I Love Being a BzzAgent!!

Since I stopped working a year ago I have been trying to make a little extra moolah by joining survey sites, opinion panels, and what not online. I have found quite a few good ones - but so far being a BzzAgent is my favorite!

So, what is BzzAgent.com? It is a site where big brands basically give you free products so you can share the word and promote their products by word of mouth! Of course, in order to be invited to participate in ther "campaigns" you have to do your part too. They have you fill out surveys occasionally so they know when product campaigns will fit your lifestyle. After you receive your free products and coupons and have a chance to use them, you can log back onto the site and write quick short reviews to earn points that you can later redeem for even more goodies! The more active you are doing the follow-up activities, the more campaigns they invite you to join!

Even better, signing up to be a BzzAgent is free! With just a few months of doing it, I have already gotten full size products (or coupons for them) in the mail for Glade products, Benjamin Moore Aura paints, Burts Bee's facial products, Moist & Tender pork, Alexia Frozen foods, Purdue Oven Ready products, Campbells Skillet Sauces, Private Selection brand foods, and Afrin (thank goodness because I am still trying to get over this cold!)

So far, my favorite has been getting the Burt's Bee's Intense Hydration products. I got a full size of the cream cleanser (which retails for are $8 or $9), the night cream (which retails around $17), and the hydration mask (which also retails around $17). They also sent me TONS of night cream samples and day cream samples to hand out! I admittedly don't hand out the day cream samples, but use them instead so I don't have to go out and buy the day cream too to get the whole package!

Anyways, you should try it! And in case you are wondering, I don't get any incentive for sharing this with you (at least not that I am aware of!), I just really enjoy it and want to share it!

I do get to check one of my activities off though, because blog posts count as word of mouth promotion! WooHoo!!

Saving money sure does make this girl happy!!

I don't do coupon grocery trips often, because I never feel like I can find time to plan them. I end up trying to  do a big coupon trip once every other month or so. This week sure was good to me! I went to Fry's this morning and look at the loot I cam back with!

83 items

Original Total: 242.97

Total after store card & coupons: 57.02

That is 76% savings! Yes please.

My Little Trooper

Sick as a dog and this is still what she wants to do at 7 am! She sure does love the sandbox daddy made her for her birthday!

Yes. Even with wiping her nose every 5 minutes - that would be snot smeared up by her eye....

Still Happy!

Totally zoned out and in her own little world. Her new favorite word to say is "up", which you can hear in this video. I also love that she started calling Daddy and looking for him when she heard our neighbors outside! It was the sprinklers that were on at the beginning of the video. She couldn't stop staring once she heard them go off! And of course - she started yelling bye-bye at me after I pressed stopped. It figures...

Hott date first thing in the morning? Yes Please!

Since I've been doing childcare lately, I haven't gotten too many chances to hang out with JUST Kylie. So I decided to take advantage of Ky's 6 am morning wake up today with a breakfast and park date! It doesn't get much better than this!

We started off checking out the new Mickey's D's around the corner!

I am pretty sure her Heaven looks like a playground....

I'm pretty sure she's clapping in this one.....

She took off before I could even get a picture!

Pure joy.

She LOVES feathers. Which means we have to make sure none of them go in her mouth at the park! (You can't really see it, but that's what she has in her hand!)

This was right before she took off running into the pond....

And she's gone!

Arizona, We Love You!

And this would be what makes the heat of AZ Summers worth surviving through. It's October 29th, and we get to enjoy the beautiful weather at the park! And it is still actually supposed to be 89 today, so the nice weather is JUST starting. Kylie LOVES the park, so it looks like we have a fun few months ahead of us!

 She loves to climb. She decided to climb these steps a few minutes later. I was very impressed! They are probably steeper than any stairs I have seen at a park, and she made it all the way up on her own!

And this would be her absolute favorite part of the park! She loves the slide. On her butt, on her belly head first or feet first - it doesn't matter!

This past week she has decided it is time to learn to WALK down the stairs, and she actually does a great job at it! I got it on video at the end of this post!

Kisses for Hailey! I know it looks like she is eating the stroller, but I promise she was giving Hailey kisses....

My little dare devil. She isn't afraid of anything. There are slates in these stairs too - I don't know how it doesn't scare her seeing the ground that far below her!

Kylie loves playing with her Jake Jake.

Just a few Indian calls at the park....

Exploring.

Teething much? Maybe she will get some soon. We are still at a big fat 0.

It also helps that there is a playground and beautiful greenway 4 houses down, right on our cul-de-sac! The city park is also only a 20 minute walk from our house, or a 3 minute drive. It is a huge park, and Ky loves it. I will have to get pictures of her at that one next time we go!

Slow Your Roll Little Lady!

My baby girl is one!

I can't believe it. Really? It has been such a fun year with this little munchkin! Her birthday was on a Sunday this year, so most of the "celebration" will take place during the week and this Saturday at her birthday party - but we had to celebrate yesterday too!

So of course, I had to make my baby girl some birthday pancakes for breakfast. She LOVES pancakes. Although I think she was a little distracted by the sprinkles, because she decided she would just pick those off first and eat them.

Finally... a new blog!

So my old blog, which I hardly ever use anyways, is linked to an old gmail account I never use. It won't let me change it to the gmail address I actually use, so I just decided to create a new blog with that account, so I don't have to continually sign in and out of different accounts!

So, if any of that didn't make sense, which I am sure would be most of it, this is our new blog. Welcome to the life of Tyler, Claire, and Kylie.