W/W Best buds at Disneyland!

EC and his best buddy at Disneyland. They're a handful together, but hilarious. They always have so much fun!

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Our Tailgating Party at home with Smart & Final

My hubs is a HUGE 49er fan who is trying to instill this into his son. So when the 49er's are playing and on TV his goal is to make the game as exciting as possible so our little guy loves to watch it with him. Its pretty cute. For Monday night football the 49ers were playing so hubs put on all his Niner gear and for dinner, thanks to Smart & Final, I made the perfect football watching appetizers for us and a toddler. It was so fun!

I got the opportunity to do some shopping at Smart & Final and this is what I ended up bringing home for our football night. I tried to keep my toddler in mind and got fun finger foods, easy appetizers, along with some healthy options.

For my spread I made:

• A fruit salad with the grapes, bananas, and nectarines. We dipped out fruit in yogurt.
• Pigs in the blanket with yummy dips
• Salami and cheese
• Veggie platter with ranch
• Mozzarella sticks with ranch and marinara sauce
• Tri-tip slices
• Sweet potato fries
• Drinks-Soda and Apple juice. We are pretty stocked up on beer, but Smart & Final would of been the perfect place to buy more if needed it. The prices were great!

My thoughts:

This was actually my first time going to Smart & Final. For appetizers and bigger bulk items it was awesome! The prices were great and they had some different variety than normal grocery stores. Great place to go especially planning a party.

*Disclosure: I was provided with funds to purchase food at Smart & Final for the purpose of my review. All opinions in this blog post are my own. This review is strictly MY opinion. For more details, my disclosure policy is located at the bottom of my blog*

W/W No More Binky!!

This is EC and his last moments with his binky or as he called it his "babies." We finally did it! Is been almost two weeks BINKY FREE!!! Whoo-hoo... we're so proud of our big boy!!! We were dreading the day of taking away the binky imagining days and days of crying and begging and EC being sooo distraught. Boy, did he surprise us. NOT ONE TEAR!!!

The Story: I envisioned this special send off. We made an evening out of it. We bought 4 balloons to attach his binky too and wave good bye to it as it flys in the sky up to heaven to be with other babies, because he is a big boy now. So we get to the top of these cliffs over looking the ocean. I open the door and 3 out of the 4 balloons fly out of the truck. Hubs goes chasing them down. They were gone. What a bummer. We have one balloon left. It wasn't enough to float the binky so hubs takes out his tools and starts removing the extra plastic around the binky. We go to send it off on the one balloon and no kidding a guy comes running out of nowhere chasing after the balloon saying, "I got it!" He caught the balloon and returned it to us. We were like, "Thanks" giggling. Then EC hits the balloon all excited and pops it! NO MORE BALLOONS and still the binky. Long story short, hubs ended up throwing the popped balloon in the air and then chucking the binky into the field. EC seemed to not see it. We started cheering. So he got excited. So not what I pictured. Pretty funny!

He asked for it for about a week, but then we would explain what happened to it and that he is a big boy now and he totally excepted it. So proud of my big boy!!

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Ive been nominated!! Please support me and vote!!

Wow!!! What an honor!!! One of my favorite blogs/websites is the OC JUST SPOTTED!! If you don't know by now I live in Orange County Ca (In my opinion, one of the best places EVER) and the OC Just Spotted is always up to date with Things to do in OC, Special Events and Festivities, Cheap and free stuff, Eating out, Disney Trick and tips, Museums and culture, Indoor activities, Parks and nature, Shopping, and so much more!!! Its pretty much my go-to website. They're awesome!!

Well right now the Second Annual "You've been spotted" Orange County Blog awards is under way... AND I'VE BEEN NOMINATED!! I'm so honored to be included in this list of amazing bloggers!

I have been nominated for best personal & family blog in the OC. I'm asking to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a moment and VOTE for MOMMY-MOMO HERE!!!

Please be sure to vote here before Sunday, September 12th at 11:59 pm, because after that the polls close. Thanks so much for your support!!

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Sid the Science Kid: GOTTA KNOW MICROPHONE Review!

We've had the opportunity to review a few Sid The Science Kid Products. We're big fans of Sid around here. I should say, EC has reviewed the Talking Sid the Science Kid, The Bug Club dvd and Change happens, and we are in the process of reviewing the "Weather Kid Sid" dvd.

Our newest Sid the Science Kid toy we received from the Jim Henson Company was the Sid the Science Kid Gottta Know Microphone from Hasbro, Inc.

Details about the GOTTA KNOW MICROPHONE:

"Just like the Sid the Science Kid characters on the animated television series, preschoolers can ask the big questions, tell jokes, and sing songs with the colorful GOTTA KNOW MICROPHONE! Easy to use push-button features let you play a round of applause after you've interviewed someone, hear the sounds of laughter or silly sounds when you've told a joke and even play the SID THE SCIENCE KID series theme song when you're ready to sing along! For extra fun, push the "echo mode" button and listen to your voice echo... echo.. echo... everywhere you go. (EC's favorite button!!)

SID THE SCIENCE KID, created for 3-6 year old children, is an animated television serious on PBS KIDS, starring Sid, a funny and inquisitive preschooler. The television show has received many awards. Developed to inspire a lifelong curiosity and love for learning, SID THE SCIENCE KID appeals to preschoolers' natural desire to figure out how things work, using humor and music as key teaching tools."

The GOTTA KNOW MICROPHONE is now available and retails for $14.99.

Our thoughts:

What fun!! This is a great toy to accompany the videos!!! EC immediately recognized it from watching the cartoons, and got a kick out of know the songs. His favorite function is the microphone button. Don't take my word for it... check out this hilarious video of EC going crazy playing with his Sid the Science kid GOTTA KNOW MICROPHONE! ENJOY!!

W/W Family outing... San Diego Zoo

On one of our outings to one of our favorite places, the San Diego Zoo! So much fun! I sure love my boys!

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W/W First time bowling!!

EC's cousins were here last week and one day we went bowling. This was EC's first time... so much fun!!! He obviously loved it!

EC and his cousins.

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