My Kindle Fire HD Came!

I received my Kindle Fire HD the other day from the Compass bank deal My post about it and my boys love it. I love when I get great freebies! I would have never spent money on a Kindle but getting it for free is awesome. So far my boys have used it for playing games but it will get more use in other ways. I even bought a cute case for it on Amazon with money I had earned from making videos at Expotv.com.

Mom Knows Best nuNAAT GOGO (Give One, Get One) Giveaway!

This is an awesome giveaway! I love nuNAAT products and you will too! You have a chance to win from their Treatment Curly product line.

nuNAAT GOGO (Give One, Get One) Giveaway!

Enter for your chance to win TWO sets of nuNAAT’s NAAT Treatment Curly products – one for you and one to give to a friend!

When entering, be sure to select my blog name "Mom Knows Best" from the drop-down menu so they know who sent you.

TO ENTER: Visit the nuNAAT Facebook page and choose Mom Knows Best   from the drop-down menu

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The nuNAAT NAAT Treatment Curly collection  http://www.nunaat.com/productline/naat-treatment-curly-hair-with-cupuacu-keratin/     is great for naturally wavy or curly hair in need of frizz reduction, added body, and defined curls. It’s made with Cupuaçu Butter for intense hydration and super antioxidants, plus Keratin protein for strengthening hair back to its healthy, natural state.

 

The winner will receive the following products with an estimated retail value of $50:

-        2 NAAT Treatment Curly Shampoo

-        2 NAAT Treatment Curly Conditioner

-        2 NAAT Treatment Curly Hair Mask

-        2 NAAT NAAT Treatment Curly Leave-In

TO ENTER: Visit the nuNAAT Facebook page and choose Mom Knows Best   from the drop-down menu

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Rules:

CONTEST DATES: June 1 - 26, 2013

Only ONE entry PER PERSON, PER DAY will be accepted.

Winner will be chosen at random and announced June 27, 2013 by e-mail. If response from winner is not received within 24 hours, a new winner will be chosen.

PRIVACY: Your email will not be shown and will be kept private.

ELIGIBILITY: Giveaways are open to readers 18 years or older with U.S. or Canada shipping addresses only (no PO boxes). For my international readers, you may enter and if you win, we can send the prize to person of your choice with U.S. or Canada shipping address.

No purchase necessary to enter or win.

Bet on Your Baby Airing Saturdays 8/7C on ABC, Blog App and GIVEAWAY! (6/10)

*The following materials were provided to me to share with my readers in promotion of the ABC release of the Bet on Your Baby Blog App.  I was not compensated in any way.

Every parent thinks they know their baby well, but are they willing to bet on it? Bet on Your Baby is a new show where parents play fun games with their toddlers, and try to “bet” on what baby will do next! If they guess correctly, the family wins $5,000 in college tuition money, and the chance to play for $50,000! 

All of these heartwarming and hilarious games are played in a toy-filled room called the Baby Dome. 

Do you think that you could predict what baby will do next? 

Be sure to check out the clips in the app of some of the toddlers and the games they play!  CUTE! :-)

And for those of you with little ones in diapers, you'll 'Luv' this giveaway! ;-)

Giveaway:

One of my readers is going to win a three (3)-coupon pack for Luvs® Super Absorbent Jumbo Packs!

To enter to win, just enter on the Rafflecopter form below and good luck!

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My Memorial Day Weekend Project

I love long weekends as it allows my husband the time to do projects around the house. Our pergola needed a new roof as our last one that was made of fabric wore out. We decided to do the roof this time in metal as we wanted it to last.  So on Friday we bought the metal pieces from Lowes, that was a fun time carrying them home in our minivan as they were 12 feet long.

 On Saturday my husband and son painted the metal pieces as we did not want to blind the neighbors. We used grey paint on the whole piece and added yellow for accent.

Here is my older son playing on the ladder. 

I have to throw a picture of the younger boys in too for grandma to see.

My husband nail the metal pieces on top of the pergola and here is the end result. I now have a shady place to sit under in the yard.

Living In The Desert

Here in Albuquerque, New Mexico are are is the desert. We have a dry climate and do not get much rain so  we do landscaping different here. We don't have much green here and if we do it is because someone chooses to waste water.  The above picture is a new area the city made a walking path by a drainage area. We have drainage areas because when it does rain in the summer.it comes down hard and fast. It only rains for about 15 minutes but the amount of water is great so it needs to drain somewhere.
   This new path that Jesse and I run on is pretty cool as it is made from volcano rock and is fun to climb on. There is also a hill that we can run down too.

My running partner fell asleep today so he could not do the hills.

Here is examples of another park we go to that has grass. In order to keep the grass green here it has to be watered every day. So mostly only parks have grass. Most home owners choose to plant drought resistant plants.

These are examples of drought resistant plants that don't need much water.

Here is my son mastering the monkey bars.

Low Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies

  My family loves chocolate chip cookies and I want them to eat healthily, so I make cookies that are lower in fat but still taste great. These cookies have 2.5 grams of fat while a regular chocolate chip cookie has 7 grams of fat. I found this wonderful recipe in a cookbook called Dr. Cookie Cookbook. This cookbook has so many wonderful recipes for low fat treats. This cookbook has been in my cookbook collection for a long time, way before the internet. Even though I now use my computer for looking up recipes for baking, I still reference some of my cookbooks for family favorite recipes. My youngest son knows which cookbook has a recipe for the basic pancake recipe that he uses.


 These chocolate chip cookies are so delicious. I have tried many other chocolate chip cookie recipes, like the ones on the back of the packages of chocolate chips, but these are my favorite cookies. I think that the recipe on the chocolate chip package makes greasy cookies. The recipe below is lower in fat as it uses way less butter. So you have to try making these Low Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies and you will love them.

Make this recipe allergy-friendly by using vegan butter and plant-based milk

Dr. Cookies's Chocolate Chip Cookies

yield: 48 cookies

calories per cookie: 78

fat per cookie: 2.5 grams

6 tablespoons butter

2/3 cup brown sugar

2/3 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1/4 cup skim milk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

3 1/4 cup flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray. ( I use silicone sheets on my pans so I don't have to spray the sheets) 

Beat or cream the butter and sugars until smooth. Add the eggs and beat again. Add the milk and vanilla and beat again until smooth. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and beat until well mixed. Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine.

Drop the batter by teaspoons about 2 inches apart onto the baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. 

 My family loves these cookies and I love that they are better for them