Mommin' It Up!

September 6, 2013

It’s about time we become famous.

So Jenny and I have been spouting nonsense on the interwebs for more than six years now (you have our apologies), but – needless to say – we haven’t really hit the big time. Sure, we’ve found our place as solid C-list bloggers, but let’s just say we haven’t quit our day jobs.

We haven’t gone viral.

Jenny got me thinking about this the other night with one of her “it’s late and I’m grumpy and losing my filter” facebook status updates:

For my birthday I would like for one of my blog posts to go viral so that everyone can write me indignant responses and try to skewer me for making a strong statement from my own point of view. From which, I see life, and which, may not be the same as yours. Somebody get me some candles to blow out. Or maybe I’ll just wish we were all robots of one mind. Wouldn’t that be fun? I have to go write a letter to Miley now. Bye.

I love it when Jenny gets snarky. (Which, seriously, if we want to get famous? We should totally publish our text messages to each other. Because snarky + hilarious = INTERNET FAME. However, we have tried really hard to seem like relatively nice people and it would be a shame to blow that cover at this point.)

So what I’m wondering is, why haven’t we gone viral yet? I mean, we’ve put some funny crap out there. Jenny even tries to tell people how to live their lives! But still, nothing.

Not one person has ever written an indignant response to one of our blog posts.

This must change.

So… what do you think we should do? How can we rile people up? We’re not smart enough to write anything complicated like Syria or the importance of teenage girls wearing bras. But we are the only first-and-fifth-cousin-mom-bloggers in the world, does that count for nothing?

OMG I just googled “viral blog post” and there are like 392 “how to make your blog post go viral” tutorials out there. I clicked on one and fell asleep at my keyboard. I am pretty sure you can’t FORCE something to go viral. That is the opposite of viral. It’s bacterial. (I AM HILARIOUS, HOW ARE WE NOT FAMOUS YET??)

This post is going from bad to worse so I am going to stop it right here, but tell me – how do you think Jenny and I should make ourselves famous? Start hating each other? Become swingers? Join a cult? I am at a loss. Help us out!

September 5, 2013September 5, 2013

I like big fruit and I cannot lie!

SONY DSC — Thanks to Yoplait for sponsoring this conversation. My love of fruit and yogurt is 100% my own.

Have you guys ever watched the show Burn Notice? I’ve been watching it on Netflix and I’m really into it. Since I’m not exactly a super-spy, the show does not resemble my real life in any way. Except one. The leading character, Michael Westen and I have something in common.

We both love yogurt long time.

For some reason, it’s a little funny quirk in the show – Westen is constantly eating yogurt. Everyone jokes about it, even his enemies. Hit his yogurt supply, and you hit him where it hurts.

I can totally relate. For me, yogurt has always been a daily snack staple, but I rely on it a lot more since I’ve gone gluten-free. I LOVES ME SOME YOGURT! I usually eat a couple a day, and one of my favorite ways to eat it is with fruit. Just this weekend I got crazy and mixed lemon yogurt with fresh raspberries and WOW! – was that good! But now, I’ve found a simpler way to mix my fruit with my yogurt – Yoplait Fruitful.

Yoplait Fruitful cups are simply yogurt + real fruit. 1/3 cup of fruit to be exact! YUM! They are a delicious snack or breakfast for me (or both) and they don’t contain artificial sweeteners or dyes. They come in six fruit flavors: Pineapple, Strawberry, Mango Pineapple & Orange (!!! SOO GOOD), Blueberry, Peach, and Cherries and Red Berries. This is a NEW product but if you are in the Central Midwest you should be able to get it NOW!

I’m SURE you are going to want to try Yoplait Fruitful, so I’ll get you started off with a coupon! Click here to download a coupon for 30 cents off one cup. It’s on the right-hand side of the page – click where it says “enjoy with a coupon”.

Jonah, my little gluten-free toddler buddy, loves Yoplait Fruitful too! He eats yogurt for lunch and snack every day, and I like getting him this big serving of fruit in there as well.

I may not be a super-spy like my yogurt-loving buddy from Burn Notice, but at least I’ve added a little thrill to my yogurt routine with Fruitful. They are dee-flipping-licious! Long Love Fruit! Go getcha some, and don’t forget to download your coupon here first.

So, are you headed to the store with your coupon? How do you like your yogurt?

September 4, 2013September 16, 2013

French Toast School Uniform Giveaway!!

Are you tired of hearing about back-to-school yet? ME NEITHER! I can’t get enough of school, glorious school!! That’s why when French Toast School Uniforms contacted me about doing a review and giveaway, I said “let’s do it!” After all, I love trying new things and I love being able to offer the chance to win for one of you uniform mamas! French Toast sent me one bottom and two tops to review, and one of you lucky readers will win one bottom and two tops of your choice, wee-hoo!

I had heard of French Toast before but never tried them. I have pretty high standards for uniforms, so I put these to the test. (As much as one can with just a couple wearings.) Obviously, the FULL TEST will be to see how they do over time. One of the things I’ve found about uniforms is that you can’t really tell the quality until you wash them. So, I washed these before the kids wore them, had them wear them, and then washed them again.

So far, these get an “A” for wash and wear! They came out of the dryer looking great! I was really pleased and impressed.

Let me tell you about the specific items I reviewed. First, I got Sophie this long-sleeve feminine-fit polo with a picot collar detail. I couldn’t prevail upon her to do any more modeling (and we had to get to gymnastics to time was short the day I took these photos), but it is a beautiful shirt. The knit is very soft, and the feminine picot collar is an adorable detail.

French Toast Picot Collar zoom — Love the feminine detail on the collar! Our school doesn’t mind these little details, does yours?

I also got a short-sleeve skinny placket polo which Sophie is wearing, in the photos above. French Toast’s site recommends ordering 2 sizes up in this one because of it’s but I think I could’ve gotten away with one size up. In any case, now she can wear it longer and I think it still looks great! It’s so soft, and I really love how it washed so well and looks really sharp. The sleeves are very feminine too, which I enjoy!

Now, for Joshua – like most boys, he can be tough on pants, so we gave these adjustable waist slim double-knee pants a try. Joshua is super-slim, and so he needs both a slim fit AND adjustable waist and these had both and fit really well. Sometimes even slim pants that have the right length are too wide on him but these are perfect! And I checked – they do have the reinforced knee which most boys need! Once again, they passed my wash-and-dry test – I was very impressed with how nice they look coming out of the dryer. And Joshua attests that they are comfortable as well! Even for horsing around with your little sister!

The last thing that impressed me about French Toast uniforms was the price – they are very reasonable and you know I like a bargain! I also found out that you can buy them through Staples (helly, EASY button!) which is very convenient. If you buy through Staples here, you can also get $5 off a $25 order, woohoo!

We are very pleased with the French Toast uniform items so far, and I look forward to seeing how they hold up over the school year! Feeling lucky? Enter below to win two tops and one bottom of YOUR choice from French Toast! Here’s how to enter:

1) Go to French Toast’s website and look around. Then leave a comment below telling me what uniform item you like the best (you can choose a different one if you want if you are the winner, no worries.)

2) An extra entry is available for Mommin’ It Up Facebook fans. So let us know if you are a fan by leaving a separate comment for another entry!

One winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday, September 10 at 6pm EST! GOOD LUCK and have a GREAT school year!