Wisconsin Mommy

Valentine’s Puppy Chow Recipe

Puppy Chow is one of my all time favorite snacks. Which is actually kind of funny because I never had it as a kid. I wasn't introduced to Puppy Chow until I was a teacher and one of my students brought some in for a snack and insisted I try it. (She actually referred to it as Muddy Buddy Mix.) I was instantly hooked! Today I'm sharing a fun Puppy Chow Recipe with a Valentine's Day twist. Traditional Puppy Chow is made with peanut butter which I personally love, but can be an issue if you are

Celebrate Chinese New Year at Home

This post was sponsored by Ling Ling, all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Chinese New Year is coming up on February 5th this year. If you are thinking that it is a different day than last year, you're right! Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar and falls on a different date between January 21st and February 20th each year. While China officially uses the Gregorian Calendar along with the rest of the world, the lunar calendar still plays a huge part in

Five Reasons Why I Love the Amazon Echo Show

This post was sponsored by Amazon as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Just before the holidays hit full force, we received an Echo Show to review from Amazon. We are no strangers to Alexa - we have three Dots, two original Alexas and an Alexa-enabled speaker. We depend on them for quite a bit already and even write our own skills for them. But the Show has taken the whole Alexa game to the next level! Immediately,

Why I Believe The Future Generation Cares

Thank you Allstate for sponsoring this post. I chose to write this post because doing good in local communities is at Allstate’s core. Sometimes it’s easy to overlook just how hopeful the future generation is. Okay, this isn't really a new thing right? It seems like every generation tends to shake their head at the one coming up behind them. We don’t always see spotlights on the great things that young people are doing, but so often there are kids doing really amazing things that we should