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Easy, Natural Spring Cleaning Tips from Mama Challenge on TV

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This weekend the clock sprung forward an extra hour and for many of us it marked the unofficial beginning of spring…which also means spring cleaning! 

(Hold back the enthusiasm, right?) 

 But when you are a busy mom with kids (and for me with two kids at home during spring break), it’s a REAL challenge to get caught up with that spring list of chores you’ve been holding off for months to do. 


This morning I conquered a few spring cleaning tips on WFAA Good Morning Texas using products you probably have at home that can make your job easier. And I even have a tip to get the kids involved, too! 

 Check my Spring Cleaning segment here on Good Morning Texas. 





Here’s a list of some of my favorite tips we covered during this segment and soon I’ll have another segment air that will cover some more of the ways you can keep up on your Spring Cleaning list! 
SPRING CLEANING TIPS FROM MAMACHALLENGE

My Most Important Tip: Baking Soda isn’t just for refrigerators and baking anymore, folks!

Clean Your Mattress:
Have your child jump on bed to bring up dust from inside.
Then sprinkle with baking soda.
Then vacuum the mattress top.

Baking Soda as Silver Polish:
To polish silver: Wash items, then place on aluminum foil in the bottom of a pot. Add a baking-soda solution (¼ cup soda, a few teaspoons salt, 1 quart boiling water) and cover for a few seconds.

Use a Baking Soda paste for stains on your cups/plates.

Use a Baking Soda paste to clean stove instead of those corrosive oven cleaners.

 

Clean Your Stainless Steel with Baking Soda:

2 tbsp baking soda, ½ cup vinegar, 2 cups warm water. Put in a bottle once the suds have gone flat.


Clean Your Grout with Hydrogen Peroxide:Just dilute hydrogen peroxide with water before applying on the grout and then leave it for few minutes. It can also be applied in combination with baking soda.

Clean Your Microwave with Vinegar:
½ vinegar
½ water
Microwave and let it steam. Then wipe it down.

White Bread as Glass Magnet:
The next time a tumbler takes a tumble, sponge up the shards with a slice of bread. Even tiny slivers will cling to it.

What’s your favorite spring cleaning tip? 


TV ALERT: 
Watch me next week on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2014 
 for St. Pat’s Treats you can make with the kids! 



Toast to National Margarita Day with Margarita Recipes You Eat

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Thanks for watching me on Good Morning Texas! And if you didn’t and you just crossed these recipes by chance, then welcome (or welcome back)! 
 

Margarita Fruit Dip
Inspired by Key Ingredient

 Ingredients
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 
1/3 c. frozen (thawed) margarita drink mix (10-ounce can) 
2 Tbsp orange juice 
1 teaspoon grated lime peel 
1/4 cup whipping cream
Strawberries, Pineapples, etc. 
Margarita salt or colored sugar

 Instructions
Beat cream cheese, margarita mix, orange juice and lime peel on with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. In another chilled bowl, beat whipping cream with mixer on high speed until stiff. Fold into cream cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate for one hour. 

 Serve with your favorite fruit. Use margarita salt or sugar for rim of bowl. 

 

 


 Margarita Chicken Quesadilla served with Margarita Guacamole
Inspired by recipe from Half-Baked Harvest Ingredients


Margarita Chicken
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders
1/4 cup tequila
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lime juice
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons honey
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 Jalapeño, minced (remove the seeds for less heat)
zest of 1 lime
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
 

Margarita Guacamole
3 avocados, mashed
1/2 cup grape tomatoes, quartered
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1/4 fresh cilantro, chopped
1 Jalapeño, seeded and diced 
zest of 1 lime
juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
1-3 tablespoons tequila
salt, to taste
 

Quesadilla
8 large flour tortillas
1 cup cooked white seasoned with 1 tsp. lime juice, garlic powder and lime peel
8 ounces of Mexican 4-blend shredded cheese 
Cooking spray or olive oil 
 

Instructions 
To make Margarita Chicken: 

Whisk the tequila, olive oil, lime juice, orange juice and honey in a bowl. Add the garlic, jalapeño, lime zest, cumin, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine.Add chicken to a ziplock bag or baking dish and pour marinade ingredients over top. Marinate (in the fridge) for 2-24 hours, flipping chicken a few times. To cook chicken, grill on medium high heat for 6 to 8 minutes per side or until cooked through. Allow to cool five minutes and then chop into bit size pieces or shred with a fork. Keep warm and set aside. 


