All In A Mom’s Day

Yesterday was an extremely mischievous day. Everytime I turned around the kids were into something else. From trying to empty their Capri Suns into little play cups to putting a rocking chair on the bed (on top of pillows) - anything they could think of. Even the dog got in on the act and decided to leave the yard and saunter down the street. I figured things just had to get better. My husband came home early and we all went to pick up my daugher from Brownies. That seemed harmless until I got talked into going on a 2 day camping trip (not exactly my thing) but what could I say when confronted by another mom (in front of my daughter) asking how could I not want to go when it would be some of the best mother/daughter bonding I would ever have. I thought that’s what they said about breastfeeding. Oh well. The trip isn’t until February but I’ll let you know how it goes.

My find for the day was the sale at www.disneyshopping.com. A few of the children I buy gifts for wanted dress up outfits for Christmas. Disney has all of their costumes on sale plus free shipping (over $75) and I found a coupon code (FAMILYFUN20) for 20% off. They also had a lot of their pajamas on sale. My kids already have some of the Disney pajamas and they are a very good quality. There’s a super cute pair of Ariel pajamas that was only $7.99 and with 20% off that’s a great deal. I love to shop and especially enjoy buying things for the kids but I don’t like to pay full price so I’m always looking for a deal. The only problem is when I find the deals it’s hard to pass up on them even if it’s not something we really need. As my friend’s husband says “Stop saving us so much money.” My husband would definitely agree with that. However, in this case my kids do need new pajamas (they just keep growing) and I had to buy some Christmas gifts so it was a justifiable purchase.

Have a good day and feel free to share any good deals you find. I promise not to take advantage of all the deals - just the ones I can justify with some good logic!!

Welcome to the birth of a new blog! I have been reading two other blogs faithfully for the past few months and have learned lots of interesting things. I thought I would start my own blog so that I can pass on interesting findings, stories, etc. to others. I’m a SAHM (stay at home mom) and WAHM (work at home mom). I live with my husband, 3 children and our Golden Retriever in Florida. I have a 6 year old daughter who is in first grade and 2 year old boy/girl twins.

Trying to name my blog wasn’t an easy task. My husband was helping me set it up and wanted to know what I was going to blog about. I couldn’t really come up with one thing in particular that I was going to focus on but I’m sure most of it will have to do with being a mom, having kids, raising a family and all of the things that go into that. Several of our first choices were not available as domain names so we came up with All In A Mom’s Day. I hope you’ll journey with me through my days and maybe even add some comments of your own from time to time.

I just heard two bins of Mega Blocks being dumped on the floor and now there’s a lot of screaming so I think I need to go check on that . . . The screaming just stopped and things seem to be peaceful again so I guess I won’t interfere. Raising children is a challenging yet rewarding job and raising twins just adds a whole new twist to things. They always have a constant playmate which means they always have someone to fight with. They also always have someone to cause mischief with. My daughter is the instigator but my son is usually more than willing to go along. My older daughter rarely caused mischief when she was younger and my friends used to tell me that I just had no idea . . . the other day I told my friend that this time around I got it all . . . the crayon, highlighter and pencil drawings on the wall, broken toys, ripped books, lots of mischief (usually accompanied by fits of giggles) and the list goes on . . . when I’m home during the day it’s two against one and it’s hard to keep up!!

Something that I recently discovered is a company called Simply Fun. If you haven’t heard of it - it’s a company that sells games, puzzles and puppets. You can only get them through their home based parties and on their web site. You can check out their site by Clicking Here. Debbie is the hostess who did the party for me yesterday. The web site is really neat. If you’re interested in any of the games you can watch a video which will show you how to play. We had a bunch of kids here yesterday so they got to play the games and see which ones they liked best. My 6 year old’s favorites were Walk The Dogs and Zoodoku. They have adult and children’s games - a lot of which have been featured on different shows and in magazines. If you’re into playing games and already have all the ones you can buy at the store then check this out.

It’s time to go sort through papers, pay the bills (after I find them in my stack of papers), feed the kids, walk the dog, put the twins down for a nap (ah! a moment of peace), pick up my daughter from school, go shopping for some cooler weather clothes (it does sometimes get chilly even in Florida), eat dinner and get everyone to bed (another moment of peace until it starts all over tomorrow) but that’s okay - It’s just All In A Mom’s Day!!