WIWW: Are You on Pinterest?

cardigan: Nordstrom

shirt: Nordstrom Rack

pants: Old Navy

shoes: Ross

While waiting for my son's sports class to end, a woman said, "Cute outfit!  Are you on Pinterest? This looks like an outfit on Pinterest."  I told her my love of all things Pinterest.  Little does she know my entire style I owe to Pinterest.

Prenatal Yoga

I recently bought this video because I was missing my weekly yoga sessions.  I am needing the mind/body connection more and more now that I'm getting closer.

It actually wasn't too bad.  It wasn't the more intense yoga practice that I'm used to at the gym but it did the trick to appease me for the day.  It was SO nice to stretch my back because it is very tight!  I get to do weekly yoga again.  So exciting!



Monday Must Haves: Pregnancy Cravings

I don't really crave that many things while pregnant or at least I haven't noticed but lately I do always want to go to lunch on Saturdays with my boys at a sandwich shop just so I can have Cool Ranch Doritos.  So, I guess you can say I do crave something.

I am usually up for a Diet Coke too, Caffiene Free of course!

What things do you crave while pregnant?

Friday Plus-Feb. 24th

What we have been up to this week.

We play Candyland nonstop around here.  Maybe I should buy more games so we have a variety.  My son LOVES it!

Every Thursday at the mall is Kids' Club.  We usually go every week but the weather has been so nice (and I've been kind of Kids' Clubbed out) so we opt to go to the park instead.  But today was our lucky day.  We went and we still loved every minute.  This kid couldn't get enough of the carousel.  His face says all.

We went to get some yogurt together.  Normally, he shares with his daddy but he was elated that he got his own "big" cup.

What have you been up to?

Blurb vs. Blog to Print

Every year I turn my family blog into a book because, let's be honest, that is the only journal I keep.  Since all I've wanted to do with my free time is sleep or just be lazy, I haven't had much time to work on the blurb book.  A friend suggested blog2print.com as an alternative to save time. 

She was right.  In about twenty minutes I had my book designed, ready to print, and paid for. I think I made four clicks of the mouse. So fast.  I received my book last week sometime and love it.  But I do have some things I don't love. 

Here is my review:

Blurb
-I love how you can put just one post per page, change the fonts, color, etc.  I also like having my pictures a bit bigger so I love having the picture on one side and the actual post on the other side.  My personal preference.
-But the downside is that it takes WAY too long to make.  Maybe it is because I have too many posts but that is not going to change anytime soon so that is a hassle.  It just takes forever for the book to save, sync, load, whatever due to the high volume of pictures and text.
-Another downer is because I like my pictures bigger, some of them don't have the highest resolution on the page.  They are a tad blurry but you still remember the memory.  And I won't lie....practically the only camera I use is my iphone camera so I get what I get, right?
-I like the covers better.  Bigger pictures, more pictures, etc.

Blog2Print
-SO SO SO SO easy to make.  Seriously, four clicks of the mouse and twenty minutes later I was done.  Worth it!
-The blog posts just follow each other.  You may have two,three, or four on a page depending on the length of the posts.  Kind of annoying to me since I like the picture collage on one side and text on the other.  I tried to change this but no luck.  Maybe you guys know how to fix this.
-The pictures are kind of small.  But with them being a bit smaller-still visible- they are not blurry at all.  Kind of nice with my cell phone pictures. :)
-I thought the Table of Contents would bug me but I really like it.  So often, I look back to a picture of how I decorated or want to read something again and it's nice to have what page number it is on instead of looking through whole book.

There is my review.  I have a love/hate relationship with both.  If I have the time I think I will use Blurb but I'm not disappointed entirely with Blog2Print.  They both have their perks so I think it will depend on what I'm in the mood for and what I have time for.

 What do you use to print your blog?

My New Love...Oatmeal Shake

My friend recently shared with me her latest shake obsession and I must say I tried it and am completely OBSESSED!  Plus, it is a great way for me to use my oats that are just sitting in my food storage instead of making oatmeal cookies. :)

Here is the recipe:
Banana-she always uses frozen but I just use fresh and put ice in there to chill the shake.

1/2 c. oats

scoop of peanut butter (tablespoon)
squirt of honey
little bit of vanilla
1 c. of milk (or so).  I don't measure it out.

Since I like to live on the wild side, the past few times I made it I added some blueberries that I had in my fridge and some spinach since I love green smoothies.  I only added a handful of spinach because this shake is too good to ruin.  I was worried it would alter the taste a bunch but the peanut butter drowns it out.  Maybe I should add chocolate next because I do love a peanut butter and chocolate combo. lol.

President's Day!

Hope you all have a great President's Day.  We spent the long weekend up at a cabin and had a blast with family.  This week I'm hosting my son's playgroup and thought I would post the cutest song I found that I will be teaching them.  My theme is Presidents/USA so I thought this fit perfectly.

Do You Know?(to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
Do you know who's on the penny?
On the penny? On the penny?
Do you know who's on the penny?
Abraham Lincoln.

Do you know who's on the quarter?
On the quarter? On the quarter?
Do you know who's on the quarter?
George Washington.