I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here are some of giveaways currently running:

Win 4 tickets to Six Flags with no blackout dates through 1/5/11!

Win a Eucerin Gift Bag with a $50 GC to Sunglass Hut!

Win a copy of Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue and a Make a Mouse Craft Kit worth $28!

Win a copy of WordWorld: Pirate Sheep and Dive Olly Dive! Under Pressure DVDs

LOW ENTRIES!

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win awesome giveaways, including a Vera Bradley Tote!

I love zucchini. I loved eating it grilled or sauteed, especially with some yellow squash. But what I really enjoy is baking with it. Shredded zucchini, much like carrots or apples are great for making moist and flavorful baked goods. From cakes to breads to muffins, zucchini rocks. I’ve already featured two recipes on my baking blog. So of course I asked my mom if she had any zucchini left in her garden last week. She asked my dad to give me some from the garden and put it in the back of my van.

I was completely not expecting to find THESE when I got home.Now that is some MONSTER ZUCCHINI. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed but had trust in my handy dandy KitchenAid Rotor Shredder/Slicer attachment which I knew would fly through the shredding.

But what I hadn’t counted on was this. I never imagined that a single zucchini would net me 17 cups! Since most recipes call for 1 or 2 cups of zucchini, I think I’m set for the year after one. I plan to give a couple to my husband to bring to work. Because for the love, there is no way I can process or use four more that size.  I think I might end up like 5 minutes for mom with a freezer full of zucchini instead of blueberries.

If you are also looking for recipes in which to use the zucchini from your garden, check out my Zucchini Bread and Zucchini Pineapple Cake posts on Oh My! Sugar High. And be sure to watch out for more recipes because as you can see, there is no doubt I’ll be adding more.

And if that KitchenAid mixture attachment is making you drool, keep an eye out here on Baby Loving Mama for the chance to win your choice of KitchenAid attachment!

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High, The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us, Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here are my giveaways currently running:

Win a Eucerin Gift Bag with a $50 GC to Sunglass Hut!

Win a set of three books from Blue Apple Books worth $30!

Win a copy of WordWorld: Pirate Sheep and Dive Olly Dive! Under Pressure DVDs

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win awesome giveaways, including this Bumbleride Flite and Carrycot worth $315!

And be sure to head on over to my other blog, Oh My! Sugar High to enter to win this amazing Ghiradelli Chocolate Basket!

ENDS FRIDAY MORNING!

What do you do get when this handsome fella, who happens to be your husband, gets totally paranoid that we are sitting in the splash section at SeaWorld and insists that both you and your brother-in-law must vanquish your camera to your in-laws sitting way in back because he is afraid something will happen to your cameras and you both listen?
This is what happens. This is the only picture you get of the “show” at SeaWorld.

And what do you all say at the end of the show when not a single person in our section gets wet? You got that right Warren. “Oh no!”

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High, The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us, Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here are my  giveaways currently running:

Win a Crayon Romper Set from The Baby Bunch

Win a set of three books from Blue Apple Books worth $30!

Win a $25 gift certificate to Little One Books!

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win awesome giveaways, including this Bumbleride Flite and Carrycot worth $315!

And be sure to head on over to my other blog, Oh My! Sugar High to enter to win this amazing Ghiradelli Chocolate Basket!

We’ve been gone this past week to attend my brother in law’s wedding in Texas which we turned into a week long trip. And yes, we are crazy to go to Texas on vacation in August. Thankfully our family also has an awesome outdoor pool that always feels like bathwater thanks to the scorching heat. Nothing like cooling off in the pool on a hot day. The boys were in heaven playing with grandparents, uncles and cousins, along with mom and dad too!

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High, The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us, Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

If you enjoying sharing your love of cooking or baking on your blog or you just enjoy getting inspiration from others, check out this newer weekend meme from Oh My! Sugar High.

Every weekend we’re on the hunt for the tastiest recipes created by moms, dads and friends like us. You don’t have to be a chef or fancy baker to create beautiful dishes and delicious recipes. We want to see and share in your love of cooking and baking right from your own kitchen. We hope you’ll find new recipes to add to your family menu and new friends along the way. To join in, just share your most recent or favorite photo recipe on your blog and hop back to the Oh My! Sugar High baking blog to share your recipe on the weekly linky.

Visit Oh My! Sugar High Saturday Sweet Shots #6 and see all the amazing food already posted. Be sure to add your link to a favorite recipe so we can stop by and be inspired!

I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here is just a few of the giveaways currently running:

A $75 Gift Certificate to Novica for anything from jewelry, apparel, home decor to handbags!

Win one of THREE Handi-Foil Eco-Foil Pan Sets worth $30!

Win a $25 gift certificate to Little One Books!

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win awesome giveaways, including this Bumbleride Flite and Carrycot worth $315!

