I love Nutella, L.O.V.E. it!!! So in spite of the fact that I was so close to my due date, I could not help but accept when I was offered the chance to host a Nutella Breakfast Bar party! It was through Mommy Parties, MomSelect and Nutella that I got this awesome opportunity!!!

DO you know what Nutella is? Well, to quote their website, "Nutella is a tasty hazelnut spread that contains quality ingredients such as skim milk and a hint of cocoa." It is fantastic and has always been a favored treat at our house growing up! I had never thought about using it in something that was not a dessert. That is part of the reason I really wanted to host this party where the focus was on using Nutella as a part of a healthy breakfast!!

"BREAKFAST?! REALLY?!" I thought? Well, Let em tell you, I used some of their ideas for my breakfast bar, and the kids and adults alike loves them-waffle sandwiches, fruit with Nutella (we used Bananas, apples and strawberries), Nutella and fruit wrap ups (using tortilla shells). We also talked about how easy and tasty it would be to use on crepes or whole wheat toast.

Look at some of the spread I served:

And Nutella sent some sweet bags for the guests to bring home:

Each bag included the following items:

In case you cannot tell what is there, each guest got:

• Nutella spread sample packs
• Nutella coupons (LOVE coupons!!)
• A Nutella Tumbler mug (and there are high quality BTW)
• A Nutella spreader
• Nutella tip cards
• Nutella Breakfast Bar recipe ideas
• (and I threw in a few other things for fun!)

It was a great party and well loved by all. Here is a pic that did turn out:


If you want to check out and buy some Nutella for your family to enjoy, go to the Nutella website and you can print out a $1 off coupon (look at the bottom right of the page).

AND if you want a chance to win a case of Nutella, check out this monthly sweepstakes on their website. I would be in heaven to win this!!

Thanks SO much Mommy Parties, MomSelect and Nutella for letting me host this great party! It was a blast and a bit hit!

***Disclosure: I received a Nutella Party Package through Mommy Parties, MomSelect and Nutella & no other compensation was received. All opinions expressed are my own!***

What's in a Name?!

Well, those of you that know me personally know that my children all have quite unique names. I have 2 girls and 2 boys. Each has a "unique" name as well as a family name. I have not used their names on here, but for the purposes of this post, I suppose I cannot keep their awesome (in my humble opinion) names quiet. But before I tell you their names, let me explain what my definition of "unique" is...

In case you did not know, the Social Security Administration keeps a list of the most popular names in the US. If you go to the SSA website here, on the lower right side is an area that says "Popularity of a name" and has a number of boxes you can fill in (Name, which sex it is associated with, and how many years back you want to look). You can look back as far as 100 years and it keeps track of the top 1000 names per year.

When I say I want a "unique" name, I mean the name cannot have been in the top 1000 anytime over the past 100 years. AND I have 4 kids who all have a "unique" name by that definition. You can look them up and see-my girls are Solace and Kindle, and my boys are Ender and Armour.

Well, of course as we have more kids, it becomes harder to find a "unique" name that is not TOO far out there, that both Wes and I like. And so, this child is nameless...due so very soon and nameless. We have a few ideas for the unique part of the name that fit my criteria, but my favorite name (Sawyer) is on the list and gaining popularity like wild fire (Thanks a lot Lost)!

The names we are considering are cute, but nothing has quite hooked me like Sawyer. So, he remains nameless. And I am totally open to suggestions...do you fine readers have any?! I would L.O.V.E. to hear what ideas you have because I am running out of time and ideas and Wes says this time I have to pick...(yeah right)...

(Oh..and please don't judge me too harshly if he ends up as a Sawyer in spite of my unique-requirement...)

Why am I Searching on Swagbucks you ask?! Well, today, as with EVERY Friday, is Mega Swag Bucks day! That means more chances to earn more Swag Bucks (which will earn you gift cards or prizes!!)! So, make sure to use Swag Bucks for all your searching needs today!

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If you are new to Swag Bucks, please read my explanation of Swag Bucks here. And my explanation of the changes to Swagbucks here.

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Thanks Cuckoo for Coupon Deals.

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Thanks See Me Save.

I just wanted to make sure you are all wearing the green today-and if not, I am sending pinches across the Internet! :) Hope you have a happy fun (and SAFE) holiday!

For our family, we will be eating a green dinner, I am sure. It seems that no matter what I cook on St Patrick's Day, those darn leprechauns get into it and turn it green. Tonight we have a jello salad, stir fry with rice, cute kid sodas, and cupcakes. Hopefully I will remember to take pictures of whatever the leprechauns do to it all...

My daughter has a small guiter (it is really a large ukelele) and she is always losin gher picks, so I LOVE this freebie! You can go here to request a free guitar pick holder with 5 picks!! You will have to confirm the email they send you after you request if you want to make sure to get this one!!

Thanks Save the Coupons.

This is a sweet little sample! I am excited about it!! You can get a free sample of Juice Beauty. Just click here to sign up!

Thanks Free Samples 2 Fill Up Your Mailbox.

Today only-Free shipping on your entire order at disneystore.com.  Just enter promo code: LUCKY at checkout!!  Awesome!  :)

Well, somehow this did not post correctly yesterday, so today you get my "WINSday" update on how my winning giveaways experiment is going.
(You can see the explanation of my experiment/idea to keep track of my "wins" in the first "WINSday" post here).

I started keeping track of my wins on the blog on 1/16/11. That means that Wednesday 3/16 marks exactly 2 months since I started. So far (as of today-Wednesday March 16), I have won 45 giveaways.

This week was pretty slow as I did not enter giveaways each day-there were 3 days this week where I had no access to the laptop to enter giveaways (hubby was working from home). So, the fact I won anything this week was pretty lucky.

You can check out the complete list of winnings here!

What have you won lately?! I would LOVE to hear about your wins!!