For Margarita Guacamole: 

Mash the avocados (I left mine pretty chunky, but go as chunky or smooth as you want) in a medium size bowl. Add the tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, jalapeño, lime zest, lime juice, orange juice and tequila. Stir to combine and season with salt and pepper.

 

To make Quesadilla:  
Heat skillet over medium heat. Add cooking spray. Place tortilla on grill and cover each with cheese, then evenly distribute the margarita guacamole over top (I saved some of the guacamole for dipping). Then add rice and then chicken. Fold tortilla in half until golden on both sides. 
Cut into fourths and serve with the remaining Margarita Guacamole. And for dessert!

 Margarita Cake 

Ingredients

Crust
1-1/2 cups coarsely crushed pretzels
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
2 tablespoons bottled nonalcoholic margarita mix
 

Cake
1 pkg.  white cake mix (make as directed except use coconut water in place of tap water)
1 tsp lime zest
1 cup boiling water
1 pkg. (3 oz.) Lime Flavored Gelatin
¼ cup cold water
¼ cup tequila
Frost with whipping cream
Sliced lemons and limes

 
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 13×9-inch pan with shortening and lightly.
In a medium bowl, mix pretzels, sugar, butter, and margarita mix. Spread evenly and press gently into bottom of pan. Place in fridge while you prepare cake batter.
In a large bowl, prepare batter as directed with lime zest and coconut water (optional).  Pour batter over pretzel crust.
Bake cake as directed until light golden brown.
While cake is cooling,  mix boiling water to gelatin mix in small bowl stirring until completely dissolved. Then, stir in tequila and cold water. Pierce cake with wooden skewer or fork all over cake and pour in gelatin. Refrigerate for about two hours.
Cool completely, about 2 hours. Frost with whipped topping and lime slices. 

BONUS TIME!

William Grant & Sons recently launched the first and original ancho chile liqueur, Ancho Reyes, a unique touch to the classic Milagro margarita.  Created by Licorera Ancho Reyes y CIA in Mexico and inspired from a 1920’s-era recipe, the heart of the liqueur is Mexico’s beloved poblano chile, hand-selected one by one based on size, color and humidity, then dried in open air, macerated for six months, and bottled. The resulting taste is pleasantly sweet, followed by chile with mild heat and slight acidity, hints of spices, tamarind, plum, cacao, apple, and almonds, and final subtle notes of fine herbs.

 
(It’s a little bit of sweet and spicy all rolled into one!) 
 
ANCHORITA
 
¾ part Ancho Reyes 1½ parts Milagro Silver Tequila 1 part Fresh Lime Juice ½ part Agave Nectar
 

Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of an old fashioned glass, salt it, and set aside. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake, and double strain over fresh ice into the glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

 
So I have to ask: Frozen or On the Rocks?
 

Valentine’s Day Inspired Treats

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As a periodic TV contributor, the folks at WFAA ABC-8 Good Morning Texas invite me on to highlight some of the best (and the worse) that Pinterest has to offer. This time we’re talking Valentine’s Day Inspired Treats!  

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No matter the topic, whether’s it’s been Peppermint, Pumpkin or (melted) Margarita Pie, I have try to show viewers how they too can look like they spent four hours to whip up a delectable dessert or delicious dinner with no more than a couple of minutes, $5 dollars and a roll of twine (or maybe that was MacGyver.)

And while Pinterest has given many of us some amazing ideas, I’m sure we’ve all come across a few of those that didn’t quite work out like the picture says it will. That’s where I come in! I mean nobody’s got time for wasting time and money on a project that isn’t going to be nothing less than perfect!


With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it means mom’s arsenal of everything fun, adorable and cute and thoughtful better be stocked with good ideas that will get your points across the board. So I’ve selected some of the most creative ideas on Pinterest I thought were so cool, but didn’t know exactly if they would be fabulous or a total flop.

