Couple/Maternity Costume: Peanuts

Last year, my husband and I featured my pregnant belly in our costumes for Halloween...we dressed as part of the Peanuts gang:

For my husband, I turned a yellow shirt he had inside out and basted on some black fabric to make the zig-zag of Charlie Brown's shirt. He wore black short, long socks, a ball-cap and a baseball glove to complete his ensemble. A simple Charlie Brown costume.

For myself, I found a white maternity shirt, and quickly sewed on some eyes, ears, and a black pom-pom that I made out of yarn for Snoopy's nose. Our costumes were done within an hour and hardly cost us anything! A simple maternity costume. After Halloween, I took all the pieces off our shirts and we got to keep wearing them :).

Now to figure out what we're wearing this year...

Here's where I found my Snoopy inspiration. Here's how to make a pom-pom. I'll be linking up to Tip Me Tuesday at Tip Junkie.

Art of Marriage & Applebee's Giveaway!

In January, I posted a widget with different ways to help military families keep their marriages and families strong after their loved one returns from deployment. I'm excited to share with you today another widget-The Art of Marriage Ops-which can also help these men and women strengthen their marriages.

In the widget, you can tell friends, text to support and help send military couples to events centered around strengthening their marriages, and more. PLEASE check out the app and share it with your friends by tweeting with the hashtag #marriageops.

Finally Home To Family

As Americans, we are aware of the men and women who sacrifice so much for our country by serving in the military. Unless we are in a military family, however, we will never know how truly hard it is for those service men and women to be away from family for extended periods while putting their lives on the line. Nor will we ever know the struggles that their families go through, parenting alone, or not having mom or dad around. Not only do these families struggle while their loved one is away, but everyone in the family struggles greatly when their military hero returns...the adjustment is hard and since 2001, the divorce rate of military families has increased 42%.

That's why I'm asking you to spread the word about the widget posted below. There are a bunch of different features encouraging couples to rebuild their relationship from a date idea pdf to a romance quiz.

Try out all of the different features of the widget and let me know what you think!

Disclosure: In exchange for posting this widget I will be given a promotional item. All opinions posted herein are mine.