Wordish Wednesday

Jack has recently become obsessed with airplanes.  Everytime he sees one he yells.  Now when we ask him "Jack where are the airplanes?", he does this:

Have a great Wednesday,  and be sure to check out more Wordless Wednesdays at the paper mama!

just one of them days....and a winner!

Do you ever feel like going back to work on a Tuesday is sometimes more stressful and hectic than Mondays?  I do.  I am having one of those days.

But I we had a great weekend.  We had family in from Florida; my aunt, uncle, cousin and her family, which includes my god daughter.

We had such a great time, and I love seeing them.  I am a little disappointed in my photos.  I wish I got more, and I wish they were better quality.  Nevertheless, we celebrated birthdays, had bbq's, went to the zoo, (Jack's first time!) and went to the beach. 

It was the perfect end to the perfect summer in a perfect city.

How did you spend your holiday weekend?

And I have a winner!  Congrats to Jen @ South of Sheridan!

You will be contacted via email!

Happy Labor Day

I am still trying to sqeeze every last drop out of this last weekend of summer, which means no Meetup Monday this week.  I hope you are having a great weekend and I will be back tomorrow!

the last fling

I wanted to welcome all of my new friends, I hope you all return! I have been a semi bad blogger this week. I am still trying to get in the swing oof things with work, family and everything in between. I am so excited for a three day weekend! We have family visiting from Florida; family that has never met Jack, so I am sooooo excited!

I will be back with tons of pictures from the weekend I am sure. Until then, have a great "last" weekend of summer and thank you for stopping by!

Box Tops Contest Winner!

Congrats Mari, you will be contacted by email!

Also thank you to all my followers, I have reached 400! I can't believe it, appreciate every one of you.

A little piece of heaven? I think so.

It is September.  Which means cooler weather is on the way  I LOVE the smell of burnt leaves, cooler days and much cooler nights, sweaters and everything that goes along with Fall.  Fall also means pumpkin spice lates have arrived at Starbucks.

My little piece of heaven.

Wordless Wednesday

All you with little girls...he's available!  ; )

Check out other wordless Wednesday photos at The Paper Mama!

Just wondering...

If Michael Bolton said he loved you but he lied, would you be upset?

Have a great Tuesday. 

Summer is definitely not over..and meetup monday!

I love summer.  I love the pool, the beach, summer nights.  But this summer is one of the hottest I remember. Our air hasn't stopped running.  It's been over 90 most of the summer and the humidity has been awful!  I am lucky we live in the midwest where we get a change of seasons, because I need a change.  I am finally getting ready for fall. 

But for now, we will enjoy those final days of summer.  We swam, visited family, and went to a birthday party. 

It was so fun!

But also soooo exhausting...if you can't tell from Jack's face.  Oh yeah, he is also really into sticking out his tounge lately.  Have a great week, and PLEASE, join meetup Monday!

If this is your first time linking up to Meetup Monday, here's the info:
*Add a link below to a specific blog post or your main blog address
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*If you could grab my button and pop it up on your blog someplace visible, that would make my day!

so I turn to you..........

Welcome all my new friends! New Friend Friday also means the weekend is here! I made it through my first week back with the kids.  I have to tell you, it is hard.  Harder than when I came back from my maternity leave. Jack is so much more aware, and interactive and I just miss him like crazy.

I am also having a hard time juggling everything.  I get home from work with Jack around 5.  We play, go for a walk or to the park and it's bath and bedtime at 7:30.  Then my husband and I eat, wash bottles, pack for the next day, clean up and it's bed time for me.  I feel like I have no "me" time.  No time to relax, or workout or do things I need to do like grocery shopping or running errands.

So that's where I turn to you, my wonderful, loyal followers.  How do you juggle it all?  How do you balance work, family and also have time for yourself?  Can it be done?

With that, have a great weekend, enjoy it.  It is going to be beautiful here, so we will be doing lots of outside activities.  I will also be catching up on my photo taking this weekend and will post so new ones on Sunday! Have a great Friday!

