Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop!

Are you a Mommy blogger? Do you blog about your kids? Do you blog about great things for Mommies?

 Do you wanna meet other Mom Bloggers?

This blog hop is hosted by The Adventures of Curly Tot, The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom , and Luxury Living Frugal Style!

Rules?

All we ask is that you follow The Adventures of Curly Tot, The Not- So- Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom, and Luxury Living Frugal Style.We are the first three on the linky!Then follow spot #4 which is the featured blog! Be sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back!

We would LOVE it if you'd grab our button and put it somewhere on your blog or in a blog post! This would help us spread the word. However, you aren't required to.

Ok, so after reading lots and lots of great applications and checking out some amazing blogs, myself and my two other co-hosts have picked the new co-host to take the place of The Adventures of Curly Tot! 

I am happy to announce our new co-host for Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop is.....

Lindsey from So Easy Being Green! 

Lindsey will be taking over next week as the third co-host! Here's a bit about Lindsey and her blog! 

Hi, everyone!  I am so excited about this new adventure!  I am a Stay-At-Home-Mommy to one adorable, very active little lady, who just turned 1!  Before becoming a Mom, I was an Owner/Director of a Child Care Center. When my husband, Rob, and I decided to become parents, I jokingly said, "I've taken care of everyone else's kids, now I want to take care of my own!" I was lucky enough to have a wonderful hubby that supported that dream!

Along with blogging, I also enjoy watching Reality TV {yes, really!}, gardening, and hosting parties for families and friends.

When I'm not chasing down my rambunctious babe, I'm blogging at So Easy Being Green, a mom blog dedicated to helping others become a little green-er, one step at a time!

Be sure to follow Lindsey and congratulate her!

Just a Reminder!

Just wanted to remind everyone that the Made with Love Event is coming up in just about a month! It will begin July 8th and last for a week! It will be full of reviews and giveaways of products and businesses of all handmade products! It will be a mix of beauty products, children's products, cloth diaper products, and so much more!!

If you own a business, etsy, hyena cart, or any website with handmade products and are interested in being a featured sponsor please email me at mommyferg02@gmail.com

Fun with Food Friday- Chicken Nugget Casserole!

So I forgot to take pictures of today's recipe but its a good one! Hubby got it out of one of my recipe books one night when I was not feeling so hot and it was super yummy!

What You Need
 1 package (13 ounces) frozen chicken nuggets
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 can(26 1/2 ounces) spaghetti sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning.

What to Do
Place chicken nuggets in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Top with spaghetti sauce, mozzarella cheese and Italian seasoning. Cover and back at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until chicken is heated through and cheese is melted! Serves 4-6.

This is a very yummy dish! Its kinda like Chicken Parmesan but way WAY easier! Its literally something hubby can cook up or the kiddos can help out with! We loved it!!

Be sure to check out Mama Chocolate to see what she's cooked up this week!

And don't forget you can get FIVE extra entries to any current giveaway by simply sending me a recipe to try! Email recipes to mommyferg02 at gmail dot com!

Winners!!

I have some lucky winners to announce!!

Kiki's Fashions Maternity $25 gift code winner:

Amanda said... Comment 88


Follow via GFC and I'd get these jeans http://www.kikisfashions.com/p-5276-blue-faded-boot-cut-maternity-jeans.aspx

Intelligender Gender Prediction Test winner:

weeexpressions said... Comment 34


like intelligender on fb as Lauren Shown Daniels

Lauren

Charlie's Soap giveaway winner:

weeexpressions said...  Comment 66


subscribe to your emails #1

Lauren

(Lauren got lucky this time!!)

Congrats to our winners! I have emailed you both! You have 48 hours to respond to the emails or another winner will be chosen!

Kasey with Thirty-One Gifts Review and Giveaway!! ***CLOSED***

Who doesn't love a cute bag or tote?!  Thirty-One Gifts has something for everyone! Seriously! They have purses, and totes and lunch pails, and organizers, and something cute for everyone! When I was approached by Kasey with Thirty-One Gifts about doing a product review I was very excited, because I have heard so many great things about Thirty-One Gifts!

