real moms {sharing} all things fabulous
I’m just 18 days from my due date and very ready to have our baby boy. He will be sharing a room with his big brother Jack. I didn’t want to redecorate the entire room so I had to find the perfect decal to include our Charlie in the western theme we had going already….
Cookie Pie…doesn’t that sound amazing? Let me tell you about how amazing Barbara’s Cookie Pies are. Barbara’s Cookie Pies are a decadent fusion of traditional cookie and candy classics with a modern artisan touch. Think cookie-in- a-cookie! Delectable home-made toppings are filled in a hand-made, hand-pressed butter cookie dough crust for a simply scrumptious ,…
My little girl is growing up so fast. She recently graduated to a big girl bed, she knows her ABCs and can count to 20, and she is showing interest when I put on makeup in the morning. I’m convinced that next week she’ll start asking to go to the mall and want her own…
Roasting or crockpotting a whole chicken every week has been a part of my routine for a few years now. It is a fantastic, frugal way to nourish your family with pastured instead of hormone infested meat every week. My typical process is having roasted chicken dinner on Monday nights, and then using the leftover…
Did you know that Scholastic has a set of DVDs called Storybook Treasures from New Kideo? My girls are loving these animated classic children’s stories that have the words at the bottom to read along. While my girls aren’t old enough to read the words on the screen yet, I do see my 5-year-old picking…
Due to the heavy influence of television commercials, children nowadays are fond of eating unhealthy fast food items such as burgers and fries from McDonald’s and Burger King. Most busy moms allow their kids to eat those kinds of food because they are affordable and convenient. After work or chores, moms can easily drop by…
As much as I really do love being in the kitchen and creating new meals (YES I really do love labor intensive meals – they are so rewarding!), sometimes I do need quick dinner options for crazy weeks – it happens to everyone!I plan pretty well, and even on busy weeks can make time consuming…
As I sit to type this out my house smells so delicious I can barely stand it! I was just using my new PushPan from Kuhn Rikon to make a quiche using my Grandma’s recipe and it smells soooo good! Now, you’re probably wondering what a PushPan is exactly. A PushPan is Kuhn Rikon’s way…
Do you let your kids keep and eat all the candy they get? I don’t. Good thing the people at work like candy. For more Wordless Wednesday, click here.
When you purchase a smart phone, you hold your breath as you sign on the dotted line as the investment into your phone goes before you. While I was at BlogHer I stopped by the LifeProof booth and learned about their products. I knew going in to the booth that the products were good, as…
Walking through the aisles at Target is dangerous, in and of itself. But to be walking through the aisles and then spot a family game that you have been playing on your phone for a while now…uber dangerous! Bejeweled is a board game that just got released and it had me at hello! 🙂 Not…
I make a MESS in my kitchen daily. Like we are talking disaster usually every day. I need cleaners for my kitchen that are going to cut grease and loosen dried on gunk. About 2 years ago however, I learned about the toxins and chemicals in most household cleaners – things like phthalates, triclosan, phosphates,…