Rhino Shield Impact Resistant Screen Protector

It's that time again - time to renew our cell phone contracts and upgrade our phones. We had debated waiting a bit, but decided to take advantage of current offers and upgrade from the iPhone 4s to the 5s. That meant it was time for a new round of phone cases and screen protectors too. We've always had screen protectors and I certainly didn't want to pass on one for our latest investment especially with one young child in the house and another on...

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Small Coat Closet Makeover

We're fortunate to have two coat closets in our house. The larger one is at the back of the foyer by the kitchen and isn't as convenient, but works best size wise for our coats. The smaller is near the garage and laundry room, but is too small to hold all our coats and, honestly, has become a disastrous catchall since we moved in. Until this past weekend. While Dylan was off having fun with grandparents, Trent & I tackled several projects around...

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14 Years

Our four legged kid celebrates 14 today! We spoiled her yesterday with a new toy: Trent found her a cute mouse that can be filled with catnip. She took to it right away. I honestly haven't seen her play so happily with a toy in a while. Although, funny I now spot the smaller mouse in the background of the photo - I guess those still get a little love too. They show up in the most random places in our house. Happy birthday to our sweet, chatty...

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Forest Friends Infant Car Seat Cover

Friends of ours were expecting their first baby next month (in about 2 weeks). She showed up early on Monday - healthy & perfect. Oops in that I hadn't yet shipped the gift! Luckily I had made it already. They had a car seat cover listed on their registry so naturally I made one instead. I had fun shopping for fabrics. I was trying to find something feminine but not pink overload. This fun forest friends print jumped right out at me. Surprisingly,...

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Snackeez review

Do your kids beg you for products they see in commercials? We've started to reach that point which is why I was happy to get the opportunity to review Snackeez for free. Snackeez (if you've missed those commercials with the catchy jingle) is an all-in-one snack/drink cup. It holds a 16oz drink along with 4oz of a snack in a separate compartment that attaches to the top and features a lid. Sip your drink through the straw. Flip the lid to enjoy...

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Preschool Graduation

A week has passed and I'm still in a bit of shock that we had "preschool graduation." The entire idea makes me giggle. I mean, really, they are 4 & 5 year olds. But ridiculously cute in the little caps & gowns and did an amazing job during the entire program which was held at night at a local elementary school. A long day for these kids. Afte a couple of songs, the director called each child up by name. The staff had asked them during school...

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England, the photo book

This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. Before our trip to England, I bought a Smash book with full intentions of creating a traditional scrapbook. Somewhere between losing the glue stick cap on the end of the pen mid-trip to returning home and waiting on prints, I lost steam. I still have the book, photos, and assorted memorabilia stacked in a corner of the craft room waiting...

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Ivory Soap Experiment

A bar of Ivory soap was included in the recent Influenster #TLCVoxBox I received and reminded me of an experiment I had meant to try for some time. A friend actually gave us a bit of Ivory soap as part of a "Mustache Bash" birthday party to try the experiment a couple of years ago. I set it aside for a rainy day and darn if it didn't get misplaced during our move. But now we had an entire bar to play with. Supplies bar of Ivory soap microwave...

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