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My 6 Year Old Hula Hooping Champion…

ShannanB — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:28:41 +0000

The Bman has been obsessed with hula hooping, ever since we attended the Junior League’s Kids in the Kitchen event last April. I can’t remember the name of the group, but they were teaching kids to hula hoop as a form of exercise, and they let him keep his hula hoop (You would have thought they gave him 1 Million Pokemon cards….).

While he certainly can rock the hula hoop – he goes on for more than a minute – what is particularly funny is what he says towards the end of the video. He is certainly a kid of the digital age.

Wordless Wednesday – Best Friends

ShannanB — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:25:47 +0000

A girl and her Mom

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‘Meme’ories (a little about me)

ShannanB — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:43:48 +0000

Over on Facebook my friend Kate tagged me with the “25 Things About Me” Meme. Never one to turn down a challenge, here are 25 things about me that you might not have known. Hopefully you’ll find them interesting!

Here are the rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 5 people to be tagged (It was 25 but that’s a lot!). If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

1. I was born in West Germany. We moved to the states when I was 3 years old.

2. I ran long-distance in middle and high school. I held the record for the mile for 13+ years.

3. I grew up in a small town in Iowa – Denison – best known for being the birthplace of Donna Reed.

4. I started dating my husband while I was still in high school.

5. I am so freaked out by latex balloons that I won’t let me children near them.

6. I bartended for 6 years at a local neighborhood bar. It’s still my favorite place to hang out.

7. I gained more than 50 lbs with my first pregnancy. I weighed just 10 lbs less than my husband.

8. I won’t stand or walk across a sidewalk grate for fear of falling through.

9. My favorite food is spaghetti.

10. My husband and I had our first date at Kaldi’s, a local coffee house.

11. I once passed out at 3:00 p.m. in a park after trying to play drunk waffle ball.

12. Rocco DiSpirito is the only famous person I’ve ever met (not including athletes)

13. My first job out of college was working for basketball legend Oscar Robertson.

14. I can’t fall asleep at night (at home) without checking to make sure the doors are locked and giving each of my boys a kiss on the forehead.

15. I like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.

16. I have a tattoo of a gecko lizard on my right hip. I got it when I was 22.

17. My favorite actress is Parker Posey. If I’d had a little girl I would have named her Parker.

18. We own a boat that we keep down at Lake Cumberland. I would be on it every day if I could.

19. I met my husband working at Frisch’s Big Boy. He was 17, I was 16.

20. My life was not complete until my boys came along.

21. I am a very loyal friend.

22. I cannot cook – both because I don’t enjoy it and because I suck at it.

23. In college I majored in Speech Communication and minored in political science with an emphasis in Japanese studies.

24. I’ve lived in Germany, Iowa, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois and Kentucky.

25. I received my hunting license in 8^th grade after successfully completing a hunter safety course in gym. (Disclaimer: I’ve never been hunting)

Whose next? I’m tagging Jenny & Emilie at Mommin’ It Up, Mimi at The Things We Do, Tara at Feels Like Home and Amy at Amy in Ohio.

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Welcome. Take off Your Shoes and Stay Awhile.

ShannanB — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:16:26 +0000

The Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered, tweeted, blogged and updated their blogrolls/readers. Check back later tonight (after I put the kids to bed) for the winners!

Hello and welcome to the new home of Mommy Bits!! I am so excited to finally unveil the new design and new address- www.mommybits.net! I hope you’ll all take a quick moment to update your blogroll and reader (Pleaseeeeeeee!!!).

For Mommy Bit’s makeover I turned to the amazing Shannon Entin (Phat Mommy). Shannon and I met back in July at BlogHer08. In addition to being an awesome Mom, I discovered that she is also a very talented web designer. Working with Shannon was so easy. If you’re looking to redesign your blog, I’d highly recommend working with her. She really listened when I talked about the things I liked/disliked. I can’t thank or endorse her enough!!

To celebrate the move, and to help spread the word about the change in the Mommy Bits URL, I’m hosting the MOMMY BITS MOVING DAY GIVEAWAY and I hope you’ll agree it’s one EXCELLENT giveaway.

