Mommin' It Up!

July 7, 2011

Ain’t No Party Like a Baby Food Party!

When I found out I was pregnant with Jonah, one of the many things I thought I’d do differently with this baby was make my own baby food. Back in the dark ages when I had the other two, I didn’t even know you could make your own baby food! I was your classic ignoramus. (And I should note, I still retain that title on many, many subjects!)

So anyhoo, a couple of months ago I enlisted Cortney to help me with baby food making, since she made food for her little guys, and she had a food processor she was willing to let me borrow. But then about 3 weeks before Jonah was going to start solid foods, I got an email from Mom Select asking if I wanted to review and throw a party for the Baby Brezza one-step baby food maker.

Heck yes I did!!

As soon as my Baby Brezza baby food maker arrived I got busy making Jonah food. And let me tell you, this thing is the SHIZZLE. It steams hard foods and then blends them ALL IN ONE DEVICE!! That’s right, one-step baby! No more steaming foods on the stove and then transferring them to a food processor. You just dice, add water to the steam tank, throw the fruits or veggies in, press a button, and walk away. The Baby Brezza steams and blends the food while you get on with your life. A-MAZING. I love, love, love it. I have steamed everything possible that we have in the house, and gone to the grocery for more, even foods Jonah isn’t ready for yet, because it’s SO FUN! Then, I freeze my baby food creations in ice cube trays and store them ’til Jonah’s ready to eat, at which time I heat & serve. YAY!

So, anyhoo, to celebrate the Baby Brezza’s awesomeness, I had a little party for some friends and their babies! The Baby Brezza and the cutting boards they sent for my party guests were my centerpiece!

Here’s Jonah enjoying some carrots I made in the Baby Brezza while his pal Archie looks on jealously.

We had a great time at the party and it was fun for me to demonstrate to my friends how EASY and FAST the Baby Brezza makes cookin’ up your own baby food. Because, really, people, I am just that lazy. If I had to steam the food separately, I MIGHT just give up making my own food. Maybe I’d stick with it regardless, I don’t know. But I do know for SURE there is no way I will buy baby food at the store now that I have my Baby Brezza! It is saving us SO MUCH MONEY! It costs around $100 (again, mine was free to me for reviewing and throwing the party) and since I can make 10 servings of bananas out of about 55 cents worth of bananas instead of the 50 cents plus it would cost me for ONE serving of store-bought, I know the Baby Brezza is saving us a ton. I made 10 servings of sweet potatoes out of a sweet potato that cost me a dollar! Woo hoo! It is simply amazingly cheap to make your own baby food vs. buying.

I had a blast at my baby food party and I am loving making food for Jonah. I even brought the Baby Brezza with us on vacation, and it’s working out great! I cannot recommend this product any more enthusiastically. GETCHA ONE!!

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I received a Baby Brezza baby food maker for review and cutting boards to give away to my friends from Baby Brezza and Mom Select. All opinions on this (totally AMAZING) product are my own!

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This post is linked up to Things I Love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries!

July 1, 2011July 21, 2011

Friday Giveaway: $100 Credit to Gilt Children

Remember the other day when I shared about Gilt Children’s Summer Specatacular and the $10 off a $50 purchase coupon link? REMEMBER?? Well, if not, you can check that post out here!

Just a refresher: Gilt Children is a sale site that offers great kids’ brands at a spectacular discount. I just bought some awesome Fancy Nancy items at a great price for Sophie this week! (Don’t tell her!)

With this $100 credit, you can get great deals on decor, furniture, toys, clothes, and accessories. The sales change every few days and there is always an amazing variety to choose from.

Here’s how to enter to win $100 credit to Gilt!

1) Leave a comment on this post saying what item for your kids you’d most like to get a sweet deal on – clothes, decor, toys – etc.

2) Like Gilt Children on Facebook and leave a comment on this post saying you did or already do.

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One winner will be chosen at random next Friday, July 8th at 6 pm. The winner will be notified by email. Good luck and don’t forget to check out Gilt’s Children’s Summer Spectacular on Facebook – great summer fun & travel tips from lots of your favorite bloggers!

June 29, 2011

Oh, he’ll be a blogger all right!

Awhile back I shared with you from Joshua’s first grade journal, which his teacher had sent home at Christmas break. (Now, when I say “journal” – these are all assigned topics, it’s not like I’m about to share his DIARY with you, I promise!) Another journal came home at the end of the year and once again being inside Joshua’s mind cracked me the heck UP! So I’ve got to share some more of his best work with you. Here goes!

Caps

I like caps because Mario weres one there’s lots of caps in this world caps are like hats because you can put both of them on your head.

(You can see he’s inherited my gift for run-on sentences.)

Cheese Its (Oh c’mon my kid can’t even spell Cheez-Its?? Where have I gone WRONG?)

I like cheese its it is my favorite snack I will eat most things cheesy and I like cheese its the best.

He will eat most things cheesy. Clearly I have not gone too wrong.

Love

Love is kindness. Love is treating peplole nice. Not treating pepole bad. Love is playing nice with peplole not playing bad with peplole I like to play with my friends and my friends are Ethan I. Lucas Day Alex C and AJ!

Cars

I like cars because I like race cars and trucks my favorite kind of car is a limo. I have never rode a limo before but i like the way they look limos look like there the longest car in the world I also like monster trucks monster trucks are big but I like limos more.

Well, I’ll make sure and rent one out for your 8th birthday party! Just kidding, keep dreaming, kid.

My family

I like my family I like to do fun stuff with my family I like to play video games with my dad I like to play outside with my sister i like to play with my baby brother and I like to play a video game cold wii fit plus with my mom.

Aww, how sweet. Here is the picture he drew of us busting a move on Wii fit:

And finally, to sum up the enriching academic experience we are paying for:

School

I like school because it has a playground. One of my favorite things about school is lunch and recess. and I also like it when we go home.

Clearly he is on the path to greatness in life and blogging! I love my little guy and I can’t wait to invade the private musings he writes in 2nd grade!