Holiday In Photos

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A Special Visit From Santa

Santa surprised our boys last night with a special visit to our home. Can you see the excitement and joy on their faces?

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Merry Christmas (and Happy Holidays to those of you who do not celebrate Christmas) from our home to yours!

It's Supposed To Be The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

In the last few weeks I've realized that one person can't do everything. It all started when I seriously considered giving up my online business twice in the same month. Honestly, I feel like I can't keep up anymore. With several blogs to update, massive amounts of contests to post, reviews to be written, emails to respond to, new articles to be written, and administrative duties to be completed it's a wonder I'm still here. I want to be here. I want to do this I just won't put work before my 2 boys any longer. They come first and always will. I guess I should also mention that since we also homeschool, our kids are at home every day while we work at home everyday which kinda throws the whole productivity idea out the window.

So, for the new year I'm desperately seeking balance. Whatever that may be. I also need to work on being focused, saying no, and realizing when I'm taking on too much. Where do you draw the line when it comes to opportunities that are out there? It seems like so many WAHMs (myself included) take on so much in hopes that one of those opportunities will catapult us into something greater.

Starting tomorrow evening I'm taking off a week or two. I'm doing nothing but spending time with family, doing some last minute shopping, watching my favorite Christmas movies, eating lots of bad but delicious foods, making cookies, and generally just lounging around until the Christmas eve festivities begin.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year. See you in '09.

Cuteness Defined

*As if I can blog without actually saying something ...

I hope you will visit ContestforMoms and enter a few contests we have over there to win a Spongebob Rocket Ride Lego set. I wish I could win it for my son! We're also giving away a $25 Kohls gift card. Both of these contests end soon.

**Don't forget to enter our 2008 Holiday Gift Guide contests over at A Mom's Review. I'm sure your tired of hearing about all these contests but I'm telling you anyway just in case your feelin' lucky and or need some prizes for Xmas gifts! ;)

Christmas Gifts: Poop Edition

I got my Christmas shopping done early this year. My boys wrote their Santa lists early on and I got what they asked for. But if I could do it all over I'd probably buy these weird Pee & Poop Dolls for my 4 year old son. It would probably make him happier than any toy every could. Seriously.



So, I guess we all know what I'm getting him for his 5th birthday next June. Heck, this may even arrive from the Easter Bunny.

You can buy this set on Amazon here: Pee & Poo Plush Dolls - Set


Here are some other cute (?) toys/gift ideas for those poop & pee obsessed kids like mine:

Where's the Poop?

Everyone Poops (My Body Science Series) (My Body Science Series)

Gift Box With Fake Poop

INSTA POOP - NASTY! 5 TOTAL CANS OF CRAP MAKING DODO!

The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts (My Body Science)


* Want to win some real gifts? Visit A Mom's Review and ContestforMoms.com this week. And, if you have some cool holiday giveaways please share them with us HERE.

Grocery Shopping Is Torture

I hate grocery shopping. To me, grocery shopping is pure torture. Not only are the prices out-freakin'-rageous these days but I also have to painstakingly read every ingredient on each item to see whether or not Big Boy Picasso (the 4 yr. old) is allergic to it. Did I mention that 99% of the time I have to put back the item that I pick up? Dealing with food allergies on a daily basis is not easy. Sure, there are worse things. Things could be way worse. I know that. However, if you walked one day in my shoes then you'd get it. You'd understand the frustration. Just try to buy cheese that doesn't actually have cheese or soy or corn in it then come back here and tell me how well that went. You'd quickly start to hate grocery shopping just as much as I do now.

What's weird though is that I have begun to really like cooking. I've been baking bread, making allergy-free cakes, and coming up with new recipes. If only I had more free time in my day then maybe those recipes would be tastier.

I guess you take the good with the bad right?

* I also wanted to shamelessly promote all of these cool contests we have going on over at A Mom's Review and Contest for Moms this week!
Win A $50 Best Buy Gift Certificate
Win $25 Kohls Gift Certificate
Win A Spongebob Rocket Ride Lego Set
Win A Frecklebox Product of your choice
Win Littlest Pet Shop Toys
Win Cool Stuff from Olive Kids
Win PopStar Guitar for Nintendo Wii

Put Yourself In A Snowglobe: I Really Needed This Today