REVIEW: DRAGONSAUROUS Costume

I was pleasantly surprised when I was contacted by Costume SuperCenter, to review a costume for them. I have to admit that I had never heard of them before, so I headed on over to their website CostumeSuperCenter

There were so many wonderful selections that I spent a lot of time on here trying to pick just one! Immediately I thought of something for the big kids' since they love to dress up all the time. I was happily surprised to find out they had not one Mario Brother's costume, but had them all, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad and even Yoshi! If you're not familiar with the Mario costumes, they are hard to find! In fact, Costume Supercenter had every costume my kids' would ever want! Just check out their selection for yourself, it's unbelievable!
Kids' Costumes

So I waited until the big kids' came home from school and we all looked at them together. I heard so many remarks like "cool" and "awesome" that I lost count! I "aww'd" over several of the infant/toddler costumes myself. I have to admit that I even looked at the adult costumes for myself. In my head I thought it would be fun to dress up with the kids' :) I have never seen so many adult costumes before! But in the end the 3 big kids' chose a costume for baby brother. The Dragonsaurous one.
Dragonsaurous Costume

The costume arrived really quickly and I was very pleased when I opened the box. The costume was even cuter in person and soooo soft and plush! To me that's the most important feature when an infant or toddler will be wearing something. I was so excited that I just had to put it on him! Justin loved it! He didn't seem uncomfortable at all. I really think he thought he was a big kid too! I loved how it gathered around the arms and feet and the hood fit his head perfectly! The only negative I can say is that it was a bit on the small side, size wise. I ordered him a size Toddler 2-4. He is only 16 months old and average height and it's already a little snug on him. I'm really hoping he will still be able to wear it for Halloween, because it is such a cute costume!!

Now I know where to find incredible costumes at affordable prices! Like I said before, the selection is amazing, CostumeSupercenter.com will certainly be the store I will be using whenever the boys' need a new costume!


*NOTE* This is my honest review for a costume given to me by costumesupercenter.com. Everything written is my own personal thoughts and opinions.

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A perfect weekend!

Have you ever had one of the amazing weekends that you wish you could have over and over again? Well I just had one of those! No, we didn't go to some magical resort, no high priced restaurant, no big spending spree, in fact we didn't even leave our house! We spent the entire Labor Day weekend at home having fun and enjoying the incredible weather! Saturday we walked to a little festival, then came home and drug out the old badminton set from the backyard shed and that was the entire days activity, oh, I must not forget playing frisbee also. I'm talking the entire day, only coming in to eat and potty breaks!! The kids' may have had cold ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner, but they didn't care at all! We played hard together this weekend and it was pure bliss! For those of you that don't know me, this is something that I usually don't partake in, my husband is the one who plays with the boys' outside all the time. I hit the basketball around here and there and do daily walks, but nothing this strenuous. It was a blast even though my aching muscles are thinking differently, LOL!
We even watched a movie last night, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakuel. It was a cute movie, everyone enjoyed it.
This weekend will definately be stored in my best memories box somewhere in my noggin! Nathan said it was his best weekend ever, LOL! You know when you're 10 every fun thing becomes "the best ever" :)
I even managed to do some cleaning and wash several loads of laundry today!
What I learned from this weekend, is that the kids' need me to be more involved physically. I'm already counting down the days till the next weekend, but I know come 3:30 tomorrow, they'll be wanting me to go outside and "play" also :)

Vicky

Super Quick Dinner Rolls

I'm not really sure where I copied this recipe from, but it was somewhere on the internet. I fixed a roast in the crockpot today, with mashed potatoes and vegetables. I always do homemade rolls with honey butter on them. But had to substitute these rolls instead. It was one of those days where having kids' means you change your plans at the drop of a hat! The kids' were in need of something to snack on after school! They gobbled up 2 quarts of strawberries I got at the store yesterday, yes they don't last long around here! So a little junky sweet treat was in order since the cookie jar was empty! I had my sweet little helper Evan gladly helping me and sneaking tiny spoonfuls of cookie dough into his little mouth. Baby was running around grunting for more chocolate chips, LOL! It was sooo cute! It won't be long 'till I'll be making a tiny apron for baby Justin!

