The mom in me is whipping up something good With CPK's next chapter

 I received complimentary product /service s for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own.

This week I received an invite from my good friends at Sacramento Bloggers to attend the California Pizza kitchen Next Chapter Event @ Newly renovated - Arden Mall Location in Sunny CA 

Take a look at all of the food options I got to taste : 

Bianco- Flat-bread with Whipped truffle cream , Gorgonzola , Mozzarella and fresh sage 

Sunny side up Bacon + Potato Pizza shaved fingerling potatoes , Nueske apple wood smoked bacon, caramelized leeks , Parmesan, mozzarella and fresh cracked black pepper. Topped with two sunny side up eggs. 

Roasted chicken + seasonal vegetables chicken breast in lemon -garlic sauce with hearth roasted fingerling potatoes, Carrots , cauliflower and Mediterranean herbs.

Fire Grilled Rib eye 

Hearth -Roasted Halibut 

S mores  

Salted Caramel Pudding 

photo provided by : felix facebook #cpkthenextchapter

Fresh strawberry Mango Cooler for mom's who want to look cool while they drink 

( non -alcoholic beverage) As an nursing mother - This drink had plenty of fruits- I LOVED IT!

How many times have you been to a restaurant and want the fruity drink and they all have alcohol? 

Well let me tell you MOM- 

You now have a fruity drink even your non - nursing MFF  ( mom friend forever ) 

will order. 

 This thingabob is what  CPK uses to put whipped cream on pizza.

YES ! WHIPPED CREAM ON PIZZA ! 

Not only did CPK  California Pizza Kitchen allow me to eat their food, they let me in the kitchen for a full experience. When I tell you that I had a good time  with CPK. I had a wonderful -good time! 

 Cooking beside a chief in a restaurant kitchen a processed dinner making mom's dream. Hey CPK send me one of those whipped cream thingies will ya ! The power of that thingie almost blew me away. Can you imagine having the whipped cream thingie at your disposal to whip cream burger, tuna , tortilla chips , spaghetti . OKAY ,OKAY maybe that's a little extreme.But, who ever thought up the idea to put whipped cream on a pizza. 

I LOVE YOU ! 

In the End you have to visit Ca Pizza Kitchen in your area to taste for yourself.  

Try the new Menu  and experience the  next chapter! Go ahead then come back to my page and let me share your thought's and pictures. I would love to see 'em. Take the kids or sneak out and  have one of those strawberry mango cooler  before you go Target or Safeway shopping. Go Ahead ! 

It will be our little secret! 

Note:  No pizza's made by Jessica  actually made it to the oven- If they had the pizza would have BURNED to a crisp. I BURN EVERYTHING I try to make  FROM SCRATCH! 

OH ! and one more cool thing about Cpk they let your kids get in on the pizza  making too! 

Playing with the dough ! 

( The Kids menu is awesome too - My kids give the chicken tenders two thumbs up !)  

Check out the link below for more blog post and information about the event : 

http://www.sacramentobloggers.com/sacramento-bloggers-gets-a-taste-of-cpks-next-chapter.html

"Come on MOM - Get in the Picture !"

"Come on MOM - Get in the Picture !"

Get MOM in the PICTURE with Sprout's mom is here sweepstakes!

Hey Mom's!

 Sprout's Channel wants to challenge us  - Not only take pictures of our kids but with them

I loved this idea so much that I had to write a blog post about it.

-upon seeing this  Ad  - I begin to look though my phone at my random photos:

Kids at the park

Kids playing baseball

Kids at Safeway in the cereal aisle.

Kids in the Target parking lot

Kids in the kitchen

Kids at school

Kids , kids , kids....... My wonderful, adoring children.

Where is Mom ????? (behind the camera)

I noticed -I've been so busy taking the pictures that I'm absent from all of the pictures - 20 Years down the line. My children will wonder where’s mom?

Our children want to see us!  Creating memories and documenting life as it happens. We must remember to incorporate mom in the picture too -

After all YOU are the reason those kids in the picture are smiling. Due to your daily dish washing , laundry  hauling , doctor calling , toilet cleaning , diaper changing , oven baking , microwave using

( had to add this one for me )  birthday party organizing  - not to mention child birth.