One of the greatest joys (and frustrations) of having a two year old is never knowing what you might find. Warren loves hiding things and while walking through our entryway I find this in my husband’s shoe. Just hanging out. I’m not sure if this was meant to be a present for his daddy or if his daddy’s shoe was his horse’s new home. Either way it made for a double take, a chuckle and a shake of my head.

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High, The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us, Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here is just a few of the giveaways currently running:

A $75 Gift Certificate to Novica for anything from jewelry, apparel, home decor to handbags!

Win one of THREE Handi-Foil Eco-Foil Pan Sets worth $30!

Win TWO Gorton’s Seafood Free Product Coupons! 5 of you will win!

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win awesome giveaways, including this Bumbleride Flite and Carrycot worth $315!

And stop by 3 Kids and Us to win this a $100 Sports Authority Gift Card!

My husband and I share a birthday that is exactly a week (and four years) apart so we often celebrate at the same time with my family. We  both LOVE cheesecake so I requested cheesecake instead of cake. My dear, sweet mother could not let my 30th birthday go by without something saying so in writing  so she also made this fun checkerboard chocolate and vanilla cake special for me.

Here we are together, happy as can be as everyone starts singing to us.

And then all of a sudden out of no where my husband pulls this…

Can you tell by the look on my face and the cake in front of me what happened?

If you guessed he blew out the candles on MY cake out of nowhere you guessed right.

It totally took me by surprise as my husband isn’t one to usually play jokes on me or anyone for that matter. I guess he was just in a silly mood. (Maybe it was the new GI JOE shirt my sister got him that brought him back to his childhood days?) Now I look back at this and laugh but at the time I was just flabbergasted and grabbed his my cheesecake to blow out instead.

So there.

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High,  The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us, Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here is just a few of the giveaways currently running!

An absolutely AMAZING prize from Wilton which includes your choice of local Wilton decorating class for you and a friend, student kits and supplies. This is a value of over $300 LAST CHANCE! THIS CONTEST ENDS TONIGHT! 7/29

Your choice of jewelry (up to $35) from Fantasy Jewelry Box

A Thermos Star Wars Dual Compartment Lunch Kit. Perfect for Back to School!

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win awesome giveaways, including this LIKEaBIKE worth $315!

And stop by 3 Kids and Us to win this amazing Pyrex giveaway!

This weekend I celebrated my 30th birthday with an awesome carrot cake my husband made me. It didn’t turn out perfect (darn bundt cake pans are tricky if you don’t know what you are doing) but it was the first he ever made special for me and it even included my favorite, homemade cream cheese frosting! For a present he got me a very cool bike. Thanks honey!

For dinner my husband and I shared some awesome sushi. I got a Maki Combo (along with a tuna roll) which includes a variety of the CHEF’S CHOICE. And in it I found this bad boy. A bit scary but I decided to be daring and bold. I was really surprised that it was a little chewy but good.

I think I’ll spare you all the picture my husband took of me eating it. I’m not sure you all want THAT visual. (Sorry Cat. I hope you didn’t just faint!)

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High for my first fondant cake,  The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us, Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

I personally like this format best but you can list it however you like as long as you include an end date and link directly to the giveaway post.

Blog Name – Prize (end date)

I will do this each Thursday so please come back next week to link up!

Here is just a few of the giveaways currently running!

An absolutely AMAZING prize from Wilton which includes your choice of local Wilton decorating class for you and a friend, student kits and supplies. This is a value of over $300!

Your choice of jewelry (up to $35) from Fantasy Jewelry Box

And a Kool-Aid Fun Fizz Prize Pack!

Don’t forget to stop by The Shopping Mama to link up your giveaways and enter to win this amazing Bounce House . She also has some amazing birthday party ideas and related giveaways!

One of the benefits of being married to a runner always training and competing in races is that my boys want to be like their daddy. When daddy is gone my two year old Warren will immediately say he is out for a run. And they want to go too. So much so that my husband now takes the boys individually on short runs through the neighborhood “training”. Last Friday both the boys participated in their first race before their daddy’s race.

They were so proud of themselves and all I could do was beam.

For more Wordless Wednesday check out Oh My Sugar High for some delicious dessert disasters,  The Shopping Mama , 3 Kids and Us , Jennifer Leigh Designz, 5 minutes for Mom and Seven Clown Circus.

If you love to share your favorite recipes on your blog or you just love getting inspiration from others, check out this new weekend meme from Oh My! Sugar High.

Every weekend we’re on the hunt for the tastiest recipes created by moms, dads and friends like us. You don’t have to be a chef or fancy baker to create beautiful dishes and delicious recipes. We want to see and share in your love of cooking and baking right from your own kitchen. We hope you’ll find new recipes to add to your family menu and new friends along the way. To join in, just share your most recent or favorite photo recipe on your blog and hop back to the Oh My! Sugar High baking blog to share your recipe on the weekly linky.

Visit Oh My! Sugar High Saturday Sweet Shots #2 and see all the amazing main dishes and delectible baked goods already posted. Be sure to add your link to a favorite recipe so we can stop by and drool!