talented tuesday

This little girl behind the large cake is my niece Autumn. I love her very much and since she just celebrated her first birthday I thought I would share a bit about her many talents.

Autumn Faith Stewart: Daughter of my dear brother and his wife (one of my best friends).

Talents: attracting the whole rooms attention, being cuter than cute can be and beating up her brothers LOL.

Latest talents: pulling up to standing position and walking with assistance.

Past talents: holding bottle, crawling, making everyone chuckle and being a terrific baby sister, daughter, granddaughter and niece.

Autumn Faith Stewart I will always love you. Happy Birthday to you and may the rest of your life be as special as your first year was. You have a large family that loves you and a mommy, daddy and 2 brothers who will always take care of you. Not to speak of the Grandmas, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and special friends that will make sure you are just fine.

for more talented Tuesday visit the two of a kind working on a full house blog

Giveaway: baby safe

We recently had a very tiny baby born into the family. You see the mother of this young girl is only 14 years and she is a bit lost. Her mother walked out on her family and know she finds herself with a tiny sick baby. I would love to help her out and will as her aunt in any way that I can. I recently read a review on the living life one day at a time blog about a baby safe monitor that sounds like it could truely do the job. Please keep this young lady in your prayers and visit the living life one day at a time blog to read the review and enter the giveaway for a baby safe monitor.

giveaway: dogre daddy blanket

I love the idea of a blanket just for daddy. One thing that I admire my son in love for was because he takes care of my little gal in the middle of the night. In order to allow my daughter a break and some much needed sleep he will stay up at night with my granddaughter. The blog feisty, frugal and fabulous reviewed the daddy blanket and you can read it here. It is such a great invention that I entered the contest on the feisty, frugal and fabulous blog sponsored by the dogre company where the winner will recieve a daddy blanket.

giveaway: Out of the box games

I love to play games with the kids. In fact that is what we do nearly everyday at our house. The blog From Melissas desk introduced me to some great games that I had never seen. You can read the review on the Melissas Desk and then enter the giveaway for two of the great out of the box games.

giveaway and congratulations

I would love to share about a giveaway and congratulate a fellow blogger. The Janana bee blog is celebrating their 200th post and guess what one lucky winner will recieve a gift. To find out what is being given away visit the Janana bee blog and enter the giveaway.

giveaway: peek a boob

Do you just hate it when you bra pops out when least expecting? I do I hate to wear dresses and worry if that bra strap will be seen if I raise my hand. I wear allot of sleeveless dresses in the spring and summer and worry about raising my hand or shaking hands. I normally wear a jacket but would love to not have to and now that I read a review on the blog therapeutic reviews I may not have to. Therapeutic reviews reviewed a great product called peekaboob. Peekaboob is also sponsoring a giveaway on the therapeutic reviews blog.

monday musings

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.~ Langston Hughes ~

My qoute comes from Langston Hughes who was a poet in yesterdays era. I love the qoute because as we enter the true love waits ceremony at church dreams become an onquest for me. You see I was a teenage mommy who at a very young age lost all my dreams. My mother told me to get by I had to have dreams and goals or life would not be great. I made new goals and dreams and reached for them and now as I see my children graduate highschool and enter college I know that the reality of the world is still there but somehow my goals and dreams have helped my children to get through life

For more monday musing visit candy hearts and paper flowers

Does your little one love blankets? I can remember when our little one was little I had blankets on top of blankets. My granddaughter has many blankets of her own but when I saw this Go Blanket I knew that I had to have it for her. When I received the blanket I was in love. It was so soft and cuddly but it was different from other blankets as well. My daughter who travels allot with her little one always complained about not having anywhere to lay her daughter to change her. I think the Go Blanket will make this experience much better. The Go Blanket is meant just for traveling around.

