Insta-April

May 9, 2014 by

Angie Six Instagram April

1. If it rains enough (as it did towards the end of our Spring Break), our backyard turns into a mini lake. Great for young explorers, not so great if you’d actually like to grow grass.

2. This magnolia in our front yard is such a show-off. And I love it.

3. I am always in search of a great fish taco, and by golly did I find one (along with amazing shrimp and cheese grits) on my Girls’ Trip. If you’re ever in Panama City Beach, you must go to Dee’s Hang Out. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it’s good, cheap eats.

4. Elena is the master of animal selfies. You can read the story of the rabbit we had as a pet for 2 hours over at The Risky Kids.

5. My brother and Eli after Eli’s soccer game. Eli adores his Uncle Donnie, in case you can’t tell.

6. And Elena adores her Aunt Kim. Here she’s instructing Aunt Kim on the fine art of the non-animal selfie.

7. We’re big Dave Ramsey fans. I couldn’t miss a local book signing for his new book, Smart Money Smart Kids, written with his daughter, Rachel Cruze. Fun fact: Rachel babysat for Elena one summer while we were living in Nashville!

8. We had family visiting from Spain: my Tito (Uncle) Alejandro, as well as my cousins, Elena and Julio. My sister, Suzan, flew in from Dallas, too. We had a fun evening out in downtown Indy … Mike’s face just cracks me up. Let’s just say they had the privilege of meeting Margarita Mike stateside.

9. The neighborhood kids set up shop outside of our garage sale. Sinomin rolls, anyone?

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Insta-March

April 8, 2014 by

1. You know how you can see your kids every day, and they seem exactly the same, then one day you look at them and they’ve aged overnight? That’s happening to me with Eli. I swear he woke up the other morning and he’d grown a full inch. And then this particular day, he got off the bus, slung his backpack just so, and I had visions of him as a teenager. To which I say I DON’T THINK SO. NO SIR.

2. Exciting news from the site I write for, Bedtime Math. Their second book was released last month. Our local bookstore hosted a special story time to celebrate, which included making some 3D shapes with glow sticks and styrofoam balls. Eli shoved a few extra balls in my purse that night. I got a good chuckle the next morning when he asked me if his balls were in my purse.

3. Elena and I are so incredibly excited for The Fault In Our Stars movie to come out in June. Can’t get here soon enough! Have you read the book? We’re both John Green fangirls, not-so-shamelessly stalking his Instagram feed and hoping one of these days we run into him somewhere in Indianapolis.

4. Sunshine plus an entire can of shaving cream mixed with cornstarch equals one happy (and very messy) boy.

5. A portion of a meal I shared with friends at Thunderbird, a new bar and restaurant in Fountain Square. A couple of times a year I have the pleasure of getting together with these friends. It’s an interesting cast of characters: a writer/graphic designer I first met on a couples’ blind date, a restaurant review blogger, a food blogger, and a Master Food Preserver, and a fellow blogger. We share a love of really good food, and I happily tag along so I can eat at all the restaurants Mike would never want to set foot in. (The photo, by the way, depicts the pickle plate and ham croquettes.)

6. Look at me! Interviewing Clinton Kelly like I know what I’m doing!

7. For a couple of weeks in March, Eli had a little laundry basket obsession. He asked to read stories on the couch, and this is how I found him. He also spent several nights sleeping in the laundry basket. Just add it to the list of things that will make him awesome in college: prefers to be shirtless, loves a good frozen waffle, oblivious to bad smells, and can easily sleep in small spaces such as bathtubs (the grownup equivalent of the laundry basket).

8. The kids’ passports arrived! We also purchased our airline tickets this month as well. Spain will be here before we know it!

9. Over Spring Break the kids and I paid a visit to my niece, who lives near Fort Wayne. Ivanhoe’s, the Taylor University student favorite, is right off the interstate, about halfway between Fort Wayne and Indy. They serve food, but they’re famous for the ridiculous menu of treats: 100 varieties of shakes and 100 varieties of sundaes. We’ve tried to stop several times on weekends, but it’s always been too packed. On this trip we were finally able to get in the doors. In case you can’t tell, Eli has a deep (and potentially infectious) love of ice cream.

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Sponsor Spotlight {and Giveaway!}: eFamily

March 24, 2014 by

As grateful as I am for my readers, I’m also very grateful for my sponsors. Thanks to their support, I’m able to pursue my passion for storytelling while contributing to oh-so-important Six Family Budget as well! This month I’m featuring eFamily. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn more about them, as well as enter a giveaway for a free year of eFamily for yourself! Would you like to see your brand featured on Just Like The Number? Visit my advertising page for more information.

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The very reason I started Just Like The Number was to keep friends and family updated on our lives. We had just made a major move from Tennessee to Indiana. With a preschooler in the house and a baby on the way, I had lots of stories and photos I wanted to share. This was, like, a hundred years ago, when no one over the age of 21 was on Facebook and Instagram didn’t exist. I had two ways I could share our life with the people who cared: a mass email or a blog. I fell in love with blogging, of course, and the rest is history.

There are many people who feel completely comfortable sharing everything online as I do. I know my family loves seeing our pictures. However, not everyone wants their business on the web for everyone to see. Facebook and Instagram are wonderful tools in which you can share your photos while still selecting just who is privileged enough to see them. But what if the people you’d most love to share your photos with aren’t on social media? As am sure you’ve encountered, there are grandparents, aunts, uncle and friends who don’t use Facebook or other social media sharing sites for a variety of reasons. What a shame to leave them out of the loop!

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eFamily can help you share your photographs and updates with the people you care about, while maintaining your privacy. Subscribing to eFamily allows you to:

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eFamily is great for:

  • Families that want another way to share photos and updates without depending on social media sites like Facebook.
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(Side note for my Hoosier readers: eFamily is based out of Fishers, Indiana. Fist pump for supporting local businesses!)

You can try eFamily for free for 30 days. If you like your experience, subscriptions are available for $5 a month or $50 a year. Better yet, why not enter the giveaway and win a year free for your family! Enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. Winner will be notified via email and have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!

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Thanks to eFamily for sponsoring both Just Like The Number as well as this giveaway.

 

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