Are you eating as many cookies as I am this holiday season? Want to hide your muffin top at all of those Christmas parties?
I have a product that you will definitely want to check out!
Yummie Tummie was created by Heather Thomson, stylist to stars like Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez. She wanted a line of clothing that was made to be stylish, secretly slimming and comfortable all at the same time.
Um...yes, please!!
The folks at Yummie Tummie have launched a site perfect for this time of year! At Eat Drink and Be Yummie, you can find recipes for your favorite indulgences and upload some of your own that you'd like to share. Check it out!
I've just ordered two of their fabulous tank tops and I can't wait to try them out!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Through The Storm
I recently read the book "Through the Storm" by Lynne Spears. From the hype this book got from the media, I expected to read it and really dislike Lynne for dishing dirt on her children and giving parenting advice just to make a buck.
Instead, what I found was a woman, a mother, who desperately wants the world to see her family through her eyes. She didn't dish up the dirt on Britney's private relationships or the sordid details of Jamie Lynn's pregnancy. She talked about them as a mother would her children, with love and candid honesty about their achievements (good and bad).
I got the feeling from this book that Lynne Spears did what so many mothers do: she lost herself along the way of helping her kids be who they want to be. Sure, not all of us help our kids become pop sensations or television stars but we often cart them music lessons, dance lessons or sports practices and make their lives our priority.
She's at the end of the road with her own children because as adults, they now achieve their goals without her assistance and hindsight has shown her that she should have done the tough parts of parenting more often and taken better care of realizing her own goals. She openly shares her own regrets as a mother and wife but assures the reader that she did what she thought was right at the time.
I don't agree with anyone's parenting choices entirely, including Lynne Spears. I choose not to judge them because I am not in their shoes and the choices they face are very different from those in front of me. Instead, I try to empathize with them and realize that we are all human and have something to learn from one another.
Her book drew me in and made me realize that her family is just that...a family. None are perfect but most are at least trying to be there for one another.
If you want a preview of this book, you can find one here.
Instead, what I found was a woman, a mother, who desperately wants the world to see her family through her eyes. She didn't dish up the dirt on Britney's private relationships or the sordid details of Jamie Lynn's pregnancy. She talked about them as a mother would her children, with love and candid honesty about their achievements (good and bad).
I got the feeling from this book that Lynne Spears did what so many mothers do: she lost herself along the way of helping her kids be who they want to be. Sure, not all of us help our kids become pop sensations or television stars but we often cart them music lessons, dance lessons or sports practices and make their lives our priority.
She's at the end of the road with her own children because as adults, they now achieve their goals without her assistance and hindsight has shown her that she should have done the tough parts of parenting more often and taken better care of realizing her own goals. She openly shares her own regrets as a mother and wife but assures the reader that she did what she thought was right at the time.
I don't agree with anyone's parenting choices entirely, including Lynne Spears. I choose not to judge them because I am not in their shoes and the choices they face are very different from those in front of me. Instead, I try to empathize with them and realize that we are all human and have something to learn from one another.
Her book drew me in and made me realize that her family is just that...a family. None are perfect but most are at least trying to be there for one another.
If you want a preview of this book, you can find one here.
SeatSnug
As many of my friends know, I'm hyper-vigilant about car seat safety. When Sister came of age and weight to be moved to a booster seat from a car seat, I searched high and low to find one that would accommodate her weight/height with a five point harness. I just didn't feel that she was as well protected with just a seat belt and a booster seat.
When Mom Central gave me the opportunity to try out and talk about a new product to secure those booster seats, I was ecstatic.
SeatSnug is a device that you secure onto the seatbelt of your car to make it more secure when protecting your child. It helps prevent the loosening of the seatbelt as you drive which causes bouncing around and could lead to ejection from the vehicle in the event of an accident.
Watch this video and see for yourself what a difference SeatSnug can make in keeping your child safe.
This product is what I needed to help me make the all important step of moving Sister up to a booster seat. If you have used it, please let me know how you liked it!
When Mom Central gave me the opportunity to try out and talk about a new product to secure those booster seats, I was ecstatic.
SeatSnug is a device that you secure onto the seatbelt of your car to make it more secure when protecting your child. It helps prevent the loosening of the seatbelt as you drive which causes bouncing around and could lead to ejection from the vehicle in the event of an accident.
Watch this video and see for yourself what a difference SeatSnug can make in keeping your child safe.
This product is what I needed to help me make the all important step of moving Sister up to a booster seat. If you have used it, please let me know how you liked it!
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