MFF you deserve to be in a picture or two standing proud. Showing off your greatest accomplishment in the world your child / children.

M+F+F = Mom Friend Forever ( in case you didn't know  )

All weekend i will be taking pictures with my kids and sharing via Instagram  #momishere.

Because Jessica the Happy mom of 6 ! Is here and deserves to be in the picture. So do you!

Enter the mom is here sweepstakes to win

-2,000 Spa Package

-100 Spa gift card

-Featured on sprout and on the electronic Times Square Billboard.

Visit http://www.momishere.com or http://www.sproutonline.com/

From the sprout website :

Sprout wants you, moms, to get back in the picture with your child and capture these memories with our #MomIsHere Sweepstakes. Share your photo with us by clicking the button above or upload a photo on Instagram and tag with #MomIsHere. One Grand Prize Winner will receive a $2,000 Spa Prize Package, and ten lucky winners will receive $100 Spa Gift Card. Every entrant has a chance to be featured on Sprout and on our electronic Times Square Billboard.

So ..........

Yesterday at the Crocker Art Museum Sacramento Teen Take over - Giggle & laugh photo booth

I ........GOT IN THE PICTURE WITH MY TEENS !

                       Watch out for the Mean Moms!

There are movies about it. Remember the movie Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan. We.We all experienced it in high school. You were either apart of the in crowd or the out crowd. The Mean girls would walk the halls and prey on any and every body they wanted and some how they were still cool. If you were one of the victims of the mean girls attack, You couldn't wait to grow up and get out of high school away from the drama. Surely once you become an adult , girls wouldn't act this way towards one another.

Well think again -A couple of month’s ago I decided to start a mom’s support group. I wanted to get out the house meet other moms and just talk about something other than sponge bob , icarly , bigtime rush, Timmy the lamb , Jessie, Ant Farm, Austin & Ally , Shake it up – You get the picture. All of these shows I know the theme song to, and sometimes sing while shopping. I wanted to talk about mother hood and be real! What I like about motherhood, what I love , what irritates me sometimes. Most of the mom’s I meet have been so nice and inviting. I’ve met some wonderful women !

On the other hand I’ve attended some mom group meetings were the moms have not been so inviting.

Mean Moms won’t say anything to your face ( of course that wouldn't be polite ) but you can read the look on their faces -

On Wednesdays we wear pink! Mom translation: You’re not wearing heels?

She doesn't

even go here! Mom translation: No new moms!

You can’t sit with us! Mom translation: You can’t sit with us!

Little cliques form with the moms group itself. One group meets but then all the moms break off into separate mini groups.

The I paid a lot for this purse group

The HOT moms

The Eco friendly group

The Calling Babies ugly group

The we only wear heels group

The my nail’s are done weekly Group

The Asian moms Group

The Latin moms Group

The African American moms group

The I’m glad both my shoes match group

The nursing mom group

The Starbucks mom group

The party on the weekend mom Group

And many more ……….

My point here is we are all MOMS! Hint-the name “mom’s group” DUHHH!(see it’s contagious )

We should model the way we want our children to behave! No mother should ever feel bullied or like they’ve been put into a time machine and forced to be back in high school.

Yes moms can bully other moms!

All mothers should support one another regardless of how they dress, ethnic back-round, social class or hand bag selection.

Let’s be honest – People tend to treat you differently because of your hand bag. You are still the same person inside!

To all the mean moms out there – I may want to call your Mom to tell on you.

BUT-

The mom in ME wants to put YOU and your FRIENDS in TIME OUT and show you silly pictures and happy videos.

Let’s All be Happy! We’re moms!

YOU TUBE Happy Moms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENMwqESQfMc

MY Happy Mom Dance !

Happy Mom Dance!

Silly MOM Dance !on GoodDay Sacramento


Fast Forward to the End of the Show to see My Happy moms Dance!
http://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/video/10024352-real-housewives-of-social-media/

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Sunday  was A GOOD DAY!