Perfectly Imperfect Mom: Giveaway

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This is a sponsored post, thank you McDonald's of South Florida for the opportunity to work with you!

Us mamas know that our children's health is our number one concern. That's why we pay such close attention to what we feed them. Sometimes after a long day, we need a quick meal, but we also don't want to feed our children foods that contain harmful and artificial ingredients. We recently had a chance to sit down with some local McDonald's franchisees in South Florida to discuss McDonald's new and simpler Chicken McNuggets, as well as McDonald's commitment to provide healthier and natural foods to its customers. The three franchisees, two moms and a dad, explained how they have seen McDonald's evolve over the years as they grew up in the business. We also had the opportunity to taste test the new yummy McNuggets, which are made with 100% white meat and no artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. Many of us mamas noticed a slight difference in flavor from the McNuggets we grew up with. However, we liked the new taste and we liked the fact that they were healthier, even more. These new McNuggets bring back that childhood feeling without the adult guilt!

Keep reading for an announcement from McDonald's, more info about the McDonald's App, and for the giveaway!

Announcements From McDonald's

McDonald’s USA recently announced a number of moves across its menu as the company continues to evolve. This includes:

removing artificial preservatives from several items which also don’t have artificial colors or flavors, including its iconic Chicken McNuggets. Across its breakfast menu, the pork sausage patties and omelet-style eggs served on McGriddles, Bagel and Biscuit breakfast sandwiches, along with the scrambled eggs on its breakfast platters, also now have no artificial preservatives.
rolling out new buns this month that no longer contain high fructose corn syrup, including the buns used on Big Macs, Quarter Pounders, hamburgers and cheeseburgers, Filet-O-Fish and McChicken sandwiches. The Artisan roll introduced in 2015 never contained high fructose corn syrup.
completing a major commitment to only serve chicken not treated with antibiotics important to human medicine* nearly a year ahead of schedule.

Click HERE to read the full announcement about all of their new developments.

Download the McDonald's App

You can Discover Delicious Deals by downloading the McDonald's App. The app offers both national and local deals. Some national deals they currently have running are:

Savings to Savor

Get FREE 4pc. Chicken McNuggets, made with no artificial flavors or colors and now no artificial preservatives, with purchase of Large Extra Value Meal® when you use our App!

Sip, sip, hooray!

Buy 5 McCafé® beverages, get 1 FREE! Connect with McDonald's South Florida #MyMcNuggets Website | Twitter | App | Facebook | Instagram

South Florida Mamas, We've Got a Giveaway For You!

Win a McDonald's McNugget Happy Meal every week for a Year! 5 Winners- Ends 8-31-16.

Enter now to secure one sweepstakes entry for your chance to win McDonald’s Happy Meals featuring the new, simpler Chicken McNuggets every week for a year*. Additional entries will go up for grabs—by following @McD_SouthFLA on Twitter or by downloading the McDonald’s App to Discover Delicious Deals. Open to US Only, 18+. One entry per household, per IP address. Winner will be chosen randomly by the entry-form, winner will have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen. Giveaway begins 8/17/2016 at 12:01am ET and ends 8/31/2016 at 11:59pm ET *Free McDonald's for 1 awarded as 52 McDonald’s Happy Meal “Be Our Guest” coupon cards to be used once every week for a year . Redeemable only at participating McDonald’s in Miami-Dade, Broward & Monroe County.

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August 18, 2016 1 comments

Happy Mondays! So now that we have beat the Mondays it is time to go after this week and rock it. I have been in a bit of a slump when it comes to my mornings. I have been rushing out of the house and not spending any time for myself. I used to wake up at 5:45 am and have time to really just be by myself and savor the quiet. I knew I had to do something to get past this slump and get back my mornings. Here is the perfect morning ritual s for any Mommy who wants a little Me time. 1. Wake up before everyone else. I know, I know. You are probably groaning at the thought of getting up earlier than you need to but trust me, it is a life saver. 2. Get ready for the day. When I get up early and don't have my kids pulling at my legs I have time to actually put on my make up and do my hair. I feel way better about myself and put together.

3. Have a delicious and healthy breakfast. I find it hard to find cereals that are not only good tasting but healthy. I just started eating Nature Valley's Honey Oat Clusters. It is packed with protein so I know it will keep me full and not craving junk later. I add it to blueberry yogurt to really fill me up. You can get a coupon for $1 off HERE

4. Be grateful! Starting the day with a grateful mind and heart is so important to me. I feel that it helps me stay positive even when things get tough. Kids can be whiney and making messes but without them my life would not be as incredible as it is. Getting up super early for my job can be tough but it brings me so much joy that I can't imagine not working. So that is the perfect way to look at it. Be grateful and all things will fall into place! Now it's time for you to enter to win a $15 Pay Pal Gift Card! And when you are done entering this giveaway go HERE for another chance to win a Pay Pal Gift Card! Head over to Nature Valley's site and check out the Nature Valley Cereals. Make sure you pick up the $1.00 coupon then come back here and tell me which cereal you want to try!
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February 22, 2016 11 comments

I haven't done a day in the life post in so long so I thought it would be fun to journal what a typical day is for us. I chose a weekend day since the weekdays are not as interesting since I work now. You can see what our lives are like from the kids waking up to dinner time and past bedtime! Make sure you enter the GIVEAWAY at the end! Thank you to Publix Viva Italia for Sponsoring this post!

7:00AM The kids are up. Diapers are changed and we head downstairs for breakfast. Then it is breakfast time. The girls usually eat waffles, fruit and milk. Ace will eat cereal.

