The Lily Pad

These were super easy to make and so much fun for my little ones!

• Butter two slices of bread on one side with 1 teaspoon butter (or coat the iron with vegetable cooking spray)
• Place 1 slice of bread in the iron, buttered-side down
• Top with 1 1/2 to 2 slices of cheese (you can also add tomato if you like)
• Cover with the remaining slice of bread, buttered-side up
• Close the lid firmly and cook until golden brown (about 2 to 4 minutes).

**Hey Mom…Are you on Weight Watchers? If you use 2 slices of Nature’s Own Light (40 calories per slice) Wheat Bread, 1 1/2 slices of Kraft 2% American Cheese Singles and Vegetable Cooking Spray instead of butter…you too can eat like a kid! WW Points Value is only 3 points! Yummy!**

EASY CLEAN UP — just leave your waffle iron on and spray with a mixture of equal parts white distilled vinegar and water and let the cheese burn off.

The Bailey Baio Angel Foundation® Stride Rite® and BopStarBaby
invite you to the very first…

“Celebrity Baby Yard Sale”

Saturday, May 30th from 8:00AM – 4:00PM
in the Garden at the Sportsmen’s Lodge Hotel
12825 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California
Phone 800.821.8511/818.769.4700

There will be lots of wonderful new and almost-new children’s products – including clothing, accessories, toys, and home décor – all at excellent prices! Proceeds will go toward sustaining children and families affected by life-threatening metabolic disorders (including GA1 and other organic acidemia)! Click here for more information.

Have some time off this Memorial Day? Here are a few fun & inspiring springtime posts for you from around the blogosphere:

• Wonder @ Mommin’ It Up
• Icy Fresh “Squeezed” OJ @ Flipflops & Applesauce

• Simple Bandana Dress Tutorial @ Joy’s Hope

• Brownie Bottom Ice Cream Cupcakes @ Joy the Baker

• Spring Cleaning: Tips & Techniques @ Simple Mom

• It Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Beautiful: The eBook @ The Nesting Place

• Sun Safety~ Is Your Sunscreen Putting You In Danger? @ Gidget Goes Home

Happy reading as we’re about to spring into summer!

Hi Everyone! This week Patricia
Ann Designs' products hit the shelves at Nordstrom NATIONWIDE!!! We are
so excited!!! Nordstrom ordered our Pink & Chocolate Hibiscus
Design in our Stroller Blanket and Burp Cloth 3 pack.

We also shipped them the same
products in Sky & Chocolate and Mint & Chocolate Hibiscus Designs which are
exclusive to Nordstrom. The prices are the same as our MSRP, so if you
love these collections PLEASE visit your local Nordstrom Infant Deptartment and “shop 'til you drop.” We want a great sales-through, so we'd rather Nordstrom get the sale than us. Thanks for your support!

~Shelley Ann

There's a fun campaign starting soon on Twitter that I think will be fun to follow! In just a few days the “Sling & Swaddle Journey” will have chosen 30 moms to participate in a competition on Twitter where the mom with the most followers, posts/tweets, and creative content will win! You can read more about it on the website, and be sure to check back there on May 25th to see who the moms are so you can start following them and supporting your favorites on Twitter.

While you're at it, you can follow us on Twitter, too!

Happy May! For the next two weeks we are selling all of our Patricia Ann Designs’ Couture Carseat Covers for 40% off!! Can you believe it?!!

You have through Sunday, May 31st at midnight to place your order!! MSRP is $110 and your 40% off makes your special price just $66!! If you
place your order on line, just use the coupon code “CARSEAT”. Or if you live local to our OC showroom just mention this coupon to get yourself 40% off!!

Infant Carseat Cover: Cocoa Sky Dot with Sky Blue and White Gingham Trim

There's a new website that recently launched called MomFaves that I wanted to share with you readers! I had the priviledge of briefly meeting the founders, Josh and Rebecca, at BlissDom 09 and they are a really sweet couple with a cool idea and great motivation. They started MomFaves in honor of

For all of you that have been wanting to know more about who's behind Patricia Ann Designs, here is a post from none other than Shelley Bostrom, co-owner and founder of PAD! Kelley, our graphic designer and one of our blog contributors, posed this question to Shelley…