Happy Canada Day, Canada! 

This last week, I have had so much fun reading posts written by proud Canadians. Some made me smile, some made me laugh, and some even made me tear up a bit. We have so many reasons to be proud and the authors of these posts are one of them!

If you are looking for some party tips, some fun facts about Canada, some beautiful photos to look at, a video oozing Canadian pride, or would like to "meet" some proud Canadians, you have come to the right place. 

Happy reading! 

Are you ready to party?!

In less than a month, The Great Canadian Blog Bash hosted by WhisperedInspirations, Mom vs the Boys, Positively Pampered Patty, Kat’s Confessions and Good Girl Gone Green will be in full swing with lots of fun and amazing prize packs to be won! A sneak peek into the awesomeness we have coming your way for TGCBB prize packs- a 300$ Visa gift card from Mom Central as well as a many, many, MANY other goodies from our fave Canadian companies!

If you haven’t already signed up, what are you waiting for?!

• on June 25th, each host blog will have a post for you to stop by and link up at. You only need to link up at one, it will show on all of them.
• You will also be able to link up your Twitter and Facebook pages.
• Each blog participating will create a Great Canadian Blog Bash post (it does not have to be a giveaway) for participants to land at. This is the URL you should link up, not your main page. Please include The Great Canadian Blog Bash button in your post.

We are going to kick off the bash with a twitter party on Sunday, June 24!

Time: 9:00 pm ET

Hosts:
@whispersinspire
@momvstheboys
@pamperedpatty
@GGirlGGreen
@KatsConfessions

Sponsors:

@elephoto - $300 in gift cards!
@Nature_Clean - some sweet gift baskets of goodies!

We are very happy to announce that Elephoto and Nature’s Clean will be sponsoring the party, and it is one you don’t want to miss. We are going to have some fun trivia questions for you all to answer, so you may just want to brush up on your Canadian trivia!

I hope you all had a wonderful love day! Thank you to everyone that entered the giveaways and congratulations to those that won some awesome goodies!

Of course, without the help of some amazing Canadian companies, the Be My Valentine Giveaway Event would be pretty sad so a huge thank you to The Pumpkin Patch, Look Who's Growing, Posterjack, PINK Espresso and Shian Naturals. I would also like to give a shout out to the lovely Theo for covering the shipping costs of the CMO Scentsy giveaway! We truly appreciate your support and generosity! MWAH!

WINNERS:

The Pumpkin Patch:

#10 Suelyn Liked The Pumpkin Patch on Facebook

#139 Carrie Liked the blog post

Look Who's Growing:

#24 @mommyto5boys followed @LookWhosGrowing on Twitter

Posterjack:

#101 Laura P Tweeted about the giveaway

PINK Espresso:

#8 Lisa Bbl Liked the blog post

#65 Patty O Liked PINK Espresso on Facebook

#44 Sue S Liked the blog post

#112 Kristen S Blog about it

# 96 @xocanadianangel followed @PinkEspressoLTD on Twitter

Shian Naturals:

#151 @RebTheCatSitter tweeted about the giveaway

CMO (Scentsy):

#290 Louise G followed @CndMoms on Twitter

Congratulations all! Enjoy your gifts!

More Giveaway...

Click Here - http://www.sjb-myphotopage.com/2012/02/valentines-day-giveaway-hop-ends-912.html

GOOD LUCK!

Who is up for a game of Truth or Dare?! Nancy, Patty and I are! Every Tuesday we will be writing a post answering either a truth or a dare and we would like to invite you to play along with us!

• Each week we will post a truth and a dare to choose from.
• Write your post answering the truth or dare.
• Add your post to the linky on Tuesday and have fun hopping!

We will start off simple this week as a kind of "getting to know you" post but you better believe it's gonna get interesting later on!

Warning Posts may contain: TMI, disturbing photographs, coarse language, mildly lewd, rude or crude content.
Possible side effects may include shock, temporary blindness, andLaughtillyoupee[ laugh-till-you-pee] Syndrome.
 

