Menu Plan {9/26-10/2}

     MONDAY: Breakfast for dinner (pancakes, eggs, and bacon) TUESDAY: Linguini with shrimp in foil  WEDNESDAY: Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans THURSDAY: Potluck with friends :) FRIDAY: Leftovers SATURDAY: Pizza night SUNDAY: Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Sandwiches and sweet potato fries  

New M&M’s Flavor For Halloween! #MMsGetCorny

For weeks I had heard about the new White Chocolate Candy Corn M&M’s that were coming out in the Fall at Walmart. Instead of milk chocolate they were white chocolate and they were candy corn flavored. They sounded delicious. Every time I went to Walmart I looked for them and finally I found them at my … Read more

Motherhood {Saturday Stumbles}

*I love this prayer calendar from Kat at Inspired to Action that gives us 30 topics we can pray for our children. *Great post entitled: Motherhood is Application (here’s an exerpt:  “This isn’t a time for a gospel presentation because it is a time for gospel application. This is a time to take the grace that … Read more

Pillsbury Baking Mixes Review {And Contest Info}

  REVIEW Pillsbury sent our family a sampling of their new cakes, cookies, and brownie mixes. I was excited to see Perfectly Pumpkin cookies because I love pumpkin flavored desserts. The Mocha Fudge brownies also sounded delicious because it mixes two of my favorites (coffee and chocolate)! Jacob, my three year old, chose his favorite … Read more

Occupational Therapy Fun {Wordless Wednesday}

Both boys get occupational therapy for Sensory Processing Disorder. I wanted to share pictures of Luke’s last therapy session and the activities that he does during it: (Disclaimer: I am not a therapist or a Doctor. I’m just sharing what Lucas does during his therapy sessions. Please consult your child’s therapist or Doctor before doing … Read more

Child Passenger Safety Week

Each year, thousands of children are tragically injured and killed in motor vehicle crashes. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 1-13. The reason? Most parents and caregivers don’t understand how car seats work and are not familiar with the milestones a child must reach before he or … Read more

Chicago Blogs To Check Out

For today’s Top Ten Tuesday I want to share ten wonderful blogs that focus on the Chicago area: 1) ChiTown Moms 2) The Chicago Moms 3) ChiTown Cheapskate 4) Toddling Around Chicagoland 5) Super Suburbs 6) My Chicago Kids 7) West Of The Loop 8) Go West Young Mom 9) ParentSphere 10) Sassy Moms In … Read more

Need A Laugh?

While I love comments on my blog posts I end up deleting many of them. Why? Because they aren’t legit comments left by “real” people. When I came to my computer today I had 50 comments marked as “spam”. I thought I would share some of the funnier ones… “I was seriosuly at DefCon 5 … Read more