Kindercare Summer & Spring Camps! Fun and learning rolled into one!

My daughter has wanted to attend summer camp for a few years now.  Unfortunately, we have never been able to find a place that is educational, as well as fun.  I am one of those parents who won't just send her daughter to any camp to get them out of the house, I want her to learn something when she goes.  I never saw the fun in spending money for a camp that they just play, swim and do nothing all day.  My kids could do the same at home!

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Tuesday Blog Hoppin'!

I barely got through Monday, but at least I made it.  Starting my diet (again) yesterday was great.  I actually loved the feeling of eating healthy and not having to worry about feeling fat, stuffed and disgusting from junk food.  I also made an amazing Chile Chicken recipe for lunch, which I am actually going to share later on today!  It was so delicious!  My mom & kids actually ate it, which says a lot!

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Monday Mingle (text version): Couponing, iPhone apps and Music!

I want to vlog these questions, but I am going to have to do that when I get home.  Unfortunately, I got up early and had planned to do this early, but my kids woke up too and got me busy.  Alayna decided she hated the uniform I had picked out for her -- she didn't want the khaki jumper, she wanted the navy blue jumper.  I choose my own battles and decided that I would just wash her stupid navy blue jumper.  Ha!  On top of that, getting my kids to eat breakfast is a battle all in itself.  Got Alayna to school and had time before work, so I was going to go home and do Monday Mingle... Starbucks decided to give me a Macchiato instead of what I asked for... Such a mess!

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Let's Get Social Sunday: Can't stand the disorganization!

I love bloghops lately!  Finding new sites and blogs that are interesting and awesome and meeting new moms/bloggers is definitely one of my favorite things to do.  So much fun! So I'm participating today as well!  Yay! 

If you're new to my blog, you can find a great wealth of information about me on the right sidebar. >> Maybe even more than you even wanted to know! (But you'll read about it anyway!)  I'm silly, smart, fun, a single mom, just turned 26 and trying to be a mom and a normal 26 year old at the same time.  It's not easy. :)

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The Bottle / "Baba" Dilemma!

Alayna was such an easy going baby.  She lost the pacifier by the time she was 4 months old and before she was a year old, she shed her bottle as well.  She didn't want anything to do with being a baby, even at 11 months!  As soon as she could talk, she proclaimed herself a "Big Girl" and has been that way since.  Olivia is a different story...

She was great with the pacifier.  She quickly got rid of that by the time she was 4 months old; just as her sister did.  We're having a problem with the bottle.  I don't know if she finds it her security or she just likes to drink from a bottle because she can use it at bedtime (I know, I'm a bad mother if I give my child a bottle at bedtime)  but she just won't give up the "baba".  Trust me, I have tried numerous times.

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Cupcakes and Speech Therapy

Olivia had her first speech therapy appointment the other day.  We had originally taken her back in October for an evaluation because she wasn't speaking at all.  Maybe 3-5 words were in her vocabulary.   I voiced my concern, because she was almost 3 and still could not speak an entire sentence.  Every child is different, yes, but Alayna started talking when she was 15 months and hasn't stopped since.  Due to that fact, I felt that I should get Olivia evaluated to see if she needed speech therapy or if it was just stubbornness and her not wanting to talk.  We waited 5 months for a call back and finally got one last week.

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Why Do I Blog? How do I fit it in?

I saw this topic on another mommy blog and I thought I would blog about it too.  Do you blog as a hobby, business or do you want to make a living from it?

Actually, I have had a blog since 1999.  I was blogging before I was a mommy and before mommy blogging even really came about.  Back then, it was called "Personal Blogging" and "Cam Girls" were big. (2000-2004)  Not the slutty "Cam Girls" you see now, but in the definition of teenagers who had webcams and pretty much took pictures of everything along with captions. 

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Miscellany Monday: Exhaustion, Clothing Swaps, Insane Weather and more!

I haven't done Miscellany Monday in quite a while and I did miss it!  Honestly, I love the fact that I can put different random thoughts in one post and not have to worry too much about how it flows.  Effortless; almost!  Anyone who knows me, knows that I am very random.  I can be talking about one thing and the next minute I will just come out with something completely unrelated.  It's hilarious (to my friends) and it's annoying to people who don't understand how I can be!  Miscellany Monday gives me a reason to be random.  So thanks to those @ Lowercase Letters who came up with a great idea!

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Why I want to someday adopt...

Twenty six years ago, there was a little girl that was born to a mom with two other kids already.  This mom had placed a little girl for adoption two years before, since she couldn't take care of another child.  This mother made the selfless decision to place this new baby girl for adoption as well to give her a better life.  She knew that she could not take care of this little girl, as much as she wanted to, and it was the best decision to make.  It's a brave and selfless decision that is made with the heart.

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Leopard Print Madness! My favorite items.

Working for a fashion website really has it's downfalls.  While assisting customers with items that they want to find, I usually find a wealth of items that I can add to my own personal "want list" and "wishlist".  I've compiled quite a bit, while working, and I'd love to share some of them with you!  This is going to turn into being a regular weekly post on our site.  We are always looking for sponsors who may want me to take a look at some of their products to be featured in our section, but most of the items I will handpick from things I love! 

Most of these items, I will never have!  Prices on some of these are absolutely insane, but they're things that I would buy if I had the money.  (Other items, I will actually save up for and use to reward myself for my weight loss!)  So, on we go!

I have been so in love with animal prints lately.  Leopard, Cheetah, Zebra, they're all trendy right now and something that I've become attached to! (Maybe it's a jersey thing...)  I already have a small collection of animal print items, which I definitely want to add to!  They're edgy and cute at the same time!

(Click Below to expand and see my favorites!)

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