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!

Crying baby on board!

The other day my 4mos old daughter begin to cry on the way home from the grocery store. Let me give you a little back round information about my daughter. She hates no -  despises her car seat. So much so that I don’t call it her car seat. I call it her arch enemy. She has the mirror , she has the toys  she does not care she wants OUT. While driving home siting at a red light. ( while the people in the next car over shook their heads ar me. As my daughter wails so loud you can hear her with the window up. I thought to myself – Hmm !   Someone needs to invent a BABY CRYING SIREN –

It would be genius! 

the baby crying siren would  alert other cars to move out of the way there’s a crying baby in the car behind  you. It could be purple , green, pink for girls, Blue for boys. Oh ! maybe there could be a cheetah colored one. Instead of the Wee ooh, wee ooh, wee sound. There could be a sound of a baby crying whaaaa whaawhaaa. All moms with this siren would receive special police horn announcement and police assistance.  I can hear the police now over the blow horn “move outta the way mom with  crying baby on board. Bleep” .

Only in a perfect world I guess. Any mother that has had a screaming baby in the car with her while she is driving knows what I am talking about. You feel so helpless and guilty. We must keep our children in car seats for safety. No if , and , or buts about that. Until this siren has been invented I guess I will have to keep pulling over  jumping out of the car getting the baby out nurse for 10 minutes gently put her back into the seat. Drive for 5 minutes. Pull back over get her out the seat feed her , gently put her back into the seat and drive.Until then a trip to the store will take me 4 hours.

I will be writing to my local congressmen to get this on the ballot. 

MOMS Need sirens too! #mominmelife

5 Reasons why you should be a Silly mom

                                             5 Reasons Why you should be a silly MOM

Our Job as mothers can stressful at times. Our attitudes most times don’t model the way we expect our children to act. We become overwhelmed with all the demands and request that are anticipated. As moms we sometimes forget how to have fun and just be happy. So with that in mind here are 5 reasons to be a silly mom.

1. Every minute that passes turns into the past.

You will never have today again! Utilize the time you have with your kids and make every moment a memorable one,

2. Come out of the mom shell.

WE spend too much time in there anyway. Be just YOU for a change. Look at some pictures of your younger self. Share the pictures with your kids. I’m sure there's one or two you’ll find that will make you ask the question yourself (what was i thinking?)

3. Model Life -Silliness and laughing daily.

Sing out loud a song that you love! Dance with your kids!

It’s so important to get in a silly joke or laugh each day. It really makes a difference!

4. Don't be so serious.

Remember that movie Batman that part when the joker asked "why so serious?" 

Yeah! why are we so serious? 

Adults are viewed by children as being boring, sad and upset all the time. Show your children their mom accept  the not so good parts of being adults with a smile and a tongue stuck out - Ready for anything

5. A mother’s happiness directly impacts her children’s lives-

Studies have proven that happy mothers makes for a happy home. Children that view and experience happiness in their home environment are naturally happy.

So here are the top 5 Reasons to be a silly mom. People may think you are crazy when you sing out loud. But, HAY people most likely think that anyway! PLAY.LAUGH.ENJOY being a mom. 

I am speaking from experience. Although I suffer mom related illness such as mom-me fatigue and dehydration. I still smile -drink 1 glass of water and cluck out in my bed at night.

 A Happy camper  - I Wouldn't have it any other way.

I’m all about that mom-me Life! I love all 6!