Giveaway Winners!

I think announcing giveaway winners on a Monday is the best, it helps start the week out right, don't you think?

The winners are:

Frito-Lay: #2 RJ & Jessie

The Greener Good: #19 Leslie

Congrats to both of you! Just email me at twicetheloveblog@hotmail.com to claim your prize! You have one week to claim it before I redraw winners.

The gorilla was thisclose

Since the weather was so crappy this week, I decided to take the kiddos to Animal Kingdom yesterday. It was a little crazy since Spring Break is still going on, and I think a lot of people had the same idea that I had.

We didn't make it on to any of the rides, but we hit a lot of the trails and got to see the parade. Jill LOVES this parade, Aaron is pretty neutral.


The kiddos were most excited about the gorillas yesterday. We saw four of them really close, too close for my comfort actually. We even had a chance to have some "one on one" time if you will. We were the only ones that found where the one gorilla was hiding, so we got to watch him without anyone around us, it was pure perfection.

Don't forget to enter the Greener Good and Frito-Lay giveaways, they end at 9pm EST tonight. Hope you're having a great weekend!

Frito-Lay Giveaway!

In honor of the 2nd blog anniversary over at Multiples and More, I'm running a few giveaways of my own today! The first giveaway is from my darling friends at Frito-Lay.

Frito-Lay has come out with some new chips from Tositos and SunChips. Both of these are our favorites anyway, so I was really excited to try the new flavors. Tositos now comes in a Hint of Jalapeno and a Hint of Jalapeno Jack. SunChips now comes in Jalapeno Jack as well.

Now, Scott and I are not normally big jalapeno fans. You won't find them on our nachos or anything else that one would find jalapeno's on. This being said, Scott was more skeptical than I was when we tried the new chips. And what was the verdict? We both LOVED the Hint of Jalapeno and Hint of Jalapeno Jack Tositos. No lie, we ate half a bag in the first sitting, they were that good and didn't feel horrible about it either. Tostitos are made with all natural ingredients – corn, healthier oils and salt, they pack 8 grams of whole grains into each serving.


Thanks to my friends at Frito-Lay I was also able to go to the store and pick up a package of the SunChips with Jalapeno Jack. OMG you guys...so good. SunChips multigrain snacks pack a punch with 18 grams of whole grains per serving and now they are available in Jalapeno Jack flavor for an even spicier snacking experience!


They also sent over some really yummy dip recipes to go with their new chips. Here's the recipe for the Green and Red Tapenade:



Ingredients

1 1/2 cups pimento-stuffed green olives, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained

1 ½ teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

2large garlic cloves, chopped

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons chopped parsley

Instructions

In food processor, pulse olives, tomatoes, lemon juice and garlic until coarsely chopped. With motor running, slowly add oil. Add parsley; pulse just until parsley is evenly mixed in.

Here's the recipe for Southwestern "Caviar"



Ingredients

2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed

½ cup chopped green onions, bulbs and green tops

½ cup diced green bell peppers

½ cup diced red bell peppers

Juice of 1 lime

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil

1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded and chopped (for spicier caviar, do not seed)

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

In large bowl, gently toss all ingredients until evenly mixed.

I made the green and red tapenade which was really yummy. I may try and make the "caviar" as well, it sounds really yummy, doesn't it?

To celebrate the launch of these new flavors and help celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Multiples and More, Frito-Lay and I are giving away, to one lucky reader,The winner will receive (1) bag each of the three below new flavors:
· Tostitos Hint of Jalapeno

· Tostitos Hint of Jalapeno Jack

· SunChips Jalapeno Jack

For a required entry, simply tell me which flavor you are most excited to try.

For additional entries:

Follow Twice the Love...Half the Sleep
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Follow me on Twitter (@amandanethero)
Tweet about this giveaway (be sure to include @amandanethero in the tweet)
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Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry. The winner will be chosen using Random.Org and will be announced on Monday, April 4th. You have until Sunday at 9pm EST to enter this giveaway.

Thank you again to everyone at Ketchum and Frito-Lay for sponsoring this giveaway!

Mommy and Me Monday

Hosted by Krystyn
Somehow during our awesome trip to the beach this weekend I forgot to take a photo of me and the kids, or Scott, the kids and I for that matter. So we are going to have to settle for a highly un-flattering photo of myself and the kids after we got home and cleaned up:


Jill seems less than impressed, huh?

Play along with Krystyn at Really, Are You Serious?

Be sure to check out who won the Frito-Lay giveaway and my new giveaway from IntelliGender!

We're good....I think?

So I think the snot is almost behind us, the rare vomit that occurred this morning, hmmmm well I'll keep you posted (nothing like the smell of milk coming up in the morning to get you going).

Between the heavy afternoon showers and the snot we've been pretty chill over here. Aaron did get to go with me to the pet store the other day to get our dog food. He loves the pet store. A trip that should have taken 30 seconds ended up taking 15 minutes because we had to look at ALL the fish. Thank God he didn't see the birds. We've been toying with the idea of getting a fish tank. Scott had a huge one before we started dating (it took up half the wall) and was really into it. He had a lion fish, puffer, two eels and some other ones. When he hears fish tank he thinks that's what we're going to do. I'm thinking goldfish. You got to love that about him, if he's going to do it he wants to do it the best way possible. Or at least the coolest way.

Since they felt so poorly the other day, on our way home from the pet store I got the kids smoothies from Starbucks (Aaron may or may not have gotten a package of Madeleine's). Both kids loved them, and I loved that they at least got something in their stomach. Besides, you need to start the Starbucks addiction early.

The kids also went with me to the doctor yesterday. Thank you to the nurse who bribed them with lollipops (granted they were Tootsie Pops, and I have an issue with that part), it definitely made the appointment less stressful. Aaron being mommy's true defender even yelled at the nurse when she gave me my vaccine (FYI parents you should be vaccinated against whooping cough) and Jill just sat and cried. I wanted to cry too Jill because man oh man did that hurt. You have to love that when they give you the shot they tell you to relax and not tense up and then JAB you with a needle. Isn't it a natural instinct to tense up when that happens? Aaron also flirted with one of the nurses, I had her my entire pregnancy and I think he recognized her voice. He had some extra smiles for Nurse Shannon and even gave her a high five.

I cannot wait for tomorrow, it will be the kids first real trip to the beach. I know we went to Sarasota a few months ago, but they didn't swim. I'm hoping the weather stays nice, no giant tar balls float up and that our friend Shaun doesn't teach our kids how to say inappropriate things. I have a feeling maybe 1 of the 3 won't happen.

Have a great and safe weekend everyone! Don't forget, still a few more days to enter the Frito-Lay giveaway!

Way back When-esday: Vogue

Dateline: July 2008
Age: 2 months

Strike a pose! I should have known then we'd be in trouble now. Jill was already posing at 2 months, now we have to take a daily photo of her saying "cheese!" and then show it to her. Aaron has always done the "hey there" pose and now he tries to make eyes with the camera. Maybe we have two models on our hands?

Play along with Cheryl at Twinfatuation!

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The kids are doing much better today! Thank you for all of your well wishes yesterday! If you have a chance head over to my review blog and enter to win a prize pack from Frito-Lay!