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Konows Corn Maze Illinois Pumpkin Patch

Family Fall Fun begins with some outdoor adventures over the weekend at Konows Corn Maze Pumpkin Patch.  An old friend told me about this place 3 yrs ago and with the prices of Bengtstons Pumpkin Farm Price sky rocketing we certainly welcomed new adventures. Konows is located in Homer Glen, IL about an hour ride [...]

Proud Mommy Moment: 2 1/2 year old Sings SPROUT Lullaby Song

First let me say as a mom I of course get so emotional when my children reach milestones. This is a huge milestone for Cranky pants considering he just started to talk just a few months ago. He says a lot of baby babble even today and has a lot of words that he uses [...]

Fall Fun Day Activities Shout Out To Play

Jackets are out of the closet, football season has begun, leaves are changing colors, decorations are going up and the chilly Fall weather is here. September 22, 2010 marked the first day of Fall. Even though the weather was still really nice and warm we know the weather was going to get colder eventually. The [...]

Rock Island Grand Prix 2010 Go Kart Racing Labor Day Event

Rock Island Grand Prix is the world’s largest Street Kart race that has been taking place for 13 years running. Rock Island, Illinois has kart racers coming in from all over the United States and Canada to compete. They close off several streets in the District (which features restaurants, hotels, casino, bars, local businesses’ and [...]

Final Thoughts for Family Sonicare Challenge and a Winner for Brush Heads

It’s been a whole month since our family has started using Sonicare tootbrushes.To recap: We received 4 Sonicare Toothbrushes. 2 kids Sonicare and 2 Adult Essence 5350 Sonicares which contains 2 toothbrushes one for me and one for my husband. Before we began using Sonicare we used regular manuel toothbrushes. The kids switched back and [...]

Sonicare Challenge Update Week 1 and 2 Sonicare Replacement heads Giveaway

We are so excited to be apart of the 30 Day Sonicare Challenge.  The Sonicare Challenge involves 8 families blogging, tweeting, and sharing our experiences with tossing aside the old way of brushing our teeth and switching to Sonicare way of cleaning.  The Adults in our family ordered and received Essence e5350 2 Handle Sonicare [...]

Week 1: Kids and Their New Sonicare Toothbrushes #SonicareChallenge

This week is Week 1 of our family #SonicareChallenge. We’ve purchased Sonicare toothbrushes at Wal-Mart for the kids with the funds provided by Sonicare and CollectiveBias. We ordered Adult Sonicare 2 Handle 5350 Toothbrushes that come 2 in 1 pkg (What a deal for $99.54!) online at Wal-mart.com. We went for the 1 day(which site [...]

My Baby Girl Got Braces

Oh for the worries of Crooked teeth! My bottom teeth are like a train wreck but over the years I just choose to dismiss them. Honestly I know I should get them fixed but when I see that there are even celebrities with crooked teeth I just skip it and move on. My baby girl [...]

Weekend Go Karting: Awesome Father Son Bonding Experience

When I met my husband fifteen years ago he was racing Go Karts. I loved going on long weekends, getting a hotel, partying the night away, and of course watching him race. Seeing his passion and love for competition  racing it was just wonderful. His whole face lights up when he talks Go Karts. He [...]

3rd Grader Gets A on Project with No Parental Help

School teachers send home more and more homework these day as children get older and the curriculum gets harder. My 3rd grader usually has about 3 hours of homework a night. Her homework really should only take her 1 1/2 hours but because she’s a day dreaming dilly dallier it takes her twice as long. [...]

Kids Transportation T-Shirts: ShirtsThatGo.com (Review)

SHIRTSTHATGO.COM  I’m a mom with 3 boys. With boys comes a love for cars, trucks, airplanes and trains. My boys play with them all. Racing cars around the house, flying airplanes, and playing train is what we do around here daily. So it’s only natural that boys would like to wear a  T-shirts with trains, [...]

Happy Birthday Grandma I MISS YOU

I just want to let you know You mean the world to me Only a heart as dear as yours Would give so unselfishly The many things you’ve done All the times you were there Help me know deep down inside How much you really care Even though I might not say I appreciate all [...]

I Haven’t Felt My Self Lately

I haven’t felt my self lately. For over a week now. A week ago Sunday I was headed out to my Mom’s and was experiencing some awful stomach pains. They shot from the upper right side across to my left and hurt like hell. I made it through our shopping trip even with having the [...]

Milestones and Baby’s Frist Hair Cut

The last two years have seen to just flown by. My baby boy turns 2 years old next month. I can’t believe it. In the last 3 week he has gone from only saying about 5 words (mama, no, go, to exploding with language. He is starting to talk more adding words together like this: [...]

WW: Sleding and Snowmobiling Fun

 Cranky pants goes for a ride with Daddy on his Arctic Cat (Firecat F7) Snowmobile  G bird gives daddy a ride  Bria get’s a ride with Daddy T-Anna Gets a ride with Uncle Jer  (G) Speed gets his own Kitty Kat to ride Wooo whoo You should of seen him drive it! Thanks for Stopping [...]