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I have been watching The View for years and so I was stoked when I found out that The View and Mom Central were looking for The View Brand Ambassadors.  I was shocked when I got the email that told me that  -

Who would have thunk it?

I’ve been watching The View since it first came on many moons ago (I actually looked it up and The View has been on air since 1997.)

That’s a long time to watch one show.  I think the only show that I have watched longer is The Young and The Restless, and I’ve been watching that since the womb.

When I first started watching, The View had Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Barbara Walters.

Now it stars Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters.

I have to say, I seem to agree more with Elisabeth on most topics, but I really like Joy.  Always have.  Joy just rocks. 

I think the hosts I miss the most (I’m a poet and I didn’t know it) are Meredith, who at least I can still see on Today and Lisa Ling. I really liked Lisa.

Did you know that Mom Central is currently running a sweepstakes?  You could win a trip to New York to watch a taping of The View, and if you win, I know this stay at home mom who really needs to get out of the house.  Just stop by in Iowa to pick me up.

Go enter the sweepstakes!

Stay tuned to The View and to my blog because I’ll be bringing you updates on what those fabulous ladies are doing.

I am a participant in a Mom Central campaign for ABC Daytime and will receive a tote bag or other The View branded items to facilitate my review.

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I didn’t get to post my picture last night, so here is Day 47.  I should have looked at it more closely because it’s not as good as I would want it to be, but I can’t go back to yesterday and retake it.

That’s where Kat fell asleep last night.

And tonight’s classic picture.  Every baby should have one:

Nano’s Gerber graduates that he doesn’t get very often.  he usually eats what we do, but I was late making supper tonight so he got to eat before us.

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My word.  I got behind on blogging when my keyboard died last night.  I had a bunch of things I needed to post.  I told Pato to stop and get me a new keyboard after work and he showed up at 1 in the morning with it.  I’d be mad if it wasn’t for the fact that he had forgotten the choriqueso (cheese dip and Mexican sausage) that I had requested at work. On his way home he called his boss and asked him to grab it off the bar and then he sat on the side of the road waiting for his boss to drive by with my food.   Really, that’s too sweet.

So, I got behind on things I wanted to post yesterday which means today I have like quadrupled up on posts.  I still need to post my Project 365 picture from yesterday, which is still on my camera, but I’m going to wait until I get my picture from today taken and do a double post on that.

I have at least 2 more reviews that I should get up today to get caught up, but I think I might hold those for tomorrow.  You won’t mind will you? One has a giveaway, but I just posted 2 giveaways this morning, so hopefully that will tide you over. Speaking of which, one of those is a quickie giveaway – 10 – $50 off $100 purchase coupons for Old Navy.  Jump on that one because it’s ending in 4 days.  Pato wants to know if we can win one.  I said no. He asked if he could enter with his email address? I said no, his name is a tad unusual.  People would know. He thinks I’m no fun.  I’ll get over it.  I’m used to the kids thinking that, why not my husband too? 

Today is Jordan’s 3rd counseling appointment.  She moved us down to every other week now.  I’m not sure how Jordan was cured in 2 weeks, but ok.  He actually has been behaving decently for awhile now.  Not doing anything that freaks me out, well, except for the fact that when I was discussing this with his teacher she told me that she catches him with his hands in his desk all the time.  Jordan told me he likes the pressure on his hands.  I haven’t gone into a lot of details so that I don’t embarrass Jordan, but part of the reason we are seeing the counselor is so he learns how to deal with anger and frustration instead of trying to injure himself, and I’m thinking that squishing his hands between his desk lid and the desk is bordering on self-injury. So, that’s on my list of things to talk to the counselor about.  We haven’t had any major meltdowns on his part.

I did get an email from Kat’s teacher yesterday that Kat was upset on Monday when she got to school.  Turns out Jordan was picking on her when they were on the bus. *sigh* It’s one picking on the other all the time.  Kat telling everyone who Jordan has a crush on.  Jordan calling Kat a baby.  Kat telling Jordan he’s stupid.  Jordan telling Kat she’s an idiot.  Kat spitting in Jordan’s face because he won’t stop talking when she wants to say something.

That was a proud moment in my mommy-to-Katiana life so far.  Mom!  Kat spit in my face on the bus, a bunch of times? HUH?  SHE DID WHAT?  Friggin’ gross Katiana.