These are more like a muffin than a roll, but I like them. I think Scott was the one that missed my homemade rolls the most, but he ate 4 or 5 of these little things, LOL!

Instant Rolls

-1 cup self-rising flour
-3 Tbls white sugar
-3 Tbls mayo
-1/2 cup milk

1.) Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Grease muffin pan.

2.) Mix flour and sugar together. Stir milk and mayo. Fill muffin tin 1/2 full.

3.) Bake 10 minutes, or till golden brown on top.

*NOTE* This only makes 6 muffins, if you need more, just double the recipe. I made 12 for us.

There's a chill in the air!!

The morning air that is! I stepped outside this morning to let the dog out and there was a chill in the air!! WOO-HOO! Makes me want to bake something! So I guess I will bake something yummy today with my little helper, Evan! I also used my free time (while the little kids' were still asleep this morning) to not do homework like I should have been doing, instead I used it to look at pictures of cakes! LOL! I could look at cake pictures for hours! I'm just mesmerized by the amazing cakes out there! I may do a chocolate cake today if I have enough cocoa powder left, stay tuned....





Vicky

Won't be able to post much...

Well I have completely lost my mind! I have enrolled in school again, yes I'm talking about myself! I wait till I'm almost 35 to want to finish up my Bachelor's degree, I guess it's better late than never! So needless to say that I won't be able to post much, not that I had a lot of time to begin with.

I want to prove to my kids' and myself really (shhhh, don't tell anybody!) that you can achieve your dreams and goals no matter the age and no matter how hard it will be! At least that's what I keep telling myself, LOL!

The kids' school starts next week and mine the week after. The next several days will be trying to get ready for school and having fun! Relishing those last lazy days of summer with the boys!

I do want to post a tutorial for homemade cinnamon rolls, may try to post that before I start school!


Vicky

Decorating with kids

I'm not talking about decorating the house, I'm talking about decorating cakes and cookies, or cupcakes!

Two major things you will need:
1. Extra Time
2. Extra patience

Extra time because it takes longer to complete anything with little hands helping you, because they are slower. Actually the slow thing doesn't bother me, because I'm so slow by nature. If I were an animal I would've been a turtle, but a purple one of course, LOL!! Extra patience because, well, kids' are messy! No more explanation needed on that one :)

Normally whenever the kids' do anything that involves decorating with icing, I always let them use the little Pampered Chef items.


These are small enough to fit perfectly in their little sweet hands! Plus it saves me a lot of clean up because if you've ever let a kid use an icing bag you know what happens, it all comes out the back instead of the front! In a pinch I have used a bread tie to close the back end of the pastry bag, but it's still awkward in their hands and these little Pampered Chef things are cute! It only comes in a package of 3, so when baby Justin gets old enough to help I guess one of the big kids' will have to use the bag, but we won't think sad things like that about kids' growing up today!

So the next time you have some frosting, even store bought would work, let your little ones help you create something beautiful! It may not look even edible, but if your own child made it, you know it will be the most amazing thing in the world! Plus the added bonus will be you'll not only be spending time with your kids', you'll get to see that amazing smile light up that little face!! It's a win, win, situation for both of you :)

Vicky

My wonderful husband!

If you ask 100 ladies who the most wonderful man in the world is, what would they say? Would they say the President, some successful billionaire, or even Brad Pitt (rolling my eyes)? How many would say their very own husbands? I would dare say, not many!

This question got me thinking how sad that is. Sure we all have disagreements and get aggravated by our husbands some of the time, but how often do we take our husbands for granted? I know I'm very guilty of this.

I have an amazing husband that truly loves me and is an incredible father to our kids. He is a hard worker and tries his best to make me happy in life, what more could a girl want? Oh, did I mention he's easy on the eyes too? LOL!

I once heard Dr. Phil say that his definition of a successful husband is if his wife, Robin, was in a crowded room full of people, if she still felt that she was the luckiest woman in the room because she had him, then he was a success. Well if this is true, than my husband, Scott, is the most successful husband I know, because I'm so lucky to have him!

Vicky