Kasey is a Thirty-One Gifts Independent Consultant and a mommy like most of us! She gave me the opportunity to review the Organizing Utility Tote! This tote is awesome! There are so many different ways you can use this bag! It is nice and big and has lots of pockets for great organization and keeping things separate!  Here's some great ways you can use this tote:

• Art/Craft Supplies
• Dance/Sports Bag
• Pool Tote
• Errand/Shopping Tote
• Car Emergency Kit
• Diaper Bag

And there's probably a million other things you can use this bag too! I've been using it as a pool tote here lately and its worked great! I have enough room to fit towels and water bottles and snacks in there, plus with all the pockets I can fit my sunscreen and phone and camera in there and it won't get wet from the towels! It's really working great as a pool tote! When I get done using it at the pool I plan on using it as a coupon bag for my coupon binder, my scissors, my lists, etc. It will help me keep my coupons organized for once!!

The picture above is the Organizing Utility Tote I received being used as our pool bag. The pattern I picked out is the St. Andrews Tartan but there are about 8 other patterns and prints to choose from! Another awesome thing about Thirty-One Gifts is you can get personalization on your bags too! I really REALLY love this bag and will put it to great use! The most awesome part about this bag...it is only $22!!  Very Affordable!

Buy It!

Visit Kasey's website HERE to order!!

Win It!

Kasey is being so kind and giving away one Organzing Utility Tote (in the winners choice of design!) to one (1) lucky follower!! 

***Mandatory Entry***

Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect and visit Kasey's Website and tell me one item you love!! 

This entry must be done before any other entries!! 

*Extra Entries*

(2 entries) "Like" Kasey with Thirty-One Gifts on Facebook! It would be great to thank her for the giveaway! Leave your Facebook name in the entry. 

(1 entry) "Like" The Not-So-Secret Confessions on Facebook. Leave your Facebook name in the entry.

(1 entry) Follow me on Twitter. Leave your Twitter Id. 

(2 entries) Subscribe to my blog via email.

(1 entry) Grab my button and post it on your blog or website. Leave a link.

(1 entry) Enter another current giveaway on my blog. One entry per giveaway entered.

(2 entries) Post on Facebook or Tweet about this giveaway tagging The Not-So-Secret Confessions and Kasey with Thirty-One Gifts and linking back to this blog post. This can be once every 24 hours. 

Giveaway will end June 15th, 2011 at 11:59pm EST! The winner will be chosen via random.org and emailed. The winner will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is open to US residents only! 

Busy Weekend!

Sorry I haven't been around much this weekend! We've had family over this weekend and our pool finally opened so we've been out by the pool most of the weekend! Noah is a little fish and loves the water! I have some more reviews and giveaways coming soon! (Possibly one tonight if I have the chance!) So be on the lookout!  I'll leave you with a few pics of my little fish!

Mom Blog Monday Blog Hop

Are you a Mommy blogger? Do you blog about your kids? Do you blog about great things for Mommies?

 Do you wanna meet other Mom Bloggers?

This blog hop is hosted by The Adventures of Curly Tot, The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom , and Luxury Living Frugal Style!

Rules?

All we ask is that you follow The Adventures of Curly Tot, The Not- So- Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom, and Luxury Living Frugal Style.We are the first three on the linky!Then follow spot #4 which is the featured blog! Be sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back!

We would LOVE it if you'd grab our button and put it somewhere on your blog or in a blog post! This would help us spread the word. However, you aren't required to.

Each week we choose a random blog via random.org to be the featured blog! This week's featured blog is...

Baby Steps

My name is Kristen. But only family calls me that. Non-family people call me Kris. I'm a 26 year-old stay-at-home mom to my 17 month old son Logan, a.k.a. Monkey and the soon-to-be Miss Bug who's due at the end of August. I love to read and write. I sew, crochet, and craft. I play video games. I hate the color orange. I went to college and got 2 B.A.s-one in English and one in Linguistics-and then decided I'd rather stay at home and take care of my house and family full-time than make any kind of use whatsoever out of my 5 years of schooling and thousands of dollars in student loans. Go figure. College was definitely worth it though, since that's where I met my amazing husband, Nick, without whom I couldn't have made the adorable baby boy that got me started blogging in the first place. We've been together for 8 years now (married for 5). We're sort-of a "crunchy" family, if you can call it that. Mostly we just try to save money and live naturally. And we extend that to our parenting style as well. The blog is mostly a mish-mash of baby updates and random thoughts that happen to run through my head as I contemplate parenting and life in general. I hope you'll stop by and check it out :)