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(Happy Fat Tuesday) Mardi Gras!

Let the good times roll today, New Orleans!

Here are some of my favorite memories & blog post as a wrap up to this Carnival Season. These are all reminders of back home!

1. Family fun-wearing mask to the parades.

2. Katrina-You are why we left.

3. Fun Mardi Gras Decor-Don't you love this wreath by Close To Home?

4. Beignets- Oh how we miss Cafe Du Monde but these feel the void

5. Jambalaya-love it

6. Endless Carnival Parades-

7. Kids dressing up for the parades-most all are family friendly

8. Party and Parades, beads, trinkets and more!

9. Truck floats

10. City Park lights

11. New Orleans Pot Roast-none like it and I make it (POSTING RECIPE SOON)

12. Bamboola-fruity slush I learned to make while living in New Orleans

13. Football-Saints! Cheesy Super Bowl dip

14. King Cakes & other sweets

15. Red Beans and Rice

16. Mardi Gras Bites!

These are my memories! Do you have any? 

If you are on Pinterest, I'd LOVE for you to pin my post. Thank you!

Tilex “Cancel the Mold Show in Your Bathroom” and Stop Mold Tips

Do you have mold in your bathroom? Ok I know most of you are going to say NO! Disgusting! NEVER! but 100% of homes do have mold. Mold and mildew are both lurking in your bathroom crevices even if you can't see them. Here are some tips to help cut down on mold-breeding opportunities.

• Set up a regular cleaning routine for your bathroom. If you don't it won't get done. Do something in your bathroom at least once a day. It is one of the most used rooms of the house. Bleach is your best friend in the bathroom.
• Have a built-in exhaust fan in your bathroom and teach your kids to use it whenever they take a bath or a shower. This helps remove extra moisture in the air. Keep the fan going even after your shower. 
• Open the bathroom window curtain once a day. Do it during the sunniest time of the day. Mold likes to grow around window seals. 
• If you can open your window, then do so! This will help dry out the bathroom, too. 
• If you have tile walls, get a squeegee and push the water off of the wall. Don't let the extra moisture hang around and breed mold. Do the same with the floor of the shower.
• Use an after shower spray such as Tilex that has a Mold & Mildew Stain remover. They now have a new Refreshing Breeze scent which I plan on trying soon.
• Leave the shower curtain or shower door open after using the shower. Give it time to air out before closing.
•  Hang up towels and floor mats to dry and change them frequently.
• Make sure you clean all around the toilet. Mold and mildew will hide on the backside and even the wall.
• Dust and sweep the bathroom, too. 
• Teach your kids to hang up their towels and clean up their messes. Teach them to not leave puddles of water on the sink and floor. With little ones you will want to change that hand towel every day.

These are my handy tips. Even though I should, I don't always clean in my bathroom every day. I do though, every other day. Whatever you do, establish a pattern and soon it will become a habit.

 Do you have any bathroom tips to share? I would love to hear them. Please leave your tips in the comments!

So what is the Mold Show? Watch the video!

Ok so what is the scoop on the Tilex "Cancel the Mold Show in Your Bathroom" sweepstakes? Tilex is celebrating their new lineup of products. They want moms like you and I to enter their sweepstakes to win cool prizes such as a Nexflix subscription and a 40" flat screen TV for your bathroom (well not really for your bathroom but if you are keeping it clean you might want to spend more time in there enjoying it!) There are several ways to enter, one of which is to share the news with your friends as I'm doing here. All entries must be submitted by 3/16/2012. I get you are wondering how to enter?  Enter on the Tilex Facebook page!

I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Tilex blogging program, for 8,000 My SocialMoms Rewards Points. For more information on how you can participate, click here.

Herb Pesto

Do you have herbs going all year? I don't but wish that I did. This is a wonderful recipe to make when you have an over abundance of herbs. This last up to 3 months in the freezer! 


HERB PESTO

Makes 1 ½ cups

• 1 cup packed fresh Italian parsley leaves
• ½ cup packed fresh basil leaves
• ½ cup packed mixed fresh sage, thyme, and marjoram leaves
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Salt

Wash the herb leaves in cool water and dry them thoroughly, preferably in a salad spinner. 

Combine the herbs and garlic in a blender and blend on low speed, slowly adding the oil while the machine is running, until the pesto is smooth and all the oil is incorporated. Add salt to taste.

Keep in a sealed jar in the refrigerator and use as needed. Pesto will keep refrigerated for up to 4 weeks or it may be frozen for up to 3 months. Make sure there is a thin film of oil over the pesto to keep its flavor and color bright.

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Author of Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes

SPAM Coupon and Recipe

I've never eaten SPAM but my girls have. I'm pretty sure that I would eat it in this Spam Casserole. Check out Roz's Spam Casserole. Don't forget to nab the coupon below.



What is Spam?
SPAM luncheon meat is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. The labeled ingredients in the Classic variety of Spam are: chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite to help "keep its color". The product has become part of many jokes and urban legends about mystery meat, which has made it part of pop culture and folklore.
Source: Wikipedia 

Fun Facts about the Presidents

Happy President's Day! Here are some fun facts about the Chief Executives. Hope you enjoy them! Click the Presidents Day photo above and you will find a website with printables for this day and gazillions more! 

• A minimum of 300 billion portraits of Abraham Lincoln have been created - that's how many pennies have been made since 1787.

• Sixth President John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator that lived in a bathtub at the White House.

• The first President born a U.S. citizen was Martin Van Buren.  His birthday was December 5, 1782, making him the first president born after the Declaration of Independence was signed.

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the only presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence, and they both died on its 50th anniversary, July 4, 1826.

• Nine presidents never attended college, including Washington and Lincoln.  However, Lincoln was an avid reader and self-educated.

• At 6' 4", Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President.  The shortest, James Madison, was 5' 4" tall.

• When he became President, George Washington had only one tooth.  He wore dentures made of human or animal teeth, ivory and lead, but never wood.

• George Washington is the only president that never lived in Washington, D.C. during his presidency.

• Andrew Jackson was the first president to have been born in a log cabin, and the first  to ride a railroad train.

• Ronald Reagan was the oldest president inaugurated (age 69); the youngest was John F. Kennedy (age 43)

Thanks to Kiddie Academy for these fun facts, educational ideas and parenting tips, please visit the Kiddie Academy Family Essentials blog.