All of the items you’ll read about below were donated by their respective companies (Isn’t that awesome?!?!). I hope you’ll all thank them for their support by clicking on the links below. Without them The Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway would not have happened.

WHAT: Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway!

WHEN: November 1st – November 9^th

All prize winners, including the winner of the Grand Prize, will be announced November 10^th.

WHAT: An amazing array of prizes!

Grand prize – One lucky reader will win:

Lands’ End Women’s Regular ThermaCheck® 100 Half-zip Pullover, in your choice of color! (Quantity 1)

The ThermaCheck® 100 Half-zip resists static shock, static cling, and pesky particles like lint, pet hair and dust! The pullover is part of Lands’ End’s ThermaCheck Sport collection, which is lighter-weight and thinner than original ThermaCheck — making it ideal for layering and cool-weather exercising.

Brita / Filter For Good Gift Pack (Quantity 1)

Gift pack features a Brita water pitcher and a reusable (BPA-FREE) Filter For Good water bottle as seen on “The Biggest Loser.”

Case of Environmentally Friendly Primo Water (Quantity 5)

Primo is a new bottled water which offers the convenience of bottled water for families on-the-go without the eco-guilt. Primo’s bottles are made from plants, not crude oil, like traditional plastic water bottles, and is affordable at $4.99 for an 18-pack case. Primo is currently available at all Target, Albertsons, Publix and all Kroger and Kroger owned banner stores, Lowes Foods, Hannaford, Sweetbay and Winn Dixie stores.

50 FREE Snapfish.com Credits (Quantity 1)

Snapfish is my favorite resource for printing and sharing my families photos. To show how much I love them I’m throwing in a gift card I received from Snapfish at BlogHer08. The card is good for 50 FREE 4×6 prints.

In addition to the Grand Prize, I’ll be drawing winners for each of the following items:

Yoplait Kids Prize Pack/ Cocoa Puffs Combos Cereal (Quantity Available 5)

Prize pack includes a coupon for a free box of Cocoa Puffs Combos and a free six-pack of the drink-able or spoon-able Yoplait Kids yogurt, a cute travel cooler and a BrainQuest trivia game for ages 2-3.

eebee’s adventures DVD Set (Quantity 1)

eebee’s adventures are designed to engage you and your baby with rich play experiences that provide powerful lessons that memorizing letters, numbers, colors and shapes simply can and do not.

Case of Environmentally Friendly Primo Water (Quantity Available 5)

Set of Global Wonders DVDs (Quantity Available 2)

Global Wonder DVDS are a series of programs designed to expose children ages 2-7 to the customs and lifestyles of other cultures. Created by the former Executive Producer for Disney’s “Baby Einstein,” the videos open children’s eyes and ears to the worlds of various cultures through food, playing games, vocabulary and traditions.

PBS Kids SPROUT Gift Package (Quantity 1)

A favorite in the Boyer household, PBS Kids Sprout has generously donated a prize package full of Sprout themed items.

HOW: So how can you enter the Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway and win one of these fabulous prizes???

Update your blogroll with the new MommyBits.net URL then leave me a comment saying you’ve done it.
Twitter about my move with a link to the Moving Day Giveaway. Make sure you leave a comment saying you did this.
Help me spread the word about the move by blogging about the Mommy Bits Moving Day Giveaway on your blog! Make sure you leave a comment saying you did this.
Not a blogger or on Twitter? That’s OK. Just leave a comment. If there is a particular prize you are interested in, outside of the Grand Prize, mention it.

**** Earn bonus entries by doing more than one of the above (additional entry for each one you do)!!! Just shoot me an email (shannanb (at) gmail (dot) com letting me know which ones you’ve done so I can keep track. ****

OK, so that’s it! I hope you like the new look of Mommy Bits and that you’ll update your blogroll and reader with the new URL. A special thank you goes out to all the companies who donated items for this giveaway, to Shannon Entin who redesigned my blog, and to all of you for being my friends!!!