Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Gymboree. All opinions are my own The holiday season, with all it’s excitement and amazement can also be incredibly overwhelming. As a mom, I don’t want to disappoint my kids. I want them to get what they want from Santa, experience all the fun the season has to offer and do it all while shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking, planning, driving and ...
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2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Tweens
Disclosure: This post features affiliate links which I make a commission off of. I was provided with samples for this post but all opinions are my own!! As my kids get older and older the ideal Christmas gift changes and changes. Gone are the days where my son asks for the Batcave and now he wants expensive sneakers, sports equipment and electronics. Luckily, at 9 years old, he is still ...
Rubik’s Gift Guide
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Winning Moves and contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own This year Derek, my 9 year old, has one continuous theme in his Christmas list, Rubik's cubes. He has been obsessed for months, taking his Rubik's cubes (yes multiple cubes!) on weekends away, out to dinner and even to school. He can solve a side in about 5 seconds but what impresses me ...
4 Steps Mothers & Daughters Can Take Together to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post in partnership with Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program Parents try to help their children grow up healthy. We can give them the best stuff that money can buy but the environment around a young girl may change the way her body develops. It is too soon to say for sure that avoiding certain chemicals or foods lowers the risk of breast cancer. ...
How-to tips for overcoming stress and becoming a calmer parent
This relatable guest post on how-to tips for overcoming stress and becoming a calmer parent is filled with much needed advice and written by author Michelle Gale One day I got into an argument with one of my one of my kids about not cleaning up a mess and had a door slammed in my face. I really wanted to jump up and yell: “How dare you slam the door on me?” But as I just sat with this surge of ...
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS AND PITBULL SHARE THE STAGE {Enter TICKET GIVEAWAY}
Disclosure: I was provided with 2 tickets to the show in order to help promote (YAY!!) Two of the most engaging live performers in music today, multi-platinum selling and multiple Grammy Award-winning global superstars Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull share the stage live at Wells Fargo Center on Friday, October 13 and I am giving one lucky reader the chance to WIN 2 lower level tickets!!! Scroll ...
The Magic School Bus Rides Again
You probably remember The Magic School Bus and wacky Ms. Frizzle from your own childhood. Remember the 90's? When crimped hair was the thing and the Backstreet Boys were the hottest band around? Flannel and overalls were in style (are they back too??) The Magic School Bus Rides Again on Friday, September 29th on Netflix! Grab your permission slips and fasten your seat belts as the new Ms. ...
Emoji Gift Ideas for Birthday Parties and Holidays
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links Emojis are all the rage with the 6-8 yr old girls in my neighborhood. From emoji bikinis and hooded towels to sequined emoji pocketbooks filled with snack bar money, everywhere I looked at our swim club, I was sure to spot some sort of emoji love, wink, laugh or poop! If you follow me on Facebook you probably know that I love to make my kids clothes ...
Catching up with the Blog
Hello Friends! It's been a while since I have shared in this space and reached out to you all. We have been busy little bees this summer. Even though I have a serious dislike for saying we are busy, we have been overly consumed with all things summer vacation and that is one kind of busy I am happy to be! Back to school shopping has already begun and oh, say it isn't so, please just give us an ...
Fresh Picks for Straight Hair
Disclosure: Products for this post were supplied by Ulta but all opinions are my own! No matter how much I try to get beach waves or hot iron curls, the reality is my hair only works best when it's straight. If I don't blow dry it I have a funky wave and not in a good funky way more like an OMG girl get that hair in a braid or top knot and do not take it out till your blow dry it again, ...
