I am thrilled to bring you the 5th annual Favorite Things Giveaway! There are 30 big time, amazing prizes...which by the way, also work as awesome ideas for your holiday shopping as a gift guide! Scroll below to see the prizes, and hop to each site to enter their giveaway for a chance to win! Here are the items that are MY favorites that I'm giving away to one lucky winner … [Read more...]
Family Photos 2015
Hey friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday spent with your family and friends and all your loved ones! We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas. It's always so magical seeing Christmas through your children's eyes, isn't it? We were lucky enough to have four days off to spend together as a family, living it up in our pjs, playing legos and board games … [Read more...]
DIY Bug Repellant Spray
I am so pumped to share this DIY Bug Repellant Spray with you today because you just don't understand how many natural and less toxic bug sprays our family has gone through over the years to come and find out that so many of them do not really work all that well. Eloise is super allergic to mosquito bites and she swells up like crazy when she gets bit. So badly that one … [Read more...]
DIY Sea Salt Spray for Beachy Waves
Now I know that summer is coming to an end but wait, before you think, what the heck? I'm just going to stop you there and tell you...YES! There is a need for this post. Beachy waves in our hair look so darn awesome in the summer that you'll be glad to have a recipe in your back pocket for DIYing your own spray so anytime you want you can enjoy that sweet tousled summer … [Read more...]
A Few of My Favorite Spring Time Looks PLUS a J.Jill Gift Card Giveaway!
As a momma to 4 little ones I am always on the look out for comfy yet stylish clothing that allows me to feel put together when most of my days are anything but that. Trust me, I know firsthand how easy it is to fall into the trap of yoga pants and stretched out t-shirts when you have small children who love to wipe their hands and noses on your clothes over and over…and … [Read more...]
My Life in Instagram Pics
I know some of you follow me on Instagram (and if you don't, you can follow me here: @smashedpeasandcarrots) but for those of you who do not I thought I would share some of the pictures I have shared over there since the IG format seems to make it is so much easier to share "Day in the Life" type pics then it is in the blog format. I know, I know, how many social media … [Read more...]
Threads by The Shine Project
So I have to ask...have you heard of the Shine Project? If not, let me fill you in...it was started by a pretty amazing woman, Ashley, and the idea behind it is to inspire people to go out of their comfort zone and reach their goals. Last year The Shine Project started a non-profit called The Shine Scholarship Project. They raise money to send at risk youth to college. … [Read more...]
Farmers Market Fun
As many of you heard on the Smashed Peas and Carrots Facebook page earlier this week, we were able to visit one of our favorite Farmers Markets for the first official market of the season. We were so excited. The kids even made a list of things they wanted to buy which included honey (specifically honeycomb), butterkase cheese, and a bag of kettle corn popcorn, lol, … [Read more...]
Choose Joy
I'm sure many of you have heard of the lovely Ashley of Little Blue Boo and her battle with cancer, if not you can read all about her courageous fight here in her Cancer Chronicles series. I love Ashley, she is an amazing and strong woman and I pray for her every day. Her story has struck me to the core as she is my age and is also a momma to a little girl my Noah's age … [Read more...]
A Weekend Away
Ever since baby #4 wonderfully came into our life my husband and I started talking more and more about doing some weekend aways. Yup, minus children...just the two of us. We've never done that EVER in the last 5 years since we've been on the baby-making path...can you believe it?! I think it has always had to do with not really having any close family around, … [Read more...]
For the New Babe…
So I went and bought the new babe something a little bit ago, I had to, it was like there was this magnetic force pulling me towards my computer and Amazon.com. I bought one of these sweet Sophie the Giraffe teethers, well actually two as I figured any toy/baby product that I adore and therefore my little babe loves usually ends up lost, left behind, or eaten by our … [Read more...]
A Box Full of Pretties
My momma loves to send out boxes of goodies for me and the kids every month or so. We absolutely love getting them...but c'mon who doesn't love getting packages in the mail! Last month she sent out a Valentine's themed box with all sorts of V-day fun inside but what I loved most about it was that she included a few knits that my Grandma (my Dad's momma) ever so carefully … [Read more...]
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