Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day, Everyone!

I am in a bittersweet kind of mood. Not only do I get to honor all the past men and women in my family, and all of those soliders that are fighting for me and my family and your family that have fought for the freedom of our country I also get to remember those that are fighting right now :::::saving for another post later:::::

I am so ready for Summer! Ever since I was a girl, my Dad oened our pool on Memorial Day Weekend. We had a huge cookout, my friends came over and we froze our bejeddus off in the pool, and it was, officially, Summer.

I love that blogger has instituted the scheduled posting. I love it. I can type little memory stories like these while I am away having fun and reliving my days and my millions of readers can still keep up to date with me or at least what I am thinking about, a tip, or whatever happens to pop out of my head.

I want to create special memories for my daughters this year. Something to carry on every year from now on. And if for some reason, God has different plans, all the holidays this year will be full of memories of holidays past plus more just to give. Okay...enough of that.....

We will be returning from my parents' house and we will have our own cook out on Monday. I have some fun projects in store for the girls, then. Some ideas you could do, as well, would be to get some red white and blue balloons, (or any color) and blow them up and tape around your patio.

Make a banner to hang up. Let the kids type it out on the computer,print it off and put their artwork on it and hang it up.

If you are having family or friends over, the kids can make invitations to the party to hand out to the guests when they arrive, as a keep sake. If you don't have any of the confetti that you place in birthday cards, you can shred a couple of pages of different colored paper, cut into small squares, and place a small handful inside the card which is tucked inside he envelope.

The kids could cut some flowers out of your garden (that you agree to be cut, heh) and put in a small vase such as a tall shot glass, (shooter) and then have the kids write the guests' name on a piece of stock card for table placement. If you are not having a sit down dinner, these could be given as 'guest gifts' , by tying the name card around the shooter by using a hole punch on the stock card and using a piece of ribbon or raffia and tieying around the shooter. You don't want to get too fancy for something informal such as this cookout. It should just be fellowship among friends and family. Not to mention, good times, good food and good memories.

Now if we can just get the pool ready.........LOL

Happy Memorial Day!

spoiledmom

Brain Freeze

In our small town, we aren't privy to have a Baskin-Robbins. Oh 31 Flavors, I could name you all right now. It may be for the best that you stay away from my zip code. I'm not watchin' my girlish figure for nuthin'. ;)

However, we were able to participate in the .31 cent scoop night and great brain freeze. How? BR was also donating $100,000 to National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, so BR set up at our local volunteer fire department.
What could be better than cold ice cream and hot firemen a good cause?

Even though we did not get our choice of 31 flavors, there were 5 or 6 great flavors on hand. In my hand I had Mint Chocolate Chip.

The girls, neighborhood friends, and I had a great time and it was nice evening to get out and mingle. Wish I had taken my camera to capture some funny moments. Can't wait until next year!

spoil yourself today.

Just Push Play

In case you haven't heard, Yahoo, has started a new search engine, Shine .
It is geared toward the 25-32 year old female demographic. I thought I would surf over and check it out. It has a nice layout. Simple interface, and some interesting features.
What I found were articles on Money, Fashion and Beauty, love+sex, Home, Parenting, Food,Healthy Living, and everything Britney in Entertainment.
Something that caught my eye in a matter of seconds was in the love+sex section of the site. Seems the new fury of young parents have something they call "push play". Now, this could come to mind a plethora of images and ideas, but it is actually what it says. Plopping your child down in front of the t.v. and "push play" so mommy and daddy can get their groove on.
Videos are also listed with running times for suggestions. Any mother knows that a child left alone can magically do anything in the mere blink of an eye. I have seen horror stories on t.v. of children left alone "just for a second". I know that romance is important in a relationship, but is it worth 90 minutes of "Rattatouille" and endangering your child?
Even the 30 minutes that the author, Jason Avant, suggests is the point that his son gets ancy. During that time, a child that age could get into a wonder of danger, just from exploring. We mom's know what toddlers do when they know no one is looking. Wait a second, website-"Shine"; "new search engine for Women". Author of this lovely post, "Jason Avant". No wonder we are talking about plopping toddlers down in front of movies to get a quickie or as Shine calls it "push play".
A man's perspective on a website search geared for women. Hmm, I call that some sort of brainwashing, but you decide for yourself.
I, however, use my awake time to spend with my children, making memories and wearing them out so that they promptly go to sleep on schedule. Yes, there are some nights that everything doesn't run quite so smoothly. They do, however, eventually go to sleep and I have all the time in the world, until I pass out, to have romantic time.
I also do not have to worry about knocks on the door and interruptions.

Would love to hear your feelings on:
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/push-play-date-kids-movies-that-let-mom-and-dad-have-a-quickie-153547/

Crazy for the Peep

photo by: Antigoni Gouras

Peeps as Colorful Pin Cushion

New Uses for Peeps

RealSimple.com pays homage to the Peep by putting its gooey, sugary, not-found-in-nature brightness to use in the kitchen, springtime decorating schemes, and even weddings.


Over the years, Peeps has become quite a cult icon. Once known for only their pink and yellow standard at Easter. After the stash left by the Bunny, aka "Peep Dealer", was devoured, and the sugar high was gone, many a child, and adult, went Peep Mad until next Easter.

This Peep Craze was behind Just Born's move to manufacture Peeps at every major holiday in various shapes and colors. This year, Just Born unveiled the Easter Tulip Peep for 2008. Thus, giving all Peep Addicts another "Peep of choice" to choose from.


Crafty Peeps:



Original Purpose: In-demand marshmallow model.


Aha! Use: Tired of stepping on push pins or being limited to the same chubby tomato pin cushion your granny (and her granny) had? Spritz a little craft sealant on your favorite Peep, then poke away.


Fun Fact: Peeps were made by hand using a pastry tube until 1954, when a machine was invented to create multiple marshmallow chicks at a time. Prior to this time it took 27 hours to make one Peep.


Find more innovative uses for Peeps at: realsimple

Whole Foods Kids Contest

Blogged in ca-hoots with co-bloggers SpoiledChild and SpoiledChild2



This just in...

Seventh Generation is sponsoring some Whole Foods Earth Day fun: the Whole Earth Generation, in which we're inviting anyone and everyone between the ages of eight and 17 to create a short video that shows how they’re making a difference in the health of the world we all share. To learn how you or someone you know can get in on the action and maybe even become a Whole Foods Green Ambassador, click on over to their special YouTube page and start shooting your shot at stardom.

Earth Day is April 22. Good Luck!

Keep checking back for lots of Earth Day fun from SpoiledChild and SpoiledChild2.

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