Posh Papoose Giveaway, ends Sept. 24

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The Posh Papoose, makers of stylish slings and accessories, is giving away one $25 gift certificate to their online store.

***This contest originally began at the end of July but due to vacations of me and PP, it is reposted for now...Just b/c summer is ending doesn't mean you don't need a sun hat OR stylish baby sling OR blanket, bag, string backpack or onesie or layered long sleeve teeshirt...Posh Papoose has got a lot to offer!***

They let me have one to test out at the beach this summer and all three boys (my two and Jack-Jack) LOVED it...they had to take turns wearing it even. A few people even approached us and asked where we'd gotten such a terrific sun hat. :)

The Posh Papoose handcrafts teeshirts, sun hats, and baby slings (remember how I went on and on about their fabulous sling? SOOOOO glad I got one! I use it at least once or twice a week, esp. while grocery shopping.)

I really liked the reversible sun hat because it has a band of elastic in the back that helped it stay in place, even when the wind was blowing. It also comes in a wide variety of designs and there are sizes for babies on up (even grownups!).

Seeing as I have three children, I've been "testing" out sun hats for years. This one, in my opinion, is the best sun hat because of its really wide brim and the elastic band. I thought that the wide brim did a great job of keeping the sun out of my baby's eyes. The elastic band makes it easy to stay on without needed a strap under the chin, something I liked.

You can win a $25 gift certificate to be used at the Posh Papoose. You just need to check out their site and leave a comment telling me your favorite item (whatever the name is under it..."that cute sun hat" does not count :).

Extra entries: (separate comment for each)

*Follow my blog
*Grab my button
*Follow Posh Papoose on Facebook's Fan Page (This gets you TWO entries, not just one! As soon as I can figure out why FB is not letting me log on, I will check this out)
*If you pinky promise you will do it, share the site "The Posh Papoose" with your favorite local children's boutique to help spread the word! Leave a comment telling us when you did it, along with what store it is.
*Order something from Posh Papoose and leave a comment telling me what it is.
*Blog about this giveaway (and leave a comment linking it here)
*Follow Posh Papoose on Twitter (#poshpapoose)
*Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/jessremington)
*Tweet about this contest...it could say something like: RT @jessremington Posh Papoose giveaway #poshpapoose http://bit.ly/RfVwY
**Feel free to tweet to me every day if you want...just leave a comment every day to let me know you did it. I've got too much going on to keep notes.**

Keep reading my blog because one day this week I might throw some random way to enter out there and you don't want to miss extra entries!!!

Contest Ends Sept. 24! Entries from the first time this was posted (mine and PP's vacations interrupted that) still count!

LSU Nebraska Bandits

If you don't get it...well, sorry for ya.

Our trip to Ohio to watch the LSU vs. Washington game was quite eventful...just the drive was full of adventure (in small bits and pieces).

Thanks, Illinois, for not only costing us about $30 in tolls coming and going, but for doing such a fabulous job warning travelers of i-80 that there was about 1/2 a mile of road work that you TOTAL FORGOT to post ANY signs saying you were TOTALLY 100% closing parts of I-88 and giving NO detour to get back on that interstate. I drove in the grassy median to get onto the other side of an interstate for the first time ever in my life...me and about 100 other cars when we finally got through some corn fields to get back on i-88 and then come to a stand still for 1/2 an hour. Luckily it only took about 20 minutes to backtrack and get onto i-80...my new bff in the world of roads.

Special thanks also to mapquest for telling me that taking i-88 to get to IKEA is the fastest way. Well, makers of mapquest, I got to IKEA just fine ON MY OWN on my way home, taking i-80. So...mapquest, you can kiss you grits.

Other then that adventure, we had a great trip. The kids traveled fine, we stopped and ate at the WORLD's LARGEST truck stop...how many people can say they did that? :)

Once we got to Brian and Kyra's, we stayed up wayyyyyy toooooo late...esp. considering the LSU vs. Washington game did not come on until 10:30 eastern time the next night. But, we all wanted to visit and the kids didn't seem too sleepy, so we had a great night.

Some of you might think it silly to drive 691 miles one way to visit family. Not us. We've got great family and love that we are able to go and visit them. You only have one life to live...why not share it with those who love you?

Saturday we hung out in B&K's great new house (their Baton Rouge one does not shine a light to how great their new one is...maybe we will move next door...), watched lots of college football (what else do you do on a Saturday?), Bart recruited for TWO fantasy football leagues (i-yi-yi...now he's got THREE!), the kids played with Alden and Noah, and we made smores outside on the new patio in the fabulous gas fire pit. All in anticipation of the OFFICIAL beginning of football season.
.Kyra getting the marshmallows just right.

