What BIC® 4-Color™ are you? #LoveBIC4Color

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Hello! Have you seen the fun Bic® 4-Color™ Pens? It’s the one that has the 4 Inseparable Colors in 1 Pen. Totally cool, right? This fun pen is a classic. They bring so much fun & color to your writing. They are also great for color coding your bills & notes. Annnnd did you know that now each color has their very own personality? Yes, they do! ;) Let me introduce you, & then you can decide what BIC® 4-Color™ you are! I'm Red, by the way! haha! ;)

LEGO® Friends Unlocking Her Creativity #LEGOFriendsCGC

Hello! It’s Friday, and I am so ready for the weekend. My hubby has been out of town for 2 weeks, and I’m so glad that he is back! ;) While he was gone we did have some fun times though! My daughter was super excited to get a special package in the mail just for her! She received a LEGO® Friends Heartland Juice Bar play set! I love LEGO® blocks because every time my kiddos sit down to to play with them they unlock their creativity & find joy in building something of their very own. :) So keep reading to see what my daughter created with her new LEGO® Friends set! ;)

Adorable Toilet Paper Ghost {tutorial}

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I am sooooo excited about this fun & easy project ~ adorable toilet paper ghost! ;) This is a great last minute Halloween project because I know you all have the main supply ~ toilet paper! I hope you do anyways! haha! If not, I have a great coupon link to share with you for a 12 pack of Cottonelle Triple Roll toilet paper at Target. So you can print off the coupon if you need to, run down to Target, grab some Cottonelle & get started! So keep reading to see how I made these adorable toilet paper ghost & to snag your coupon (while supplies last!).

Snickers Cookie Bites {recipe} #GameDayBites

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I love this time of year ~ lots of fun activities, game day tailgating, yummy desserts & lots of family fun! Today I’d love to share a yummy recipe we made with Snickers Unwrapped Bites that are perfect to make to celebrate a football game or even to cheer you up if your team lost! These Snickers Cookie Bites are so yummy! So keep reading for the recipe, and I have a link to an amazing coupon that you can use to buy some Snickers or Milky Way Unwrapped Bites. Yay! :)

{wow me} wednesday #115 & a Swanky Press Discount

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Welcome to  {wow me} wednesday!

So glad YOU are here!

Tonight’s party is brought to you by Swanky Press! Swanky Press is an awesome place to start for all things personalized, & they have tons of fun stuff for back to school! :)

Swanky Press is a one stop destination for hip personalized goods and cool party goods.  Most of their designs are original to Swanky Press so you won't find them anywhere else.  They also will customize your order free of charge. You can change the color, patterns, fonts or design as you choose.  Best of all, Swanky Press donates to Blood:Water Mission. With every order, Swanky Press helps provide clean drinking water to a child in Africa for an entire year. Love that!

Here are just a few of the fun personalized products you can find over at Swanky Press.

personalized labels


personalized water bottles

 

personalized lunch kits

What I LOVE about these roomy lunch kits is that the inside lid is chalkboard!
You can write fun messages to your kiddos! Isn’t that so cute??!!

Right now you can use the code LB0708 to get $5 off all lunchboxes at Swanky Press until August 9th! So hurry! These lunch boxes are perfect for getting ready and going back to school. :)

SO are you ready to PaRty?  

Jellys are back! #JellysAreBack #jbeans #pmedia

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Happy Monday! I hope you all are having a great start to your week. :) Our family is just about to head out for a quick trip to Texas. My little sister is getting married on Friday in Houston! Eek! So excited for her & her hubby to be! :) Since it’s my youngest sister getting married I’ve been thinking back to when we were younger. Oh the good old days! ha! ;) Do you remember jelly shoes? Right before my little sister was born I remember my Grandmother taking me to the store & buying me my own pair of jelly shoes. I thought I was so cool. Well, have you heard #JellysAreBack? Yes, we can all be that cool again! Yay! ;)

Easy Lunch Idea with Velveeta Cheesy Skillets Singles

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Whew! What a day! We ended up doing all of our school shopping at once ~ school supplies, clothes, shoes & everything! By the time we got home we were starving especially my boys! They are always hungry I think. ha! :) A few days ago I had made a different  trip to Walmart to pick up a few things, & I had grabbed some of the new Velveeta Cheesy Skillets Singles! Today they made the perfect on-the-go meal for my boys!

It’s time to Pre-Order your LeapPad Ultra! #LeapPadPreOrder

A few weeks ago I told you about the all new LeapPad Ultra from Leap Frog. Now pre-ordering is being offered at several national retailers, including Leapfrog.com, Toys R Us, Walmart, Target, Kmart, Best Buy and Barnes & Noble. {You can preorder yours here.} If you didn’t catch my first post keep reading to find out more about the LeapPad Ultra. :)

Update: LeapFrog.com has SOLD OUT of their LeapPad Ultras but you can still go to the LeapFrog website to find other partnering retailers. Thanks! :)

Glowing Paper Lanterns {tutorial} #DTCasualElegance

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Today I’d love to show you how I made these adorable glowing paper lanterns for my girl’s room using the David Tutera Casual Elegance line that can be found available exclusively at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores. The line is for weddings but as you can see it can be used for so much more! Keep reading to see how easy it was to put these lanterns together! My 6 year old even helped me! :)

Best Birthday Ever ~ Disney Cars Dream Party #dreamparty #cbias

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My youngest son is turning 4! I can’t believe how fast they grow up! Seriously, it seems like yesterday we were bringing a brand new little baby boy home from the hospital! Instead of being kind of sad about my baby not being a baby anymore, I decided to throw a huge celebration for him & make this the best birthday party ever for my big boy! Wahoo! :) 

