Here's a new movie opening on October 5th. Might be a good one to take your kiddos to if they're old enough.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
We're in!
Welp my friends, we're in our new place. We have a long way to go to unpack and make it our home, but I thought I'd give you a little sneak of some of our place thus far. Pictures of the whole place is coming soon.
Right when you walk in you have a hall closet and the Guest Room/Brendon's office. There are 3 big windows here which makes the room seem so light and open. This room has a slide door closet (which is Brendon's closet).
From there we walk into the family room. It's really big! This is the wall the couches will sit.
This is the dinning area, for a kitchen table. I love the overhead lighting. In this space we're thinking about getting a large table that can also double as a craft/study area too.
From the dinning area, through the double doors is the hallway and my super cute desk area. I love this space and can't wait to make it my own!
Here's the kitchen. We've got a flat cooktop stove, stainless steal sink, through the double doors is where our washer and dryer are and the small door on the right is the pantry.
Bathroom: The basics, sink toilet, and in the background you can see the cabinets!
We've got a shower/jetted tub
Master Bedroom. We've got a sliding door that leads out to the back patio.
Master Bedroom: Walk in Closet (this is my closet).
MasterBedroom: This is the back wall where our bed is going.... (We just put our California King frame and box spring in there and there is still SO MUCH room in there).
Slow Progress, the couches are in. We also have a matching chair and foot rest on the other wall.
I build this shoe storage from Ikea. No dirt on the carpet in this house.
Yesterday, the Hubs and I went to Ikea and picked this bookcase up. We decided to use it as a TV stand. You can also see the chair with our bedspread and other blankets on it. I need to get some tubs to fill some of those empty shelves.
Loading more things into the car to take to the new place. Apparently Sammy is ready to go too!
Making progress in my closet.
Ikea trip to get our TV stand and a desk for the hubbie.
Loading up our carts.
Brought the dogs over... they sniffed the entire place for quite sometime before they settled in.
Dogs settling in for the night. Pudge (the yellow lab) was having a blast. As long as he has his toys, he's fine. Sammy was a bit uneasy but eventually laid down and fell asleep.
Right when you walk in you have a hall closet and the Guest Room/Brendon's office. There are 3 big windows here which makes the room seem so light and open. This room has a slide door closet (which is Brendon's closet).
From there we walk into the family room. It's really big! This is the wall the couches will sit.
This is the dinning area, for a kitchen table. I love the overhead lighting. In this space we're thinking about getting a large table that can also double as a craft/study area too.
From the dinning area, through the double doors is the hallway and my super cute desk area. I love this space and can't wait to make it my own!
Here's the kitchen. We've got a flat cooktop stove, stainless steal sink, through the double doors is where our washer and dryer are and the small door on the right is the pantry.
Bathroom: The basics, sink toilet, and in the background you can see the cabinets!
We've got a shower/jetted tub
Master Bedroom. We've got a sliding door that leads out to the back patio.
Master Bedroom: Walk in Closet (this is my closet).
MasterBedroom: This is the back wall where our bed is going.... (We just put our California King frame and box spring in there and there is still SO MUCH room in there).
Slow Progress, the couches are in. We also have a matching chair and foot rest on the other wall.
I build this shoe storage from Ikea. No dirt on the carpet in this house.
Yesterday, the Hubs and I went to Ikea and picked this bookcase up. We decided to use it as a TV stand. You can also see the chair with our bedspread and other blankets on it. I need to get some tubs to fill some of those empty shelves.
Loading more things into the car to take to the new place. Apparently Sammy is ready to go too!
Making progress in my closet.
Ikea trip to get our TV stand and a desk for the hubbie.
Loading up our carts.
Brought the dogs over... they sniffed the entire place for quite sometime before they settled in.
Dogs settling in for the night. Pudge (the yellow lab) was having a blast. As long as he has his toys, he's fine. Sammy was a bit uneasy but eventually laid down and fell asleep.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Moving
Sorry for the lack of updates lately. We are moving, again.... we just moved from California to Texas not too long ago and now we're moving to a different part of Texas. We just got a super cute Town Home and we're very excited to be in and settled. We should officially be living there in a week or two.
