Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas

I’ve been a busy girl, so I’m taking the weekend off to enjoy the life I write about here. My kids come back to me on Sunday, so I’ll be loving and smooshing on them for a bit.

In your spare time, you can check me out here.

• My first feature post over at Savvy Source, where I talk about ladders and butterflies and try not to cry.
• My writeups at Uptake about the best pomegranate martini in Vegas (at The Griffin, of course), and The House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
• My reviews of Rocket Fizz Soda and Candy Shop, Roos-N-More Exotic Animal Zoo, and The Putt Park for Savvy Source Las Vegas.
• Finally, it’s spring in Vegas, so there’s a ton of stuff on the calendar at SSLV for local parents to pick from.

And while you’re at it, be sure to check out my friend Lee from Moms Without Blogs and her new project, The State of the Mom. The intro video sums up a lot of what modern parenting has become (not just motherhood, I know dads who struggle to be all these things too). I’m so proud of her. It takes a lot to take an idea and pull it together so beautifully. Go and wish her well and join the coversation.

Congratulations to the winners of my “Got Milk?” Milking the Moment Giveaway are…

Tara R.

Lori B.

Abby

and…

Cecelia.

To you, I raise my glass and sport my milk mustache.

Don’t forget about the “Got Milk” event here in Vegas next week….

• Monday, April 5 at Galleria Mall at Sunset, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 3-5 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 6 at Gardens Park Farmers Market, 4–8 p.m.

Thanks to all who played and shared their milk stories. I’m off to find the chocolate syrup.

The good folks from the “Got Milk” campaign are heading to Vegas next week. They’ve asked me to help promote their event, which aims to encourage families to get back to the dinner table to regroup over the evening meal, reconnect, bond, and…you guessed it…drink milk.

Here are the details on the Vegas event.

• Monday, April 5 at Galleria Mall at Sunset, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 3-5 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 6 at Gardens Park Farmers Market, 4–8 p.m.

If you don’t live in Sin City, check out the tour calendar for the dates with they’ll be near you.

They sent me some goodies to share with readers. So, if you want to win, leave a comment below and tell me:

a) how you “Milk the Moment”

or

b) how you take your milk (e.g., cold, warm, skim, chocolate, etc.)

or

c) what food goes best with milk.

and you’ll be entered to win not only a prize pack…but a CHOCOLATE milk prize pack*.

All entries must be received by Friday, April 2, 2010 at midnight pacific time. One entry per household, please. Each entry will be numbered and entered in to a random number drawing. Open to U.S. and Canadian readers only (unless you want to pay for shipping). Winners will be contacted on Saturday, April 3, 2010 and listed after they have confirmed.

Phew. This contest stuff wears me out. I need a cupcake. I’ll take my milk skim (because you need to balance things out, yo) and ice cold.

*I won’t tell you about how I felt like a total ass for taking six hours to figure out the roll of brown milk mustache stickers were for chocolate milk. I thought the milk folks were just being ethnically sensitive. Yes. I. am. an. idiot.

**Hello? FTC? Yes the milk folks asked me to do this and they gave me the stuff to give away. However, they didn’t pay me. There. Fully disclosed. Happy now?