Archive for Month: June, 2011
The S’more, The Merrier!
“This summer, the Hershey Company is encouraging families to create their own S’mores memories with the Say S’mores campaign. Starting June 15, families are invited to capture and share their favorite S’mores moments on the Hershey’s brand Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/hersheys for a chance to win S’mores-themed prizes. The grand-prize is a Canon Rebel Camera, a slate marble outdoor firebowl, $250 SnapFish gift card, roasting skewers set and all of the ingredients needed to make S’mores, including Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bars. Families who visit the Hershey’s brand Facebook page on or after June 15 can download the Say S’mores application to participate in monthly photo contests and receive a $1 coupon good toward the purchase of any two Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bar 6-packs.”
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Last week, our friend Pasha was visiting. Pasha is an exchange student from Ukraine, and he’s due to go home soon. We’ve had a great time bonding with him, and I thought it was a perfect night to introduce him to S’mores. We couldn’t have a bonfire to roast marshmallows, so in a pinch I decided to try making them in the microwave. I was skeptical, but —oh my gosh— it worked!
For dinner that night we had gone to Moe’s (can’t beat Kids Eat Free night!) Pasha said he was too full to have dessert, but I still made them. He liked them so much that he ate TWO!
Here’s some video I took of the merry S’more munching:
The kids were so happy, and now that the cat’s out of the bag—what with making delicious S’mores in the microwave—I’ll have to make S’mores for them as a treat more often. One of them even said, “This means we can have S’mores any time we want now!”
And, that’s what happened just one night later when The Bigs stayed up late to watch a movie together.
Now you totally want some S’mores, right?
Well, good, because one reader will win a S’Mores Prize Pack!
The Prize Pack includes:
- a 6-Pack of Hershey’s Chocolate Bars
- a box of graham crackers
- a package of marshmallows
TO ENTER: Leave me a comment telling me about your favorite S’mores memory!
Extra Entries: Tweet or Facebook this giveaway! Make sure you let me know, so I can count your entr(ies).
Eligibility: I’m sorry friends in other countries, but this giveaway is only open to US residents.
[This post is part of my participation in the Hershey’s “Say S’mores” Promotion with The Motherhood. All opinions and sentiments expressed are my own.]
Weekly Winners {Our Library Rocks}
Our library is so awesome. Through the year there are great activities, but the summer series ROCKS! I hope everyone has libraries, in their town, like ours; The whole team rocks. This summer Mikey and Livey had the opportunity to volunteer. They’ve loved every minute of it, and have even asked to volunteer all year long, next year! The librarians love them, and the lead youth librarian really made my day, last week, by telling me what superb children they are. That? Made my day. Especially when I get to see the day-to-day sibling rivalry (something I never experienced as an only child.)
Here’s a glimpse at what’s gone on the past couple of week:
The Traveling Dairy Farm Visits
Three a Day
Davey Searches For The Perfect Place To Sit
Wall of Readers
Pasha at the Great White Cafe Party
Three Girls and Two Boys
(note: one girl is located in Pasha’s cowboy hat!)
Mikey Under Black Light
My Choppers
The Day A Magician Visited
Library Volunteers Rock
Cute Anime Hair
Davey Getting Computer Time at the Library
One World, Many Stories
Lunch Provided
Keep Reading
Apparently Having Your Mother Walk Around With Her Big Camera is Embarrassing
(they’ll thank me one day!)
The Search
on my necklace
it says ‘bliss’
something
i search for
on a daily basis
bliss
amongst the chaos
amidst feelings
of failure
and lacking
quietly thinking
over-thinking
to the point
it manifests itself
into senseless actions
like this
or that
often starring off
into space with
meandering thoughts
do we all
feel this way?
suffering quietly
for fear
of not measuring up
motherhood
is hard
womanhood
is harder, together
intricately intertwined
ideas of perfection
constantly
invade me
delude me
infuriate me
i know who i am
not perfect
but whole
pieces scattered
always collectable
37 years into life
i beg to be
reminded
that despite anything
there is bliss
Summer Lovin’
We are in the water nearly every day of the week. Appropriately so, as it’s so hot outside. On the first day of summer I feel like it’s the twenty-third, because that’s how many days we’ve dipped into a pool.
We’re already tanned (except for the boy that got his Papa’s skin-tone), and it’s not even July yet. More’s coming, and it’s coming with a trip to Buffalo for my father’s 60th birthday on the Fourth of July along with the Macedonian Festival at our church.
I vowed not to complain about the heat after the long, cold winter we had. So, I won’t. Instead, I will welcome every day filled with splish-splashes, butter cookies, cold water, the smell of chlorine, and bathing suits hanging to dry outside.
[Images captured on my Droid Eris with FxCamera and Retro Camera]
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