Heart-shaped Cinnamon Rolls 
Probably one of the easiest and quickest of my Pinterest finds were heart-shaped cinnamon rolls! Using your own recipe or my “homemade recipe” (read: Pillsbury), you can make a heartfelt sweet treat for breakfast in less than 15 minutes! 

Ingredients

Favorite Cinnamon Roll brand (just make sure your preference is in a spiral shape)

 
Directions
Just unroll the cinnamon roll into one long piece of dough and then begin rolling them back up on both ends. Then place them in a pan and pinch the center into a point to create a heart! Cook them as directed. Once they come out of the oven allow them to cool. Then add a little red food coloring to the icing to create the ultimate Valentine’s breakfast!

Mini-Apple Pies
My husband loves pie, but I don’t like to make a big pie as we will both end up eating on it all week, and I’ll gain three pounds from “tasting it.” So instead we prefer just a little pie so he gets all the best part of the pie without making enough to feed an army. When I found the cutest heart-shaped pie press online and came across the most amazing apple pie filling from Mr. Wittle’s Fine Foods, I knew there was a pie in the making! 

Ingredients

Directions
Unroll the pie dough and cut out two hearts of the same size with the cookie cutter. Fill one side of the heart with a little bit of filling without over-filling. Lay the other heart over the top and use a fork to pinch the two hearts together to form a crust. Lightly brush the egg wash on top of the crust. Place in the oven at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes until the crust is golden. 

To download this graphic, click here for the free downloadable PDF. 

And since I wanted to make him feel special, I even made a little Valentine’s Day card to go with it so he will always be the “apple to my pie.” (Now you can have pie and a Valentine’s card made in less than 25 minutes and a few ingredients. 

Bacon Roses
Roses may be the way to my heart, but if I ordered a dozen roses to his job on the Big V, I don’t think he’d be a happy camper. But bacon roses are a whole other ballgame!  I’d seen several photos for bacon roses, but they seemed so tedious. 

I was SO wrong. 

In less than an hour I had a beautiful dozen bacon roses for my honey and he (and the kids) loved them!

Ingredients

  • Package of Bacon (I got a large package for my project!) 
  • Mini-muffin pan (everyone should have at least one of these! So useful! for so many things!) 
  • 2-3 fake-flower bundles (Dollar stores or craft stores have these for around $1) 
  • Toothpicks
  • Vase
Directions
Roll bacon into a tight spiral like a rose and place into a mini-muffin pan fatty-side down.) 
Cook bacon for 30-45 minutes at 375 degrees in the oven. Half-way through cooking taking the pan out and drain the grease. When the bacon is cooked (nice and dark), allow it to cool so you can handle. 
 
In the meantime, remove all the petals from the rose bundles. Take a tooth pick and poke into the flower stem to create a pointed end for the bacon rose to be secured. When you’ve finished place a rose on each stem, place in a vase for giving! 

And don’t miss my favorite featured Pinterest challenge with the heart pound cake! 
 

And there’s so much more, so make sure you follow me on Pinterest for lots more Mama Challenge fun! 

 

Bake and Thank with Peppermint Holiday Gift Ideas {TV}

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The holidays get everyone in the mood to bake and thank your neighbors, friends and family, especially ME!  I’m slightly obsessed with PEPPERMINT, so I’ve researched Pinterest and created some of my own favorite peppermint recipes for this year’s round of holiday giving!  I even found a how-to to create  tray serving tray made of peppermints to make and give goodies for the perfect holiday gift! 

Here are a few of the best recipes that feature Peppermint! 

 EASY PEPPERMINT FUDGE
Inspired by Sally’s Baking Addiction

 Ingredients

 3 cups white chocolate chips
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon peppermint extract 
8 crushed candy canes (2/3 – 3/4 cup)
2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

 Instructions

 Line 8×8 square baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Spray lightly with cooking spray.

 Combine the white chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir frequently until chips are melted. Remove from heat and stir in the peppermint extract and candy canes.

 Spread evenly into prepared baking pan. Top with chocolate chips and gently swirl them into the fudge with a knife. Top with a few more crushed candy cane pieces. Chill for 3 hours, then cut into squares. 

