I recently had family photos taken at Coney Island. I was sooo looking forward to the experience as we have never had family photos done. The weather conditions were not as we hoped for at the beginning of April, but that didn’t really matter as our photographer was so good at putting us all at…
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Cameo Silhouette Giveaway Perfect for Crafters
Welcome to the Silhouette CAMEO® Giveaway! I am excited to join Nap Time is My Time and several other amazing bloggers who made this great giveaway possible! One very lucky winner will receive a brand new Silhouette CAMEO® electronic cutting tool! In the box: A Silhouette CAMEO® electronic cutting tool, Silhouette Studio® software, 51 exclusive…
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3 Things I wish I’d Done Differently as a Mom
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope that if even for just a few minutes today you get the chance to celebrate you! I don’t know what is in store for my Mother’s Day except that I will happily be spending it with m 2 precious kids and Mr BAM. I try not to live a life…
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Pumpkin Spice Pretzels with a Side of Apple Butter
I posted this picture over the weekend to the Mama Goes BAM Facebook page, and the obvious joy on my son’s face had a few people enquire as to what the recipe was. My boy is a big eater, but he’s never usually one to rave about my cooking. I generally make simple but tasty…
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Wordless Wednesday: Kids Give so Much
Don’t you just hate when the kiddos are sick, but love all the extra kisses and cuddles you get? The other thing I hate is that we parents invariably end up with some sort of weakened immunity…Yep, that’s me this week, thanks to Little Miss being sick last week 
Kids give so much…including their germs!
Disney Planes Coloring and Connect the Dots
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Disney’s PLANES will be flying into cinemas on August 9. If your little ones are like mine, then they are highly anticipating the release date (as am I!). Well, Disney have released a set of activity sheets perfect for any upcoming rainy days or maybe for travel over Memorial Day weekend. Simply click on the image below to go straight to the PDF to download and print. Then mouseover the image on the top right hand side to pin it to Pinterest and share with your friends. Enjoy!
Keep up with Disney’s PLANES on Facebook, Twitter and visit the official website for all the details.
disclosure: I was not compensated for this post, but was provided this information from Disney and am sharing it with my readers because I think it will be of interest to you.
Pumpkin Spice Pretzels with a Side of Apple Butter
I posted this picture over the weekend to the Mama Goes BAM Facebook page, and the obvious joy on my son’s face had a few people enquire as to what the recipe was. My boy is a big eater, but he’s never usually one to rave about my cooking. I generally make simple but tasty food, so when he said ‘Mom, these are really good! Can I have another?’ I knew I was on to something. Especially since he is normally to busy in his toddler life to actually sit still long enough to eat!
Pretzels are a very New York kinda treat, and is up there with the ways I think New York is cool. But, most New York pretzels that you can purchase in the park are often huuuuge, and way more bready goodness than I need. Also, even though a pretzel looks good its sometimes hard and tough, not quite how I like my bread. And since I’ve started on the Shaklee 180 program I rarely even eat bread, so I figured since it is now a sometimes treat, rather than an everyday staple why not give making pretzels a whirl!
Listen to Your Mother Reading Series
Contest now closed: Congratulations to Nichol Perez who won the tickets!
What are you doing this Mother’s Day? On Sunday, May 12 at 5pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space on New York’s Upper West Side, the Listen To Your Mother Reading Series will give “Mother’s Day a Microphone” as the city and an inspirational group of women and men come together to celebrate motherhood and parenting in a meaningful new way.
Included in the cast of the New York City show are:
- Former Editor in Chief of Redbook Magazine Stacy Morrison (now Editor in Chief of BlogHer.com),
- Comedian Jaime Fernandez,
- New York City creative writing teacher Susan Buttenwieser,
- Social justice attorney and LGBT activist Nívea Castro and
- Author Tracy Beckerman (whose book Lost in Suburbia: A Momoir came out in early April)
This is only a handful of the talented, inspiring, touching and humorous women who will be on hand to share their stories this Mother’s Day. Each local writer will tell their own tales of motherhood in all of its complexity, diversity, and humor.
If you would like to attend this engaging performance in New York, tickets can be purchased online. Let me know your attending and in what city on Twitter by tweeting with the hashtag #LTYM.
Win It!
Would you like a chance to win 2 tickets to the New York city performance? Leave a comment with the one piece of advice that your mom gave you and you swear by today. A winner will be chosen at random and announced on Wednesday, May 8.
Please leave your comment by Tuesday, May 7 at midnight (EST) to be in to win. The winner will pick up their tickets at the box office on the day of the show.
Good Luck and Happy Mother’s Day in advance 
The Duane Reade App Simplifies Shopping in New York
The great thing about shopping at Duane Reade is that you can often check many items that you need to buy off your list in the one location. From snacks and drinks, to baby care items and even pantyhose, its often an easy solution for finding what you need at the last minute.
Now that you can download the new Duane Reade iPhone app from the iTunes store, Duane Reade has made life even more convenient before you even walk through the door.
Thanks to Duane Reade for bringing this app to my attention so that I could review it for you, New Yorkers take note, the Duane Reade App should be on your phone. If you are traveling to New York, I’d recommend this free app be on your iPhone as well, it’s convenient to know where a Duane Reade is located at any given time as you can pick up over the counter and prescription medecine, as well as food, personal hygiene items and even gifty type items like greeting cards.
My top uses for the Duane Reade App
Photo printing: If you are like me, you have a ton of photos of your kids, what you do in a day, and even what you eat all on your phone. It’s incredible how much mundane and truly awesome photos I have taken over time. I’m getting better at deleting the mundane ones - after I have bored people on instagram:) but the memorable, sweet ones of the kids enjoying life or a moment shared between Little Miss and Mr P sit on my phone untouched. With the Duane Reade App, it is so simple to choose the photos I want to print, send them off to my closest Duane Reade and then find out how much it will cost and when the photos will be ready for pickup. Easy right?
This has inspired me to put 2 new picture frames in our bedroom and swap out the images every month for new ones. It’s so simple and it doesn’t cost much to bring the photo memories from my phone to life!
Choose your photos, select your store, find out when prints are ready!
Say Happy Mother’s Day with Wahl’s Hot/Cold Therapy Massaging Gel Pack
This review of the Wahl’s Hot/Cold Massaging Gel Pack was made possible by Mom Spark Media. All thoughts are my own. It couldn’t have come at a better time, as a metaphorical pat on the back for all the strength training and running I have been doing. I have a confession to make…I actually like running and I get into periods of time where I love to really get my cardio on! Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred is my weapon of choice at the moment. But, my second confession is that I am terrible at stretching. I know, I know, stretching is so important after any physical activity. I actually had my nails done last week at a nail bar just so I could sit in the massage chair for the amount of time that it takes them to make my battered feet look pretty. Sad, eh?
Not that a massage should replace stretching, but it does help. Their is a very good selection to choose from at www.wahlmassagers.com and this nifty little number prices in at just under $25 (MSRP 24.99) but packs a soothing punch.
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