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May is a big month around here, because we celebrate birthdays, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and our wedding anniversary. It’s definitely a busy month, and my husband thought a great way to honor me for Mother’s Day this year would be something he never did before…he took the kids away for the day. I spend […]
One of the more challenging aspects of bottle feeding a baby is finding one that your baby will take to. You want something that mimics your own breast if your baby was nursed, so the transition is more comfortable, but we are all different, and so are our babies. For this reason, Playtex’s innovative new […]
This post brought to you by Breyers Gelato Indulgences. All opinions are 100% mine. My family loves frozen treats, and especially love unique flavors. My husband and I recently tried Breyers Gelato Indulgences for the first time for an impromptu date night, specifically the Raspberry Cheesecake Gelato, and to say it’s utterly yummy is an […]
It has white chocolate sauce? That’s just awesome. I’ve always loved Breyers and have quite an ice cream fancy. I’ll have to look for this in the store on my next shopping trip!
I can vouch that this gelato is really good! I picked two flavors up and didn’t want to stop eating them! Hubs and I just need a date night, with or without the gelato:)
Oh man, that looks so good! Too bad I’m dieting though.
I have yet to try gelato. I’m not sure why, it looks amazing!
I have tried their line of gelato’s and they are really good. Really rich so a little goes a long way :-)!
Date night would imply I would have to share 😉 Ha ha, but we’d probably spend an evening on the back deck with this or watching a movie.
That looks like ice cream shop good! I have got to get some!
That looks heavenly! I have to pick some up, because our son goes to camp for a whole week son, so we’ll have a week of date nights. 🙂
Wow,that looks so good! I could use some of this right now.
I love Gelato. It’s my favorite and these look amazing.
Oh yum I’m getting some of this tomorrow can’t wait to try!
Yum! That gelato looks incredible. I think it is awesome that you can get that quality at home. What a great date night idea!
I think I’m with your hubby on this one. I really want to try the Tiramisu too!
I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled 🙂
That raspberry cheesecake looks GOOD! I’d also love to try the caramel one.
I just bought three flavors of the new Breyer’s Gelato yesterday! I didn’t see the Raspberry Cheesecake, I am going to have to look again because it sounds delicious!
This Gelato looks delicious. I would have it for dessert after a nice home-cooked dinner while watching a romantic comedy.
Oh my gosh, that looks delicious. Definitely decadent enough for date night.
Oh goodness me, this looks amazing! I especially like how the gelato has actual texture like graham cracker crumbles and ladyfinger pieces. Any of the varieties are welcome in my home (and tummy) any time!
I haven’t tried these before but the flavors sound amazing!
I’ve never had gelato but keep hearing about it. We love ice cream so I am sure we’d enjoy gelato too.
I have never tried this before, but it sounds so good right now! 🙂
I love gelato! I bet raspberry cheesecake is amazing!
I purchased some of these the other day, now my hubby can’t get enough of them.
That is making my mouth water right now. Yummy!
Gelato is so delicious! I haven’t tried their version of it yet, though.
This post brought to you by GNC. All opinions are 100% mine. No one wants to live a life that is mediocre. We all want to be the best we can be, better than we were in the past, and we generally strive to improve daily. We want to be better than the others who […]
I haven’t been to a GNC since I lived in Florida. I wish we had one around here.
I just bought some vitamins from GNC. My husband buys his protein powder from there, too.
I’m glad for this campaign! I’m tired of everyone celebrating being average. What will make kids push to be better if we tell them that being average is ok?
Love how you beat average! My daily workouts really help my overall mood and are my favorite type of me time.
Yes, I agree you feel better when you look better!
I can’t find a GNC near me. I wish we had one close. I used to shop there all the time in NYC.
I love GNC, and I’m so happy that they opened a store right up the street from me.
Love your picture! We don’t live near a GNC but I do shop online with them!
I love to walk and do yoga! I don’t want to be average either!
I love your outlook on this. Not just for your age…that’s perfect!
Love GNC and love your beating “average”
You’re inspiring and I should take a cue from that. I really need to workout, doesn’t matter how much right now just so that I do it. It’s encouraging to hear the decisive care you take of yourself.
We just went into a GNC the other day! I need to do more about working out. I just wish there were more hours in the day.
I love this! That pic and not being average is such a great reminder!
I don’t shop at GNC much (I’ll have to stop by in there sometime) as I used to since Vitamin Shoppe is so near by, but I love their mantra!
Sometimes I’m okay with average, I admit it. 😉 Honestly though I thin we all need to raise the bar even just a little so that we constantly have something to strive toward.
I haven’t been to a GNC in some time, but they do have great vitamins.