I really do clean...and a Kool Kid Legs giveaway

I am a clean freak.  I have to have the house dust and dirt free every day.  I can't sleep at night if the dishes are not clean and put away or if laundry is not folded.  With Jack crawling around the house I have been extra careful to swiff and wash the wood floors like crazy. 

After a day of crawling the other day I looked down at Jack's legs and was in shock!  They were filthy!  I have since learned that there is nothing I can do about the dust and dirt, it happens.  I can, however, protect his legs, and knees by putting these "kool kid legs" on him! 

Jen at Mama Runs With Scissors sent me these for Jack, and we both love them!  They protect his little legs from the hard floors and sun, and I love the designs!  They are all handmade, can be used as legwarmers, and they make diaper changes super simple.  Older kids can turn short sleeve shirts into long sleeve shirts and they look great under skirts!

Jen, is offering one of my readers their very own pair of  14 inch, "Kool Kids Legs". 

To enter:

Visit Mama Runs With Scissors, Etsy shop and comment on which design you would choose!

Extra Entry:

 Follow my blog (if you do, comment below)

Please leave your email with one of your comments.  Contest ends Sunday, September 5th, at 11:59pm.  Winner will be choosen via random.org, and contacted via email. 

Good luck!!!

Wordless Wednesday...Celebrity Edition

My sister went to Italy this summer....

Box Tops for Education at Target, and a MyBlogSpark Giveaway!

It's back to school time, which also means back to school shopping for supplies and snacks!

I don't know about your local schools, but at our school we collect Box Tops to get supplies for our school.  Every classroom has a Box Tops "collection box" and we also have classroom contests to see who can collect the most.

From Aug. 15-28, stop by your local Target (my favorite store!!!), and receive double Bonus Box Tops instantly when you buy 5 or more participating General Mills, Avery, Hefty, Juicy Juice and Welch’s Box Tops for Education® products and earn more for the participating school of your choice. It seems like all of my favorite snacks Box Tops on them!

For more information you can visit http://www.grocerysavvy.com/ for more details and other great back to school savings offers.

MyBlogSpark.com sent me an amazing prize pack including an Avery Binder, Betty Crocker Fruit Gushers Variety Pack, Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni, Hefty CinchSak Trash Bags, Honey Nut Cheerios, Juicy Juice 8-Pack Juice Boxes, Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Welch’s Concord Grape Jelly, as well as 25 Bonus Box Tops and a $25 Target gift card so that I can purchase my favorite participating Box Tops items.

What's even better, is they are giving away another gift pack to one of my readers!

Mandatory Entry:
Comment below on which items you will stock up on at Target® to earn Bonus Box Tops

Extra Entry:
Follow my blog (if you do, comment below)

Please leave your email address with your comment.  Contest ends Tuesday August 31 at 11:59pm.  Winner will be choosen via random.org, and will be contacted by email.  Good Luck!

10 months! and meetup monday

I hope you all had a great weekend! We are enjoying our last few weekends of summer.  We went to a few street fests, splashed in the pool, and took many wagon walks.  Jack also turned 10 months on Saturday.

If 10 months ago someone would have told me my heart would be exploding from all the love I would feel for this little guy, I wouldn't believe you.  I had no clue that it could be true...but it sure is.  It seems everyday I am more and more amazed that I have him.

I have a feeling in a few weeks Jack will be walking.  He is climbing up stairs so fast and walking along furniture one handed!  And he points at everything. I love watching him experience everything for the first time, I can just tell he is taking it all in and thinking so hard about everything. 

Only two more months until I will go from having a baby to having a toddler.  Where has time gone?

And of course no weekend would be complete without a little swinging!

And now for Meetup Monday! 

If this is your first time linking up to Meetup Monday, here's the info:

Add a link below to a specific blog post or your main blog address

Make someone's day by commenting on the blog post of the two blogs (or more) before you.

If you could grab my button and pop it up on your blog someplace visible, that would make my day!

Enjoy your Monday!

Giveaway Winners

I have been a little behind with my giveaway winners. and I am sorry!
I wanted to say congrats to Kim for winning the Artwark giveaway and Wifeplzak for winning the Weight Watchers gift basket!


I will be contacting you via email!