Spark Freebie: Yoplait Fun Pack

So I decided to try out this blog group that lets you test new products and provides you with some awesome goodie packs to give away to your blog readers. It's called My Blog Spark. This recent sampler had new kid-oriented products from Yoplait in it - and since I just had a kid, I'm all about attempting to be a good parent and find things he might like. Even if he doesn't have teeth right now... ha. But I have to say I was really surprised with the Yoplait Kids yogurt because it has less sugar, but you still get your sweet fix in a healthier way than candy/ice cream/junk. It actually tasted good. When Wylie can have yogurt, I'll definitely be letting him have some of this stuff. And the sampler fun pack Yoplait provided was pretty awesome too! It contains a little insulated fabric cooler (I have baby bottles in them for our trip right now, but soon it will contain kid snacks), a couple of cool color-changing plastic spoons for you/your kids to test their yogurt with, a puzzle toy, a washable plastic placemat with games on it, and coupons so you can get your yogurt.

Want a fun pack of your own? Here's how to get it:
Leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite after school snack when you were a kid. If your Blogger profile doesn't link to your blog or email address where you can be contacted, please leave that info at the end of your comment in disguised form (example: myemail AT domain DOT com instead of myemail@domain.com). On Monday night (11/23/09 after 5 pm EST) I'll pull two winners out of the comments using Random.org, collect their info and send it off to My Blog Spark so they can get their very own Yoplait fun pack! Easy peasy and worth it for the chance to get something neat, right?

Now for the obligatory "additional info"...
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This Spark is for the opportunity to receive a free sample of Yoplait Kids yogurt and a Yoplait Less Sugar, More Fun prize pack!

Are you searching for a snack for the kids that tastes good and is good for them? Yoplait Kids yogurt is the perfect solution with 25% less sugar than the leading kids’ yogurt. With its thick and creamy texture that will hug your little one’s spoon, you won’t have to worry about a sticky mess to clean up afterwards. It also contains no artificial sweeteners or flavors, so you can feel good about serving it to your kids. In addition, Yoplait Kids is a good source of vitamin D and, according to two new studies that provide the first national assessment of the crucial nutrient in young Americans, millions of U.S. children have disturbingly low vitamin D levels, possibly increasing their risk for a variety of health concerns, including bone problems. About 7.6 million children, adolescents, and young adults have vitamin D levels so low they could be considered deficient. It can be challenging for growing kids to get enough vitamin D because this nutrient is only found naturally in very few foods; however Yoplait Kids makes it a little easier to incorporate a delicious source of vitamin D and calcium in your child’s diet. By participating in this Spark, you will receive a coupon* for any of the Yoplait Kids yogurt products along with a Yoplait Less Sugar, More Fun prize pack. Perfect for accompanying this fun afternoon snack, the Yoplait Less Sugar, More Fun prize pack includes coupon for a Yoplait Kids yogurt, a travel cooler (to take your yogurt on-the-go), a fun spoon that changes colors in warm water, a reusable place mat with games to keep the kids happy while snacking, and a fuzzy tangle puzzle for some after-snack fun. *This coupon offer for a free six pack of Yoplait Kids yogurt is not valid in some states, including Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota and Tennessee.

FTMFP (First time mom faux pas) #1

Okay, so I learned something from this one. We were going to get Wylie's birth certificate on Wednesday last week. The health dept. that has his file is in the next city over and it was cold that morning. I thought he might need something with long sleeves and long legs that wasn't really thick like fleece, so I grabbed a little onesie deal with arms and legs on it. It even had a cute graphic on it and was the only one that was small enough for him. But once I got his diaper changed and put the outfit on I realized... it looks like an orange prison jumpsuit! Way to go, mom. Niiice one."Take me away! I gotta do hard time for vandalizing the wall by my changing table, man."

No turning back now.

He's here :) 8/19/09 -- 7 lbs 11 oz, 20 in long.

Almost 3 weeks old and we still can't tell what color his hair and eyes want to be. My brother and I are still holding out hope for a redhead. Or even a reddish head. Somehow we both got variations of red hair when our parents are brunettes... gotta thank Grammy Irene and Grandpa Nielsen, I guess. Biology nerds out there, draft yerselves a good Punnett square for that one.

