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Mother’s Day is just around the corner

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I love Mother’s Day.
Believe it or not, I actually love Mother’s Day MORE than my birthday!
My kids have always made Mother’s Day great and that’s why I enjoy it so much.
Last year for Mother’s Day, the kids made me cards, attempted to serve me breakfast in bed and then took me out for lunch AND dinner!
It was such a nice day.
And it has to be the best one I have had in the 12 years I have been a mom EXCEPT….
my first Mother’s Day will always be my favorite.
Zack was born in February 1999, so my first Mother’s Day was when he was a few days shy of being 3 months old.
My mom went out of her way to get me a card from him (that I still have).
Not to mention that day care also made sure I got a little something from him as well….

This is the front of the Mother’s Day Card Zack ‘made’ me for my 1st Mother’s Day in 1999.
The inside of my 1st Mother’s Day Card from Zack – 1999

Your first Mother’s Day is one you never forget and I know that I never will.
Over the years, the kids have made me a few other pieces of artwork and I thought I would share with you because homemade gifts from kids are truly the best kind!!

The front of my cards from Zack Mother’s Day 2002
Mother’s Day Artwork from the Libby 2002
Front of Mother’s Day card from Zack 2003
Inside of Mother’s Day Card from Zack 2003 – He used to sign his name just Z but it was always backwards making it an S.
Mother’s Day card from the Libby 2004

This is from Zack in 2005

Mom Rocks Mother’s Day card from Libby 2009
Poem from Zack, Mother’s Day 2009

These are the best gifts a mom can get!
I don’t have any homemade Mother’s Day cards from Alexander just yet, but I’m pretty sure that this year I will receive my first!!
Cards are a great way to say Happy Mother’s Day and Tiny Prints offers a great selection of cards for you to create your own unique cards.

Disclaimer:  I received a promotional code for free products from Tiny Prints as a thank you for participating in this campaign all opinions are my own.

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A Gift from Oliver’s Labels

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The great folks over at Oliver’s Labels are giving reader’s of The Megalomaniac Mommy the opportunity to save 10% on your order to help celebrate The Megalomaniac Mommy’s 2nd Blogaversary!
To take advantage, enter code:

OLIVERSFRIENDS

for a 10% discount on your next purchase.

We love our labels and use them every chance we get!

Thank you Oliver’s Labels for being so generous and participating in The Megalomaniac Mommy’s 2nd Blogaversary Bash!!!

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Woe is me

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We are potty training.
This is the 3rd time I have gone through this since becoming a mom.
One would think it would get easier with every child.
Oh how I wish!
My little Alexander is by far the hardest trainee I’ve had.
Don’t get me wrong, he will go on the potty every time you take him BUT
He will also pee in his Pull-Up and come running to tell you instead of telling you he has to go potty first AND
HE WILL NOT POOP ON THE POTTY!
I’m at a loss.
I don’t know what else to do.
He’s 3 and starts Preschool in September.
Preschool that we have already started paying for.
Preschool that he HAS TO be potty trained to attend.
I have really tried everything with this kiddo.
I’ve bribed him with toys, stickers, candy, Buzz Lightyear and Cars Pull-Ups and even all kinds of cool underwear with all of his favorite characters on them.
Not to mention the AWESOME Buzz Lightyear and Elmo potty seats and the nice comfy potty chair.
My oldest, Zack, was by far the easiest to potty train and was wearing the big boy undies by the time he was 2 and the Libby was all set before she turned 3 and now this little man is just giving me a run for my money!
I just don’t know what else to do but am open to any and all suggestions from all of my other bloggy friends.

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Spike Seasonings Review & Giveaway – Ends 4/12/11

Sponsored by Tomoson.com

Since we began making changes to our diet, we have started to incorporate new foods. Foods that a lot of us are NOT use to eating. We have had to come up with different ways to create dishes the whole family will like. In order to do that, we have had to play around with different flavors and thanks to Spike Seasonings, we have been able to do just that!

Spike Seasoning is available in 10 different varieties:

*SPIKE® Original Magic!
*SPIKE® Salt-Free Magic!
*SPIKE® HotNSpicy Magic!
*SPIKE® Vegit Magic!
*SPIKE® Vege-Sal Magic!
*SPIKE® Garlic Magic!
*SPIKE® Lemon Pepper Magic!
*SPIKE® 5-Herb Magic!
*SPIKE® Onion Magic!
*SPIKE® Tenderizing Magic

So far we have used the SPIKE® Garlic Magic! and SPIKE® Onion Magic! on steak, the SPIKE® Lemon Pepper Magic! on some beautiful baked cod and thank goodness we had the SPIKE® HotNSpicy Magic! on hand recently when we were making Dirty Rice out of the box because we were missing a seasoning packet but were able to make up the flavor with the SPIKE® HotNSpicy Magic!

We have enjoyed experimenting and using these different spices so much, that I have arranged for one lucky reader of The Megalomaniac Mommy to win a Spike Seasoning Prize Pack!!

Here’s how to enter!

MANDATORY 1st ENTRY:

Tell me what types of dishes you are planning to whip up!

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9. For 5 additional entries, blog about this giveaway and leave me a comment with a link to your post.

10. Submit this post to the social networking site of your choice and receive 1 entry for each submission just leave a comment with a link for each.

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This giveaway will begin on March 29th 2011 and end on April 12th 2011 at 12 Noon CST.

 

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