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Go Green with Kroger and Win a $25 Gift Card!

I am disturbed to say that after I started writing today’s post, I went to find last year’s post about this contest, and discovered that Jenny had used this very same title last year. I think we need to spend less time together.

In any case, Jenny and I are happy to partner with Kroger once again, as they promote reusable shopping bags. Between now and May 15, Kroger is inviting everyone to visit www.kroger.com/green where you can enter the Kroger Reusable Shopping Bag Contest. You can design your own reusable grocery bag with Kroger.com’s design tool.

Here’s the bag I made (and yes, you can order one of your very own and sport your Mommin It Up pride wherever you go, haha)

Prizes will be awarded to the top 10 bag designs – one lucky designer will win a $1,000 Kroger gift card, four finalists will receive $250 Kroger gift cards, and five runners-up will receive $100 Kroger gift cards. I am pretty sure my fantastic design is going to be the big winner, but if you want a shot at the big prize, click here to enter for yourself!

Kroger has generously provided us with two $25 gift cards to give away to our readers! To enter, go to www.kroger.com/green and design your bag. Once you’re done, click “Email to a Friend,” and send your design to us at green [at] momminitup [dot] com by midnight on Thursday, April 18. We’ll pick our five favorites, and then let our readers choose one winner. Everyone who emails us a bag will be entered to win the other gift card, and that winner will be chosen by using random.org.

Good luck!

Oh, and P.S. Our cartoon selves are at it again! Check us out here.

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Joshuaversations

Joshua has always been a good talker. He spoke his first word at about seven months (“mm good” – when eating!) Now that he’s five, his conversations are becoming more intellectual and more funny. And also, he’s obsessed with how OLD people are. Well, people, and our cats. Here’s an excerpt from a recent conversation he had with Emily’s daughter Kate (who will be five in a couple weeks):

Joshua: Kate, I need to ask you something. How old are you?

Kate: Well, you already asked me this an hour ago, but I’ll tell you again. I’m four and three-quarters.

Joshua: Well, I’m FIVE! (Proudly shoves five fingers in Kate’s face.)

Kate: (rolls eyes. Emily tells me she is a little tired of everyone else being five already!)

And here is a convo he had with our cat, Molly, who is the ripe old age of 8, slightly younger than our other cat, Paper, who is eight.

Joshua: Molly, you’re seven years old, and I’m five, but I’m bigger than you. You’re older than I am but I’m bigger.

Molly: (stares at him as if to say, “Dude, pet me or move on.”)

Joshua: And Paper is eight years old, and he’s bigger than you too.

Molly: (yawns.) (Man cats are rude!)

Monday, Joshua’s friend Olivia came over. She’s three, and while they were doing a dinosaur puzzle, this conversation ensued:

Joshua: I don’t like dinosaurs. They’re mean!

Olivia: I don’t like them either! They’re mean!

Me: Well, they’re not really mean, they’re just animals…

Joshua: But you don’t have to worry about them anymore, Olivia. They’re extinct. They all DIED.

Olivia: Why did they die?

Joshua: Well, they’re extinct, so they all died.

Olivia: Oh.

Me: (Smacks forehead).

So those are some of my favorite Joshua-isms of late. What are some of the funny things your kids have said recently?

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The Blogosphere Grieves Today

The blogging community is a real, supportive community, and today we are grieving for Heather, who lost her sweet girl Maddie, 17 months, last night. I don’t know Heather really well, but I was stuck in an elevator with her for 45 minutes at BlissDom. She was the one who felt a little better about her panic because I was panicking more (always happy to help). And her blog is funny, and I love following her on Twitter.

But what else do I need to know? She’s a mother. I know what that feels like, as do most of you. And I can’t imagine what she’s feeling now. My friend Rachel wrote a beautiful post that I think expresses how we’re all feeling today, with a beautiful picture of Maddie, here.

Maddie was a preemie, and so Heather has been committed raising money for the March of Dimes. If you have a couple of extra bucks today, all the mommy bloggers in the world would be thrilled if you’d donate in Maddie’s name. There is a link to do so in sidebar of Heather’s blog.

****whoops, Heather’s blog is overloaded with traffic from caring readers. Here is a direct link to Maddie’s March of Dimes page where you can donate.*****
Now go hug your kids. Life is short. Let’s all take some extra time to just play today.

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