WCatDD PictureItPostage Giveaway

I would love to win a set of personalized postage to use along with my custom Christmas cards! Enter at WCatDD before Dec 2nd.

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Wordless/Wordful Wednesday

Last week a shared a picture that will be featured on our Christmas card and this week I will share my daughter's picture that will also be on our Christmas card. I'm so happy that I was able to get them done and ordered and picked up today! Costco is featuring a coupon for their cards, they are a great size 7.5x6! I loved that I didn't even have to use one of their generic templates, I was able to create my own and upload it. They look great and printed beautifully! 50 cards with envelopes for just 9.99 after coupon can't beat that! Next Wednesday I will post the finished cards for everyone to see. Trying to build the suspense, is it working? So here she is the 6 year old poser, lol really she comes up with her own poses some are just odd but some work ;)

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eBeanStalk announces the Cutest Kid playing with a Toy Contest!

With Christmas quickly approaching wouldn't it be nice to have some extra cash to use for toys?
EbeanStalk announced their Cutest Kid playing with a Toy contest they are giving out twenty $50 gift certificates to be used on their site! Never Visited EBeanStalk? Well

Ebeanstalk is a website dedicated to selecting great, safe unique and toys for children as young as 1 years old. They rely on the opinions and feedback of bloggers and moms around the country. Also their team of child experts help to pick out learning toys...but you be the judge!
Want to be 1 of the lucky 10 readers? Here's How to enter:
Take a picture of your little one playing with a toy, and email the picture to emily@ebeanstalk.com could that be any easier?
Be 1 of 10 lucky winners to win a $50 gift certificate at ebeanstalk this holiday. Entries will be chosen on their cuteness-level.
Privacy ensured! Entrants will not be spammed. Do not send your address for privacy purposes - just email and the FIRST name of your child.

As a added bonus:
All blog readers will receive a 10% discount at ebeanstalk of any purchase. Enter the code ebeanstalk100 at the cart!

Need help determining what is a cute picture of a kid playing with a toy... yeah I didn't think so but I'm gonna add mine anyways. This is my son concentrating hard to do his puzzle.

Little Brown Books- Fanny & Annabelle Review

Thanks to the Classy Closet Review Panel and Little Brown Books I was given the opportunity to review a book by the best selling author of the series Toot and Puddle, Holly Hobbie.
Fanny & Annabelle is a unique children's book as it has a story inside a story. Fanny is a little girl who began writing her own book and illustrating pictures. Annabelle is her main character fittingly named after her favorite doll which she also created. Annabelle is in search of a golden locket that she can fill with pictures for her dear Aunt Sally for her birthday. I really loved how the book shows her writing and pictures in her book. It really reminded me of something my daughter who is six and a half would create.
Fanny was surprised at how easy the story had come to her and how well it had come along, then she reaches a problem in the story and has to think of a exciting way to solve it so she can end her story. During a trip to the ice cream store, Fanny stumbled upon a pink envelope and inside there were two fifty dollar bills. She brought the envelope home with her, this finding she was able to add into her story and Annabelle also found an envelope. I loved that the story had a moral conflict and was something I could pause and ask my daughter in that situation what is the right thing to do? She was excited to see how the outcome in the Fanny's story as well as how it resolved with Fanny.
I especially loved the ending of the story. It tied in the whole story that Fanny had been writing and again is a real conflict and resolution my daughter would face and try to solve. This book is perfect for a child her age she related so well to Fanny which isn't always something you get from character in children's books.
I wish the book was a book she would be able to read on her own, but being a early reader this was a little too advanced for her. So as our library is consisting of more and more early readers this is a great book we can read together and both enjoy.
This would be a great book to add to your collection and with Christmas coming up it would be a fun thing to add under the tree. Check out the Classy Closet Review Panel for more great reviews. Fanny & Annabelle can be purchased through Little Brown Books, they also have many more great titles for kids, teen and adults! Hardback Fanny and Annabelle is just $16.99. The quality of the hardback is built to last even in tough little hands!

Wordless/Wordful Wednesday

I had a vision yesterday of how I wanted our Christmas cards to look and decided to get busy with making them happen. Well, the only person available to shoot was the 2 year old and he is my least willing and cooperative so it was best to start with him in case I needed many re-shoots, lol. I got him all dolled up and kept telling him how handsome he looked, we headed outside and he sat down said "cheese" I took a picture and he was off to play int he rocks. That ended up being the shot, even though I didn't have him facing the right way. I snapped a few more when I could get him to come withing 10 feet of me. This one in particular I just thought was too cute.



I'm holding the chosen one for when I get the cards all done :P

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Umi Shoe Sale

We love our Umi shoes! They really are some of the greatest looking and most comfortable kids shoes I've come across. You can read my review of Umi Shoes HERE. Until November 20th you can get some Christmas shopping done and save 30%!

Wordless/ Wordful Wednesday

What else? Halloween pics!! Presenting Sleeping Beauty and Buzz Lightyear...


I hope everyone had a fun safe Halloween! Be sure to check out more WW at 7 Clown Circus and 5 Minutes for Mom.

Free Diaper

I personally love Kirkland Diapers and have never had an issues with leaks with them and the fit has been great. If you head over to Costco.com you can request a free sample in the size of your choice! You don't even have to be a member! VISIT HERE to request a sample.