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He Calls Me Mommy by Holly Homer

by Stacy on April 9, 2013

I’ve got a special treat for you today, the 20 Must Follow Moms you’ve seen and loved on Pinterest are making their way around the blogosphere.

Visiting us is Holly Homer, of  June Cleaver Nirvana. You may know her as the Quirky Momma doing things bigger and better in Texas on She is Dallas, but there is oh so much more to this mentor / friend of mine!

For starters, she is a devoted mom,  an expert at all things blogging and social media, a shrewd business woman, and a late night talk show host! Well, maybe not TOO late night, but check her out on G+ to see what all the commotion is about.

Today she’s taking a break from all those responsibilities (seriously, I don’t know how she does it all) to share this sweet moment of motherhood with us. She must have known what a sucker I am for stories like this.

Thank you Holly!

He Calls Me Mommy

When my youngest {of three boys} was 4, he complained that I didn’t always answer him when he called for me.

It isn’t that I intentionally tuned him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.  I was busy.  I wasn’t paying attention.  My thoughts were elsewhere.

Until this day…

We were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?

I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper.  I replied that he had said MOMMY.

Mommy, how did you know?

I just know.

No, HOW did you know?

I just know.

He thought for a minute and tried again.  His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.

Mommy, what did I say THAT time?

Mommy.

MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?

I just knew.

But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.

I just knew.

He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time.  This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent.  The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.

Mommy, what did I say then?

Mommy.

He looked at me stunned.  He believed I had just read his mind.

Mommy, how do you do that?

I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.

He starts all his sentences with mommy.

I hadn’t realized that until I said it.  I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.

Rhett (of course) disagreed,  Mommy, I DO NOT!

See you just did!

Mommy, I don’t do…

You did it again!

Mommmmm…..

Yep!  Again!

By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”.  He recovered a bit and tried to speak,  Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.

He starts all his sentences with mommy.

I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.

He starts all his sentences with mommy.

Now, hop on over to Zina’s blog to read my story on Let’s Lasso the Moon and don’t forget to follow the 20 Moms on Pinterest if you haven’t already.

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Be Still My Sweet Tooth

by Stacy on October 7, 2011

The Kitchen Aid Mixer Giveaway is over and I am still in awe at how many of you took the time to enter. Thank You. There were 5,701!!! giveaway submissions and lucky number 1,201, Jessica, was randomly chosen as our winner. She received her mixer on Wednesday and I am thrilled that she is someone who will truly appreciate it. I’m betting her 5 kids will be pretty happy too! :)

As for me, I believe I have gained five pounds just sifting through your entries. Oh My Goodness, do you ladies know how to bake! You will have to give me some pointers because baking is one area in the kitchen, I don’t feel I have mastered just yet.

Maybe with all of the AH-Mazing dessert ideas I have, I will finally be able to conquer my baking fears. Want to see some of these droolworthy desserts I keep talking about? Oh, OK … I’ll stop talking and show you the good stuff.

I could probably do a years worth of posts on your comments alone, who knows — maybe I will? But for today, here’s a few that caught my eye:

Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread

Source: joythebaker.com via Cat on Pinterest


Individual Peanut Butter Pies entered by Nicola

Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

Source: tastebook.com via Lauren on Pinterest

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

Source: recipegirl.com via Kim on Pinterest

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

Source: une-deuxsenses.blogspot.com via Allie on Pinterest

Triple Chocolate Pound Cake

Source: nancycreative.wordpress.com via Lindsay on Pinterest

See what I mean? … wiping drool away … I’ve had visions of these goodies and oh so many more since the giveaway started. I just barely scratched the surface of what you guys sent in. What do you think? Should we keep talking sweets and featuring recipes you guys submitted? Let me know, I’m all ears!

Lots of fun stuff coming up on the blog, you won’t want to miss a thing!

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65,000 Thanks You’s And A Bright & Shiny Giveaway!

by Stacy on September 25, 2011

I hit a major milestone this week and decided we should do something fun to celebrate! Something big! I thought I’d give away something bright and shiny and blue … 

In appreciation to the 65,000 of you who are now with me on Pinterest (you have no idea how humbled I am by this number), I’d like to say Thank You in the biggest way I know how. I’d like to give one of you an Ice Blue 5 Qt Kitchen Aid Mixer.

If you’re not on Pinterest yet and would like to be, just leave me a comment and I’ll shoot you an invite. And if you just aren’t interested in joining up, don’t fret I’ll have another giveaway going on next week as well. That ones for  KSW readers only and will help me celebrate my birthday!

To Enter to Win:

You must be following at least one of my boards on Pinterest (after all, it IS a Pinterest giveaway!) and you must tell me what you’d make with the mixer first if it were yours. I’m using a form to help me keep track of all the entires, so if you can please just tell me there no need to leave comments unless you just want too. You can tell me in your own words, leave me a link to the recipe or even a link to a pin of something you’ve been wanting to try – anything goes. Giveaway ends at midnight on Friday, Sept 30th.

