Swagbucks 5th Birthday - #swagcode

Have you RSVP'd for Swagbucks' 5th Birthday Blowout? It's easy to do, and when you RSVP you're automatically entering yourself to win one of five $1000 CASH prizes. The whole birthday celebration will be a big one - they're giving out 135 Swag Bucks worth of codes, and they're giving away four more $1000 cash prizes on the 25th when they celebrate. You can find the RSVP link on the Swagbucks homepage - just look for the birthday image and click on it to be taken to the RSVP page.

We all search the internet, why not search using an engine that rewards you in cash or giftcards - you choose your reward! Swagbucks is that search engine - it has been around for almost 5 years now, if you haven't signed up yet click here to get started!
If you're not a member of Swagbucks yet, join me and use the code 5THBIRTHDAY during registration - you'll start with 120 Swag Bucks! I've used Swagbucks since 2011 and I've already earned enough Swag Bucks for over $100 in Amazon.com giftcards - with just the searches I was doing before!

Fun, Free Valentine's Printables

It seems like it was just Christmas, like New Year's was yesterday, but it is already February!
Time for Valentine's Day - and all things heart-sy, flowery, pink and red! At least that is how it is with a bunch of girls!!
Here are some fun printable Valentine's Day activities!

This Itsy Bitsy Book came from KidZone you can find some other wonderful stuff there for your child(ren!)

 

Here is a dot-to-dot that I found at Print Activities 

 

 

 

 

To print these, you can click on the picture and it will open in a new window, or you can right-click and download to your own computer to print.

Hope that your kiddoss enjoy them!

 

Take Your Family To The Movies Free!

What was the last movie that your family went to see in theaters? For us it was Madagascar 3! The girls love to go to the theater, but with a family of 5 it is more of a special occasion than a regular way to watch a movie.
General Mills, with select Big G cereals, has a great promotion going on to make it a little easier to have a family night out! If you buy any two specially marked boxes of cereal, you can enter the codes to redeem for a free movie ticket. The free movie promotion is valid from 11/08/2012 through 12/06/2013.
Some of the participating cereals are Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, Golden Grahams, and Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs. I don't know about you, but my family eats a lot of cereal, so I am really liking this!!

Here is how it works ~ you buy the specially marked cereals and enter the codes on this web page and for every two codes you enter, print your Movie Cash certificate good for 1 ticket, up to $12! To find a participating theater in your area, click here.

~*~ How would you like to get a jump start on those movie tickets? General Mills and MyBlogSpark are offering a prize pack to one of you that includes 1 box of a participating cereal and 2 free movie tickets! So you will be half way to your third free movie ticket - sounds like a family night coming soon ;)
If you would like to win this prize package, please enter via the raffelcopter below. Please leave your facebook/twitter names for verification purposes in the comments. Good luck! Open to residents of the USA who are 18 years or older.




a Rafflecopter giveaway Disclosure: I was provided the same gift pack that is being offered as a giveaway from General Mills via MyBlogSpark. All opinions are mine.

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of fun, family, faith, and friends! We all have a lot to be thankful for!

I saw a beautiful picture of a vegetable tray turkey floating around the web this year, and decided to try it! Not too bad for the first time!!

Know What's In The Air

We have some serious allergies in our family - my husband and oldest daughter are the worst! There is one tool that I love to help me stay ahead of our allergies, the Claritin Allergy Forecast & Report. It tells what is in the air and levels, this is a great tool to use especially when you are traveling and are not sure of what's in the air there.
Hope that this information comes in handy, I have it bookmarked!

I am a member of the Children's Claritin Mom Crew, and am happy to share this tool with you!

Wordless Wednesday -- Finally, we are getting closer!! #WW #linky

Gas prices have been crazy! They are finally starting to go down, thankfully! Here is what I paid this morning

Ok, that is not the regular price of gas, it is with pump-perks :) But I was still happy! Our gas is about $3.49 per gallon for regular. What is yours and what would you like to see it be?

All 3 Bubble Guppies Plush Available!!

Cheap, ships free in two days with Amazon Prime membership!!
All three Bubble Guppies are available right now, but probably not for long -- so don't wait!

Go now, get someone a great surprise!!

Bubble Guppies Gifts For Less!!

Bubble Guppies is one of the hot kids shows on Nickelodeon, and if you have anyone on your shopping list this year who is anywhere from 2 to 6 here are some great gift ideas. These are great prices on Amazon and are selling out fast! Some of them sell out and are restocked, if you order them now you can still get the great price and they will ship as soon as they are in -- the date is available on the product description at Amazon! If you have Amazon Prime, these ship with FREE 2 day shipping!!
   

Halloween Parties at School = Great Lesson for My Daughter

We do not celebrate halloween. My family does not feel like it is an appropriate holiday for us to celebrate as Christians. That doesn't mean that we think other people should not celebrate it. This is our first year with children in school. We have one child in preschool and another in kindergarten - and one more who is Mama's helper all day!
The preschool did a survey, of sorts, upon enrollment and one of the questions asked was if the child celebrates holidays. We put on there that we do not celebrate halloween, or santa at Christmas. The teacher was very kind, letting me know that she didn't know yet what their plans are for halloween but that at Christmas time they do have a visit from Santa. Again, just because it is not what we believe doesn't mean that other people should have the same feelings or beliefs - and that is what I told the teacher.
Kindergarten, apparently, has quite the halloween celebration, complete with a parade of {kids in} costumes. Emily, who is 5, has a great understanding of why we don't celebrate halloween, but was a little sad when she found out that her whole school will be celebrating it. She wanted to just stay home from school that day.
After a few talks, we decided that it is not always easy to stand for what you believe - that sometimes you might be the only one. Then we talked a little about Jesus, and how it was not always easy for Him, and how people actually hated Him for what He taught and stood for. It was one of those ah-ha moments in my daughter's life where she realized that being a Christian will sometimes set us apart from the world. I am glad that she learned this now over a pretty simple matter than later over something much bigger. I am proud of her.
What about you, how do you feel about halloween in general, and about halloween parties at school?

Presidential Election

I am just now finishing watching last night's Presidential debate.
Wow! These two men obviously do not care too much for each other, and they do have some fundamental differences. I have seen and read many posts on blogs, facebook, twitter, etc about each of the two presidential candidates and with references to the debates. I think that in this particular election there are very clear differences as far as policies, morals, priorities, taxes, everything. It's going to be an interesting election!
I am glad that the elections are almost here, because I am pretty tired of the political ads on television, on the radio, in the mail. Speaking of the election -- I hope that all who are able to vote, register and VOTE! It is our responsibility to have our voice heard.
Here is a little video that I came across on facebook one day, it's short and worth the few minutes it takes to watch it!