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Thirty-One Thursday: Thermal Tote

Welcome to another Thirty-one Thursday!
On Thursday's I'll share a cool Thirty-one Product with you along with a few usage tips.

Click HERE for my official Thirty-one website.

Here is the AWESOME 

Thermal Tote!

 The thermal tote is 9x5 in H, 14 in W and 4.5 Deep

This lunch tote is lined in an exclusive silver thermal lining.

It has a Zipper closure and one exterior pocket.

This thermal tote is SO versatile!
I use it all the time for baby bottles and 

water bottles while we are out and about with the kids.  

I even took mine to Disney World and threw it over the handles of the stroller!

The thermal tote comes in 14 patterns.

You can also personalize your thermal tote for just $7 extra!

Now through January 31st you can purchase the Thermal Tote on SALE 

for just $10!

This adorable Cinch-it-up Thermal Tote is brand new and also on sale for just $15!

Snatch em up while you can!
This thermal tote sale only happens once a year!

Click HERE to view my Thirty-one Website and view all the choices.

And... Don't forget that I'm always hiring and looking for awesome ladies to join my team. 

Ask Me How :)

MoMomma Monday #12 - Linky Party

Bloggiversary: 1 Year Old!

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 WOW!

Happy Bloggiversary Everyone!

Can you believe I've been blogging at MoMomma for one year to date?
I began this blog January 6th 2011 - That was a quick year. WOW

Going back to my original blog posts I wanted to show my friends and family different ways to save money while raising their family.  I knew I wanted my blog to be about Family, Food, Crafts and Church.  These are the things that I enjoy every day so they were natural topics for me.

My 2011 family goal was to eat better, plan more meals and make family dinner time a priority.

Even with a small baby in the house, I'd say we did pretty good.

I started 2011 with my first Fry's Shopping Coupon adventure.
I still LOVE to coupon but I realize there are MANY couponing blogs out there who do it better,
so I'm going to leave it to the experts :)

I then started adding into the mix my Recipes and Recipe reviews.
 My first recipe review for Fiesta Chicken.  Not our family's favorite but it was okay.

 Turns out my readers dug the recipe reviews so I kept that as a constant feature.
And hey, who DOESN'T like to eat?  And - eat well!

Here is one of our favorite recipes from 2011:
Waffle Maker Pizza

Through the year I also shared a little about my Family...

Milestones of BabyMo & KidMo

 

Happy BabyMo

Baby Boy -Puppy Dog Nursery Reveal

Then... We tackled some PERSONAL topics...
FIRST- I showed you all the GREY HAIR the baby gave me...

THEN- I chopped it all off!!!

Pretty fun... RIGHT?

I had a few serious posts as well - like THIS one where I shared my Testimony & Conversion story to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

And, celebrated another fantastic year married to MoDaddy

And my all blog post with the MOST hits was:
KidMo's Cars 2 Birthday Party & Cake

I've gained Bloggy-Friends from ALL over!

A quick shout out to my readers in New Zealand, Australia, UK, Canada, Ukraine, Brazil, Israel & Germany!  WOW!  

If you are visiting from another country (or even state) leave me a comment to say HELLO!

Thanks for an AMAZING first blogging year everyone!

There's MORE to come! Stay tuned!
hint: I can tell you I'm working on a HUGE room reveal... you're going to LOVE it!

Resolutions, Chocolate & Slim Fast

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Slim-Fast for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Did you see my recent post about those fantastic Chocolate Butter cookies?
In case you missed it  - I am a self confessed Choco-Holic!

I'm here to prove that even Chocoholics can get fit in 2012.

I've been using Lindsay Brin's Mom's Into Fitness DVD's (See right ->)

And, my hubby got me a totally cool ZUMBA DVD Wii game For Christmas.  I haven't tried it out yet but it looks SOooOOO fun!

Finding time for even just a short work out is tough for me. I work full time, and have a family with two little boys that keep me super busy! 

I mix in work outs where I can but I need to tweek my diet. 

I need something convenient and delicious to add to the mix.  

So I was thrilled to hear about these options form Slim Fast!

A slim fast bar that looks like a candy bar. YUM!

For me Slim-Fast is the ULITMATE Chocoholic weight loss solution.  

This makes me look forward to 2012 Resolutions.

I know with these convenient shakes I won't miss breakfast anymore:

I am amazed at how easy Slim-Fast makes it for us!  

Their 3-2-1 plan gives you 3 snacks (Slim Fast 100 calorie snacks, fruits or veggies) , 2 shakes or bars and 1 balanced meal per day.  

Now THAT is a plan I can follow!

And, to make it even easier you can find these Slim-Fast products while shopping at your favorite stores like Target, Walmart and even Amazon.com!

Come on over to FACEBOOK and like Slim-Fast. And while you are there, Like MoMomma too!

Let's start 2012 together - chocolate fans unite :)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from MoMomma & Family

Fantastic Photos courtesy of Colling Photography

I Dream In Chocolate: Chocolate Butter Cookies

In case you haven't noticed,

I'm sort of in love with chocolate. Seriously.

I think I may even DREAM in chocolate sometimes!

Well, I know I Day-Dream in chocolate :)

The other day when I made these SUPER YUMMY

Butter Cookies from Texas Cottage

My first thought was....  

"I wonder how these would taste in Chocolate?"

I'm here to report back

THEY TASTE AWESOME IN CHOCOLATE!

 

 May I Present...

Chocolate Butter Cookies!

I used the same recipe from Sallie's Texas Cottage site,

And just swapped out the Yellow Cake Mix for Chocolate Cake Mix

Butter Cookies

4 sticks (2 cups) butter, softened (not margarine)

1 box CHOCOLATE cake mix

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

decorating sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Let butter come to room temperature. Place all ingredients in a large bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low until well blended. If the mixer is not heavy-duty, finish mixing by hand.

Fill a cookie press with cookie dough and press out on an ungreased cookie sheet about an inch apart.

Sprinkle with decorating sugar, if desired. 

(We decorated ours with Ornaments -aka MnM's!) 

Bake at 350 degrees F 8 to 10 minutes until very lightly browned on edges. Cool for a few minutes on cookie sheet. Transfer to paper towels or wire racks to finish cooling.

Don't be afraid to DREAM IN CHOCOLATE!

Operation Sippy Cup

Operation Sippy Cup

Is now in action!

Say good-bye Bottles, Hello Sippy Cups!

Now that BabyMo is just 13 months old it's time for the switch from baby bottle to Sippy Cup.  

He hasn't been interested in Sippy Cups at ALL up until this point so I knew the switch would be a tough one.

I work Full Time and I often don't get to spend most of baby's "awake" hours with him.
So, I didn't want to leave this tormentuous (is that a word?) change over to Sippy Cups to someone else. 

I waited until Christmas Vacation to make the change when I knew I'd be with him for an entire 10 days straight.  

Hence --> Operation Sippy Cup Has Begun!!

Here's a photo to let you know how the switch is going so far...

YUP.

That's my 13 month old having a meltdown.

"Common' Mom.... just give me a bottle!"

No, but seriously.

I've had to go cold turkey on this kid.

I hid ALL the bottles and We are not going back.

Aside from the 3am meltdown which consisted of 45 minutes of straight screaming, 

I'd say we're doing okay! 

(I'm an optimist - what can I say)

We've been almost 24 hours with NO bottles.

And, I think we're making some progress.

Check out these photos which were taken just 10 minutes after the meltdown above...

Dear Santa... please bring more Sippy Cups.

Sincerely, BabyMo & MoMomma