Category: Family
Throwback to our wedding day. No digital photos and I had just gotten a cell phone because beepers were phasing out. Isn’t that crazy? It makes me feel old!
Fruit Shoot #StuntHunt Contest
Fruit Shoot is currently celebrating imaginative activities with a really special competition. Fruit Shoot is looking to families across the U.S. to share videos of your kids doing amazingly active stunts.
Here’s the trick: Your submission has to feature a Fruit Shoot bottle and a ball of your choice. The best of your videos will get the Hollywood treatment with special effects added to bring your kids’ imagination to life! You’ll instantly receive a coupon for a free bottle of Fruit Shoot just for registering!
Need a cool ball to shoot your video with? Any time you buy 6 bottles of Fruit Shoot in-store, you can send away for a FREE Waboba ball, the ball that bounces on water!
So grab your camera, and show us what you can do!
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Robinsons Fruit Shoot is a Fruit Juice Drink designed especially for kids! It offers a unique blend of water and 25% Fruit Juice delivering tasty& fruity refreshment that contains no artificial colours, sweeteners or flavors.
Fruit Shoot has yummy flavors like Apple, Berry Burst, Orange, & Strawberry Raspberry.
Here is Connor’s video below “Bowling for Fruit Shoot“:
Friday STUFF.
Connor’s been really enjoying swim lessons lately and I love watching him swim! It’s an indoor pool, so it’s like a 30 minute sauna for me and a 30 minute swim lesson for him. I come out SOAKED! It’s so hot up in there.
I got these cute little glasses from the Nordstrom Pop-In shop #Poketo. They had the cutest items in there. I think the fall there is going to be a new Pop-In shop…can’t wait!
These are the perfect size for Connor, but they are real glass. He feels like a big boy using them 🙂
Cute pens from Poketo:
I found this lace swing top at the Nordstrom sale too. It was in the SPORTS (Active wear) section and I couldn’t believe it! It was only $23 bucks and I LOVE it! The brand is Haute Society I think.
I found this floor sample shelf at Pottery Barn Kids a few weeks ago. I’m so proud because I hung it ALL BY MYSELF! It was a steal and it’s pretty big. Originally priced at $100 on sale for $39.99!
Well that’s about it for now! Happy Friday everyone!
Can you believe it’s in the 80’s in TEXAS right now???? CRAZY!
“I Have Failed as a Mother!”
It’s starting to become very apparent to me how much Connor is actually soaking in. For instance, Terence and I watch the morning news while we get ready for work in the mornings. Which is a tornado in itself. Connor is usually in our room too and I’m sure he’s been seeing all the news about the planes going down and stuff like that (let’s not even get started on the Ebola virus…which is scaring the **** out of me!!! Maybe I should just ban myself from watching the news? But it’s good to be in the know right? Whatevs.
So, Terence was on a business trip earlier this week and Connor saw a plane on the news and said “Did my Daddy die in an airplane?” WTH-eck? “Of course not!” “Why would you think that?”
Seriously that scared me and I was just thinking how in the world he would have picked that up!
Then earlier this week he told me “Mom I really miss my church friends and I want to go back to Sunday school”. Queue the MOM FAIL. We’ve had visitors from out-of-town every weekend for the last month and are too lazy to get our bums out of bed and go to church. But he’s noticing and that hurts my heart. That’s like God saying “BAM! You need a reality check Becky.”
In the words of Beverly Goldberg (My favorite TV Mom)
“I have failed as a MOTHER!”
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a perfect person and definitely not a perfect wife or mom. I fail a TON.
First and foremost I want my family to feel loved and like they are my top priority. I hope they know this. It’s crazy how life gets in the way and all of a sudden you forget the little things that seep in the cracks.
Other thoughts:
Sure, I’d like to lose 30 lbs. But am I willing to give up my mean chocolate habit? Uhm…………..Occasionally.
I haven’t had that “Aha” moment and I’m certainly not going to go on a cleanse or post pictures of myself half-naked on Instagram showing how fit I am or how much weight I’ve lost. Although I am proud of these women…dang it makes me feel like poo.
