother Chicago show…. View Post

Sesame Street Live!! {review}

SO excited to have one of my favorite real life friends visiting us on the blog today to talk about her Sesame Street Live experience! Welcome Christine from grateful for a coffee break. Many thanks to Samantha who passed on the opportunity to review Sesame Street live to my family and I. We received four complimentary tickets to view the… View Post

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