I promise not to forget about you guys... I'll have pictures up soon!
I promise not to forget about you guys... I'll have pictures up soon!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Don't let the Pigeon Run This App for the iphone
I was very fortunate to get a chance to review one of Disney's Publishing apps, Don't let the Pigeon Run This App. They have several titles that are wonderful for young learners at home or even in a classroom setting at school. All Disney Publishing apps are available from the App Store on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
Discription:
Rated as one of the “Best Apps in 2011” by iTunes, this app features the creative work of three-time Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems, who brings the Pigeon to the digital screen with this original, feature-rich, animated app. The app lets users create your own Pigeon stories and is fully animated with hilarious shake-and-play technology and customized voice integration. $6.99
As you all know, I am a teacher. Lately my first grade friends haven't been motivated to write stories. I found the Pigeon app the perfect motivator for them. We did an author study on the Don't let the pigeon author, read several of the books and I put my iphone under the doc Cam and zoomed in. Together the class and I created a story before our journal writing for a week. Each day, a different group of students got to come up and create a story. After creating the story infront of the whole class, we played the story and turned the words on. We used the star pointer and read the story allowed as we watched it come to life. The kids always get so excited and after the story is over they were very eager to get their creative juices flowing in their writing journals. On Friday we used the How to Draw the pigeon part of the app and did a whole class art lesson drawling the pigeon. This week the kids will be coming up with their own pigeon story we are going to publish.
This is a great app and I would be the other Disney apps are amazing as well! Want more information, click the links below and check them out!
For more information, visit http://disneybookapps.com and www.facebook.com/DisneyReads, or follow @DisneyReadson Twitter.
Discription:
Rated as one of the “Best Apps in 2011” by iTunes, this app features the creative work of three-time Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems, who brings the Pigeon to the digital screen with this original, feature-rich, animated app. The app lets users create your own Pigeon stories and is fully animated with hilarious shake-and-play technology and customized voice integration. $6.99
As you all know, I am a teacher. Lately my first grade friends haven't been motivated to write stories. I found the Pigeon app the perfect motivator for them. We did an author study on the Don't let the pigeon author, read several of the books and I put my iphone under the doc Cam and zoomed in. Together the class and I created a story before our journal writing for a week. Each day, a different group of students got to come up and create a story. After creating the story infront of the whole class, we played the story and turned the words on. We used the star pointer and read the story allowed as we watched it come to life. The kids always get so excited and after the story is over they were very eager to get their creative juices flowing in their writing journals. On Friday we used the How to Draw the pigeon part of the app and did a whole class art lesson drawling the pigeon. This week the kids will be coming up with their own pigeon story we are going to publish.
This is a great app and I would be the other Disney apps are amazing as well! Want more information, click the links below and check them out!
For more information, visit http://disneybookapps.com and www.facebook.com/DisneyReads, or follow @DisneyReadson Twitter.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Crafts for kids
Last night I went to babysit for a family a block over. As I normally do, I brought some crafts. Last night we made socktopus (with out the eyes, because I forgot the felt ggrrr) and fabric wreaths. I do not have step by step instructions for you do to the fact that the kids made these and I do not take photos of anyone I babysit for. I waited til the kids we asleep to take the photo.
For the Wreath:
*You need a gold metal craft ring.
I found mine at Hobby Lobby in the leather section. I do know that Walmart carries them and I'm sure other craft stores do as
well. They come in many sizes
*Fabric 3-4 patterns- about 1/2 a yard each. cut into strips *you will need a lot of strips.
~Cut the fabric into strips that are about 2 in. wide and 4-6 inches tall. (I pre cut these at home)
It juts depends on how fluffy you want your wreath to be. You can see the shorter pieces were used on the wreath on the right
hand side where the longer pieces were used on the wreath to the left in the photo above)
~Next lay out all of your fabric in piles to make it easy to pull from and easy to stick to a pattern.