Noah and Al, the exchange student from Spain...these two guys were great at entertaining the boys
Perfectly roasted marshmellow. Well, not perfect, but good enough.Not sure why Ethan looks so pissed off. Probably because we took a break from shoveling melted gooey goodness into his fat face.The leader of the revolution to feed Ethan smores.

The game finally started and we were all ready, though no longer in purple and gold were the boys because of smores and baths, but we watched some of the game and put the boys to bed. The game got off to a shaky start (ha, those of you watching know what I mean...cause it has more then one meaning) but by the end of it, I was in bed and the Tigers came out victorious. The only scary thing that night was when Bart went to check on the boys. Jackson was missing and we could not find him anywhere...we looked all over upstairs but there was no Jackson. We knew he was not in the basement/theater room with us (man, plush recliners, set up stadium style, huge t.v. for game viewing...it was heaven.) and we could not find him anywhere.
For some reason Bart decided to look in B&K's room (it was really late and Brian had went to bed) and found Jackson snuggled up next to Brian in the "big" bed. I wish I'd snuck in and taken a picture, but I am not too sure how much either boy would have liked that.

Sunday we hung out some more, explored some outdoor shopping malls, and had a great time.

The boys were in heaven...video games and kids who wanted to play them with them.

Monday we left early (well, 8 central time) and made great timing. We ate at Johnny Rockets (don't eat there. The food is only okay and it cost way too much...but there was no "fast" food and we wanted to get going) by IKEA and then....then....

I ventured into an IKEA for the first time ever, thus rendering me no longer an IKEA virgin. Yeah.

We got more bowls and cups for the kids dishware set (they have fantastic dishware for kids and it is only $2.50 a 6 pack!) and Bart decided to buy the boys a bunk bed. Maybe I will share more on that later...we are still building it b/c last night I accidentally built two parts backwards and then called it quits.

We are home now...happy football season has begun once again, glad we got to see some of our favorite family, and ready to not go ANYWHERE for quite a while...our car started this trip at exactly 10,000 miles. Know how many were on it when we bought it in June??? 3,500. yep. We like to drive. A lot.

So, what did you do for labor day????

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Nope, not Christmas (though it ranks a close second). Not my birthday (though everyone does party hard for my birthday)
It's the start of COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON!
Can you just feel the anticipation in the air? Who will succeed? Who will fail miserably? And who, at the end of a long, grueling season of flying pigskins, tackled tushies, and game day hangovers (cause you were too excited from your team winning to go to sleep, not cause you were out drinking...we aren't all crazy LSU fans.)....will be called #1?

Only time will tell.(2007 National Champs...LSU TIGERS!)

This year we are super lucky and get to watch the LSU/WA opener...nope, not in Tiger Stadium (it's an away game...isn't that a shame?), but at Bart's cousin's, Brian and Kyra's. When we lived in Baton Rouge, we watched almost all away games at their house. We decided to invite ourselves for a little road trip this year. B&K live in Ohio now, so we get to take I-80 straight through.

Watch out ESPN...here we come!

One more thing, I am back on twitter: jessremington. Look me up!

Oh, and see that link on the right? The one with the super long bike? Yeah, click it. For me. So I can win one. Cause we all know every mom needs a bike with a huge basket on back.

Who wouldn't love a sugary treat from a place named Swirls???

Ever had the sweet tooth fairy hit you? You know, where you search the whole house and nothing satisfies that desire for something delicious and calorie filled?

This happened at our house the other day. And for once, I listened as the sweet tooth fairy whispered in my ear, "Go try out Swirls...you've wanted to try that new donut shop out for a while now...go do it tonight"

I'm glad I did listen. Swirls has a ton of donut choices, plus cookies, cupcakes, and cakes. Yum-o. The names of all the treats made them even better. There is Boring, Flintstones, Powder Puffs, Razzy, Cherry Coridal, Turtle, Dirt, Glazed and Amused...just to name a few. We had a great time picking our choices.
We will be going back. Trust me. There are many more donuts I want to try, though I don't know if I am brave enough to try the maple with bacon on top (pictured above.)

Worth A Listen

Go here to read about the weekly worth a listen. (Plus, check out her new blog layout...it is great!)
This week's theme is "Let's get it on"...so...not me. But I had the perfect song pop into my mind and knew I had to post it (I think I posted this song a while back) and play along this week.
It is by Flight of the Conchords (whom the grown ups of my house adore, though the boys do like the song about Robots killing all the humans...I think they just like hearing the word ROBOT, other then that, FOC is too grown up for them) and soooo funny.

Enjoy!