Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!! I hope you all had a wonderful week with friends & family. I took time away from social media this Holiday Season to fully enjoy the magic of Christmas time though my Boy's eyes, with Matthew being 2.5 and it being Jacob's first Christmas I did not want to miss a second.

I have tones of exciting things going on with the blog this year, we have a giveaway with Smile Brilliant to start your new off with a Bright White Smile, we have also partnered with another great brand! Stay in touch for more on that Via Instagram @themagnoliamom and Facebook /themagnoliamom

Here are some pictures of our family of 4!

My New Years Resolutions are very simple this year.

1. Live in the Now  - I feel like life has been going 100MPH and I just want to enjoy each minute of everyday with my boys.

2. Take care of Me - This one is hard for me, I am always taking care of others before myself always my kids and my Husband of course, but others like Family and Friends always seem too come before me too and this year I will be taking a little more time too get my hair done, go for a relaxing day at the spa even waking up early to get dressed up even on the days I have no where to go! ;)

3. Be the Best Mom I Can Be! Motherhood is Tough, I just want to be the best Mom I Can Be!


I hope you all had a blessed Holiday Season and have a Happy New Year !!


xo
Amy

Our Love For Freshly Picked Moccasins & A Giveaway!

I first discovered Freshly Picked when I was pregnant with Matthew, searching social media for cute, sensible items that I could not wait to purchase for my little guy! They have been a huge part of his wardrobe over the past 2.5 years we have gotten so many complements everywhere we go about how cute his shoes are, I could not agree more!

 

Our love for Freshly Picked goes far beyond how cute they are, if your toddler is anything like mine, his shoes are the first thing to go as soon as we get into the car or sit down for more than 2 minutes anywhere, my favorite part of Freshly Picked Moc's are they fit so well and they are so light that he doesn't even want to take them off! This is huge for me, it truly makes life so much easier for a busy mom, just slip them on and go!

Jacob got his first pair of Freshly Picked Moc's in Size 0, I mean how adorable are these Birch Moccasins the boys are wearing from the New Classic Collection !

 

I am SO excited to share my love of Freshly Picked with all of you, we have partnered with Freshly Picked to offer you the chance to WIN A PAIR of Moccasins! Please fill out the form below, make sure you are following @FreshlyPicked & @TheMagnoliaMom on Instagram. Please note that you cannot have won a FP giveaway in the last 60 days and that shipping is only available in the United States. Once a winner is chosen you will need to respond to your email from me within 48 hours so I can give your information to Freshly Picked. Good luck!

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Indoor Toddler Activites Melissa & Doug Toys

With just two weeks until my due date we have been spending as much time outside playing and running though the hose as possible around here, sometimes just getting outside for an hour makes all the difference when you have a toddler!

After baby boy makes his appearance I already know getting outside will be much harder and less likely as the weather cools down. I have been on the hunt for indoor toddler activities that promote learning and of course keep Matthew entertained for longer than 5 minutes.

Searching high and low I came across things like (Tub of Beans)  (Beach in a Bucket) even (Pudding Painting) OK I don't know if it's just me or what but NO THANK YOU! I do not want my kid eating 100 raw beans and then waiting to see what happens, or cleaning up beach sand for the next 500 years in every corner of my house and pudding painting I think I would just die!!To say the least I kept searching, My mom got Matthew a set of wooden blocks for Christmas last year from Melissa & Doug that were so adorable, right up his ally with the animals and the tractors. He played with them for quit a long time for him only being a year and half old then, I pulled them back out recently and let him set them all up how he liked he played for an hour ! A whole hour ! Since he like them so much I hopped on there site to see what else we could stock up on !

I found so many amazing developmental puzzles and toys that I just know he is going to love !

Along with some other great non-messy options like drawing a car parking garage on cardboard, making blanket tents (which he loves) and playing with pipe cleaners which I had completely forgot could be so much fun!

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XO
Amy

Valentines Day 2016

The Tuesday after a long weekend is so tough! Am I right? I hope your Valentines Day was filled with all the love in the world! I had a wonderful day with my boys, and of course we took a few pictures to cherish these memories with our (not so little man)!! You guys I can not believe my baby is almost 2! Excuses me while I get all sentimental. Here are some pictures to start an amazing week off! We have some Big things planned.