Piggy Paint, Piggy Paint We Love you...Yes We Do! Piggy Paint Review and Coupon.

So as you all know I am super picky about what my kids eat...and for that matter anything that goes in or on their bodies. My little glamazon aka Saylor loves nailpolish and insists on having her toes and nails painted at all times so I have been investigating a better and less toxic product for her nails for quite sometime because inevitably she ends up eating the vast majority of her nail polish and all the chemicals that go with it-EEEEEEEWWW!!! That is when I discovered Piggypaint nail polish and nail polish remover! PiggyPaint generously let Saylor and I try out some of the amazing polish and remover and it is truly awesome! The colors are all geared towards little girls and the best part is there are no harmful chemicals and even better the nail polish remover is odorless and hypoallergenic (pause for applause)!!! Piggy Paint has also offered a great coupon for all While They Nap readers which will give you 15% off anything on their site including sale items. I highly suggest getting your little divas some ASAP not only will they love it, but you won't have to worry about any harmful chemicals toughing their precious little fingers and toes. The coupon code is NAP15L and is good now through August 31st they also have free shipping for orders over $25! Head over to Piggypaint and check out all of the great colors and gift sets they offer!

Here are some pictures from our Fabulous Piggy Paint Review!






Jami and Saylor

Addison Marie Review and GIVEAWAY!!!

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Congratulations Kristin!
Thank you all for entering. Keep following more giveaways to come!
Jami


Addison Marie A Baby Boutique is a great place to find adorable and unique baby clothes, toys and gifts. This boutique is located on Academy and Wyoming in the Whole Foods Shopping Center and is such a fun place to shop. If you are local to Albuquerque you know that there are very few boutiques around town and most of them are for women, but Addison Marie specializes in sizes newborn- 4T and carries some amazing designer brands and organic lines as well. This boutique is great! They also offer shoes from Pediped-which are my personal favorite baby/kid shoe-affordable, comfortable and super fashionable. Owner Brandy named the boutique after her daughter and has been opened 2 years this July 4th weekend and is currently having a sale now trough July 12th in celebration! The boutique is a wonderful addition to our local scene and also has a website for out-of-town shoppers. www.addisonmariebaby.com

Check it out!
Brandy has been so great and offered While They Nap readers and followers a giveaway:

These adorable Two's Zoo Ani-Mates suitcases/storage boxes by Two's Compnay are super cute and super colorful. They would be great for on the go or a place to stack and store toys at home.



The winner will be drawn at random on Friday July 10th 2009 and will be notified on this blog post and by email so make sure you leave your email with your comment!

There are 5 ways to win and you can do all 5 if you want extra entries:

1. Twitter this post @jamibleekerhttp://bit.ly/LWVzl GIVEAWAYS!!! just copy and paste and link it here.

2. Blog about this giveaway and link it here.

3. Comment on another post on my blog and link it here.

4. Follow me on blogger http://jami-whiletheynap.blogspot.com/

5. Make a purchase at AddisonMarie online or the store and email me your receipt or tell Brandy you read about her in my blog!

Good Luck to you all!
Jami

In the Summer Time...

We brush up on our singing-thanks to Wii American Idol.

We try Sushi for the first time!

We sport crazy hair do's or maybe that's a don't!

We act as Jedi as possible.

We master the skill of eating...is there something on my face?

We avoid looking too cute -- not really. Oh Couldn't you just squeeze him?

and this one too.

But in all seriousness... it has been a fun start to the summer we went to the Butterfly Pavilion at the Botanical Gardens and had a blast! It is always fun to see how each child takes it all in in their own little way. I know I have said it before and I will say it a million times more- I love my job and I love being a mother it is so great to have the pleasure of bringing up my own children. I love to see how they change with each minute, each hour and each day. I love to see them grow and develop from day to day and although there are plenty of times when I feel defeated and want to throw in the towel- it is like they know and they inevitably do something or say something so sweet and simple that my heart melts and I forget all about how hard my day was and then I have to thank them and tell them that they are the best kids I know and I am lucky to be their mother!
True Story.
Jami

Tomorrow Tour de Dion's!!

Be B-E-A-U-tiful!!!