Seriously how do these people exercise a bazillion hours a day and do everything else that needs to get done? Their stories are inspiring….but I want to read about something OTHER than before and after pics and how many calories they’ve burned that day. Gah. (That’s just myself saying boo on me) Guilty as charged.
Because frankly, after 8+ hours of work I just want to sit on my sofa & watch The Mindy Project and drink a glass of wine.
Also, the outfit posts. Oh the fashion blogging storm….mercy. I like fashion just like the next chick. I love to shop. But how in the WORLD do people post different outfits every.single.day and I’m sitting here wearing the same pants 3 days in a row? I love the outfits, I like the fashion inspirational posts…..but again….I want to read more than what brand of jeans you are wearing that day. And about your $3,000 shoes. Like, what is actually in your noggin?
I’m going on a little rant here that I didn’t intend to…..
I’m feeling out loud and probably over-sharing too much….blah….blah….blah. But I want to read about YOUR lives….as I know you want to read about mine. (Yes I have the occasional review post because I’m NOT made of $$$ and it doesn’t grow on trees and as long as it’s something I would enjoy doing…they why not!) DON’T JUDGE. And I don’t want to forget why I started blogging in the first place. To read about every day challenges and have that support system.
And someone to honestly tell me what it’s like and smack me over the head and say “Get it together!”
I’m not saying to stop what you’re doing. Just show more of yourself. Being honest, raw, and not being ashamed of what you have to say is something in itself.
Love you peeps. Thanks for listening and have a happy Thursday!
“Orange you glad it’s Thursday?”
Not the Money Pit — Revamping the House on a Budget
Home décor doesn’t come cheap, but there comes a time when you simply have to do something to make your home beautiful once again! Instead of breaking the budget (or making your credit card cringe away to the back of your purse) why not try out some or all of the following cheap and cheerful ways to brighten up your décor?
Light it up
Most rooms in the home benefit from having more than one source of light, so investing in a pair of table lamps could make all the difference to your living room. Position your new lamps carefully, so as to throw pools of light where they’re needed, banishing shadows and opening out the whole room. Simply changing the shades on existing table lamps can also have a great impact on your décor, but do be aware that darker shades will swallow up some of the light, whereas lighter ones will brighten up the room.
Comfort with cushions
Interior designers love cushions, no matter if they’re working in luxurious mansions or small two bedroom cottages and there’s good reason for this: cushions are fantastic! They inject that much-needed pop of color to any room, they infuse the décor with comfort and can help to properly finish off any décor scheme. They’re also very handy if you need a quick nap during the day!
Reflect on mirrors
Mirrors aren’t just for checking your appearance before leaving the house, they can work for your décor in a number of ways. First of all, mirrors reflect light around the room and can effortlessly brighten up a dull corner. Secondly, they create the illusion of space in your home. As the room is effectively doubled in the mirror, you can make even small and poorly proportioned rooms look spacious and attractive.
Blessing of the windows
Your window treatments — be it curtains, blinds or opaque vinyls — are the décor equivalent of the room’s clothing, so make sure that they fit well with your intended décor look. Long, floor-length curtains (which should start from high up the wall, near the ceiling) give a room gravitas and elegance, while shorter curtains are more practical and are ideal for children’s bedrooms and the kitchen.
Walk around your home and look for “easy fixes” such as those mentioned above. You might not be able to redo the whole house (or want to!), but you’ll be delighted at how simply you can minimize or improve a lot of the problem areas, leaving behind a comfortable and attractive home for you and your family.
Discover Boating This Summer
I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Discover Boating. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation.”
We are in the middle of summer in Texas and you betcha it’s HOT outside folks! So, what do we do to cool down? We head to the water!
My husband’s best friend, Kyle, has a pretty awesome boat and we’ve had some fun times on it throughout the years.
Terence and Kyle have always loved the lake and waterskiing. Kyle even does tricks and is a very talented water skier.
This is one of my favorite pictures of Terence and Kyle on the boat:
I’m not really a skier myself, but I love to go tubing and things like that. By reading up at Discover Boating we’ve found activities that would be fun for our whole family.
I liked this chart below to help you discover if boating is right for you and your family & ease into the decision to own a boat:
