Making Family Memories With Magisto! #MagistoMoms

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I am participating in a campaign with Mom Central Consulting for Magisto. I received a promotional code and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.   A mom’s job is one of the most difficult, yet one of the most rewarding. I love to celebrate the good feelings, moments, remembering the great times [...]

The Mother of All Play Dates: Truly EPIC

Epic Volleyball Hyundai Epic Play Date

  Last weekend I was able to take my family to Dos Pueblos Ranch in the Santa Barbara area for Hyundai’s Epic Play Date. It was nothing short of EPIC. Imagine a child’s dream land, where they can freely frolic in a safe area, snack to their hearts content, and play, create and imagine with games galore. Parents [...]

Toddler Tales: Trampoline + Winnie the Pooh Take Over

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The afternoon of a toddler is full of simplicity. Eat, play, poop, sleep. I’d pay good money to go back to those days. We went to visit a friend and apparently, their backyard was the funnest place in the world. Let’s just say that Girly Girl took advantage of the grass, the dog, and another [...]

An Eye Opening Moment

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  It was a Saturday afternoon. We were at the baseball fields, as we often are. She was playing in the grass area next to the field near the bleachers, like normal. She went back and forth throughout the game. My hubby went to play with her for a little bit, picking grass, throwing it, [...]

Watch My Kids Say “OshKosh B’Gosh” + $5,000 Sweepstakes {Giveaway}

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  Disclosure: Post and giveaway sponsored by OshKosh B’gosh, but all opinions are my own. Please see below for additional disclosure.   OshKosh B’Gosh has so much more than just adorable clothing. As a well seasoned company, they know that parents need quality, cute and affordable clothing for their kids, bottom line. I was contacted to partner [...]

Play {Tee} Ball! …and Why We have No Life

Baseball Ball Player Kid Boy

  Since when does having children mean having no social life? I have totally been feeling that way lately, I know that we do have a social life, but baseball season sucks the life right out of us! We’ve been spending our Saturdays and occasional Sundays at the baseball fields. Not only weekends, but some [...]

Approaching the Terrible Two’s

Mari, on a good day

Heaven help us. Were on the cusp of the terrible two’s. The hideous tantrums have begun. The screams when we say ‘no’, the fussing when it’s time to go to bed, and the picky eating habits are just the beginning. Mari, who was our Baby Girl, is growing up, which means that we’re gonna have [...]

Boys and Their Construction Toys

Because Quackie Duck needed a throne

What is it with boys and wanting to build? Why do they have to have every single Lego, block, brick, and building set ever made? This kid loves to build. LOVES IT. He has this set of large cardboard blocks (Melissa and Doug?) and has a few of the stuffed Angry Birds and builds different [...]

Toddler Language Explosion

Girly Girl at the playground

My daughter has been quite the chatty one lately. In the past week alone, she has amazed me with her speech and she’s not ever 2 yet. I’m talking full sentences…   To her silly brother: “MJ, top it, NOW!” [stop it] To me: “Mommy, mommy… MOMMY! I poo poo, keen it.” [clean it] To [...]

Life. In A Nutshell. With Family Photos

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Time is speeding by. The kids are growing. Life is happening way too fast. It seems like we just brought a brand new baby girl home from the hospital while her brother slept on the delivery room couch. Life has been so busy since then, I noticed that we have not had a family photo [...]