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Father's Day means so much more now that my husband is a Dad. Before of course it was special to celebrate our own Dads for the great men they are but now my husband and I get to celebrate him. Now I know how my Mom must have felt to see us kids get excited to give our Dad homemade gifts and cards. My son has made a drawing for my husband that I cannot wait to give to him on Sunday. It warms my heart and makes me smile knowing my son has a great Dad.

Over the last year I have watched my husband become the most together Dad ever! Last Fall I started working full time and my husband is Mr. Mom. He cooks, cleans, takes care of our son, takes him on adventures and teaches him many things. I am amazed at how mellow our son has become and how happy he is. I though for sure he would need his Mama 24/7 but I was wrong. I feel like I admire and love my husband even more seeing the kind of Dad he has become. It amazes me at the way he knows what my son means among the whining and toddler babble, the way he knows just how far to let a temper tantrum go before intervening and how he lets our son wear one cowboy boot with one slipper out if the house because it makes our son happy, hes a great Dad. If my husband was not the Dad he is I would not be able to work on my career like I have. We really are a great team and I appreciate him more than I can tell him. 

At the park having a pizza and popsicle party

One of the things my husband has been teaching our son while I am at work is brushing his teeth properly. My husband bought him a cute Snoopy toothbrush and they brush their teeth. I have yet to get my husband to sing the toothbrush song but I am working on that lol.

GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the Dads in your life and keep their smile bright I am hosting a giveaway for an Oral-B Deep Sweep TRIACTION™ 1000 power toothbrush! My husband will be getting one for Father's Day that I know he will love. We have been looking at these brushes but yet to buy one. I know he is going to be surprised! 






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 *Limited to US residents 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts June 14, 2013 and ends on June 16,  2013 at 12:01 am EST. Winner will be emailed and has 24 hours to respond before another winner is selected. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others. The sponsor is responsible for providing the prize. I was sent a product to review for this post.

Father's Day Idea: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Vallejo CA

I asked my husband what he wanted to do for Father's Day and he said surprise me with something fun, outdoors, the whole family can be there, good food and a great place to make memories. That could be many things, but for me I thought Six Flags!! We love going there as a family to enjoy the rides, eat the food and see the animal shows. Our son loves the dolphin and whale shows and even our nephew was just talking about the dolphin show that he saw at Discovery Kingdom last summer on their vacation to CA.

This year the dolphin show has a new theme, Cirque Dreams Splashtastic. The new show features a dazzling dramatic mix of mesmerizing dolphin performances along with spectacular Cirque Dreams feats that will create and entertainment experience beyond your wildest imagination.

This dynamic visual spectacle combines the Cirque Dreams acrobats’ amazing feats of strength with the graceful leaps and bows of the popular marine mammals at the park. The teaming of the internationally renowned company of acrobats, aerialists and astounding Cirque Dreams acts alongside the dolphins will amaze in the air, over water and throughout the Dolphin Harbor Theater.


We are so excited to be going to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to celebrate Father's Day and see the new Cirque Dreams Splashtastic!! My husband loves riding the kids rides with our son and eating tri tip sandwiches. This time I want to catch the elephant show, we seem to miss it each time. There is always so much to do in one day. Oh and the go carts, we want to ride those too.


*This is not a paid post. We will be guest of Discovery Kingdom.

Simple Dessert: Pears & Greek Frozen Yogurt

As a mom that works outside the home I do not have time on some days to bake or make an amazing dessert. On those days I keep it simple by purchasing tasty and somewhat healthy items. No cooking, easy clean up and to my son ice cream with a sweet topping. I found Greek frozen yogurt and jarred pears at the dollar store. This dessert was sooooo good and only $2! Great buy and my son loved it.

Do you have any simple and inexpensive healthy desserts?

Happy Hump Day Coupons!

Health + Beauty Products

• $3.00 off RoC MULTI CORREXION anti-aging product
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• $1.50 off TWO Vidal Sassoon Pro Series Shampoos
• $1.50 off any (2) Boost Nutritional Products

Fun + Games

• $3.00 off SCRABBLE or CONNECT 4 Game
• $3.00 off any one TWISTER or OPERATION Game
• $4.97 value Crayola when you Buy $10 Crayola Color

Meat

• $1.00 off any one Butterball refrigerated item
• $1.00 off one (1) Butterball Frozen Turkey Burger
• $1.00 off any 1 LLOYD'S Barbeque product
• $1.00 off two VALLEY FRESH products
• $1.00 off 1 HORMEL Refrigerated Entree
• $0.55 off ONE package of Hillshire Farm Lunchmeat
• $1.00 off ONE meat-free Gardein™ frozen entree
• $1.00 off HORMEL ALWAYS TENDER meat
• $1.00 off 2 HORMEL NATURAL CHOICE products
• $1.00 off 2 HORMEL Pepperoni packages

Storage + Saver Products

$1.00 off FoodSaver Zipper Bags, value $7 or more
• $1.00 off a FoodSaver Heat-Seal Bag or Roll
• $5.00 off a FoodSaver Handheld Vacuum Sealer

A trip to our local Fire Station!

With the warm weather in full swing around here we are spending more and more time outside and the boys are riding their bikes and scooters anytime they can. Honestly Jayden had an ill-fitting helmet and Liam didn't even have one, mind you he was always on a three wheel trike, but with him wanting to ride bikes with his brother I knew they needed proper helmets. Through Jayden's Elementary school I found out that our local fire department comes to the Elementary schools to fit and give any student in need a helmet for free. All of the helmets are donated by the firefighters so any donations are welcome. Since both of the boys needed new helmets we made our own trip to our local fire station so they could each get fitted for a helmet by a real life firefighter!!

 Liam getting fitted for his very own super cool red helmet!

 Look Mom it fits!!

 Jayden's turn, he had a lot of questions for the firefighter :)

 They even got some cool stickers and a lesson on always wearing your helmet.

A perfect fit for both! Having the firefighter tell them how important it is to wear a helmet was great, they have been seriously on top of the helmet wearing because a "real life firefighter" told them to!!!

Check with your local fire station and see if they offer something like this available, it was a great experience the boys are still talking about.