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Archives for September 2013

Playdough of the Month–Edible Peanut Butter

I'm SUPER excited to share something with you, our lovely readers....every month we're going to be sharing a Playdough of the Month! It will be different every month so be sure to keep close tabs on us! If you have anything you'd like to see us create let me know and we will give it a try. This month: Edible Peanut Butter Playdough All you need is: 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 cup honey 2 1/3 cups powdered sugar   Mix all ingredients in a bowl (tip: use a mixer if you have one it will cut your mixing time down to mere seconds). When all ingredients are well incorporated then your playdough will be ready to use. No baking required! Mykids love this playdough because it tastes really good and it works just as well as store-bought playdough. Just keep close eyes on them or they will end up with a belly ache as they will try to eat the whole lot of it! … [Read more...]

Cottonelle® #LetsTalkBums #ad

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cottonelle. Let's talk WHAT? Yes, today we're talking bums (bottoms, rumps, back-sides, ba-dunk-a-dunks, tooshies, whatever you want to call them). You might be thinking this should be one of our After Hours posts but rest assured, we're not going to go that crazy! Cottonelle® is already one of our favorite brands of toilet paper.  It's super soft to wipe with.  Now they've come up with something even better...Cottonelle® Flushable Cleansing Cloths.  In combination with their toilet paper, they make the Cottonelle® Clean Routine. I'll admit, I was  bit skeptical about trying wet cloths on my bum.  After all, isn't soft toilet paper enough?  Aren't wet wipes for babies or kids who are potty training?  I don't want to walk around with a wet bum after wiping!  Au contraire mon frère, cleansing cloths are perfect for adults too!  (Yes, suddenly I'm talking French while discussing my bum!  Huh?  I guess it's because the French … [Read more...]

11 Reasons We Shop At Cub® + Win $4500 Gift Card! #Spon

If you haven't figured it out already, we are happy to be Cub® Foods Ambassadors.  We chose to be their ambassadors because we actually love shopping there.  Cub® is both me and Lindsi's preferred grocery store despite living next to other ones.  Here's 11 reasons why we shop at Cub®: Kid's carts.  The photo to the right is obviously a few years old but it goes to show you that my girls have loved them since they could first walk! Free cookies, apples, or bananas.  That's right, we ALWAYS take advantage of getting the girls a free snack while shopping! Coupons.  Cub® has awesome coupon savings on top of their store sales and everyday low prices.  They often have buy-one/get-one on meat which saves us a TON of money. $5 off.  We subscribe to their mailing list and frequently get $5 off $50 or more (one coupon to use now and one to use later!). Things are always in stock.  Mega sale item?  No problem.  Cub® makes sure that they always have it in stock. Variety.  Cub® … [Read more...]

Our 15 Seconds of Fame

"Oh my gosh!  I saw you on TV!" "I saw you in the Bethenny commercial...!" "Was that you in the Bethenny commercial I saw?" Those are the words Lindsi and I heard ALL weekend.  Friends blew up our texts, phones, and Facebook messages telling us we were in a commercial for Bethenny's new talk show! Unfortunately, it took FOREVER for Lindsi and me to see it.  We searched high and low online and couldn't find it...we watched TV (a little too much) to see if it would come on...it was SO frustrating!  Until...I set my DVR to pretty much continuously record the TV in the morning.  I FINALLY saw it!  I then re-winded it and recorded it on my phone so I could share it. Here's our 15 seconds of fame: [embedplusvideo height="253" width="450" editlink="http://bit.ly/14HdCjS" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/yxceA0KVM8U?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=yxceA0KVM8U&width=450&height=253&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep8730" /] Did you see us? Hint: … [Read more...]

Primary Colors to Secondary Colors

The other day my son asked me how to make the color green. I simply replied "blue and yellow." No sooner than I could spit the words out I realized that answer would not suffice. He was going to want a better answer than just the colors that make green. We got to talking about primary colors and secondary colors. I explained to him that you cannot make primary colors and that they consist of Red, Yellow, and Blue. With those three colors you can make secondary colors consisting of Purple, Green, and orange. I also knew that my explanation would need some sort of visual back up (that's just the way his mind works) so I pondered what I could do other than just break out the crayons. I grabbed my ice-cube trays and filled them up with water. I added a small drop of yellow coloring to 4 of the cubes, a small drop of red to 4 other cubes, and a small drop of blue to the remaining 4 cubes. Four cubes of each of the primary colors. I popped them into my freezer and waited the 45 minutes … [Read more...]

Love Your Cub® Contest #ILoveMyCub #spon

Hubby and I just returned from a fabulous 5 day cruise to the Bahamas.  It was a much needed vacation for both of us.  I'll be writing a post about it soon! Unfortunately, Sunday was back to reality as the girls came home from Grandma and Grandpa's house, there was laundry to do, and the cupboards were empty.  School started for us today so not only did I have to shop for regular groceries, I had to shop for things for Nutty to take for school lunch.  What did I do to make things easier?  I got out the Sunday paper and found the Cub® Foods ad!  They have great back to school savings this weeks such as 5 for $5 on Lunchables!  Score!  Then I headed to their website and created a meal plan complete with recipes I found on their site!  Back from vacation and back to school lunch shopping was stress free with Cub®! Want even more stress free grocery shopping with Cub®? Enter the "Love Your Cub® Photo/Video Contest for a chance to win a $4500 Cub® Gift Card! PRIZES:  One grand … [Read more...]