Wordless Wednesday: Ginormous Zucchini

This is my first summer growing anything other than tomatoes in my garden. Last Friday, after several days of neglecting my vegetable plants, I went out to check on them. And frankly I was shocked at the huge zucchini I found there.

I have gotten oversized zucchini from our CSA before, but nothing like this. For comparison, here it is next to my size 8 sandals.

On Saturday we cut it up, put some olive oil and garlic salt on it and threw it on the grill. It was delicious. Looking forward to many more!

My Son's Letter to Michael Phelps

We are a household that loves sports so whenever the Olympics roll around, we all get super excited. When it comes to the Summer Olympics, I love watching woman's gymnastics and swimming, my husband loves all of the track and field events and our kids just seem to enjoy it all.

Four years ago during the 2008 Olympics, our oldest son William was just three years old. Like the rest of the world, he became fascinated with Michael Phelps. We watched all of his races together and during bath time he would say "Look mommy, I am Michael Phelps!" as he pretended to swim in the tub. I was excited to see how he would react this time around. Of course he doesn't remember four years ago but he still loved watching the swimming events again this year. We have watched all of the swimming races online together and he got so excited anytime Michael Phelps or another member of the US Swim Team won.

I think this was especially exciting to him because he recognized some of the strokes from his swimming lessons that he is taking this summer. It has been great seeing him become more confident in his abilities and we've had some great SwimWays Swim Steps products to help us along the way.

I asked William to write a letter to Michael Phelps, curious to see what he would write to the greatest Olympian of all time. Here is what our 7.5 year old had to say:

"Dear Michael,
You are the best swimmer in the world. I'm learning how to do the breaststroke in my swimming lessons. I love doing freestyle in my swimming lessons. I hope I am a good swimmer like you when I grow up."

If you were to write to an Olympic athlete, who would it be and what would you say?

 


I am participating in this post as part of the Swimways Swim Steps Swim Team. Please note that the opinions and views expressed in this post are my own.

Back to School with Crayola & General Mills at Target #Giveaway

It is had to believe that back to school time is upon us already. For us, the first day of school is August 27 and it is a very big day since our twins will be starting Full Day Kindergarten! To say that I am really excited about this is an understatement. This mama will be dancing in the street once the bus pulls away!

My go-to store for back to school shopping supplies is Target. Oh who am I kidding, Target is pretty much my go-to store for everything. We are fortunate that our schools don't require us to purchase a lot of supplies, but I do like to stock up on new crayons and such every year.

Available this August exclusively at Target stores:

• Purchase specially marked Nature Valley® Crunchy Granola Bars, Pillsbury® Toaster Strudel® Pastries, and Big G Cereal packages and you could save up to $5 on Crayola products
• Participating Big G cereal boxes will feature a fun Crayola coloring activity on back
• Save on General Mills products when you purchase specially marked Crayola 64-CT Crayons

"This back-to-school season will be as easy as 1-2-3 with a little help from General Mills, Crayola, and Target, the one-stop-shop for all your back-to-school needs! Head to the front of the class and check out www.GrocerySavvy.com where you’ll find even more coupons for back-to-school, recipes, and a special 2012 “Grocery Savvy Crayola® Back To School” Sweepstakes!"

This is a perfect promotion for my family because as I mentioned I need to stock up on some crayons and we just ran out of Honey Nut Cheerios (my boys are very upset with me about that). How do you plan to take advantage of this special promotion to tackle back-to-school shopping this year?

Giveaway
One (1) winner will receive a prize pack that includes:
• Target $20 gift card
• Crayola Dry Erase Crayons
• Cheerios Cereal

The product, gift pack, information, and additional sample have been provided by Crayola, Target, and General Mills through MyBlogSpark. I received free product to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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