I have good-hearted children, but I don’t always have well-behaved children. I always thought I was very lucky to have such a “good” first son during his first two years of life, and figured other parents are just doing something wrong. Then started the era of misbehavior, and I was slapped hard with the terrible […]
I hope it works for you. I know that we have to try new methods with each stage of my daughter’s growth and, well, at 13 years old it’s still a work in progress. Having a stubborn streak definitely makes it harder though. Not matter what, I still feel that being consistent in whatever method you choose is vital for success.
If we have kids in the future I would totally try this out! I think it sounds like a good method!!!
That reasoning sounds very logical and sounds like a good program. Our household is much like yours. I’m too soft and husband ends up being too hard at times.
I need to do something like this with Landon. Some days he’s awesome and listens to me and stays close. Others he’s running all around and just in his own world. I like using something as a prize and not as a punishment, at least at first.
I love this Love and Logic concept for parenting. I’ll have to pass this on to my granddaughter in dealing with her kids.
Discipline is so hard and it’s not a one size fits all kind of thing. I’m glad you’re finding something that’s working for you and your family!
I need to work with my daughter. She’s a very strong willed child.
Glad you found something that works. Having them run off like that is very dangerous. I see it all the time.
The first time I ever heard of Love and Logic was when my son was in the 2nd grade. His 2nd grade teacher used Love and Logic. It’s weird, but it’s like if I’m being too easy, my husband ends up being to tough. If he’s being too easy, I end up being too tough. We rarely have to discipline our son, so it’s tough… all I know is we are doing the best we can. :/
My sweet nephew will be turning two in just over a week and he has already entered the difficult toddler stage. I will be sure to share this Love and Logic information with my frustrated sister.
I definitely need to work with my daughter more, she has a big personality and even bigger attitude.
I think with every parenting method the key is consistency. Not every method works with every child, but a parent being consistent in whatever method they choose is so important. We were definitely tough love kind of parents, and while our daughter didn’t appreciate it when she was younger, now that she is an adult herself, she often thanks us for sticking to our guns and holding firm to consequences and punishment because she realizes it allowed her to learn important lessons that are now playing out for her in the workplace and higher education.
Sounds like a book I need to check out. I can control the boys for the most part and they are very well behaved in public, but as they get older and enter the teen years, it gets harder and harder to level with them and get leverage as a parent.
One thing my kids learned with me is that when I said something, I meant it. I am stubborn, stubborn, stubborn so there was no way they could manipulate me. I was nothing but consistent and I never had to yell or spank. My kids just minded me really well. I feel pretty lucky about that!
I’m not like that, that is my problem. I waffle and am wishy washy and totally buckle when I see tears or get kisses
I need to put this book in my Amazon wish list. My children are pretty stubborn so this might help us.
Sounds like a good program. I like that the “prize” is related to one behavior. Just saying be good is too wide open a concept for adults, never mind children.
Even after reading this book, this is still such a work in progress for us. It feels like with each change in change we still have to work on it quite a bit for things to be effective.
I know for a fact it’s going to be a struggle if Kay misbehaves. Chris is either hot or cold, never in between. He has the worst temper thankfully not harmful, just annoying 😉 and I hope Kay doesn’t have it passed down to her.
Are all husbands like that? Mine too!
I should have known from his parents, love them to bits, but they’re both stubborn too 😉 Sometimes Kay is easier to deal with! HA!
Im going to see what books Amazon has on this, I would love to read more about it.
Playtex bottles have always been my favorite.
Quinny only gets bottles when I’m not around, but so far there’s been no rejecting them.
I’d love to win these for myself – we’re going to start transitioning to bottles in about a month
I breastfed, but would have loved these for when I pumped so my husband could experience feeding our son.
It makes total sense that some nipples would be more comfortable to babies than others. Great idea to have a variety pack to cover that.
I like the fact that these bottles come with BPA free silicone nipples. I’ll keep these in mind for baby shower gifts.
I breast fed but worked so mine had to have bottles at daycare. It’s important to find the right one.
Trying to find the right nipple and flow was such a struggle for me coming out of the NICU with my oldest.
I’m pretty sure I used Playtex with my daughter.
Maybe if we had something like this, our daughter would have drunk from a bottle more. So nice that they take into consider that every child is different!
I’ll have to tell my friend about this, thanks!
There are so many bottle choices out there now compared to when I had my first.
My sister is expecting so I will share this with her. I know their are so many options it is nice to see what someone else thinks of it!
Great tips, I remember how I struggled with this.
I have always loved their bottles. 🙂
I only bottle fed our daughter and I used the Playtex bottles with the drop in liners. She had no issues taking the nipples we had, but it would have been nice to have had a greater varieties of styles to choose from had she refused the generic one.
I breastfed so my babies wouldn’t normally take a bottle. I wonder if it was because of an uncomfortable nipple on the bottle. I wish this was around when my children were babies.
I used to love the old school Playtex bottles with the drop in liners. Thankfully my children did well with the nipple options available since there were not nearly as many as there are now!
What a great idea! I can’t believe that no one had thought of that before.