January 2012

01.30.12

{family fun} photo booth fun!

Normally this post would have fallen under {home & garden} for parties, however, I happen to think this would be fun to do even for a play date or weekend activity, or even a family photo shoot. So I decided to post it in {family fun}. One of the activities I chose to do at the girls Three Ring Circus Birthday last year was a Photo Booth. I checked into...

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01.24.12

{family fun} what do you want to be??

Who do you want to be when you grow up?? I love the stage the girls are at right now. It is just one big playtime of imaginary fun! And these costume sets by Melissa & Doug are AWESOME! All three girls received them from my very "in the know mom" sister. The girls had played with some on a visit to their cousins last fall, and the kids were...

{good eats} getting lean with a bit of yum

So I don't know about you, but I've got a few things to work on for myself this year. One is getting this "pre/during/post/been hanging around too long" baby weight GONE. However, I've learned over the past few years, that the way I might have tackled a problem pre-marriage, or pre-kids, or frankly, just in my 20s, is a lot different than I how I can tackle it now. There's...

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01.19.12

{me time} free tomkat studio calendar

{Image: The TomKat Studio} Are you a freak attack in January? Or maybe every month, regardless of the New Year? OK, well maybe I'm the only one, but this is one of my coping mechanisms. The TomKat Studio. Do you know the site? If you don't, you should for sure! Especially after yesterday's post!! They have great party inspiration, and the owner, Kim's, Etsy shop has the most darling printable...

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01.16.12

{local love} got a dirty carseat or stroller??

So I've never tried this service before, BUT, it's come highly recommended to me from 2 different sources that I really trust. One of those sources is Xpecting Maternity (where CleanBeeBaby will be this month). I've written about this awesome Maternity and Post Maternity store before because the owner Stephani is AMAZING! She knows what moms and moms-to-be need. Stephani helped me get through 3 years of pregnancies before she...

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01.15.12

{home & garden} birthday season

{image: sandy heit} Wow. It's here again.What's here you ask??? BIRTHDAY SEASON! And what does birthday season mean in our house? Are you ready for it? It means this.... Newborn cousin born last night! Sister-in-law's (newborn's mom) birthday today Niece on Jan 20 Brother-in-law's birthday Feb 4 His brother, my other brother-in-law Feb 7 Mine Feb 9 (short break for Piper's, + 2 cousins' baptisms) (short break for Valentines' Day)...

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01.13.12

{oc local love} studio seaside, annual passes!

I'm a huge fan of Studio Seaside! It is honestly one of the best local deals for moms that I know. I've talked about it before, and you'll most likely hear me talk about it again many times to come, because frankly I love it! I especially wanted to tell you about it today though, because their 2012 annual passes are on sale only until Monday, January 15th. (You can...

{family fun} $1 hair bows!!! (yep you read that right…)

This is not the post I had planned for today. But as luck would have it, I forgot my camera that I kinda needed to take the photos to go with the planned (and written) post. Ugh. But all is OK, because I'll get that one up later Thursday, and can post instead about some girlie hair bows that I've mean meaning to share with your for months! I have...

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01.05.12

{me time} dad ~ family is everything

Um... Hi. My name is Shanna. Remember me? No? I'm the crazy mom, no real grasp on life, but people think I do, 3 little toddlers who are 1, 2 and 3 (soon to be 2, 3, 4 in the coming months...). Did that jog your memory at all?? I'm sorry to have been gone so long. Not a very nice friend and certainly not very professional of me. I...

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