One of the reasons that the Go Blanket is different than other blankets is because of the polarfleece it is made of. Polarfleece is ready to take on that abuse that young children can deal out. Punching, pulling, kicking and dragging will all be withstood by the polarfleece. In addition to being able to withstand abuse polarfleece is also the most breathable warmth that you can find in a blanket. For those times that are a bit cool the Go Blanket can be used to snuggle your little one in. Do you have those blankets that have been spilled on and worn and now do not smell the best? This wont be the case with the Go Blanket. Polarfleece doesn't retain water, break down in appearance, itch, or pick up odors. The Go Blanket is as dependable as your little one will become on it.

The toddler Go Blanket arrived to me in a mailable envelope and I had no idea by the weight that there was a blanket inside of it. The Go Blanket is not a heavy blanket which makes it even more appealing for me. Our Go Blanket was in the pattern of the animal crackers and as you can see the colors and animal shapes were great. There are many colors and patterns available for the Go Blanket.

Perhaps you do not have a little one and you think this product is not for you. Then I have to say to you what about taking a Go Blanket on a picnic to a picturesque scene like this.

So the next time you are looking to take a blanket on the go think of the Go Blanket.

giveaway: enviorsax

I love the idea of taking your cotton bag shopping with you. I love all the little bags and they are so much better than the plastic bags that we had hanging around the house. Envirosax has some of the cutest bags I have ever seen . The envirosax has recently been reviewed by the frugal mommy of 2 girls blogs. The envirosax website is worth a look at just to see the cool bags but if you read the review on the frugal mommy of 2 girls blog you have a chance of winning a great bag of your own.

monday menu

This week we see the end of one week and the beginning of another
next month i have decided to go back to a system of menu planning where i have a theme for each night so next week be sure to visit to see that themes I come up with

Here are the suppers for this week:
ribs, cheesy potatoes, pb pie
cheeseburger mac, salad, rolls,
pancake, sausage, baked apples
sloppy joes on bun, potato spears
chicken and dumpling, biscuts
shepherds pie, biscuts
out to eat the first of the month

we will be using leftovers and meals left out for breakfast and lunches this week. New set up next week and for more monday menu visit here.

elegant cheesecakes

While window shopping on the internet I came upon a wonderful site called elegant cheesecakes. First I must tell you all that my son in love is a first rate fan of cheesecake. Having it both at his wedding reception and wedding. It was as special as the wedding cake itself.

The pictures on this website itself are great and start your mouth to wattering. OH! what it would be like to take just a small bite of that cheesecake. Not only do they make cheesecakes but wedding cakes and birthday cakes as well. Can you imagine the happiness of that special reciever of a great cake like this.

My hopes is that one day I will be able to taste an elegant cheesecake for myself. As the price of these cheesecakes do not fall under the category of need since we lost our business all I can do is window shop. Window shopping is so much fun if you are needing a special cake for a special event or person check out the elegant cheesecake website. If you are just wanting to window shop as I do then no better place than the elegant cheesecake website.

giveaway: zoe b organics

Is it not great when we know we are doing the right thing for our children? Is it not great when we know that there is none better for our child? Zoe B Organics would list right up there for the great items they carry that are all natural and thus are great for our children. The blog sage and savvy recently reviewed the teethers at Zoe B Organics and shared the review here. If you are interested in getting one of these great teethers for your little one then enter the giveaway contest on the sage and savvy blog where one winner will recieve a zoe b organics teether.

giveaway: zanderkids

The first time I was introduced to childrens books that were christian by genre was in a college class were future students were introducing books for future students. The author was Max Lucado. The zanderkids have books that will truely shape your children into adults that you want them to be. The blog 5 vines monkeys reviewed the zanderkids books and are offering a giveaway where the winner will recieve 2 books.

giveaway: banana peel diapers

One thing that every new mother needs to find is a great diaper. Whether that diaper is cloth or disposable really depends on the mothers preferance. The blog Jamies Precious Peas recently reviewed banana peels diapers. Jamies review describes the diapers well. Jamies Precious Peas is also hosting a giveaway contest sponsored by banana peels diapers where the lucky winner will win one of these great diapers

see kay run shoes

Little feet desire little shoes and see kay run shoes fit those little feet. Blonds, Poop, Mascara blog recently reviewed the see kay run shoes. If you would like to get a pair of the see kay run shoes for your little ones enter the giveaway contest on the blonds, poop, mascara blog.

giveaways Monday

Mama Makes Money hosting giveaway sponsored by layers clothing. The layers clothing company offering a $25 gc for you to go shopping. I always love to shop on someone elses money.