~Then you take one piece of fabric at a time and tie it to the ring, (we double knotted them) following the pattern. Fabric 1, Fabric 2, Fabric 3, Fabric 1....etc.
~ Make sure to tie them tight and squish them as close together as you can, so your wreath will look full.
~That's it. That's all there is too it.... Take a large piece of fabric and cut it into a long strip and use it to tie a loop around your wreath to hang it if you wish.
The Socktopus:
~To make 1
* 1 knee high sock in super fun colors.(if you wan longer legs, or 1 regular sock if you want short legs)
~I got mine at Target yesterday in the woman's section. They were on sale for $1.50 a pair
* Some fluffy stuffing (you'd use to stuff a plush)
* 2 rubberbands
What to do:
~Ok first tings first, take your sock and turn it inside out.
~next gather together just the toe of the sock (like you would a pony tail) and rubberband it as tight as you can.
*Adult may need to help with this depending on the age of the child.
~ Turn your sock back the correct way and begin filling with the stuffing. Stuff to heel. A*You're making the head.At this time you
can shape the head to be more oval or round.
~ Take you second rubberband and wrap it around the bottom of your head to keep the stuffing in place. Again make sure it's wrapped tightly and a grownup might need to assist.
~ Now you have the leg of the sock left. You are going to cut the leg in half. Then cut each half in half, and do it once more until
you have 8 legs.
~ From here you can cut felt or use buttons for the eyes, attaching them by sewing or hot gluing... we didn't because I forgot the felt pieces at home, BOOO! The kids didn't seem to mind.
~You're done, that's it! We had the BEST Socktopus wars after we were finished. Finally something the kids can toss around the house that won't hurt the house (stay away from the room with the decorative plates though) or each other.
For the Wreath:
*You need a gold metal craft ring.
I found mine at Hobby Lobby in the leather section. I do know that Walmart carries them and I'm sure other craft stores do as
well. They come in many sizes
*Fabric 3-4 patterns- about 1/2 a yard each. cut into strips *you will need a lot of strips.
~Cut the fabric into strips that are about 2 in. wide and 4-6 inches tall. (I pre cut these at home)
It juts depends on how fluffy you want your wreath to be. You can see the shorter pieces were used on the wreath on the right
hand side where the longer pieces were used on the wreath to the left in the photo above)
~Next lay out all of your fabric in piles to make it easy to pull from and easy to stick to a pattern.
~Then you take one piece of fabric at a time and tie it to the ring, (we double knotted them) following the pattern. Fabric 1, Fabric 2, Fabric 3, Fabric 1....etc.
~ Make sure to tie them tight and squish them as close together as you can, so your wreath will look full.
~That's it. That's all there is too it.... Take a large piece of fabric and cut it into a long strip and use it to tie a loop around your wreath to hang it if you wish.
The Socktopus:
~To make 1
* 1 knee high sock in super fun colors.(if you wan longer legs, or 1 regular sock if you want short legs)
~I got mine at Target yesterday in the woman's section. They were on sale for $1.50 a pair
* Some fluffy stuffing (you'd use to stuff a plush)
* 2 rubberbands
What to do:
~Ok first tings first, take your sock and turn it inside out.
~next gather together just the toe of the sock (like you would a pony tail) and rubberband it as tight as you can.
*Adult may need to help with this depending on the age of the child.
~ Turn your sock back the correct way and begin filling with the stuffing. Stuff to heel. A*You're making the head.At this time you
can shape the head to be more oval or round.
~ Take you second rubberband and wrap it around the bottom of your head to keep the stuffing in place. Again make sure it's wrapped tightly and a grownup might need to assist.
~ Now you have the leg of the sock left. You are going to cut the leg in half. Then cut each half in half, and do it once more until
you have 8 legs.
~ From here you can cut felt or use buttons for the eyes, attaching them by sewing or hot gluing... we didn't because I forgot the felt pieces at home, BOOO! The kids didn't seem to mind.