Truth for January 31, 2012:

Tell us 3 things about yourself that isn't common knowledge about yourself.
 

During this holiday season use the most surprisingly versatile cooking ingredient: Rice Krispies.   Deck the season with holiday treats by trying out these delicious recipes!

Rice Krispies Holiday Treats

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I hate nice days.


They make me feel guilty.  I always think, "Soon its going to be winter and we are going to be stuck in the house and I will be begging for plus 15 weather. Turn off the t.v  Fat Ass and go play with your children."


So off we go to the driveway.


THE SCENE:


Whirlwind is riding around on her Run Bike (the kind with no pedals) and not wearing her helmet.  And Baby Bot is skinning his knees while crawling around on the cement.


Suddenly, a blood curdling scream.  Whirlwind has fallen off her bike and there is blood all over her face. I run to her (4 steps) and at the same moment Baby Bot is climbing up the cement steps to the front door and looking very unsteady.


What do I do? 


Console the one that is already bleeding and check the damage?


Or.


Prevent the other kid from arriving to the same result?


Hmm.... which kid do I love more?


So what do I do.....?


In perfect Kyla fashion, I do neither.


Instead I yell at the neighbour.  "Excuse me... Excuse me..... I need help!!!!!!"  Wouldn't this be the perfect time to get to know her better?  She seems really nice.  Maybe we will become best friends and bring each other casseroles. At the least, I could borrow a cup of sugar or something.


She runs over and I scoop up Whirlwind and carry her into the house while telling the neighbour that, "The Baby" is climbing the cement stairs and "could you do something about that..."


I bring the bleeder to the kitchen and start planning a trip to the dentist.


The neighbour carries the baby into our kitchen and watches me wipe down Whirlwind's face. Which is actually fine. There really wasn't that much blood. Just a bit of road rash on her chin and the blood in her mouth was from her tooth gauging her lip. No real damage at all.


I take Baby Bot from the neighbour and that is when I see the real damage.


My home. My home was the damage. Here I was thinking it was my child that was the bloody mess. Nope not the case. Not my kids face.  It was my home.  It was repulsive.  Hoarder'ish. Damn embarrassing.


Why is it that you don't notice how disgusting you live until you look at your home through someone else's eyes.  How could I have not noticed this?!


I am just lucky no one called Social Services.  Because the next day, any time anyone asked Whirlwind what happened to her face, she was quick to tell them,  "I fell off my bike and I wasn't even wearing my helmet."

You're Invited!

So, guess what guys?

On Friday, December 2nd at 4:00 PM we are going to be having a fun Q&A with Elephoto! Come on by and meet Elephoto and ask them your questions! We are also hosting a Christmas or Ugly Sweater picture contest! Show us your best shot and enter for a chance to win prizes! Make sure you "like" Elephoto prior to coming to the event that way you can participate and follow along and of course, win prizes! Like Elephoto, here.

Now, we aren't forgetting our tweeps either!

Tweet, Tweet!

On December 9th at 9PM we are having a Twitter party! Please make sure to follow your hosts @CndMoms, @WhispersInspire and @elephoto to follow along. There will be fun trivia and another chance to get to know Elephoto better. If you missed your chance to enter your favorite Christmas pictures or Ugly Sweater pictures, be ready to share them here! So, get ready to chat it up, laugh and get into the Christmas spirit! There will also be a savings special for ALL those who attend!

See you there!

Please fill out the form to RSVP HERE.

M:  Well that was a first. I'm so distracted trying to get ready for work.... that this morning in my rush to get my oldest to school, I dressed our one year old.....sans diaper. Yes, somehow I managed to get her dressed even doing up a diaper shirt, without noticing that she was commando! Needless to say, that added a car seat washing, carpet cleaning, bath, change of clothes to my morning!!!! I'll be glad when this weekend is over!