New Giveaway! I See Me! Book

I am so excited to tell you about this amazing personalized book!

There is this wonderful company called I See Me! that makes these personalized books for your children.  They will even do one for twins!  I have one for my twins, Jacob and Aubrey. You can take a virtual tour of all the books they have available here.

What is so great about it is that they will use your family titles!  For instance, my kids call my mother Mam-mall, so here is what the book says for that page...

Who loves Jacob and Aubrey?
Mam-mall loves Jacob and Aubrey!
How much? So much?
More than the galaxy
More than the moon
More than the nightingale 
Singing this tune

You can take the virtual tours to see what your book choices are and what the books say.

I love it!  What a wonderful gift to give to your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephew, or even friends.  Here is the list of the book titles available...

My Very Own Name
My Very Merry Christmas
My Very Own Fairy Tale
My Very Own Pirate Tale
A Christmas Bear For Me
A Hanukkah Bear For Me
God Loves You!
Who Loves Me (This is the one I have, Love it!)
The World According To Me
Preschool According To Me

I have Who Loves Me, but I plan to have more.  How exciting would it be for a child to read a book that is all about them?!  I know I would have felt pretty special when I was a kid to have such a gift.

They even have gift sets such as a personalized pirate bandana that comes with the the "My Very Own Pirate Tale" book.  How cool is that?

They even have personalized floor puzzles and T-shirts available!

They also have gift certificates available!  Wow, that would make such a perfect gift!

This company has won many awards such as...
Creative Child Magazine "Book of the Year" Award
Mom's Choice Award
iParenting Award
HomeSchool.com Awards
Family Choice Award
Benjamin Franklin Award
American Baby Parenting Site Gold Seal Award
Midwest Independent Publishers Association Award
Fast 50 Award
"25 Women to Watch"
National Association of Women Business Owners
"Emerging Woman Business Owner of the Year"

Need I say more?!

Now the best part!  One lucky winner is going to receive one of these awesome personalized books for FREE! Here is what you need to do to be considered for the prize...

1. Visit the I See Me! website and tell me what your favorite item is.
2. Share this post on your Facebook page.
3. "Like" the Twin Talk Facebook page, if you already do, please tell me.
4. Visit my Creative Party Plans website and tell me what your favorite idea is.
5. "Like" the I See Me! Facebook page

Please comment on this blog post to tell me which of these 4 tasks have been done.  You will receive one entry for each completed task.  Include in your comment your email address so I can notify you if you have won.  The winner will be drawn and announced on Valentines day!  

Good Luck!

Back to pre-pregnancy weight!

I am happy to say that I am now below my pre-pregnancy weight.  Thanks to Weight Watchers and Zumba!  I am so passionate about Weight Watchers that I have decided to become a Weight Watchers leader.  If you don't already know, I am so passionate about Zumba that I became a Zumba instructor.  I love it! 

I have always loved to dance and when I went to my first Zumba class I was hooked.  I talked to my church about providing a community outreach with a FREE Zumba class.  I told them I was willing to get certified.  They agreed and opted to pay for my certification.  Now, I teach one FREE class for the church each week and one paying class to pay for my expenses like liability insurance, ZIN membership, etc.  I figured it was a great way to get in shape.  There is no way I can say I don't feel like going tonight because I am the instructor and I have to be there.  I now have a friend who decided to get certified as well and she and I are teaming up.  We are the New Hope Z Team!  I am so excited about it!  We are doing all kinds of fun things!  For more information about Zumba, please click here.

Being a Weight Watchers leader will keep me accountable.  It's so easy to lose sight and gain all the weight back.  However, when you work for Weight Watchers you have to be within your healthy weight guidelines or you can't work for them.

Weight Watchers is the best way to lose weight if you ask me.  I didn't feel completely deprived.  I was able to eat my favorite foods, in moderation of course.  I love it!  You get your daily Points Plus target and then you get 49 extra Points Plus allowance points each week.  Also, if you are not into counting Points Plus values you can do the Simply Filling technique.  To do this, you simply eat all power foods (there are hundreds) and you still have those 49 extra allowance Points Plus for those items that are not power foods.  You can even switch back and forth day to day if you want.  You could do Simply Filling Monday, Wednesday and Friday and so Simply Filling the other days if you want.  It's such a flexible plan and that is what I absolutely love about it!  For more information about Weight Watchers, click here.

What are you passionate about?

Heart breakers!

Heart breakers!  Kids really know how to break your heart.  Especially my little girl.  Daddy has been home from work all week for the holidays so he has been able to spend a lot of time with the twins.

Last night my little girl was yelling for Daddy after we put them to bed.  I went in to see what she wanted, and Daddy was following behind me.  We were both in the room and she said, "up", which means she wanted covered up.  I covered her up and she said, "Don't want it!", in her little attitude manor.  I had to uncover her so that Daddy could cover her up.  He covered her up and she was fine.  Made we feel like poop!

Also, she is a big Pappy's girl.  Since Pappy is retired, I ask him to watch the kids for me when I need to run errands and go to doctor appts.   Sometimes I will get home after Pappy has put them down for a nap.  When she wakes up and I go back to get her she sees me and starts crying because she was hoping it was Pappy.  She will actually look at me and start crying for Pappy!  Talk about breaking my heart! 

My little boy doesn't do these things so much.  There are times when he will yell for Daddy, but it doesn't seem that he is disappointed when he gets me instead. 

Does anyone else have experiences like this?




 

Loving this age!

I am just loving this age!  The twins turned two in August.  They are sooo funny!  They sing and dance and repeat everything you say.  I wish I could keep them this age forever. 

My oldest son, James, is turning 18 in two days so I know just how fast it goes.  I often wonder what my life will be like when all my children are adults.  I have been a mother since I was 17 years old.  I am not sure how to not have children to take care of.  I know I will always take care of my kids no matter how old they are, but you know what I mean. 

It's funny how I didn't know if I wanted to have anymore kids since James was 12 when I got remarried.  I remember thinking, I don't want to start all over again.  My new husband was 5 years younger than me and didn't have any kids of his own.  I felt that it wouldn't be fair for me not to give him a child.  Now, I truly could not imagine my life without them.  Funny how life works!

Hugs and Kisses!

Great New Giveaway! Drawing will be on September 15th 2011

New Giveaway! A wonderful Wine bottle Tote. Great display for a bottle of wine to give as a gift and/or it makes a great decoration.

Drawing will be on Sept. 15th 2011

This metal construction tote can make the softest Merlot look hardcore. Handles are flexible to fit wine.

Embossed lettering
Metal construction
Handles spread to fit wine



Here is what you must do to qualify for the giveaway...

1.) You must visit my website...www.creative-party-plans.com...Then visit my Creative Party Plans Facebook Page and tell me what your favorite party idea is.

2.) Share this post on your Facebook wall.

3.) If you have not already clicked "like" on my Creative Party Plans Facebook page, please click "like" now to qualify.

Thank you and Good luck!