Body Shots

Of the pregnant lady variety. We went over to my aunt and uncle's house a couple weeks ago and they managed to snap pictures of the bump in action. This is about 34-ish weeks and I'm kinda sorta... puffy. The lovely lady in the background is my fabulous aunt - she sewed a bunch of awesome baby blankets and decorated some burp cloths for us! Crafty people in my family, I tell ya. But as for Mr. Bump, he has managed to blow himself a huge bubble to live in. It's super round and sticks out way far. My right leg decided to stop swelling Monday and I actually have an ankle bone poking out of it this week. Still have sausage fingers though. Small victories, right? Ha.

We did come to an agreement about a name finally. When I get induced in a couple more weeks, we'll be coming home with Wylie Ronin Wolfe. Or at least that's the plan for now. Our OB decided that enough is enough and I can pop him out a little early. Dan and I can't wait to cross the finish line and get to a new version of normal, let me tell ya. It'll be hard to learn to be parents but a relief just the same. Luckily we've got a lot of folks to bother with our first-timer questions so we'll be ok.

It's a...

Yeah, I've been a pretty lax little blogger for a while. But I have an excuse! Really, I swear I do! Wolfie and I now have one of these:

Tilt your head to the right and you'll see a cute little profile above. That's our son (Wolfe cub?)! Due to hatch sometime in the last half of August. His official EDD is 9/2/09, but after his photo shoot they've decided he's actually a couple weeks ahead of that. It's been a wild few months since we found out we were going to have him at Xmas. My cousin and I are hyperemesis buddies now - lucky for her she's due in a month so she'll be ok again soon. I still have a ways to go. But our munchkin is healthy and the doctor says he's a really good swimmer, so as long as he's fine I'll take whatever pills the doc wants me to to keep him that way.

We've been crazy nesters since March. Tore out our bathroom and replaced the shower surround, plastered, painted (thanks Mom! I didn't have to sniff paint fumes)... now it looks like we'll need to take the tile floor out because it's cracking pretty badly. The girls I used to work with get a laugh out of all the remodeling going on. But hey, if you can't eat like a pregnant girl you gotta do something else to occupy yourself. Dan rearranged the basement and rewired some of the electrical, so the ubernesting rubbed off on him too. Poor guy.

Also making little boy hats, crib sheets and other baby accessories. I made myself wait until we knew what "flavor" we were having to get started making stuff. Glad , too. Otherwise I would have been making girly outfits and having to give them all away! Sadly most of my yarn/fiber/fabric stash is less than gender neutral. Oh well. I got a cloth diaper kit in the mail this morning, so that'll be this week's project. We figured we'd give cloth a shot because we'll be trying to have a budget baby. And it gives me something to entertain myself with during the day if I have stuff to work on. We haven't had to do a whole lot of decorating - didn't have to paint his room because it was already blue and we've just now started getting furniture and other larger necessities. Putting together the stroller from Dan's parents was a real eye opener though. It kind of freaked me out some because I started to realize the little guy's going to actually sit in there everytime we go someplace for the next 3-4 years. Eeek! I don't care what anybody says about how exciting pregnancy is. We're scared out of our minds.

Red Rum. I mean HAIR.

New hair. Well, new color anyhow. Dan snapped this while I was talking so it looks a little goofy.

Happy Halloween!

Olive the Halloween cat does her impression of the fridge gargoyle.

We carved the world's toughest pumpkins last night. No joke. There were a couple with skin that was more like a hard crust 1/4" thick. I couldn't even saw thru it with a knife... it just kept cracking! They're the first pumpkins we've done since we got our house. Last year we had just moved in 2 weeks before Halloween and didn't have any money left to buy stuff to carve ;)

Kiri the pumpkin slayer.


Dan totally cheated and used the drill on his two little pumpkins... bonus points for the use of pumpkin guts though.

Here are a couple of pictures from the cemetery tour last Saturday. It was freezing and rainy... but still fun. We were the youngest people there. Mostly seniors and then a couple folks that were probably our parents' ages. But it was nice to hear all of the historical info people knew about that the girl giving the tour had never heard of. One guy was related to one of the town's historical figures buried in the first cemetery we went to, which was neat. Since we're still technically new to the area we were happy just to hear what people had to say. Here's a dowsing rod shot:.