Did We Find Barney?

My son adores Barney! I always said to myself my kids won't watch Barny, that was before I was a mom and boy was I wrong. My son loves the singing, the dancing, the characters and the mix of characters and kids in the shows. We went to a park the other day and he found a purple dinosaur near the swings.

He hugged it, kissed it and gave it pats on the head. It was so sweet! He can't say Barney but he sure did sway back and forth and bob up and down like he could hear the music in his head. I think in his mind we had found Barney!

What characters do your kids or grandkids love that you thought it was just silly?

Costume Super Center Giraffe Costume Review

I have to admit I love to put my son in costumes! Its so fun to play make believe when you have the outfit to make it more real. He seems to think its fun and silly too. Even while I was pregnant with him I purchase costumes for him. His birthday is a month after Halloween and the clearance costumes were hard to resist. Thankfully I found Costume Super Center, they have reasonable prices all year long for costumes. We have a lobster, a monkey, an elf and now a GIRAFFE!

A giraffe costume is a big deal around here since my sons best friend, his stuffed animal is a giraffe. He carries that stuffed animal everywhere and can not fall asleep without him. When I showed him the Giraffe Costume she squealed. He hugged it and kissed it and when he realized it was something to put on he sat down ready to be dressed in it. Normally its like wrestling an alligator to get clothes on him but for his giraffe costume he was completely docile and loved wearing it.

Getting his costume on.

When I took him to the mirror so he could see himself he smiled so big and laughed. He carried around his stuffed giraffe and together we pretended we were giraffes grazing grass. Its is so cute to see him get lost in the moment of pretend with me. Sometimes I think I am having more fun than him though! It melts my heart to see him in a costume.

My sweet Giraffe and his best friend

I think costumes can be worn anytime of the year. Its a fun way to play make believe with your kids and with the great prices at Costume Super Store its worth it. Plus they are good costumes you can hand down to your younger children. Or even donate to a school or charity when your kids out grown them. Here in Northern California there was a pirate festival that I thought ohhh I need a costume for that. We did not make it to the festival but next year I want to go and dress up! I  found the cutest pirate costume that I would want my son to wear.

From the site only $9.99! Id love my son to wear this one!

Being the Frugal mama I am I found a bunch of great deals on many costumes. There is a Chewbacca costume for only $9.99!! While searching the site I realized they have Pet Costumes! So cute! Now all I need is matching costumes for the dog and my son!



*I was not paid or compensated for this post. The opinions in this post are 100% mine and may vary from other opinions. I was provided for free the products mentioned in this post for my review.

We Love Blueberry anything!

Oh Blueberries how my family loves you! In muffins, pancakes, with whipped cream, in yogurt, and the best plain! My son adores blueberries, he eats them at least every other day. I love them too! Plus they are the only fruit that is blue, my favorite color and a superfood!

I have been trying to come up with new ways to incorporate blueberries into our meals. Do you have any great blueberry recipes?

Its not a pretty pancake but its so good! So many berries it turned the batter blue. I called them Smurf cakes!

Guaranteed Low Prices at GlassesUSA Website Review

 I have a funny story about eyeglasses to share. When I was first dating my husband I had no clue he needed glasses since he wore contacts every time I saw him. It wasn't until we were on a date at the State Fair did I realize he wore contacts. He got some dust in his eyes from the animal exhibit and went over to a water fountain to put a bit of water on his face. I noticed he was careful not to get it in his eyes and asked him if he wore contacts. I was so curious from that point what he would look like with glasses!

When I did finally get to see him in eyeglasses I thought he looked so handsome and smart! He explained to me how he would wear them in the evening and early in the morning but would put on contacts when he would hang out with me. Now 10 years later I still think he looks handsome with glasses on!

Anyone who wears glasses and has kids usually has at least one pair broken at one point!

Over the years we have purchased eyeglasses for him from many places. Sometimes with good results sometimes they turned out to be horrible. One thing we had not thought about was ordering glasses online. For the last two years I have been online shopping and blogging I have found there are many great and reliable places to shop on the net for everything.

I liked these ones! The red on black looks great.

Being the Frugal woman I am I did not want to spend more for the convenience of not having to go to the store to get glasses online. GlassesUSA.com is a website that offers many great selections with reasonable prices. They also have a money back guarantee. With a purchase that is so personal as glasses a guarantee such as that one is a must! They have a facebook page where you can get discounts and sales updates from. Another cool thing on the site is the "virtual mirror" where you can upload a picture of yourself or use a webcam to see what the glasses would look like on you. You can even send pictures to your friends of you trying them on to get another persons option.

I would love my hubby to get these CK oranges ones! I love orange!

If you plan to order glasses anytime soon you should visit GlassesUSA.com to see their selction of Retro frames, Designer frames, Fashion frames (this section had a frames I loved) and even Rimless frames. The "deals of the week" section features a selection of glasses that every frugal mama would love!

You can save 10% with the coupon code: Mommy10
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Take $25 off any Transitions lenses with the code Trans25

*This is a sponsored post. A sponsored post does not effect my opinion. I gave an honest story and opinion.

Sesame Street and YouTube saved the evening!

I have loved Sesame Street since I was a kid. I had a giant Elmo doll even as a teenager! Snuffy, Big Bird,
 Cookie Monster I love them all. My son loves them too. I love that he enjoys watching the characters I watched as a kid. He has had a DVD about eating your fruits and vegetables starring Elmo that if I put it on he smiles and gets ready to dance. My husband cracks up at how we dance and I sing the words to the songs to my son. He now mumbles while I sing, I know he is trying to figure out how to talk and its so cute to hear him do so. He sways with the music and jumps when the Count tells him to.

The other day my son was in an unusual mood. We have been slowly trying to ween him his binkie and its been rough. He relies on it when hes grumpy or sleepy and the other night he was both but could not get to sleep. I had my computer out so I googled elmo and youtube hoping to find something he had not seen before. I was so happy to find Sesame Street had their own YouTube account where they upload stuff to watch.

At first I was clicking on the classic vids like Elmos song and Rubber Ducky by Burt and Ernie. Then I looked in the suggestions box to the side and found singers and actors that have done a Sesame Street song. I found a few I had not seen before. (Sadly we don't get Sesame Street on our tv since the switch to high def tv). I was so happy to be able to share Sesame Street with my son using our computer. Plus its free to watch!

My son sat on my lap quietly watching the videos I was sharing with him until he heard this one. He got down and danced for a few times of watching it then climbed back onto my lap and fell asleep. It was very sweet and he fell asleep without his binkie! Thank you Sesame Street!

I found a song that is now my FAVORITE song! I wanted to share it with everyone!

Will.i.am sings "What I Am"