 PEPPERMINT TRUFFLES
Insprired by Your Cup of Cake 

 Ingredients

 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/4 cup white chocolate chips, melted
1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
1/3 cup crushed candy canes (approximately 4-5 candy canes)

 Instructions 

 Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Either by microwave or over a double boiler, melt white chocolate chips. 

 Add white chocolate and peppermint extract to cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth and well combined.

 Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

 Spray hands with cooking spray. Then make small 1-inch balls with chocolate and roll in peppermint mixture. 

 Wanna see these babies in action? Check out my segment on WFAA Good Morning Texas! 

Other recipes featured on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas and more can be found on my Peppermint Pinterest page! 

I frequently feature recipes, products, and ideas on TV. Check out my past TV segments!

Make it the BEST SATURDAY Ever with Superhero Saturday Cartoons {Printables} {Recipe}

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When I was growing up, waking up on Saturday morning was like practice for Christmas. 


 Going to sleep the night before you knew once you saw the crack of dawn the next morning, your favorite cartoons were all waiting for you to tune in to your heart’s delight – or at least until noon when they all called it quits until next weekend. 


Unfortunately, on-demand cartoons have changed that. Now kids are used to having cartoons whenever and wherever they like. While as a parent it makes things convenient, I do feel like something special about my childhood has been robbed from my children.

 However, this last Saturday, we created our own Saturday morning tradition with a “Super-Hero Saturday” watching Vortexx on The CW. 

 Super heroes like Flash, Superman, Spiderman, and The Green Lantern reign supreme when you have a five-year-old, so the Saban Brand’s Vortexx lineup with Justice League Unlimited and The Spectacular Spider-Man made for a perfect backdrop for our fun. But we decided to go to the next level!


 We made an occasion for the whole family! With a Super-hero breakfast party complete with crafts, costumes and a special super-hero themed menu! 

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As Justice League came on, my son sported his Batman pajamas while he created a matching mask (template attached) and arm shields (made with toilet paper rolls)! Meanwhile, I made breakfast – a “Green Lantern” cinnamon roll made with green sprinkles and a Flash Juice (see the recipe below.) 

Flash Juice

Ingredients
8 oz. Pomegranate or Cranberry Juice
1 oz. Ginger Ale
Whole Lemon

Instructions
Pour the juice and ginger ale over crushed ice. 
Then slowly remove the lemon peel until a large patch of peel is free from the fruit (at least a 1×1 inch swatch. Using a knife, cut the lemon peel like a lighting bolt and lay flat on top of the drink. 

Just hanging out with him for an hour, watching cartoons and making it an interactive experience was almost as much fun for me as it was for him. And he even thinks I’m a pretty super mama, too. 

Vortexx on The CW airs every Saturday morning from 7:00 a.m. to Noon Current programs on Vortexx include The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, Rescue Heroes, Sonic X, Bolts & Blip, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Justice League Unlimited, Dragon Ball Z Kai, B-Daman Crossfire, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. Fans of Vortexx on The CW don’t have to wait for Saturday mornings to unleash the fun of Vortexx. MyVortexx.com keeps kids entertained 24/7/365 with fun activities, games and full episodes. Vortexx also has a branded Video on Demand Channel by Kabillion. 
Follow the fun on social media with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 
Make Your Next Saturday Super!





Best Pumpkin Recipes on Pinterest Put to the Test on TV

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When someone gives me a challenge, I take it. Head on. This time it’s the best pumpkin recipes on Pinterest. And I accepted gladly.

 


And when it has to do with Pumpkin + Pinterest, we’ll that’s the best kind of challenge, right?

This morning I put together three recipes I found on Pinterest to the test on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas for their Pumpkin-Palooza! Check out what I made and best of all, the recipes are here, too!

 

 

 

Three Ingredient Pumpkin Doughnuts

Inspired from http://sugarinhertea.blogspot.com/2013/09/three-ingredient-pumpkin-dooughnuts.html

 
 
Ingredients
1 box of spice cake mix (just the powder) 
1 15 oz can of pumpkin 
3 tablespoons of water

 Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and spray your doughnut pan. 
Mix the three ingredients in a large bowl, and that’s it!! 
If the mixture seems a little dry, add a bit more water. 
Spoon the mixture into your pan and bake for 13 minutes. 