Can we just shrink them all back down to babies?  They were much nicer to each other when they were tiny.

It can only get better right?  I think I started liking my brothers when I was like 21.  KIDDING!  Love you Steve and Josh!

On that note, I need to go jump in the shower and get ready.

(On the KettleWorX front – you’ll notice I missed my update last week.  I’ll have one for you this week.  There wasn’t 20 minutes in a row last week with Christiano and Alyce both sick where I could take the time to work out.  Christiano wouldn’t let me put him down hardly at all, even to sleep. I did get started again on Monday and I have an exciting update!)

Have a great day!

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Congratulations to Kathy!  Thank you to everyone for entering!

Thanks to MomSelect and Rainbow Brite, the girls were sent a Rainbow Brite doll that they could promptly start fighting over playing with.

I’d show you a picture of the girls playing with it, well, Alyce playing with it, but Katiana stuck her in her backpack so that Alyce couldn’t play with it. (At least I’m assuming that’s the reason.) So Rainbow Brite is at kindergarten today.  Hope she is enjoying herself and she doesn’t get confiscated and spend the rest of the year enjoying kindergarten from the teacher’s desk drawer.

Let me take you back a few years with some Rainbow Brite history.

Not so very long ago, a little girl name Wisp appeared in a colorless and unhappy world. Through courage, kindness and friendship, Wisp became Rainbow Brite and transformed the unhappy world to Rainbow Land, a magical place where all the colors in the universe are created.

Now, Rainbow Brite is one of Rainbow Land’s four Sky Powers, characters whose magical powers determine the cycles of Rainbow Land’s days and seasons. With the help of her friends, her magnificent horse Starlite, and her magical Color Belt and Star Scepter, Rainbow Brite travels to the far corners of the universe, bringing hope and happiness to everyone she meets. No matter where you are, you can always count on Rainbow Brite to make your heart a little lighter and your world a little more colorful!

Let me at least show you Rainbow Brite and her friends!

Rainbow Brite

Moonglow (who is now on Katiana’s birthday list because she is sooooo pretty mom!)

Tickled

and their horses are available too!

Starlite

Shimmer

Sunriser

I am going to compare Rainbow Brite to our Strawberry Shortcake dolls in size and say that Rainbow Brite is a little bigger than Strawberry.

The only thing I wish was different about her is I wish her rainbow bracelets stayed on better.  They have already fallen off and been put up so that Christiano won’t eat them.

My favorite part?  Her boots.  They rock.  If I was 5 again I would totally want a pair of Rainbow Brite boots.

The Rainbow Brite collection is available at Target and they will soon be available at Toys R Us. I see the whole set in our future sometime soon.

This gets a

for being such a cute toy that both of my girls love, even if I have to seperate them every once in awhile because they are fighting over her.  That’s so not Rainbow Brite‘s fault.

MomSelect and Hallmark have offered to give 1 of my readers one doll from the Rainbow Brite collection. I don’t know what doll you will get, but I guarantee your little girl will love her!

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Tell me which Rainbow Brite doll would be your little girl’s favorite! (Doesn’t have to be your daughter, your granddaughter, goddaughter, whoever you would give the doll to if you won.)

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Giveaway ends on 2/26/10 at 11:59 PM CST. Only US entries. Winners will be chosen by random number generator. Winners will be emailed and must respond within 48 hours or an alternate winner will be chosen.

Thank you to MomSelect and Hallmark for providing us with a Rainbow Brite doll!  My girls love her!

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Remember Rainbow Brite from our childhoods? Well, she and her friends are back and they are even cuter than I remember them being!

MomSelect sent me 10 Rainbow Brite activity cds to share with friends and for Katiana to enjoy.  And enjoy it she has!

She’s been playing that over Webkinz since we got the activity cds!  Her favorite game to play has been the puzzles.  At first she said they were too hard and she wanted to do the coloring instead, but when I showed her exactly what to do, she immediately got the hang of it and wouldn’t let me help her any longer after we got one puzzle done.

She has had a blast with it!

Rainbow Brite has a new interactive website where your little girl can play these games also!  you can check it out here.  It has Rainbow Rescue, Coloring Pages, Twinkle Game, Puzzles, meet Rainbow Brite, and much more!

