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Anne is a 30-something full-time SAHM mom of 5 ranging from 3 to 17 and grandma of 1 who resides in Ashwaubenon (Green Bay) Wisconsin. She started blogging in 2008 as a way to regain her sanity. She enjoys coffee, chocolate, cheeseburgers and vodka along with spending time with her husband and kids.

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Snack Away with Pocky

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*This post is brought to you by our friends at Glico Pocky Brand. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

A few years ago, my mother-in-law visited the Philappines for work. On her trip there and back she had a layover in Japan and spent that time exploring and she picked up a few things to bring home for our family. One of the items she returned with were Pocky sticks, a delicious biscuit stick dipped in a chocolate cream.

Glico Pocky Sticks Chocolate Cream

From the first bite, we were all hooked. The boxes she had returned home with did not last long and I found myself scavenging the internet to order more. (Hey, I was pregnant with Ellie during this time and they were sooooo good I HAD to have more!)

On her second trip to the Philippines, she stocked up on more. Lesson learned.

Now here we are, 3 years later and I can finally purchase Pocky at a local retailer!

Since we were first introduced to Pocky, they have put out different flavors and a new product called Péjoy and our friends at Glico were kind enough to send us some to try.

While the Green Tea weren’t exaclty for us, we are big flans of the strawberry cream flavor and the new Péjoy.

The kids are already begging me to get some more and who am I to say no to more Pocky??

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LifeLock, It’s More Than Credit Monitoring #LifeLockSafety

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*This post is brought to you by LifeLock. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

Protecting your credit is not a fun or easy task. After everything we have been through in the last 7 years and all we have done to try to repair our credit, you can bet we are doing our best to monitor it closely.

Thanks to LifeLock and their identity theft protection services, we can rest assured knowing that we are doing what is best to protect our credit and our name.

LifeLock IS more than credit monitoring. They monitor and detect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, searching for identity threats to all their members.

As soon as something is detected that is a threat to your identity they notify you immediately via text, phone or email so the criminals can be stopped before they damage your identity.

In the event that your identity is ever compromised, LifeLock’s Certified Resolution Specialists will work to restore your good name every step of the way and that’s backed by their $1 Million Total Service Guarantee!

Now that’s protection EVERYONE needs!

You can enroll in one of these great plans today! Please visit the LifeLock site for more information on plans and enter code LifeLockSafety for 10% off!

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Orkin Bug Wisdom Backyard Explorers Kit

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*This post is brought to you by our friends at Orkin and PartnersHub. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

Summer has arrived and with that comes little creatures that seem to crawl into every nook and cranny. This is the time of year that Alexander loves because he loves bugs. He’s even taking a Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! class in summer school.

At Orkin, they never stop learning. Their new “Bug Wisdom” video series is a reminder that some of life’s biggest lessons come from small places. Bugs are smart, curious creatures – we humans can learn a lot from their ways.

Take the quiz to discover your “Spirit Bug,” and check out all the GIFs to soak in every nugget of wisdom that these bugs have to offer!

The Orkin Man always knows what to look for when he shows up at your home. If you want to get exploration down to a science, be sure and enter to win Orkin’s Backyard Explorers Kit!

Orkin Backyard Explorers Kit:
– The Orkin 9-Page Activity Bug Book
– Orkin Bugview Bug Catching Tool and Magnifier
– Red/Black Summer Wayfarer Sunglasses

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Protect Your Children from the Dangers of Lithium Coin Batteries

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*This post is brought to you by our friends at Duracell. I received a promotional item in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.*

Seriously, what is it with little kids and putting everything in their mouth? They don’t seem to care what it is or where it came from and if it is shiny, you get bet it will find its way into their mouth.

While most of the things my little ones discover and put in their mouth are harmless doesn’t help me from worrying that something will end up in there that could really hurt them.

Lithium coin batteries can lead to serious injury or death if they are swallowed and every year there are thousands of cases of coin battery ingestions reported.

Duracell is doing their part to prevent battery ingestion by updating their packaging to be child resistant and placing warnings on the batteries themselves.

With the great infographic below, Duracell is hoping to raise awareness about this issue.

To prevent your children from injury, here are a few safety tips:

** Secure the battery compartments with tools or tape. (Coin batteries can be found in garage-door openers, medical devices, watches, some remote controls and those annoying greeting cards that sing or talk to you).

** When disposing batteries, wrap them in tape first.

** Keep ALL batteries out of reach of children.

Just One Of My Kids

She Dances

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Last week, Ellie started a tot dance class through our park and rec department.

Every Tuesday morning this summer, we make our way to the community center and watch a group of little girls, ages 2-3 ‘dance’ for 30 minutes. It is ADORABLE.

At her first class, Ellie was a little shy.

I think she spent more time running over to give me kisses that class then she actually did dancing.

By the end of the class, she was ready to dance.

After her first class, Alex and I decided that she needed a cute skirt and dance shoes to go with her pink leotard (none of these items are required for the class).

When they arrived in the mail over the weekend she was so excited. All she wanted to do was dance.

Today she had her second class and when we pulled into the parking lot she squealed in glee and was ready to dance! She did a great job at her second class and I think her favorite part was the spin.

What do you think?

After class was over she began to beg to go to class again.

I can’t wait to see what next week brings!

Now I’m off to shop for more cute dance clothes!

My name is Anne and I’m officially a dance mom.