Social Experiment or a Chance to get Free Drinks?

Did anyone else hear about the guy who started a social experiment by loading his Starbucks gift card with $30 and let anyone use it? My local news showed it is empty now but I am sure it might be loaded again by a random person. They said over $4,000 had been loaded and used and that was yesterday.

Crazy right?!? After we watched the news story my husband laughed and said Wow he will be getting a TON of free drinks mailed to him. I thought OH Man why did I not think of that. You can register any gift card to the Starbucks rewards program and every time a drink is purchased it racks up points towards a FREE drink. A little postcard is mailed to you so you can redeem your free drink in person.

Sadly I don't have a Smart Phone or I would start my own Coffee campaign to get myself free drinks lol!

My Diapering Adventures with my Baby Tumble Weed

I have to admit I do not have the diaper changing finesse that I thought I would. When my little sister was a baby it was so easy to change her diaper she patiently waited until you were done. Well my own son, OH MY! I am baffled at how wild he gets and squirmy when I change his diaper. It has been a battle in our home since he was born. I thought this will just fade he will be easier to change when he is bigger. Boy was I wrong! He is the wildest child when he needs to be changed. We call him Tumble Weed since he rolls into a ball and tries to get away then second you unfasten his diaper. Its messy, gross and frustrating at times. When he is sleepy or grumpy he tries with all his might to wiggle away during a diaper change. He scoots as fast as he can upward to get away. I have to grab him and pull him back onto the changing mat and put on his diaper as fast as I can before I get kicked. He is a wild Tumble Weed!

In public its even worse he has a fear of the changing tables they have in bathrooms. One time we were at the mall and as soon as I unfastened his diaper to change a pee diaper he grabbed the diaper from under himself and threw it. My son has the arm of a football star so it flew very far and flopped onto the floor. I was embarrassed and grossed out! Thankfully it was just pee and there was only one other family in the family changing room. They giggled a bit and I apologize that they were barely missed by a flying wet diaper.


I have talked to many other moms about does your kid do this or what would you do and not many have a solution that works and some look at me like I am nuts! We have tried many things such as dangling a toy above him to make him distracted, singing or silly faces when I am changing him and even letting him hold some wipes while I changed him. None of them lasted more than one change. He catches on easily!

I recently read about the new Huggies quick change Little Movers Slip On Diapers and I am excited to try them. I feel these might be my answer to the relief I need from wiggly wild diaper changes. They are the type of diaper that I can pull of his diaper and put on a new one quickly. I know this would make pee diapers super fast since I could change him in seconds not giving him time to wiggle away or in his case tumble away!

*I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Huggies blogging program, for a gift card worth $35. For more information on how you can participate, click here

Crazy for Bargains Sleepwear Review and $25 Gift Certificate Giveaway

Just as I was telling my husband our son needs new pjs and I wanted to find some cool but cute ones I found the website CrazyforBargains.com. They carry tons of great pjs for the whole family for good prices. They carry kids, toddlers, men's and woman's pajamas, robes and slippers. I had visions of matching pjs and slippers for the up coming holiday season. Call me a dork but its on my Christmas wish list. My husband might not be so willing! My sister Sam started a Christmas tradition that I love. She buys all the kids matching pajamas for all the kids to wear on Christmas morning. This year I will be telling her about Crazy for Bargains.

I spent over a hour looking at all the cute stuff just for toddler boys. There was so much cute stuff to select from. I found the coolest Batman with Cape and Hood PJs for my son that I has spotted while we were shopping at the mall last weekend. They are so cute but yet so cool! Perfect for my little super hero. He loved the cape and made whooshing noises as he jumped off his ride on jet ski. He is a dare devil and it makes me nuts but he smiles so big!

His crazy morning hair!

I found the sweetest giraffe pajamas called Lazy One Looooong Day. He LOVES giraffes his best buddy is his stuffed animal giraffe. He immediately knew what it was on his pjs he pointed and said "giafe" and grabbed his stuffed animal to show me he knew that his pjs were like his toy. He snuggled his toy all night in his giraffe pjs it was super sweet!

Since he has a new found love for shoes, thank goodness since I thought he would want to be barefoot everywhere he went. I thought it would be perfect to get him some slippers. We got him Elmo slippers that he  looks so cute in when he dances in the morning to commercials during the morning show I watch. He gets wild with his fancy foot work while wearing Elmo. He gets really mad if I try to take them off too. He has worn them to the store a few times when he has a melt down at me trying to take them off. I know I should not give in to that, I am learning!

One of the greatest sections on the Crazy for Bargains website for me is the SALE section. Its a frugal moms haven! We found pajamas as low as $4.99! We were sent Marvel Heroes VS Villains Footed Pajamas from the sale section. I love how colorful the outfit was and my husband had fun pointing out who the characters are to our son.

All of the Pajamas we were sent have held up awesome in the washer and dryer. No shrinking or fading. 
The selection is one of the best things about the company. For kids and adults alike there are novelty designs like Happy Faces, Sports themes, Animals and Character themes like Buzz Light Year, Super Heroes, Disney, Smurfs and many regular patterns like plaids and hearts. There is almost any type of design I could think of. I would recommend Crazy for Bargains as a great place to find pajamas for the whole family!

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My brother is not an Alient right?

JJ has been learning/struggling with learning to be nice to his little brother. Although Baby L is a tough little guy, he is still a baby and we are forever telling JJ this.

While eating lunch the other day JJ says: My brother is not an alient (that is what he calls an alien) right Mom?
Me: No he is not an alient.
JJ: So he is a real boy and not an alient from another planet?
Me (again) No he is your little brother.
JJ: Well then I guess I will not try to destroy him anymore.
Me: (belly laughing)

Haha although he meant it at the time, he has since tried to "destroy" his brother many times. Boys!

My Little Helper

My son makes me laugh at his willingness to help me clean up. Of course its always on his terms! The other day I was collecting laundry to put in the washer and I could not find his green plaid shorts I wanted him to wear the next day. I looked everywhere until I discovered he had placed them in what I am sure looked like a hamper to him, the trash can! I give him an "A" for effort though. I will now get him his own little hamper so he can properly put his dirty clothing in it.

This evening too he was a helper. When we got home from the grocery store he noticed I did not immediately put away my purse and diaper bag since I was putting away groceries. So he dragged them both one by one down the hall and placed them in front of the hall closet where I store them. I watched him do this and it was just so sweet to see that he really does learn by watching me. He knows we are suppose to put away our stuff when we get home. I love it!

Hopefully these cleaning and put away habits stick through the teenage years lol!