Now, we selfishly gave out our extra 9 activity discs to family and friends (because Katiana thought all of her friends would enjoy the new Rainbow Brite – and they have! Mothers were calling me after school asking me if I was sure that Kat was supposed to be giving these to her friends on the bus and when I told them yes I got tons of thank you’s over and over again.) but, I happen to know there are a few giveaways around the mommy-blogosphere where you can win one of these really fun Rainbow Brite activity discs!

The Penny-Pinching Mama

A Hen’s Nest

Heart Prints

Over Thirty Mommy

all are giving away the Rainbow Brite activity discs! I’m thinking they are better mommy bloggers than I am.

On the other hand, watch for post that is coming because I will be giving away a Rainbow Brite (or one of her friends) doll! See, I didn’t keep it all for us.

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ETA – I just noticed that it drew 3 – 3 times and 16 – twice. For the number 3, I will also go with 1 and 2 and for number 16, I’ll go with 17 also.  I haven’t even looked to see who they were, just picked the numbers around them.

We’re going to add #19 on there too.  Somehow I have a dupe.

Since there were 10 winners, I’m just posting the numbers.  LOL  I’ll send your email address off to Old Navy Weekly!
Thanks everyone for entering!

Where’s my favorite place to shop?  Old Navy!  As part of my Double Birthday Bonanza I thought we’d show off the item of the week at  OldNavyWeekly.com because I happen to shop at Old Navy for both of the boys (and the whole family for that matter!).  I would say 85% of the clothes in our closets are from Old Navy.

Here is the next item of the week!

Old Navy Men’s Short Sleeved Shirts

These will be available for $8 (regularly $19.50) from 2/26-3/4

We’ve got the simple style what guys want with the Old Navy Item of the Week. Men’s short-sleeved shirts are small on price but big on style. With a slightly tapered cut, retro print and buttons, they come in classic spring colors and look super with jeans or khakis. Whatever his taste, the Men’s short-sleeved shirts are a can’t-miss style buy, especially for just $8 (Reg. $19.50). But you can only get ‘em in-store 2/26-3/4.

GIVEAWAY!

Now, to help you buy tons of those Men’s Short Sleeved Shirts next week from Old Navy I have a quickie giveaway for you!  I’ve got 10 coupons for $50 off your $100 purchase from Old Navy (good from 2/26/10 – 3/4/10) and all you have to do is tell me this -

Who will wear those short sleeved shirts better? Josh or Wesley?

That’s it. One entry per person on this giveaway.

Josh is in the short sleeved shirt offering you a hot dog, Wesley is modeling a long sleeved shirt and might be keeping that food for himself.  Maybe if you’re nice he’ll share!

Note:  These will be electronic coupons that will be emailed to the winners.  All you will have to do is click & print then take them off to Old Navy and shop ’til you drop!

Giveaway ends on 2/21/10 at 11:59 PM CST.

Make sure you leave just one comment with your answer.

Before you go to Old Navy to do all your shopping, whether you win the giveaway or not, make sure you are checking out OldNavyWeekly.com for more coupon savings! I had a blast there last night clicking and finding extra coupons.

Just for fun, I found you could friend the Old Navy SuperModelquins on Facebook and Twitter.

Wesley on FB, Josh on FB, Kelly on FB, Heather on FB – my personally favorite for no apparent reason **cough cough**, Michelle on FB, Eva on FB, and of course, Barker on FB.

On Twitter: Josh, Wesley, Kelly, Heather, Michelle, Eva

Thank you to M80 for contacting me on behalf of OldNavyWeekly.com!  All opinions are my own, I truly do shop at Old Navy for the majority of our clothes and I have not been compensated for this post.  Just some fun for my readers!

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RethinkWhatMatters.Com is an awesome campaign by Bare Escentuals. Every week they have a new survey up for you to take.  They are on a variety of topics for example this week is Rethink What Matters On Public Affection.  A cute little 5 question survey will put you in to win! Each week 500 women will receive bareMinerals goodies just for taking part in the conversation.  And there will be a grand prize winner at the end of March who will win the trip of a lifetime!

Watch for events near you when they take Rethink What Matters on the road!

