Cool Tool

I love this guy! I'm not even kidding, my hair looks so much better when styled with my new Chi. Go get yourself one, they're $60 at Coscto, and while that is outrageously expensive if you're cheap like me, I must say it is worth it. Many of you probably have owned one of these for years and are now wondering where I've been, since I just heard about them. I don't know. You'll just have to excuse my dowdiness and lack of fashion all these years. I mean, really, I didn't even know about plucking my eyebrows until after I was married. What do you expect?

I just can't get enough

Do you have Depeche Mode in your head now? It's only fair, I do.
But anyway, I have a new favorite peanut butter. In my book PB is one of those things that you just don't go store brand on. In our house, it has always been Jif or nothing. But when I spotted this jar in our local grocery store, I thought it might be worth trying out...

It is completely delish. The entire jar was gone within two days. I was eating it by the spoonfuls. (Sadly, I'm not joking about either of those two previous statements.) It's made by a small company in Greenwich Village and has no high fructose corn syrup; it's sweetened by dried cane juice. I'm not a huge fan of "natural" peanut butter, which I guess this is, but it is no stir and is sweeter than natural peanut butters I've eaten in the past. I highly reccomend this to you peanut butter lovers out there--and don't be intimidated by the raisins. For one thing, there weren't that many of them, and even though I'm not a huge fan of raisins myself, I actually thought they were good in this. I purchased my jar at Fry's, which is the same thing as Smith's or Kroger's.
Too bad I'm not getting paid for this product endorsement.

new stroller

I got my new stroller this weekend, and I am so excited! It's a Joovy Caboose, so it is basically the size of a single stroller, but it has a bench in the back for an older kid to sit, or a thing they can stand on. If needed, I can actually fit both Sareny and Isaac in the back quite easily. It should be perfect for trips to the mall or zoo!

I have a tandem double stroller, but they are so big and bulky and just not practical for me. Before Finley, I usually ended up pushing it with no children sitting in it, because they both wanted out. It ended up being an ungainly diaper bag/shopping bag holder. In the new stroller the older kids can sit if they get tired, but if they want to walk I won't end up frustrated maneuvering a huge empty stroller.

I did a lot of comparisons between the Joovy stroller and the other Sit and Stand model available that is made by BabyTrend. Although it was a little more expensive, I liked the Joovy quite a bit better because it has a much smaller footprint. When I pushed the BabyTrend model, I felt like I was still pushing a tandem stroller, which was what I was trying to avoid. One problem I experienced was actually finding a Joovy stroller in a store. Babies-R-Us had a floor model that was great to try out, but they only sell them online. BabyTrend is carried at Target. I ended up purchasing my Joovy online at Amazon, which was great since they had free shipping.

Anyway, so far I love, love, love my stroller and would recomend it to anyone in a similar situation with young children. :)