Have you heard? American Girl has added a new girl to the Be Forever line! Her name is Melody. Based in 1963, Melody is a 10-year-old girl living in Detriot and learning about the racial inequality around her. Melody is currently available at the American Girl store but today, Amazon Video is releasing “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has To Win". I was fortunate enough to see a prescreening last night of “An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has To Win". I instantly fell in ...
Learn How to Protect #LittleLungs from RSV
This post was sponsored by AstraZeneca as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. I remember the day we brought Peyton home from the hospital, it was nerve wracking! It was a cold, rainy day in May. I was a first-time mom and just trying to figure out how to breastfeed my daughter and change diapers. I remember how fragile she felt, we were both afraid we were going to accidently hurt her. The next few months went by pretty ...
The Beach Life
Remember this summer when I told you all about the em michelle phan palette I purchased? How much I loved it?? And how I couldn't wait to get a life palette? Well, I took the plunge! I bought the life palette beach life!! I have been eyeing up this set for months.My first impression when I opened my package was holy cow! There's a lot of choices!! It's like having four compacts in one. There are endless possibilities and I cannot wait to play with them all. As I was looking over the set I ...
A Ghostly Lunch
I love the holidays because then I can really have some fun with Peyton's lunches. All month long I have been using Halloween-themed cookie cutters to make her sandwiches a little more festive. I have even found some fun, fall candies to sneak into her lunch too! Today, Peyton is having a ghostly peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I just cannot get Peyton off the peanut butter and jelly kick that she's been on for months.While we were grocery shopping yesterday I picked up some blackberries and ...
I Am So Bored!
I am so bored is a phrase I frequently hear on the weekends. Peyton will wander out of her room and mumble how bored she is and ask me for something to do. Well, she doesn't necessarily like my ideas! Because I tell her to pick up her toys or do her homework. Instead, she mopes around the house until she finds something to do or she lays on the couch until I tell her to move. When we read the story I Am So Bored! by Henrike Wilson it reminded me of Peyton! In I Am So Bored! Baby Bear is ...
See You Later, Alligator
See you later, alligator! After a while, crocodile! That was one of my favorite things to say as a child. Peyton and I say it to each other all the time. Sally Hopgood has taken one of my favorite sayings and turned it into a children's book, geared towards children 3-6 years old. Emma Levey created colorful and engaging pictures to go along with the story. The story takes place in a park full of animals. That morning, Tortoise decides he wants to head out into the world and have an ...