Optional:
Maple Glaze Recipe:
1 cup powdered sugar 
2 tablespoons maple syrup 
3 tablespoons milk

Pumpkin Pie Fudge with Nutella & Marshmallow Cream Swirl
 

Ingredients
1 bag Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses
1 cup White Chocolate Chips or White Melting Chocolate
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 c. Nutella
1/4 c. Marshmallow Cream

 
Instructions
  • Place chocolate in a medium sauce pot, pour sweetened condensed milk over top. Over LOW heat, melt the sweetened condensed milk and chocolate together, stirring constantly until smooth and pulling away from the edges of the pot.
  • Pour into a wax paper lined 8×8 baking dish (I usually lightly grease the wax paper too).
  • Use zip top baggies to pipe the nutella and marshmallow cream over top of the fudge. Swirl in with a knife.
  • Chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour to set.
 

Pumpkin Better Than… Cake
 

Ingredients
1 box yellow cake mix
14 oz pumpkin puree (NOT PUMPKIN PIE FILLING)
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
8 oz. tub cool whip
1/2 bag Heath Bits
Caramel Sundae Sauce
 
 
Instructions
  • Mix together the cake mix, the pumpkin puree (DO NOT add the other ingredients on the cake mix box), and the pumpkin pie spice until a batter forms. 
  • Using the 14 oz. can of pumpkin puree will yield a thicker batter. You can add up to 1 cup more pumpkin if you’d like a thinner batter (which will yield a slightly fluffier cake).
  • Pour batter into a well greased 9×9 (9×13 if you added more pumpkin) baking dish. Bake at 350º for 35-45 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Let cool completely after baking. 
  • Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the top of the cake.
  • Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the cake, aiming to fill the holes. 
  • Refrigerate for 60 minutes or until the sweetened condensed milk has soaked into the cake.
  • Spread the cool whip over the top of the cake. 
  • Sprinkle on the heath bits, and drizzle caramel over top (just to your liking). 
  • Refrigerate for 3-4 hours, or overnight (best).
Do you love or hate pumpkin?
 
 
 
 

 

NickMom Has “The Right Stuff” for Moms

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Because I’m a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community and mom who enjoys a good laugh, I’ve been asked to share a little MotherFunny on the behalf of NickMom. And if you find all the references to boy-band songs in this post, you are pretty MotherFunny too. Now back to your regularly scheduled blog…

#shop
Photo courtesy of Nickmom.com


A few months ago, I sat in front of the TV and the computer to begin my night (which coincidentally only comes after everyone else has finished theirs.) So tired from all my daily “mom dos and dats,” I hadn’t even bothered to change the station from the ending credits of Team Umizoomi to something more adult appropriate (you know something mature and intelligent like reality TV), when I heard a little song come on “advertising” for a new music album. 



 About :10 seconds in the song when the “boy band” Sons II Mothers started to belt out about “doing my dishes and my laundry,” I got excited (from both the song and the idea of a man wanting to do my dishes.) What I realized is I actually wasn’t just watching my 10th infomercial of the day or that my dreams of a clean sink were coming true. This was actually MotherFunny. 

After a little Google session, I discovered this wet-my-pants kinda of fun was from NickMom, a new block of mom-appropriate late night programming for when moms actually get to watch TV. Aimed at mamas just like me, NickMom is made for those of us that sing Yo Gabba Gabba songs when are kids aren’t home, haven’t washed our hair for a least  two, three or four days, and our Facebook status shows we’ve attended a boy-band concert…in the last month or two and didn’t take our daughters.  
Alas – These were my people. 
You see, I’m an admitted New Kids on the Block fan from way back. I mean WAY back. And I really haven’t gotten over it yet, even more than two decades later. I still have my giganto Jordan pin, a few posters and the entire trading card set (no judgement, ok?) 

