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The Kid Dictionary

May 23, 2012

The grand twins have always communicated in their own language.  Since they were tiny babies sitting in the bumbo chairs giggling and jabbering away at each other.  It has been fascinating to watch over the years.  Now that they are 3 and speaking in not only sentences but paragraphs and with emphasis and emotion they [...]

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Bake Sale!

April 20, 2012

I will be baking my little heart out next week. Saturday, April 28, is the Annual Blogger Bake Sale and this will be my first year participating. I am thinking of making my Bacon Chocolate Chip cookies and trying out the Oreo Encased Chocolate Chip Cookies. If you are in the Los Angeles area please [...]

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BBQ Swap

April 16, 2012

The weather is warming up, it’s time to dust off that grill and head outdoors. Today I am going to share a great Swap for a healthier barbecued dessert.  Just because it is dessert doesn’t meant it has to be frosted or iced it just has to be yummy. Grilled Angel Food Cake Kabobs Ingredients: [...]

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Yes, I Recycle in the Bathroom

April 13, 2012

When I come home from anywhere I grab the mail from the box and as it has been since schooldays I head straight to the bathroom. Somehow my bladder knows the minute I walk in the front door of my house. As I “do my business” I go through the mail. Separating it into piles [...]

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Diaper Pods

April 6, 2012

An innovative new way to dispose of disposable diapers.  I received prototypes for this product and tested it out on the twins over the weekend.As you will see in the video below, there is a small plastic bag nestled in the bottom of the diaper.  Neither twin noticed this addition of “bulk” in their bottom, [...]

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He’s Home

April 5, 2012

There was some confusion at the airport but nonetheless I got to hug my favorite boy for the first time in 14 months.  He is now on his was to Las Vegas to see Portugal. The. Man. perform but he will be home again for Easter dinner.

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Miracle-Gro Expand ‘n Gro

March 22, 2012

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Scotts® for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. When Cait and Madi and I participated in the Peanut Butter for Breakfast event one of the things we received in our goodie bag was peanuts to plant.  They cam with specific instructions on how to [...]

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Peanuuuuut Peanut Butter

February 27, 2012

I was invited to a fun event last week by the National Peanut Board that there was no way I was going to miss.  It involved one of the greatest foods ever invented – Peanut Butter! Initially Caitlyn was supposed to be with her dad that weekend so I invited a friend’s grand daughter – [...]

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Toast to the Red Carpet

February 20, 2012

  This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Toast to the Red Carpet – LIVE, presented by I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! is inviting movie fans to an online red carpet viewing party, complete with an exclusive [...]

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Diva in the Making

February 12, 2012

Caitlyn and I had a busy weekend, we ate peanut butter and pizza, shopped kitchen gadgets and baby furnishings, and we won some amazing prizes. There will be explanations of all of this later, but for now I want to share with you Cait’s first endeavor into modeling.  She participated in a fashion show for [...]

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