And when you’re done taking the survey check out some of bareMinerals awesome products!

FTC Disclosure: I will receive a product from Bare Escentuals for telling you about this wonderful campaign!

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REDO!  One of our winners didn’t get back to me (I’m sorry Melanie!) so I picked a new winner!

Congratulations Kathy P!  I’ll be emailing you.  Please respond within 48 hours.

Thank you!

Congratulations to Melenie and Rajee who won the Kool Kids Legs!  Thank you to everyone who entered!  I will be emailing you now and you have 48 hours to contact me after you get the email.  Thank you!

To start off the Double Birthday Bonanza, I’m going with Kool Kids Legs!  I love these!  Christiano seems to love his (whenever he sees one in a basket he grabs it and puts it around his neck, not quite that’s what Mama Runs With Scissors had in mind I bet, but it works.) Alyce loves hers.  She gets mad when we put them in the basket because they need washed.

Now who thought that leg warmers would ever come back in?  I didn’t.  I’m seeing them EVERYWHERE and they are so stinking cute on little kids.  Heck, I even want a pair. Mama Runs With Scissors has things that match her Kool Kids Legs which I think is so cute!  You have to see the sets.

Before I show you my kids in them, let me show you some of Mama Runs With Scissors work in her Etsy shop because a) her stuff is so cute! b) she has better pictures than I do. (hint to the Easter bunny – mama wants a DSLR.  That isn’t happening I’m sure.)

Chic-Chic-A-Dee Skirt and Kool Kids Legs

Choose any 3 pairs of Kool Kids 14″ Legs and save $$.

Designs Your Own Lady Bug Appliqued Onsie and Leg Warmers combo

Kool Kids Legs – Black & White stripe

Design Your Own Pirate Tutu and Kool Kid Legs Combo

Katiana thinks that life is totally unfair because Alyce and Nano got Kool Kids Legs and she didn’t.  I think I’ll soon be investing in the buy 3, save $$ so we can get some more.  I am slightly addicted to these now.

Her prices are awesome too!

1 pair of Kool Kids Legs in the 14″ – $8.00

2 pairs “                                   ” – $15.00

3 pairs “                                   ” – $21.75

so many patterns, so many colors to choose from. I <3 them and Mama Runs With Scissors shop.

On the washing front, we have washed these many many times since we got them, no fading, they haven’t shrunk or stretched out, they still fit perfectly!

Let me show you my little munchkins in their Kool Kids Legs -

Nano – one thing I love these for besides the obvious, is that Christiano has really dry skin.  You know how you put lotion on your feet and put socks on them?  Well, I do the same thing with Christiano and the Kool Kids Legs.  It keeps the lotion on his legs after bath longer.  Gives it more of a chance to soak in and he feels all smooth.

We’ve used them under so many t-shirts this way.  He has a lot of cute ones, but it’s winter in Iowa.  Now he can wear them!

Alyce showing Christiano hers.

Not quite sure about this smile, but the rest works!

And a tada! Cuz she loves them.

Aren’t they cute? (The Kool Kids Legs AND my kids of course. )

Go check out Mama Runs With Scissors at Etsy!  She has some fabulous stuff and as you can see, the Kool Kids Legs are not just for little girls!  You’ll see she has them also in XS, just for babies, and XL, perfect for teens and adults, which means, I just might get myself a pair! I’ve got to point out that in almost every review I have read on leg warmers, when they are being reviewed on a small baby I always see, I wish they were a little smaller, but they will grow into them. Mama Runs With Scissors takes care of that problem with her XS size!)

This gets a big

for the fun aspect, because you have to admit these are so much fun!, for the keeping of the little legs warm, for extending the use of T-shirts into the winter, and for keeping that lotion on Nano’s legs, making him soft! I bet Mama Runs With Scissors never thought she’d get that in a review!

And now, Mama Runs With Scissors is offering 2 of my readers each a pair of their own Kool Kids Legs!

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Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

Giveaway ends on 3/2/10 at 11:59 PM CST. Only US entries. Winners will be chosen by random number generator. Winners will be emailed and must respond within 48 hours or an alternate winner will be chosen.

Thank you to Mama Runs With Scissors for sending me 2 pairs of Kool Kids Legs.

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