Just to show my true dedication, I have spent much time over the last six years showing my commitment to the words of “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)” for the New Kids like when: 
  • I drove four hours one night to have the chance to meet Jordan Knight. But backed away once he came over to meet me like my daughter does when she fills up a diaper but doesn’t want me to see. (Coincidently, I got the chance to meet a member of 98 degrees and Color Me Badd at the same time, but that’s a whole ‘nother MotherFunny story.)
  • I attended two NKOTB concerts (one of those very pregnant) and still did all the moves to “Hangin’ Tough.” Yeah, you should have seen the guy in front of me wondering if a kid was going to fly out any minute. He just sang “Hold On Girl” all night.
  • And I even admitted on a radio show that if my husband had let me, I might have named our first-born child Jordan. Glad I lost that battle to naming him something more prestigious like after the hottie in Steel Magnolias instead.
Knowing I’m not the only mom with a little obsession for remembering the good ole days, I looked to my friends at NickMom.com and thought there’s got to me someone else that’s just as twisted as me. And of course, they didn’t let me down. 
#shop

Just like my own personal Miss Cleo, this said a lot about me and answered those things I had wondered for a long time, but didn’t have anyone else to discuss this very important matter with. And that’s not all NickMom is dishing up – they also have stand-up comedy that only a mom can appreciate (however, a dad will enjoy even if he only half gets it.) 

But don’t worry it isn’t all just fun stuff, they get to the serious stuff too. I mean just check out this episode of Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor and her focus on O’Mama Care. If you don’t laugh with this girl, well you need to pour yourself another glass of vino (and check out what your wine says about you.) 

Apparently, mine says I should just attach the glass to the bottle and it would save me a step… 

So are you looking for a little Motherfunny to liven up your sacred Pinterest time? Need a “friend” to debate why Donnie is better than Jordan (not)? Or just want to watch something besides Monica, Chandler and Ross for the nth time while you throw your baby a little late-night boob action? Then turn that dial to NickMom where they know every day is “Step by Step,” so why can’t it be MotherFunny? 


Autumn Does Autumn Tablescapes on TV (with A LOT of help from GiggleGalore.net)

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Who better else to talk about autumn than Autumn, right? 

Actually, when I was asked to do two segment on Autumn tablescapes, I knew I need to bring in some “reinforcements” to show viewers it is possible to create functional, beautiful displays that aren’t just pretty, but memory making as well.  So I rang up one of the most amazing local DFW event goddesses and bloggers, Mariah from GigglesGalore.net, to put together a segment that would make Pottery Barn jealous. 

 Take a look at what we did for a kids’ table, every day dining, brunch with the girls and a formal dining experience that can take your fall from drab to fab – with things you can find in your house, your backyard and your local craft store. 

I think you can agree to say, she outdid herself with these perfect expressions of fall. 


Celebrating Dr. Smith’s Dallas Launch with Celeb Mom Ali Landry

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(Syndicated from Mom2Momdfw.com) 

Saturday was busy. 


After the Fox Good Day Saturday segment on all things pumpkin, I ran over to Fearing’s at the The Ritz-Carlton for Dr. Smith’s Diaper Ointment expansion launch. While it was rainy and humid, indoors it was a wonderful brunch experience with moms talking about what moms end up always talking about – their kids. 


The only thing that was different than my normal brunch is this time we had a special guest in our midst, a former Miss USA, model and 8-week post-partum mom Ali Landry. And she honestly was so incredibly nice, real and absolutely amazing. And I couldn’t take my eyes off her shoes. 

Here are more photos from this great event hosted by Dr. Smith’s Diaper Rash Ointment. 
Entrance to event

Of course I would have food shots! Here’s a fruit k-bob with yogurt drizzle (loved the napkins, too!)

Breakfast corny dogs with maple sausage.
It was also the opening day of the State Fair of Texas. Coincidence? I think not. 

Loved the presentation on bite-sized pancakes with blueberry dressing.
(Did you notice the deviled egg tray makes a perfect presentation?) 

Flowers were beautiful and matched my mimosa perfectly!
Me and the girls with our new bestie, Ali (well, maybe not bestie, but she seemed like one of the girls that day!)


From their family to ours: Dr. Smith ointment to take home to our babies!

Right now the company is also offering a $2-off coupon on their Facebook site to use at local pharmacies like Walgreens. Visit the Dr. Smith’s Official Facebook page to download yours now. 


Saving you money and your child’s bottom too, that’s Dr. Smith’s.

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