My little man has been in love with the Disney Cars movie forever. So that was the perfect theme for our #dreamparty! :) I was able to find everything I needed at very reasonable prices all in one stop. You can check out my shopping trip to see where I found everything. Then you can keep reading to see how his party turned out! :)

A Night at the Drive-In with Monsters University #MUPreOrder

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A few weeks ago I told you about the little Monsters University party I had for my kiddos. (Remembered the cute monster cups we made?) We were celebrating the release of Monsters University & our upcoming summer bucket list trip to the drive-in movies to see it! Wahoo! Well, last weekend was our big trip to the drive-in! It was awesome, & we had so much fun! While we were at Walmart picking up the important drive-in movies snacks, we noticed that you can pre-purchase Monsters University right now! Yay! It’s a pretty sweet deal, so keep reading to find out more. (I also have an official Monster University review from all 5 of my kiddos!) :)

Family Favorites on Netflix #NetflixFamilies

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Well, we are finally in the dog days of summer, as they say! ha! ;) Being a parent of five wild kiddos becomes a little bit more challenging during the summer months. Especially when it gets too hot to play outside in the afternoon. Annnnd we’ve already been to the pool & library, & we just need a little quiet time. You know what I mean? ;) That’s when Netflix steps in to help us out! :) I’ve told you before why I love Netflix, and I’m super excited that Netflix just launched Netflix for Families on their site. Keep reading to find out more. :)

Extra Cheesy Tomato Soup with Goldfish Puffs #makeitgopuff

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It’s summertime!! Wahoo!! I love it!! :) Buuut my kiddos are eating everything in the house! I’m not lying! ha! ;) My kiddos are getting older, too. So that means that they also have different things that they like to eat compared to my younger kiddos. So this past week I headed to Target to find some new teen snacks for my older kiddos. I ended up making this extra cheesy tomato soup with Goldfish Puffs for them. Yum!

LeapPad Ultra Sweepstakes ~ Enter to Win! #LeapPadPreOrder

We love, love, love LeapFrog around our house, and we are super excited that the LeapPad Ultra will be coming out very soon! Yay! On July 17th you can actually pre-order the LeapPad Ultra! I’ll have more information on that later on this month. :) Until then you can enter to win the Ultimate Kids' Learning Tablet in the LeapPad Ultra Sweepstakes. Keep reading to find out how! #LeapPadPreOrder

Make Your Own Monster Cups {monster craft} #MUJuice #CBias

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Have you heard that Monsters University is in theaters right now? Have you seen it yet? We plan on seeing it at the drive-in in a few weeks. (A visit to the drive-in is a summer time tradition for us!) Anyways, to get the kiddos excited about the movie we decided to have a fun Monsters University party one afternoon last week! We wanted to do a monster craft, play with some Monsters University toys & have a healthy drink & lunch. We decided to make our own monster cups, and then after that we had a fun monster themed lunch with Juicy Juice!

We Love Little Swimmers! #HuggiesSwimmers #pmedia

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It is summer time! Wahoo! We have been doing a TON of swimming! Yay! One of the essential things that you will always find in our swim bag over the years is Huggies Little Swimmers. They have been a staple of summer fun at our house for a long time! We love Little Swimmers! Keep reading to see how you can get a Huggies Little Swimmers coupon from Target! :)

Butter Pecan A&W Root Beer Floats #IceCreamFloat

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Nothing says summertime more to me than an #icecreamfloat! Growing up each summer my dad would play softball, and if he hit a homerun during the game we would drop by the store & pick up the some A&W root beer and ice cream. Then when we got home we would have root beer floats to celebrate! It’s one of my very favorite family traditions, and lucky for us my dad hit a lot of homeruns! ha! :) My dad’s favorite ice cream is butter pecan. So keeping with the “dad” theme, I decided to combine the two to make these yummy Butter Pecan Root Beer Floats.

Less Time Cooking, More Time Playing {Quick Chicken Dinner or Lunch Idea} #ChickenFryTime

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It’s finally summer time around here! Wahoo! We are spending lots more time playing at the pool & less time in the kitchen that’s for sure. I’ve been looking for some quick chicken dinner & lunch ideas for my kiddos. I want something that’s healthy & yummy as well as, easy & fast!  We were excited to find out about Tyson Homestyle Chicken Fries that are available at Sam’s Club. Keep reading to find out how my kiddos liked them, and I also have an easy honey mustard dipping sauce recipe to share as well! It was soooo good with the chicken fries! :)

Airwick Scented Oils at Sam's Club

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Everyone wants to have a home that smells as good as possible, right? I know I do! With 5 kiddos...annnd 3 of them are stinky boys (ha!)... that can be a challenge sometimes! A couple of weeks ago I was deep cleaning my oldest teenage son's room (Ewww!) when a package was delivered to our front door full of scented Airwick products! Yay! Talk about perfect timing! ha! Over the last few weeks we have been using some of these scented oils in our home, & our house has never smelled better! Keep reading to see where you can pick up some Airwick Scented Oils for your home at amazing prices! :)

Netflix for the Whole Family #NetflixKids #ad

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Do you love watching television as a family? Nothing is better than a fun evening at home curled up on the couch together eating popcorn & watching a fun movie on the TV. Our family has used Netflix for several years now. We absolutely love it, and I’m excited to tell you why. :) Today I’d love to share the top 3 things that we LOVE about Netflix. Annnd it’s super affordable, too! :)