8:00AM Outside playtime! I love our backyard. We don't have a large yard but we have a good size patio and the kids have fun stuff to play with making it easier for them to be entertained out there for awhile.

9:00AM The kids came inside and played with some of the girls new toys. We did a joint party for them on Saturday. They are all really into pretend play.

10:00AM Snack and playtime upstairs. A change of scenery is a must. Branden was cleaning the floors so the kids and I hung out upstairs and did puzzles and other random stuff in their rooms. 12:00PM After picking up a RX it was lunch time! We all sit together at the table and eat together on weekends. It's nice for me since I don't get to do this during the week.

12:45 PM

More playtime before naps. My sister came over so the kids played with her and my niece. 1:00PM Nap time for the girls and quiet time for Ace. Bran and I watched The Walking Dead while they napped. OMG, no spoilers but OMG!

3:30PM Girls are up and then it's snack and TV time again for all three. After they finish their snacks they play some more.

4:30PM Branden or myself will cook dinner. Sometimes it is both of us like tonight. We both kind of threw things in a pot to make some really delicious italian dish for the kids. I always use Hunts® Diced Tomatoes in our pasta dishes because it gives it some more substance. We also had a treat and I made Pillsbury crescent rolls. Another favorite. Check out Publix for some major savings on their Viva Italia Sale now till the 2nd of March.

5:00PM Dinner & Family Time! Branden and I try to always eat dinner together as a family. We sit down together, pray, talk and eat dinner. I love hear what Ace's favorite part of the day is. The girls are still a bit too young to talk much during dinner but they still talk or sing. We also find that if we sit together as a family and eat we have less issues with the kids eating. Ace and Ashlyn usually are our picky ones so this has made it a lot better. This night everyone was happy to eat and devoured dinner. Italian food is a huge hit with them.

6:00PM More Playtime for the kids

7:00PM Bath Time The kids all take a bath at the same time, which makes life so much easier on me. I don't know how much longer this will last since Ace is getting older but as of now they all love playing in the bathtub together.

7:30PM Girls' Bedtime We have the same bedtime routine every night. We go into the girls room after baths, get PJ's on and the kids play for a little bit. After they have played we read a couple of books of their choice then we sing songs, their favorite is The Wheels on the Bus. After that we read Goodnight Moon quietly and then the girls are off to bed. 8:00-8:30PM Ace's Bedtime Ace's bedtime varies between 8/8:30. It really just depends on how tired he is. If he has had a busy day it's earlier. If he isn't super tired we let him come hang out with us downstairs for a bit then we put him to bed. His routine is we read books then snuggle in bed till he falls asleep. He was having trouble going to sleep because he was really scared so we now like to lay with him till he falls asleep. He usually falls asleep within 10 minutes and it's a nice time for us to just have a little one on one time with him. I really cherish this time with him. 8:30PM Mommy and Daddy time. If Branden isn't working or isn't working on school stuff this is when we get to just hang out together. We have our shows we like to watch so we cuddle on the couch (totally cheesy I know but we do) and I usually fall asleep on him at some point, ha! 9:30/10PM BED! I am usually passed out at this point. Branden not so much.
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February 20, 2016 7 comments

January 17, 2016 3 comments

Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. I was off of work for two weeks and the first week was great. We did a lot of Christmas activities and spent time with friends and family. It was nice to just focus on the kids.

The second week was not so great. The flu took over our household. That week consisted of high fevers, one of which landing Ashlyn in the ER, coughing and sleepy, whiney kids. As a Mom it is never easy seeing your babies sick. Ace got it the worst and his then turned into croup. At one point he couldn't stop cough and had trouble breathing and we took him to the ER to get a steroid to help. So as you can see it was a very difficult week. So what does a Mom do when all her kids get the flu? Here are some tricks to help you through.

1. Create a sick couch. If one of your kids has the flu and there is no way to really keep them completely away from the other kids try to keep a space on the couch with their blanket and pillows and that is the sick couch or spot. The other kids need to sit on the other couch or away from that spot. The sick child should only use that pillow to lay on. It's not a perfect solution but it helps them have their spot to sleep and be cozy.

2. Have a lot of soup on hand! While our kids were sick they all lost their appetites. They just weren't hungry and with coughing their throats would hurt too. The best thing you can give them is soup. It soothes the throat since it is nice and warm and easy to eat. We stocked up on Progresso Light Soups. So while the kids were eating Chicken Noodle Soup I was devouring their Vegetable Soup. Publix has a $1 coupon you can get HERE. I highly suggest stocking up. 3. Luke Warm Baths for the win. When the fevers make your child miserable a great solution is a luke warm bath. It also was a miracle worker in making my kids feel better. It was like they got in the water and perked up. It was a nice time for them to play since they didn't seem to want to do anything but lay around when they were out of the tub.

4. Lots of snuggles. The good thing about the kids getting the flu while I was off work is they had lots of snuggle time with Mommy. I mean who doesn't want to just lay around with their Mom when they are sick? I know even as an adult that's the person I wanted when I was sick. 5. COFFEE! What saved me through this was drinking coffee. We had a lot of nights with no sleep and I seriously wouldn't have survived without a trip to Starbucks. How to enter to win a $15 Gift Card Ends: 1/25/16 1. Now that you have heard my suggestions on getting through the flu season check out the Progresso Light Soups HERE and comment below which two soups you would like to try. 2. Comment with your New Years Resolutions for a second entry. facebook ♥ instagram ♥ twitter ♥ pinterest ♥ bloglovin

January 11, 2016 17 comments