Penguins of Madagascar & General Mills Cereal Team Up! Prize Pack Giveaway!

I love working with My Blog Spark. They always share with me the many great new promotions that are going on that my family will 100% enjoy that I may have otherwise missed or passed up. They make me a lifetime consumer of many products that I hadn't previously purchased. Now, of course I have purchased Trix in the past but I may have completely missed the New Trix Fruitalicious Swirls!Inside … [Read more...]

Build-A-Bear’s All NEW Limited Edition Ice Cream Bears Collection! Review & Gift Card Giveaway!

For a very limited time Build-A-Bear has an all NEW theme of bears out for summer! They are called the Ice Cream Bear's and they are adorable!So when I brought the kids down to Boston last week and we stumbled upon a Build-A-Bear store the kids were jumping to go in and make a special animal to remember their trip.When we went inside there were so many great choices to chose from. I personally … [Read more...]

My Super Mario Brother Cake for Gavin’s Birthday Party

I received several emails asking what I did for the cake part of Gavin's Mario Brothers party. I have to tell you I didn't really do anything creative. We got back from vacation the day before his party and there really wasn't much time for baking. I had offered to make him cupcakes but he really wanted a "big cake".Here is the final cake. I was a little annoyed because I did a photo cake and they … [Read more...]

Aloha Friday – Photographs

If you've never heard of it, it started over on An Island Life.I ask a question....I answer it....and then you answer it too!Sound like fun?___________________________________________So, for this week's question:Q: Do you print out pictures that you take?A:I find that I take thousands of pictures every year. In the past two weeks I've taken well over 2000 … [Read more...]

The Wild Soccer Bunch Book by Landon Donovan! Review & Giveaway!

If your kid is anything like mine they love soccer. They are glued to watching the World Cup and are sweating their summer away in different soccer camps. At the end of the day Johnny basically loves anything soccer. So when the book The Wild Soccer Bunch was offered for a review I quickly jumped on the opportunity.As soon as I showed it to Johnny he dove right into the book which immediately … [Read more...]

Spending The Day In Boston With The Kids! #77kids Do Good Day

Yesterday was 'Do Good Day' brought to you by 77kids by American Eagle and The Motherhood. A group of bloggers including myself were to do something to bring a smile to others. Johnny was dreading it. We had to get up at the crack of dawn since we live on the opposite side of the state and it was technically a sleep in day for him. The second he saw the skyline of the city his eyes immediately lit … [Read more...]

Give It Away Wednesday! Link up all your Giveaways! 7.14.10

Just a few things you'll have a chance to win in the upcoming Birthday Bash!Make sure to grab the button! You'll get extra entries for having it!It will kick off Next Friday July 23! … [Read more...]

{Almost} Wordless Wednesday – Day On The River

Ain't no better place to spend on a hot summer day! … [Read more...]

A Day In The Life…

Lovable Labels has a contest for a rockin' sponsorship to BlogHer! Here are the details:These are the four categories...I have chose the 'A Day In The Life' option. My life is anything but thrilling, but let me tell you about today. First off it started off all wrong. Today was my first day back to work. At 9am. I woke up at 9:30am with two kids that Dad was supposed to take with him in the … [Read more...]