Silence is not always Golden

Have you ever heard the saying"Silence is Golden". I know it can mean different things in situations, I used to say it all the time before I had a baby. The sound of nothing but just a few faint birds in the distance was so soothing to me. Now I have learned as a mom that silence means someone is up to something! Last night while I was folding laundry in the living room I noticed I did not hear the wildness of my son. Usually he is banging on something, squealing about something or just yelling as loud as he can then laughing for fun. I looked down the hall to see he had opened his bedroom door and then his closet door. Before this he was not able to open doors so I had not worried about him running up and down the hall. I went into his room and found that he had torn the pages out of several books. I gasped, since books are like gold to me lol. He stood up and handed me one like he does when he wants me to read one. I figured it was my fault about the books so I scooped him up and read him the book with the missing pages and had to make up the parts that were no longer there.
Lesson learned silence means hes up to something! We went to Babies R Us this morning and purchased the door handle covers that make it so he can't open doors anymore. I highly recommend them if you have a curious little one like I do.
Here is the link if you want to see what they look like:
Twist and Grip Knob Covers

Monkey Brains Oatmeal and Granola Bars Review

I have heard a lot about the new products out there containing prebiotics and wondered if they tasted good. I love to be healthy but hey its gotta taste good too! Thankfully I had one of my readers tell me about a company Monkey Brains. They make Oatmeal and Granola Bars. Monkey Brains products do not contain HFCS, preservatives or additives, basically its real food!

We had the opportunity to try all the products they make and we loved them. Of course we each had our favorites in the house. The fact that the logo is a wild monkey made my husband and I laugh since our little boy is one. We have monkey costumes, monkeys on his clothes, a monkey pillow pet and his favorite fruit is bananas. I knew these snacks were for us!

After I took this I cut up into tiny pieces for him to enjoy.

 We first tried the Monkey Granola Bars. We had them for dessert the night they arrived in the mail. My son LOVED the blueberry vanilla bars. He ate one and guzzled down some milk and gestured for more. Thankfully the bars are low in sugar so I could have one of each and my favorite was the Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate. It was so good! My husband thought they were a little rich and said they should make a banana nut flavor. He liked the Strawberry Vanilla the best. Good thing they make different varieties since we all have such different taste preferences in our house! As I type this review my son is munching on a Strawberry Vanilla Bar and it smells so good!

The next morning for breakfast we enjoyed Monkey Brains Oatmeal. Again I made one of each so we could all see which ones we liked best. My little boy is a great little review since he wanted more of some flavors and others he did not want more of. Of course he loved the blueberry oatmeal, he eats everything blueberry! Suprisingly he liked the Raspberry flavor, he usually won't eat raspberry anything. I liked the Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal the best and have had it for breakfast everyday this past week. My husband agreed with out little guy on blueberry being his favorite oatmeal. I gave a sample pack to my mother in law and she enjoyed all the strawberry ones the most.

The best part is I can tell my son not to monkey around when he is eating them, it seems to crack me up so much. Thankfully I tossed a few bars into our diaper bag because we were out and about yesterday and I was getting a headache from not eating enough and after one Monkey Bar I was feeling better and was able to continue on our errands for the day! I would recommend getting these tasty snacks and oatmeal for the little and big monkeys in your life!

Monkey Brains offers a sample pack on their website with one of each of the granola bars and oatmeal flavors for $1 plus the cost of shipping. A great way to try it before you buy a whole box.

You can find Monkey Brains Granola Bars and Oatmeal at Whole Foods, Krogers, Food Lion and online at their website. They are coming soon to many more stores. If you shop online you can save 10% on purchases over $15.00 by using the code "Friends".

If you would like to keep up on sales and discounts or other Monkey business you can follow them on twitter or facebook.

Gorton's Seafood Lovers Sweeps and Blog Giveaway 5 Winners

Gorton's Seafood is having another awesome sweepstakes, the Seafood Lovers Sweepstakes. This time the prize is even better! You get the chance to win a dream trip for two. You can win 1 of 5 great destinations (valued at $5,000) . The destination that will win is selected by daily votes for the location each time you enter.

The five destinations are the Greek Isles, Key West, Las Vegas, Italy, Caribbean, or the home of Gorton's Gloucester. I will be voting for the Greek Isles. The wonderful thing about this sweepstakes is you can enter daily! This greatly increases your chances of winning!!
You can enter the Seafood Lovers Sweeps on their Facebook Page. Click on the tab that says Contests.

Last night we tried the Lemon Pepper Grilled Fillets for dinner. I served them with jasmine rice and green beans, it was so tasty!  I know I will be buying them again soon. I love that Gorton's is so easy to make. I am not the kinda mom who likes to cook so these make it so simple and healthy. My husband wants to try the Popcorn Shrimp next time we eat Gorton's.

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UPrinting.com Brochure Giveaway

With the down economy advertising seems so much more important to a small business. Getting the word out about a company is the only way it can survive. A great and colorful way to do this is through reasonably priced printing services. You will need more than just dropping off your business card or flyers to capture the attention of your clients.

A colorful way to make a lasting impression is with brochure printing. A brochure is colorful and full of information and pictures to really show what your company is all about. 

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Why So Many Prescription Drug Commercials?

 

Lately it seems there are so many prescription drug commercials for depression and anxiety. Maybe the weather has me watching more tv and I now see them more but I hate it to so much. The tone of the anti depressant commercials seem to make my son instantly stop anything he is doing and stare at the tv. We now change the channel if it comes on because it bothers me so much to see him stare at it. He can be playing not even noticing the tv and as soon as the horrible tune of the song starts he whips his head around to see. I just don't get it. I wonder what kinda of research went into the type of music that is played in the background of these commercials. I wonder if its some strange subliminal message. I don't mean to seem weird about it I just do not like the tv constantly advertising medicine to me. I know I can just turn off the tv but I know that won't happen in our house lol. Thankfully we have a lot of DVDs so I think we will start watching those more often than tv.

What is your opinion on these commercials? Do you think they will ever stop like how they had to stop with the tobacco commercials?