Not Me Monday

Not Me Monday is a weekly meme that you can find over at the my charming kids website. It is about what you did or did not do in a reverse style of communication. So here is mine:

1. It was not me who beat my husband at cards over the weekend. It was not me who gloated about the fact. It is not me who normally loses because of not paying attention to the game. Since it is not me who is concentrating more on the kids and what they are saying and doing.

2. It was not me who went to church yesterday and found out that I love it. It is not this same church that I left because my teens were not happy. It was not me who looked for another church home to only go back to the church that we left and found home.

3. It was not me who helped cook supper in that same church kitchen for the youth group. It was not me who was seriously so happy to be there when I saw how excited my teens were. I truely have to say I came back home to where I belong.

4. It was not me who was sick to my stomach that I missed my nieces birthday. I would never try to avoid a great family get together where I did not know if an argument would ensue, no not me. It is not me who thinks that my family argues too much and that I find myself in the middle too much, no not me.

That is my top 4 not mes of this week. Please visit my charming kids website for more not me fun.

giveaways sunday

Book dad blog hosting giveaway for the book seven miles to freedom. looks like an interesting book

Dirty shirt blog hosting giveaway of a kitchen scale sponsored by scale it

feisty frugal and fabulous is hosting giveaway of a mimi and lola bib

giveaway: dittydoodle

Do you struggle to find new and fascinating ways to teach your child? Let me tell you that there are some great ways that will create lasting memories and dittydoodle is one of these. The blog riding with no hands reviewed the dittydoodle cd set and you can read that review here. If you think you may want to get a set of these cds for yourself you can try to win them in the giveaway sponsored by diddydoodle on the blog riding with no hands.

Little Miss Clips Review

I recently received 3 little miss clips and let me tell you they are darling. Little miss cips are so small and cute but hold so much style. My granddaughter is sure to sport these Little Miss Clips well. I inspected the Little Miss clips and they are well put together and style well. I have to say that little miss clips are some of the best put together clips that I have personally ever seen.

Because our family is into butterfly's for one reason or another at the present time we chose the butterfly little miss clip as one to be sent to us. I was a bit worried at first that the butterfly would come off and would get in the babies mouth. Well let me tell you, that butterfly is so snugly and tight on there that there is no possible way that that it will come off of this clip with normal use. That was another selling point for me. Yeah!!!!!! Little Miss Clip had passed the test again.

Since we think our little granddaughter Katelynn is a princess of course we had to have a Little Miss clip with a crown. But the next thought was would it stay in her hair. I can tell you that katelynn's mama was born with a full head of hair but by 6 months had lost it all. Katelynn had been born with a full head of hair and had kept it but now approaching 6 months old she was starting to shed a bit so her hair was a bit fine and I was worried about the clip staying in her hair. I read the little miss clip story and found out that the reason they were developed was because the creators daughter struggled to keep clips and barrettes in her own hair. Thus the little miss clip was developed as a need had developed.

Buy: Little Miss Clip is available in a wide arrange of colors and themes. Little Miss Clips are $4 a piece. A piece of mind when you know you are buying them and they will stay in your daughters hair. Many times we spend money and ten minutes later that product is no longer of use. What a great value Little Miss Clips are at $4 each and can be wore numerous times. Great!! So if buying a little gal a gift that you want to be sure she can use think of Little Miss Clips.