I am not one to wear a lot of makeup and being a mother of 3 kids under 6 it is hard fitting even a shower in, but I do have a few products I do love to use and they make me feel beautiful! Just recently one of my friends asked me why my skin always looks so fresh and how come I never look tired- I told her they must be miracle products because Lord knows I always feel tired. The very few products I do use are awesome and I would recommend them to anybody not just mothers and the good news is they are all extremely affordable and don't require any extra time.

1. Burt's Bees Soap Bark & Chamomile Deep Cleansing Cream (Target)
2. Noah's Naturals anti aging Gel Serum (Walmart)
3. Neutrogena Mineral Sheers Foundation (Target, Walmart)

Gotta love Target -they are now carrying lots of organic and all natural products for adults as well as babies which now officially makes it a one stop shop at least for me and my family.
Also F.Y.I. Gap is having Jeans on sale for Men and Women for $19.99 this weekend only and only at the stores but they have lots of great styles and sizes. I hit that sale up today and got myself a great pair! I am a hugeungous fan of sales and Gap Jeans range from $45-80 full price so twenty bucks is a great sale indeed!
Jami

Organic Baby Food -- DIY!!!

So as you all know I am an organic food advocate. I have done some research on the harmful affects that hormones and pesticides can have on our bodies and on little developing bodies as well. I have been trying to feed my children organic for the past 3 years and it has been hard to find out what stores are the cheapest and what things tastes the best, and I have done a lot of leg work. When it comes to organic baby food, it is hard to find and is almost always super expensive- if I am going to buy it I find that Earth's Best Organic Baby Food is by far the best. It is cheap and has no added preservatives, harmful chemicals or pesticides. Strider loves it and they have great combo meal varieties to choose from -and believe me he is picky. I have made my baby's food in the past with a baby food mill, but it can be time consuming and tedious and let's face it sometimes us moms just aren't in the mood, but my mother just recently gave me the one of the greatest inventions known to man or moms--- it is called "The Magic Bullet!!! It grinds up food in a snap and I have used it everyday since I got it. If you don't have one you should definitely invest in one I have been making Strider's food in it and he loves it now I can make him his own organic baby food! I have also made smoothies, juice, coffee and I just got it a week ago. So great!! Gotta Love it! Go get one ASAP!!
Jami

4 Thumbs Up For UP!!!

Sunday night we decided to go take the kids to see the new Pixar movie called "Up". We never go see movies in the theaters, but we are huge Pixar fans and it was playing in 3-D so we got a babysitter for the baby and headed out. Upon reaching the theater we agreed to buy a tub of popcorn to make it really special and we had brought our own drinks from home so the kids were super excited. When we got up to pay we realized that although it did not say on the sign or anywhere on the internet: the movie in 3-D costs $4.00 more for adults and $2.50 more for children. This meant that the tickets alone for our family of four was $48.00!!!!!!!!!!! My husband nearly fainted but he held it together pretty well and we bought our $6.50 tub-o-popcorn and went in. The 3-D glasses did not fit Saylor so she flat out refused to wear them and even though we tried as hard as we could to bend them to her size, our efforts did not pay off and she watched the whole movie in non-3-D, but seemed to enjoy herself. Sky wore his glasses the whole time and loved the movie. Aside from the gaping holes in our wallets we really loved the movie, it was visually amazing and the story was great! Pixar just comes up with such creative new story lines that are funny and have a great moral behind them. I do highly recommend seeing this movie( even though it will cost you). My 3 year old loved it, my 5 year old loved it, I really loved it and my husband forgot all about the money and just enjoyed the movie. Our family rates this movie 4 thumbs UP!!!
Jami

Summer Begins- we survived the first week.

So I will admit was a little nervous about summer starting because 3 kids all day with just one mommy (me) has it's ups and downs and moments of pure insanity. However, we had a pretty good first week. We stayed home Tuesday and rested from our big weekend, but by Wednesday we were ready to get out, but Saylor had been up the night before with an upset stomach and so we again stayed in. Thursday we finally got out and met some friends at the Aquarium and Biopark which was super fun and relaxing. Strider and his friend were really excited about the fish and the older kids loved the butterfly pavilion (a building in which you walk through and millions of butterflies fly around, but forget the butterflies-they all found a snail and took their turns passing the poor thing around for a while and had a great time). We went to an awesome pizza place downtown called Saggios and ate lunch and called it a day. After all of us took a much needed nap the children went to the circus with my husbands parents which left Strider and I home all by ourselves. After dinner and a bath he was ready for bed. So I did what any mother loves to do I enjoyed a peaceful night all to myself. Ahhh!
I am planning on taking many outings this summer and will be posting some fun crafts and activities as well. Let me know if you want to join us!
Jami






Yes they are all the same ages and yes they are all adorable.

