Showing posts with label end of summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label end of summer. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2014

Back to School 2014

I cannot believe that summer is over/

Tomorrow, I strip their beds, sort their clothes (again), hang and refold everything, and get them ready for school on Monday.

We had dreams for this summer. We were going to go on day trips, and perhaps a few overnights while we explored Florida. Instead, we spent it repairing our car. First, a radiator. Which literally opened up the flood gates unto a dozen more minor- yet crazy expensive because it was all at the same time- repairs. Then, we had almost a week where things were ok.. and then the sensor went out. We replaced the sensor and realized it went out because the main-frame computer died.  You know, the thing that tells the car to START. Yeah, that. It died. And I cried.

We made our own fun, but the kids will tell you it was boring. We had a kiddy pool set up for my little guy, I hosed them all down as often as I could, and you would think that since we live so close to the beach we would have lived there-- but we don't live close enough to walk.

One day, we took an accidental 6 mile walk. That was fun.

We taught Zackie some of his colors, and how to count to five. Sometimes he throws a six in the mix, but what the heck.. it's better than nothing.

I decided to change our future, and launched ANOTHER home based business. While it's difficult keeping up with two businesses, a blog and a family, I think I'm doing ok. Now that the kids are going back to school, I see more regular posts happening here.

Our name change is happening soon.. Our designer moved cross country, so we're waiting on him to get settled, and then going from there. The name, logo, and domain are chosen, designed and ready to go- it just needs to be installed.

So.. this is our life. Crazy, chaotic, fun, and awesome- even when it's not so great. Get ready to ride this ride with us as we enter the newest chapter and say good-bye to 4BabyAndMom as we know it.

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Win a Trip to the Bahamas from Shutterfly + 8x8 Photo Book Giveaway! Ends 8/12

Summer is here and that means you’ll be taking more photos of your family soon. Between beach trips and BBQs, photographs are a great way to capture these summer memories. Shutterfly’s Long Live Summer Photo Contest on Facebook is going on now!

Win a trip for four to The Bahamas and a professional photo shoot so you’ll remember your vacation forever. All you need to do is upload your favorite photo and caption based on the theme of the week. Get a gift from Shutterfly just for entering! You can enter at any point during the 5-week sweepstakes period, so it's not too late!!
PHOTO THEMES:
• Week 4 (7/30): Sports and Activities
• Week 5 (8/6): Parties and Celebrations

PRIZES:
• Instant win prizes just for submitting a photo!
• Weekly prizes (contestants can enter one time/week)
• Weekly featured photos: up to 5 weekly entries will be selected from the gallery and featured on the Facebook fan page and awarded a $500 gift card on Shutterfly and a copy of the new Lonely Planet travel photography book.
• Grand prize: trip for 4 to Bahamas, 4 nights, family photo shoot

Be sure to visit Shutterfly for more information and for the complete and official rules.

I know I've said it a gazillion times, but I really do love the high quality products that I order from Shutterfly. I love their prints, their mugs, but most of all their photo books. Every year, I make a photo book for our family. For 2011 I made an 8x8, but we also have an 8.5x11 and a 12x12 book. The quality of the paper is great, the book and its bindings are strong (trust me, our kids have ruined books before because they're not very gentle.)

This is our family book from 2011:

Create your own personalized photo books at Shutterfly.com.
Our friends at Shutterfly have offered one of our readers their chance to score an 8x8 photo book just by entering below! Share with us what you would use your photo book for? A special event? A yearly recap? A new baby? A special gift for whom? Leave the comment on our blog below, then fill out the RaffleCopter widget to earn extra entries. Be sure to leave the same email address in your comment that you do in the widget.
If you do not leave a comment, all other entries will be invalid. a Rafflecopter giveaway

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