Tuesday Topics - 6 Favorite Products

When I read the sentence, six favorite products I immediately thought make up products. I don't wear make up. I have never had the interest or the time to learn. I use mascara sometimes and Chapstick everyday. That is my extent of makeup use.

Then I thought products that I use. Dial soap and Burt's Bees Chapstick isn't very interesting.

What I'm trying to say is that this Tuesday Topics is going to be my 6 Favorite Products that I use for Violet right now, with her being 15 months old.

1. Baby Magic

Best smelling soap and lotion ever. Seriously, go to your local Babies R Us and sniff it. Target doesn't sell it in the stores near me so I take special trips to get it from Babies R Us.

2. Huggies Swim Diapers

We had a package leftover from last summer but we are flying through these fast. Violet is a little fish this summer and these work great.

3. Coppertone Water Babies Spray Lotion SPF 50

I love the way it covers and the way it smells. For her face I just spray it in my hands and cover her face.

4. Playtex Insulator Sippy Cup

I call these Violet's peer pressure cups. On our play dates she would constantly try to drink out of her friends cups with straws, then she wouldn't drink out of hers at all because they didn't have the straw. So I bought these and she is happily drinking again. Silly girl. I have to say that I love them. They don't leak all over the diaper bag and I might be crazy but she seems to drink more out of them.

5. Boogie Wipes

I never thought I would use these but I love them. They are saline wipes for boogies. Violet has had a constant runny nose the last week or so and they are a life saver. They keep her little nose from getting red and raw. I will say I can't stand the smell of the grape ones, it makes me sick. Ewww.

6. Applesauce Pouches

Another product I recently started using. Her friends were eating them and I liked how they were a healthy no mess snack for on the go. I buy a few different brands mostly gogo squeeze and Target brand. Violet loves them and I have started buying the yogurt ones for her breakfast so she can eat something she loves and I don't have to clean up after it.

Do you use any of these products? Anything you recommend that I should try?

 

 

Mama's Disney Getaway - Day 2

We woke up bright and early eager to start our first full Disney day!

I had to take this photo as it shows how differently Jen and I sleep.

Mine of course is the messy one. First thing I do is untuck the sheets, my feet must not be trapped!

We headed over to Epcot through the International Gateway. Here is Jen's traditional first at the turnstile dance, one of our trip traditions.

At this point my anxiety was high. I had my sneakers on, my bad foot hurt and I was paranoid I was going to get blisters. Back in May 2009 I had such awful blisters during a trip I had to rent a scooter. I talked to Jen and called my mom and they said I was freaking for no reason and to put it out of my mind. So armed with fresh band aids on my feet I was ready to get my Epcot on.

Normally after the cast members let you through the turnstiles there is a rope near future world so everyone enters at the same time but there wasn't this time. We had a walk through world showcase and straight over to get fast passes for Soarin and to ride!

Soarin is one of my favorite rides. I just love it. We walked right on and headed to Living with the Land to pass time for our fast pass ride time.

After we had our second Soarin ride, we did a bit of browsing at Mousegears and headed over to Spaceship Earth.

Here is our video from the ride.

 

 

After Spaceship Earth we thought about going on Ellen's Energy Adventure but were worried we wouldn't make our lunch reservation if we wanted to ride Test Track too so we hopped into the single rider line for Test Track.

The new Test Track is super cool. I like it a lot better. It reminded me of the Tron movies a bit.

After our thrill ride we got a call from the friends we were meeting for lunch at Downtown Disney. They were already there and asked if we could get their earlier so we started the longest trek ever from Test Track back to Boardwalk Inn where our car was parked.

Longest ever. My feet hurt. My sneakers were not a good choice. I felt hot spots on my feet where blisters were forming. Normally I wear Teva Mush flip flops in the parks but since breaking my foot they aren't supportive enough. We stopped so I could put another bandaid on but we weren't even halfway there.

Would my feet survive?

Was I doomed for a rental scooter again?

More importantly...would we miss lunch?

Stay tuned!

 

 

 

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads out there, but especially to my awesome Dad and Marc, the best Dada ever to Violet.

He went from never changing a diaper before to being a champion diaper changer.

He may be nervous she will choke or baby her a bit to keep her safe but he is always right there when she needs him.

I feel for him down the road as Violet acts so much like me that he may have to separate us when she is a teenager. Poor guy.

Happy Father's Day Marc!

We love you!