Recipes
The WORLD’s Best Meat Marina Sauce? Why yes it is! This recipe is great to make in bulk batches and freeze so you can have quick pasta nights later on! Originally posted over at my other site MommyNeedsaBreak.com, I thought all of you would enjoy it as well. This is my “go to” when it [...]
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Okay, okay, I know y’all are like, “We get it, you went to Disney World” already, but bear with me for one more post. This is one of mommy anxiety, being an autism mom and about the need to let go and just have fun. Here we go… If I’ve learned anything over the last [...]
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While at the Disney Social Media Moms conference, I learned more about an intriguing new game put out by Disney that will hit stores August, 2013. Disney Infinity! This game appears like it is Minecraft meets Skylanders. Kids can make their own worlds, mix and match characters and play with the figures that help run [...]
Fashion
Ombre is in right now, from hair to clothes, it’s popular! Here is a collection I made to showcase Ombre for the summer and everything is under $50! Ombre Summer by coloradomom featuring shopping totes
Crafty Crap
Summer is almost here. My kids are done with school over the next few weeks. I’m struggling to find things to do to entertain them beyond the countless hours of Minecraft. Naturally, I turn to Pinterest when looking for ideas! Here I’ve found 5 great crafts that will keep the boys entertained for hours. [...]
I cannot wait!!! 1 week from now I will be speaking with the fabulous Deb Ng on Community Management at the Type A Parent Advanced conference in Philadelphia . I DIE! Because I shouldn’t actually pack a week in advance, I thought instead I’ll virtually pack and share my outfits with you guys. I have [...]
One of our family’s favorite characters is none other than Buzz Lightyear. Here I have a daytime look for Buzz fans to rock while enjoying the park and Toy Story Mania!
I recently stumbled upon SunnyBump.com. After exploring around I learned you could make collections of your favorite baby/kid gear and share those collections with friends! You just search through the amazing products they list and “bump it”. It then saves it in a collection, kinda like pinterest but for kid stuff and shopping! Genius. Here is [...]
Children’s Hospital Colorado and the Colorado Children’s Campaign are hosting the second annual Speak Up for Kids’ Health event on Tuesday, April 23. Last year’s event hosted 70 families and child advocates from around Colorado to, in most cases,meet with legislators to share their personal passion for improving access to health care for kids in our state. This [...]
Another favorite Disney Icon… Tinkerbell! The original Miss Sparkle herself. I’m kinda in love with the handbag. Like, majorly in love!
I have one VERY excited boy. He loves the movie Cars and watches it near daily. He watched the trailer for Planes and was oooohhing and ahhhhhing though the entire thing. Here is a sneak peek at the movie starring Dane Cook as Dusty. From above the world of “Cars” comes “Disney’s Planes,” an [...]
Yesterday, I was tweeting away when a few thoughts came to mind in regards to tips for autism. I was tweeting here and there and eventually had 10 tips that I feel really help a family of an autistic child. Here they are, in no particular order. Mabel’s Labels. They have these amazing allergy labels [...]
Our journey with Autism has been a long one. Brady turns 5 on Thursday. He was first diagnosed on the spectrum at age 2. Before that, we had struggles with other conditions, hypotonia, motor coordination disorder and many more. We are thankful for the Autism community and all they have done for support, research and [...]
I’ve been on a personal journey to lose 15 pounds. The Freshman 15 came and went, the “honeymoon is over” 15 did the same. The 15 lbs after the first kid came off easy, a little less easy for the 15 after the 2nd child. Now the third is turning 5 next week and I [...]