~You're done, that's it! We had the BEST Socktopus wars after we were finished. Finally something the kids can toss around the house that won't hurt the house (stay away from the room with the decorative plates though) or each other.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
SpermCheck Fertitlity
I was chosen to receive the SpermCheck Fertitlity product and share some information with you.
So before you're ready to make a baby, wouldn't it be nice to know that your hubby has enough little swimmers to get the job done? I know it is an issue for many couples when trying to conceive. Many times men may not want to go into the doctor to get is sperm count checked and it's understandable. Well there is a product that allows men to check this out in the privacy of their own home, called SpermCheck Fertitlity.
*I was so happy to be able to receive this product in the mail. When we start trying, this will help us to be aware of our chances.
The Facts:
*Each year 11 million couples will try and have a baby, but around 7 million of those couples will have fertitlity issues. Of those 7 million, 50% of the issue has to do with the male and most of them are mainly due to low sperm count.
*SpermCheck Fertitlity is the only FDA approved home check for men, that is as accurate as a lab and it's 98% accurate.
*The process takes about 10 minutes. It will indicate ifsperm count is "Normal" range (above 20 million sperm per milliliter, which is the accepted standard for normal sperm count.
Product Features:
~Like I said before it's:
* It's FDA approved
* 98% accurate
* It can be done in the privacy of your own home.
* It's fast and easy to use
~New info:
* It's retails for $39.99
You can buy this product right now at www.walgreens.com
It will be available in Walgreen stores nationwide in April 2012.
For mor information check out their website here: SpermCheck Fertitlity
If you'd like a chance to win this product here is all you have to do:
Subscribe/Follow to my blog and leave a comment letting me know you have done so.
Extra Entries:
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*A winner will be picked Feb. 7th.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
World's Easiest Banana Bread
Ok, so Pinterest, you all know how much I love my Pinterest. I found a great recipe for the World's Easiest Banana Bread! I was iffy about it but it turned out great and tastes really good too!
Here's the info:
Ingredients:
1 box of yellow cake mix
2 Eggs
3/4 ripe to over ripe bananas
Pam for Baking (to spray in the loaf pan)
Flour (to sprinkle in the pan after the Pam)
*and any toppings you'd like to add- I added walnuts
Loaf pan- 2 small ones or 1 large *I used 1 large pan because it's what I had in the kitchen*
Directions:
*Set oven to 350
*Mash bananas in a large bowl. I used my stand mixer for this (WAY EASIER)
*Add in all of the other ingredients (including your toppings)
*Spray the loaf pan(s) with with Pam
*Sprinkle flour in the loaf pan(s) - I just dumped some flour in the center of the pan and tilted the pan around until it was lightly covered.
*Pop it in the oven.
*If you are using two smaller loaf pans: 35-40 minutes.
*If you are using 1 large loaf pan (I did): 50 minutes
The loaf: (minus a slice.... quality control)
Here's the piece I sampled:
Here's the info:
Ingredients:
1 box of yellow cake mix
2 Eggs
3/4 ripe to over ripe bananas
Pam for Baking (to spray in the loaf pan)
Flour (to sprinkle in the pan after the Pam)
*and any toppings you'd like to add- I added walnuts
Loaf pan- 2 small ones or 1 large *I used 1 large pan because it's what I had in the kitchen*
Directions:
*Set oven to 350
*Mash bananas in a large bowl. I used my stand mixer for this (WAY EASIER)
*Add in all of the other ingredients (including your toppings)
*Spray the loaf pan(s) with with Pam
*Sprinkle flour in the loaf pan(s) - I just dumped some flour in the center of the pan and tilted the pan around until it was lightly covered.
*Pop it in the oven.
*If you are using two smaller loaf pans: 35-40 minutes.
*If you are using 1 large loaf pan (I did): 50 minutes
The loaf: (minus a slice.... quality control)
Here's the piece I sampled:
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