Busy weekend-thanks for the memories.

Showing her "sign" aka 3 years!

-Friday was Saylor's 3rd birthday she is getting so big and as always her personality is too.  She said she wanted to go out for a birthday lunch, but we decided to make it a big celebration and celebrate her birthday and Sky's last day of kindergarten at the same time and we decided on dinner.  We went out to Bucca de Beppo!  It was awesome and way too much food, but both of the kids were happy and ate well.  While we were eating, Sky burst into tears and said he missed kindergarten and he would miss all his friends and teachers and of course I had to fight back tears because I myself was having a hard time coming to terms with him leaving kindergarten as well, but after my mother and I explained that he would eventually be returning to school he finished his dinner and we had a great night.  

Sky's last day.

Outside Bucca.

Strider enjoying dinner.

- Saturday was Saylor's Princess Party.  

Prettiest Princess EVER!

I had made a princess cake with the help of my sister the night before which took a while and didn't come out anything like the picture, but Saylor loved it and that's what counts right?  She wore a princess dress of course and ended up with some great gifts.  My mother got her a bitty baby (American Girl Doll) with 2 changes of clothes as well as bottle and bib and she fell in love and named it Lilybryan!  We got her a trike and she got some really awesome outfits.   Thanks to everyone for the presents.  The party was fun and went off without a hitch.  

The "castle" Cake

Baby LilyBryan.

Princess Jump!

-Sunday was Saylor's friend Audrey's birthday party and we had a great time there as well.  It is always cute to watch how children interact with each other.

At Audrey's Birthday!

- Monday is Memorial Day and we had a pretty take it easy day.  The kids played with Saylor's new toys and layed low until after nap when it was time to go to my mom and dad's house for swimming and BBQ!  They swam and then the weather turned nasty so we went in and ate some delicious food.  We all had a great time and the poor baby was super exhausted and passed out immediately fell asleep after his bath tonight.  

Goggley Eyes!

Grandma's !

It was a great weekend full of memories I love my kids and I can't believe what wonderful little people they are becoming.  I am still having a hard time with Sky going to first grade I feel like the time has just slipped by me and it is hard to think back and remember his baby years.  I am hanging onto every baby moment with Strider because I know how fast time flies and it seems like yesterday they were all babies and now they are 5 , 3 and 9 months.

Jami

Happy Birthday Saylor Jean!!

Happy 3rd Birthday!! You are the best daughter I could have asked for.  A gift from God.  Everyday you make me laugh, everyday you present me with new challenges and I love you so much!  Hope you have the best 3rd birthday!

Your mother,

Jami

Newborn Baby Girl

One Year old!

Two Years Old!!

My almost 3 year old!!!

I'M BACK!!- you can't get rid of me that easy!

I know I was totally lame and didn't write but hey... I plead 3 children and one husband working horrible hours.  It has been a great fall, winter and Spring and I have nothing else to say except "where did the time go?".  It seems only yesterday I was taking Sky to his first day of kindergarten and now tomorrow is his last day of his kindergarten career.  I welled up with tears yesterday when I went to his class' "Celebration of Kindergarten" when the kids came out singing "what a wonderful world" and I couldn't help remember my wedding day and watching my kids walk down the isle through a crack in the door to that very song- Saylor was only a baby and she will be 3 tomorrow.  Strider is 9 months old and full of his own little personality.  He loves to growl and yell at the top of his lungs when he feels like he needs to be involved in the craziness of our household.  He does not ever want to crawl and makes it very clear to all of us although he is pretty sturdy on his feet. Who knows maybe he'll skip it altogether.  I just became the proud owner of a mommy van-Thank God!! It took my husband some convincing and lots of leg work and researching on my part but I finally got a van that fits our family and we actually are paying the same for a car that has less miles so it all works out in the end right? I started my own business with my dad and although I have not done much this week it is going fairly well and I am hoping to make Chris a stay at home and help mommy husband within a year or hopefully sooner!!!  I am still trying to lose weight but we all know how that goes.  I will blog more but for now just post some recent pics of my kids! 

Jami