Happy Friday! I am at the
Mom 2.0 Summit this weekend and so I prepared this 3 Little Things edition before I even finished packing my bags. Aren’t you proud? Ha! Getting out the door always requires a flurry of craziness between packing, laundry, feeding the people, and getting my husband to take over the weekly agenda of activities with the kids. Say a little prayer for him this week- this is a long trip for their mama to be away! While I’m there, I’m incredibly thrilled to be interviewing Molly Ringwald, who will be keynoting the conference and looking forward to meeting and connecting with bloggers and brands while I am there.
Today we have Shannon from Gidget Girls Reading joining us this week! Shannon is a frequent commenter on MomAdvice and always provides her own thoughtful tips in our comments section. It’s a treat to feature her this week and read more about a few of her favorite things. If you are interested in being a guest poster on the 3 little things, send over a list of your 3 favorites and why to amy@momadvice.com and I will share them in the upcoming weeks!
Let’s peek at Shannon’s list!
Hi, I’m Shannon Griffin! I am a middle grade and YA book blogger over at
Gidget Girls Reading. I’m a stay at home mom to 2 beautiful girls, school library volunteer, Inspy Awards Judge for the YA division and major bookworm. I’ve been a long time reader of Amy’s blog,
MomAdvice, so when she said she was looking for writers for their 3 Little Things I knew I had to write up mine.
Your Public Library
I’m a big reader and while I get lots of books in the mail from publishing companies, I still have tons of books lying around from our library. I think I suffer from the fear of running out of books to read. There are so many great books out there and they can get pricey. Did you know the library offers so many other things besides books? You can check out magazines, CD’s, movies, and many more depending on your library services. You can get e-books and use
Zinio for magazines through your tablet. It’s like having lots of magazine subscriptions for free!
They offer reading programs in the summer, and mine even has a winter one. Your child can get free books throughout the summer for reading. This builds up their home library and helps prevent that summer slump from happening. If you haven’t checked out your local library, give it a try! I bet you will love it as much as I do!
Maxwell House Iced Coffee Concentrate
I’ve never been a big coffee drinker, but I’ve never meet a tea I haven’t liked! I am an iced coffee lover though, but still have never gone through the process of making my own iced coffee concentrate. Maxwell House offers 3 flavored iced coffee concentrates:
Caramel,
Vanilla and
House Blend. They are so easy to make… you just add water! You can even add a splash of milk, if you like! I sometimes add a splash of my lactose-free milk to make an iced latte. They cost around $3.48-$3.98 depending on where I go. You can’t even get a small iced coffee at the coffee houses for $4.00! Each bottle has 10 servings, however, I don’t like a strong coffee taste so I get a little more for my money. It’s my splurge and I have 1 a day so it lasts me quite a while.
80’s Movies: The Outsiders, Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, The Goonies…
My oldest had to read
The Outsiders in school, and after reading it they watched
the movie. Well, for a girl who was dreading every minute of it, she fell in love with both! She asked if we could buy the movie and I said, “Absolutely!” I love that movie! I also bought a copy of
The Karate Kid. Well, now both my girls are hooked and love these movies. Over our spring break we also watched
Adventures in Babysitting and
The Goonies. They laughed so hard during
Adventures in Babysitting and really seemed to enjoy it. They said who knew 80’s movies could be so cheesy and fun at the same time? I have to say, it was so much fun passing on my favorite movies to my girls!
Do you have any 80’s or 90’s movies you and your kids like to watch? Let me know I’m making a list so we can have some cheesy movie time this summer!
How fun was that list this week? I am so excited to share more great ideas from you all in the weeks to come! Thank you, Shannon, for generously sharing the happy today!
In my world…
This beauty BARELY fit in my carry-on luggage, but it was worth the struggle. Thank you to
Flourish Boutique for being a proud sponsor of MomAdvice all of these years. I can’t wait to show off this gown at the IRIS awards ceremony this year! This is their
Champagne Taste Dress ($129.50) and you wouldn’t believe the beautiful layers on this one. I also packed
this dress and this
PINK (of course) blazer for interviewing Molly Ringwald. Although, none of these are in my capsule, it is fun to step out of the basics for special occasions like this! Use Web Code WEB25 for 25% off one item from their store! I am so lucky to have them as a sponsor!