Bloggy Giveaways!

Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival is July 28-August 1! I visit Bloggy Giveaways every day in hopes to win something free and saw that they are having this Carnival and thought it would be fun to participate. This is my first one! So here it goes.

One entry per person please. To enter all you have to do is tell me something about Alaska - the state in which I live (thanks to the Army!). And there you have it! Oh - you need to know what you are going to win right?! I have three prizes, so three lucky people will win! The number will be drawn by the random number generator at random.org (as soon as I figure out how to use it!) :) You can tell me which one you would like and I will try to accommodate each winner! This will close Midnight Alaska time Aug 1st. Please leave me a way to contact you - either Blog or email. Good Luck! You will be notified on Tuesday Aug 2nd.

Prize one: Brand New Mary Kay Travel Roll-Up Bag - A stylish convenient way to organize and carry all your skin care and makeup essentials. Four separate zip-up compartments wrapped up in sleek black vinyl and lined with pink satin. Includes a metal hanger inside to hang on door for easy access. Velcro closures keep everything wrapped up tight. This is one of the most popular Mary Kay accessories. A must have for travel and everyday use!9 1/4" x 32"

Prize two: Winter weather tends to dry out our skin, especially our feet! So, keep your tootsies soft and Rosemary Minty-fresh with Mary Kay's PRIVATE SPA COLLECTION ROSEMARY MINT PEDICURE SET. Includes: 3 oz. Rosemary Mint Soothing Foot Balm; 3 oz. Rosemary Mint Energizing Foot Mask; 10 Pink Rosemary Mint Foot Fizzies; Foot file / brush and a pair of cozy pedicure footies; Tucked inside a cute polka-dot carry bag w/instructions.

Prize three: Envia Nature Salon Finishing Spray 10 oz, Envia Nature's Salon Hydrating Conditioner 12 oz, Envia Nature's Salon Hydrating Conditioner 12 oz. These are made by the company Melaleuca which has been committed to Enviormental wellness for over twenty years. Envia combines the power of natural oils, plant extracts, and botanicals with modern science to transform the hair you were born with into the hair you always wanted - all without the gossip, appointment, or price tag associated with a trip to the salon.

This is why I had kids.

So while Ian was in his almost naptime state I put him on the couch and put in one of his favorite movies on - Little Einsteins. With the dogs in their crates and Blake sleeping as well I thought I would mop the floor. I did and it dried. Success! Being a stupid mother I left the mop full of dirty water with the mop in it unattended while I used the bathroom and came back to this. Ian had let the dogs outside "beacuse Trooper had to pee pee". So the dogs were tracing in dirt from outside and Ian was cleaning the floor for me!

I think now I will make Ian mop the floors from now on. He did a decent job. But now I have to re-mop. Have to love your children!

Blake Walking!

So they are telling me at Daycare that Blake takes a few steps, but I have yet to see him to do it. I was very heartbroken not to see his first steps. Something I knew one day would happen. Things like this wish I wasn't working. Well I hit publish post for the previous post and see him walking in the kitchen! So I run to get my camera that takes video and luckily he walked again and I cought it on camera!! GO BLAKE. Please excuse me talking in a high pitch voice - I was very excited!! :) He was trying to get some markers that I had in my hand!!

Card Making Fun

So I have found something totally relaxing and fun to do. And I can try to be creative at the same time! :) I made cards today. Homemade cards from card card stock, used ribbon and stamps -- even water color. I went to a workshop which one of my friends hosted. She is a Close to My Heart Representative. I enjoyed this class along with lunch with one of my friends from work. It was a Kristin Day!! Most of all I was kid free -- stress free -- for four hours! I plan to join the scrap booking club as well. I think I will enjoy this time during the deployment. Time for me to spend some time with some 'grown ups' and do something that really doesn't require me to do much thinking! Enjoy the cards, who knows you might get one in the mail! Be on the look out!!

So you have to click on the picture to see it close up!
The hippo one says: "Your Hip" on the inside
And the bird one says: "Just because"

Check out the cards, aren't they cute?!

The Hello Hello was all my idea - she had the squares cut out, but the rest -ME.
The Hello Hello one also has a stamp of the alligator in it - just because I thought he was cute!

For my BFFAW!

Hello!! This is for my BFFAW! You should be working and not on my Blog - now go take care of those kiddies!! haha I had such a fun time with my girls from work that we need to get together again! This time "Bubbles" won't do anything silly!! Ok, now you back to work, and me bed. See you girlies later!! Toodles.

Im watching you!!

Ianisms

So Ian has been talking a lot more and I would like to share some our conversations.

Ian: "Help me mommy, Help me."
he is trying to thread a shoelace through a square with holes

Me: "You are doing a great job, go slower."
Ian: "Its to hard, yea, to hard for boys."

Me: "What is to hard for boys."
Ian: "This toy."
Me: "Oh, ok."

Ian running up to me: "Mommy Blakie has poopies, Pe-uww"

Me: "Thanks, Ian."
Ian: "Your welcome mommy."

Im getting dressed in the morning. He brings me a bra and says:
"This is for girls, not boys, yea girls. Here ya go mommy."
Me: Laughing. "Thanks, Ian"

Tickling Blake.
Ian: "He likes that mommy."
Me: "Yes he does, please be gentle."
Ian to Blake: "Your a silly goose, Bakie, hahahahaha"

Putting Ian to bed:
Me: "Ok Ian we are done reading our book its time to lay down and close your eyes and go to sleep."
Ian: "No, No."
Me: "Yes Ian, you need your sleep to get bigger and strong."
Ian: "Big like Daddy."
Me: "Yes, big and strong like Daddy. Please lay down and go to sleep."
Ian: "Its very hard, yea, its hard to go to sleep."
Me: "Its not hard, just close your eyes and go to sleep. Goodnight, Mommy and Daddy love you." Ian: "Thanks mommy"


There are many more. I just can't think of them off the top of my head. He is soo funny to talk to now. Makes me laugh!

Smaller Trash Can or Larger Muscles!

So you find out little things about your house when your husband isn't home. Number one - you appreciate when he takes out the trash. We have a HUGE trash can in our garage that we put the trash in. We can't have a smaller one in the house - #1 the dogs get in it & #2 the kids get in it. So we opted to buy a large industrial trash can in plop it right outside our door that goes from the house into our garage.

Jeff usually does all the trips to the dump - before that my brother did it. How nice of them. Since Jeff is in California I've taken over trash duty. However I would love for my three year old to do it! Wait, he can't drive yet, so I guess its back on me! Ive gone to the dump before -but always for boxes when we moved or when we got packages in the mail. Well I went to the dump when the trash can was half full - and took some diaper boxes, packages I gotten in the mail. No biggie! Well now its been about 2 weeks and my garbage can is packed full... and guess what?! Im a wimp... haha... no arm muscles.

I can't empty it! Is there a garbage muscle man that I can rent to empty it?!? Haha. I have to dump the bigger bag into smaller ones....made for a fun stinky morning!

Well I am going to go to some store to get a smaller trash can b/c when Jeff deploys for over a year - Im not going to want to play in the trash every 2 weeks so I m going to opt for a smaller one with more trips to the dump because I dont see myself getting super buff in order to pick up those large trash bags. :)

The life of a Harmon wifey!! :)