Hi all!

Hello my dear readers!

I just wanted to drop in real quick to give you an update! I am on vacation this week doing tons of fun stuff including the Time to Play Holiday Toy Showcase! I saw so many of this years hottest toys I CANNOT wait to share with you! I will be back home on the 6th and will start re-caping my entire adventures and sharing some of the awesome stuff with you! I can't wait to start my holiday gift guide and share some of this inspiration for under your Christmas tree!!!

Thank you for reading! See you all next week!

Wordless Wednesday - Party

Elijah loves when his family gets together. So when his Aunt Cathi celebrated a birthday last weekend he was so ecstatic. He loves a good party!

Music Monday: Blur - Tender

Hi all! Starting this week we have a new writer here at Pyle of Love. This is his very first post!!! Say Hi to John!!! He picked out this song just for you! ♥

Rice Krispies Treats! New, with write on packaging!!!

When I was a child the best of part of lunch time was the lunches my mom packed for me. She would leave little notes on a piece of paper or on my napkin. Some of them would be words of inspiration and encouragement. Some were just to have a great day or how proud of me she was. Some were just simple I love you. No matter what she wrote, I always loved it so much and it was so appreciated. Thank you Mommy!

Kelloggs and Rice Krispy Treats are helping moms like mine everywhere brighten their children’s lunches with notes just like that. With new easy write on packaging Rice Krispies Treats Moms or Dads can use any permanent marker to create one of a kind notes. You can send a note with your children or even use it to send a special note with your spouse’s lunch! I know that would brighten my day!

I first tried to write my message with a thin tip sharpie but it wasn’t bright enough for my tastes. I then used a normal size sharpie and thought it looked much brighter and was much easier to write with. The wrapper itself is very smooth and glossy but the Rice Krispies treat itself is so bumpy it was a little difficult to write at first. I found if you hold the wrapper tight from one side and just write a little slower than normal it still looks pretty good. It may take you one or two to get the hang of it, but after that it should be fine.

We had so much fun surprising each other with notes this week. There is no limit to the messages you can write. I think it would be fun to leave a little note surprising your child of something upcoming. I could see writing a message like "Guess what? We will go for ice cream when you get out of school today." Or "Report Card Day! For every grade "B" and above you will earn $5!"

They were the same price in my local grocery store as the regular box so it doesn't cost any more either! I have already bought them again and plan on buying them from now on! Thank you so much Kelloggs for making Rice Krispies Treats more fun!

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Kelloggs. All opinions are that of my own.

Wordless Wednesday - Garlic Explosion

I meant to share these last week! I was in the kitchen cooking. Apparently Elijah decided to cook in his kitchen too... only using garlic salt and dried red peppers...

This Labor Day Remember, Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving

I know I have written about this many times before, but with Labor Day weekend among us I thought it was important to spread the word once again to help stop buzzed driving.

Did you know that in 2008, just over the Labor Day holiday weekend, 194 people were killed in crashes involving an impaired driver? I've heard people say things like "Well they deserve it for being stupid" but what they must remember is it's not always the one who's been drinking that gets hurt. It could be any of us.

This Labor Day, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ad Council are trying to remind people to plan ahead and designate a sober driver for any Labor Day celebration because "Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving." By helping to spread this message during the Labor Day weekend we can help keep impaired drivers off the road, even if they have had just one drink. Everybody that helps share this message could help save a life!

The NHTSA has some pretty neat tools to help you do just that!

• Post the new Designated Driver badge - a badge you can send to people to thank them for being both a designated driver, and a friend. You can post it on your site, share it through facebook or even twitter! Click the + to get it!
  
  

• Designated Driver Drink List - One of the most important things you can do before you go out is to designate a sober driver. If you're throwing a party, make sure to offer up non-alcoholic drinks for the sober drivers in your group. They have compiled a Facebook tab with 50 non-alcoholic party drink recipes right here.


• Alternative Ride Locator - They have created a new Facebook tab with a nationwide list of alternative ride programs so that you can enjoy yourself and not worry about how you will get home.


• Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving website- You can sign a pledge not to drink and drive, play "Spot the Difference," an interactive game that simulates the effects of buzzed driving , and watch a real-life video about how buzzed driving changed one woman's life.

Visit Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving on Facebook and Twitter (@Buzzeddriving)

Remember: Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving.
This Labor Day, let's work together to put an end to buzzed driving. Don't ruin the end of summer with a drunk driving arrest or worse!
Plan ahead and ask your loved ones to do the same.

This post was written and published as part of a Global Influence partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Ad Council. I was NOT compensated for sharing this information.