Bonus Entries:

You’ll get an additional bonus entry for doing any of the following –

1. Subscribing to Kids Stuff World by either RSS or email. You get an entry for being a new subscriber or a loyal friend! I’m happy to have all of you and want to thank each of you for sticking with me.

2. Becoming a fan of Kids Stuff World on Facebook. If you’re already a fan, great! You get an extra entry too.

3. Following me on Twitter or letting me know you already do.

4. Join me on Google Friend Connect -> Right over there on the right hand side

5. Repinning the giveaway image (above) to help me spread the word about the giveaway across Pinterest. Don’t worry about too many people finding out … that only bring you closer to the NEXT Pinterest Appreciation Giveaway!

6. Tweeting about the giveaway. You can say whatever you like or just tweet something like this:
I’m trying to win that bright & shiny Kitchen Aid Mixer from @steet on Kids Stuff World! http://www.kidsstuffworld.com #KSW Giveaway ends 9/30

And just for fun

7. Since we’re celebrating a Pinterest milestone, let’s share our Pinterest profiles and make some new friends too! Leave a link to your profile in the linky below and take a moment to check out a few profiles yourself, you never now what inspirational goodies you’ll find.

That’s a total of 8 ways to win, oh my. Good Luck to each of you and once again, thanks so much for pinning with me!


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Are using Pinterest to it’s full potential?

by Stacy on September 15, 2011

I’ve seen an awful lot of people bashing Pinterest lately, my least favorite is the quote that says something like … Pinterest is a place for things you can never afford, never obtain, never make or never be clever or creative enough to do on your own.

Could we get any more pessimistic than that? nope, don’t think so. Besides, these people are missing the whole point!

Pinterest is the place where you can catalog your dreams, plan for your future and develop your own personal style. Seriously, in the year I have been pinning I have learned more about the “real me” than I ever knew before. When the real me starts to feel cloudy, all I have to do is check out my boards and there I am all laid out in full color details.

Besides that, Pinterest does just the opposite of that silly quote. It gives me the opportunity to get as close to my dreams as I CAN afford,  instructions on how to MAKE just about anything, and use the inspiration I find here to be CREATIVE in my own ways.

I keep a board called, For the Home, where I chronicle things I want to do in my home or things that would be awesome in anyone’s home. Thanks to this board, my home has really begun to transform in to something I am proud of. Here are a few pins I’m using as inspiration this month.


Baskets as cookbook storage - A Bowl Full of Lemons

I had 3 of these country living wire baskets, I got for $3 on sale and had no idea what I was going to do with them. Thanks to this pin, one now houses coloring books, homeschool papers and magazines on our dining table so they’re never too far from reach and another in the living room holds library books and read along books we’re working on with the kids. Cute and functional, love it!


Next up, is this droolworthy storage piece featured on Norway’s Bolig Pluss.
Stunning, right?

It just so happens I have two very similar dressers in my dining room almost the exact same color (a little distressing should do the trick) and I have been wanting to add pulls just like these for ages, but have been too scared to invest in that many pulls without knowing how it would look.

Score, it looks better than I could have ever imagined! Can’t wait to knock this project out. (Thank you Lisa!) Oh yeah, I even have the vintage suitcases and an old rickety wooden crate, meant to be I guess.
photo wall display
And my personal favorite, the family photo wall.

We had the MOST gorgeous family photos taken in May (promise to show them to you soon) and I have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to feature them in my home. This look is perfect for us, we even have the ledge already, I can’t wait to see it all come together like this.

All I need now is 32 drawer pulls, some sandpaper and a Kohl’s coupon so I can order a few more frames! I’ll post pictures as I finish each project.

I say it all the time, but Thank You Pinterest, for helping me visualize and put my ideas to action. So what do you think, are you using Pinterest to it’s full potential? Tell me how it’s improved your life and leave a link to your pins, I’d love to see what you’re doing over there.

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My happy place

by Stacy on June 27, 2011

I love blogging – reading, writing & connecting with all of you.

Really, I do.

But, some days I find myself completely happy just living in my own little world I’ve created on Pinterest.

So why haven’t I been sharing this magical place with you here? Why don’t I take YOU to a few of my HAPPY PLACES!
Like this outdoor wonderland …
Image via French By Design

Ahh, doesn’t that look relaxing?

Maybe while we were there we could share stories and something sweet,
like these Strawberry Lemonade Scones, YUM!
Recipe from Munchkin Munchies

We could dream out loud together about what our perfect home would look like
Image via Country Living but broken down by Belle Mason

Or where we feel like we could be our most creative self
via BHG

Whew, we’d probably be tuckered out after all of that exhaustive mind work … so, I’d share a favorite no-bake recipe with you and send you on your merry way

Recipe via The Kitchn

Until next time, I’ll be pinning away here.
~ Stacy

If you’d like to see more of my favorite pins, or want an invite so you can make a happy place of your own, please leave a comment. If there’s an (P)interest {<- hehe},  I’ll make this a permanent feature on the blog. If you know the sources of any of the unknown photos, I’d love to know that too. Thanks.

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