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This week, I was back on The Jason Show with some last-minute Halloween costumes for all ages, that you can make yourself using things you probably already have at home. Let's start with our little LEGO... DIY LEGO COSTUME Adorable Emma, modeling our LEGO costume on The Jason Show. All you need for this costume is an empty cardboard box, 6 empty plastic fruit cups, super glue, and paint. Since your subject is going to wear the box, start by cutting a hole for the arms, head, and a large enough opening for the lower body to fit through the bottom of the box. Next, super glue the empty plastic fruit cups in two straight lines on the front of the box, so they look like the knobs on Legos. Once those dry, paint the entire box and cups one solid color (red, blue, yellow or green work best). Let the costume dry, and then put it on your subject. Ta-Dah! DIY SPIDER COSTUMES This costume is super easy to put together. Both mom and baby wear all-black outfits. Then, simply stuff black knee...

Head on over to our Facebook page to enter for your chance to win 2 tickets to The Children's Theatre Company 's performance of Dr. Seuss's "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" ! Contest ends November 7th at 7:59 a.m. (CST).

Up until about a month ago, I had never heard of CrockTober , or CrockToberFest . One of my neighbors told me about this type of get-together, where neighbors, friends, and family gather to eat, drink, and share crockpot/slow-cooker recipes. Every person or family shows up to the CrockToberFest get-together with a crockpot/slow-cooker dish to share. Guests can also print out their crockpot recipe on cards for others to take home. This week, I was back on The Jason Show with a couple crockpot recipes, that you can make for your next CrockToberFest get-together! The first recipe was given to me by another mom, who makes this dish for her husband's work pot-lucks all the time. This Buffalo Chicken Chili is a two-time cook-off winner at her husband's office! I tweaked it a little bit, to make it work for me. CROCKPOT BUFFALO CHICKEN CHILI Ingredients: 1 lb. ground chicken 15 oz. can of white navy beans (rinsed and drained) 2 cups chicken broth 14.5 oz. can of fire-roasted to...

Ohhhhhh I can just feel all the judgment and opinions after this blog post. Yes, you read it right. We (ok, I) had "the talk" (AKA "the sex talk") with our 6-year-old. Was this something we planned on doing. Oh no. But a recent conversation that I had with one of my well-respected mom friends, and some research on my part, had me rethinking our whole outlook and "plan" for having "the talk". (This video cracks me up, because I can see myself in every single one of these parents.) In our house, we talk about penises and vaginas as if they were an arm or a leg. Has it always been this way? Nope. For the first three years of our now 6-year-old's life, we referred to a vagina as a "who-ha", and a penis as a "pee pee" and/or "wee wee". Yeesh. Lesson learned, and we now refer to these body parts by their proper names. So, why did we decide to have "the talk" with our 6-year-old? I mean, 6 is REALLY young, and...

That's right, our little family of four is growing! While I am beyond excited about our completely shocking news, Papa Saigh is slowly digesting the fact that we will welcome another baby into our family. Holy sh*t, is right. I'm sure you're wondering if this was planned. Um, not one bit. However, if you know me, you know that I have always wanted a dozen children. Papa Saigh on the other hand, has always been content with two. I've been trying to convince Papa Saigh to try for a third for over a year now, while he's been busy researching vasectomies. Oh, the irony. But here's the thing... We haven't been using birth control since we had Jimmy. So, while the news of Baby Saigh #3 was a huge shock, it's not like it was an immaculate conception. I'm currently 10 weeks pregnant, and our new little love is due on March 23rd (my brother's birthday)! I've been blogging since the day we found out about Baby Saigh #3, and now that the dust has settle...

Every year (starting at age 2), I've recorded a video of our oldest right before she goes to sleep on the eve of her birthday (I'll do this with Jimmy too). I ask her questions about her current favorite things, and then ask her to give her "final words/thoughts as a __-year-old". She loves going back to watch these videos, and so do I. Here are the videos starting from age 2, through age 5. Her little voice has changed so much! Happy 6th birthday, Linna! (Linna, age 5) (Linna, age 4) (Linna, age 3) (Linna, age 2)