Here is an adorable zingy trio!  Brantley (7 yrs old), Jacob (4 yrs old), and Joey (9 mos) are the beautiful children of Melissa from Arkansas.  In this picture they are enjoying the 4th of July at their Great grandmothers farm in Texas!  Adorable!

Do you have any adorable, silly or funny pictures of your child?  Send them to us at mommyzing@gmail.com and check back to see if your child is the Zingy kid of the week!

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Check out this cool kiddo!  Here is a picture of 11 month old Jackson from Monroe, LA chillin in a raft on a hot summer day.

Do you have any adorable, silly or funny pictures of your child?  Send them to us at mommyzing@gmail.com and check back to see if your child is the Zingy kid of the week!

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2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp of Rosemary
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried thyme
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
1/2 lb of ground beef
12 oz uncooked ziti

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2.  Cook pasta according to package directions

3.  Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat, add garlic and saute about 2 minutes.  Add beef and cook till brown, then drain excess oil off.

4.  Add oregano, thyme, salt and pepper, and rosemary and stir to coat the beef.  Cook about two minutes.  Add tomatoes and bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

5.  Spoon a small amount of tomato sauce into the bottom of a 4 quart casserole dish.  Layer with half of the ziti, half of the tomato sauce, and half of the mozzarella cheese.  Layer the remaining ziti on top and top that with the tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. 

6.  Bake for about 30 minutes or until cheese is golden

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Check out Isabel and Thomas!  These two zingy kids are from North Little Rock, AR and are absolutely adorable!  Isabel has a killer smile and Thomas is quite the patriotic cutie!  The second picture of Isabel is adorable….check her out pointing “That way!”

Do you have any adorable, silly or funny pictures of your child?  Send them to us at mommyzing@gmail.com and check back to see if your child is the Zingy kid of the week!

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Last week I posted a video that I had seen over email about child drowing prevention.  The video was really hard to watch but also peaked my interest.  It really makes you think..a lot of us think that something like that could never happen to our child?  But how can we be so sure?  I know someone that lost a sibling that was a small child who drowned in the family pool and I can’t begin to imagine.

I was contacted by a really neat group of people that run a school in Florida, called The Baby Otter Swim School.  Whether you live in Florida or not, you should check this site out.  I thought some of the testimonials were great and thought the following statistics were an eye opener:

Why should we be concerned about teaching our child to swim?

     • Drowning is the #1 cause of death for children ages 1 to 4 in Florida.
     • 75% of victims are ages 12 to 25 months old.
     • 65% drown in the family pool.
     • 33% drown in a neighbors’ or relatives’ pool.
     • For every child that drowns, 4 are hospitalized for near drowning.
     • 77% were missing less than 5 minutes.

If that doesn’t make you sit back and think, then nothing will!  The Baby Otter Swim school also has a product for safety awareness that can be purchased.  The awareness product consists of:

• An animated safety DVD for kids called “You Otter be safe around the pool” which is designed to teach pool safety to your children in an entertaining way.
• DVD for adults called “Is your child’s life worth 10 minutes?” which gives parents a step-by-step approach to using the right tools to safeguard their children
• Also included is a companion coloring book

The DVD set retails for $19.95 and can be found by visiting The baby otter swim club site or calling 1-888-SWIM-KID

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1 Tablespoon of Dijon or Honey Mustard

4 Slices of thin deli ham

2 slices of Swiss cheese

2 slices of whole wheat sandwich bread, crusts removed

Spread the mustard over the two pieces of bread.  Layer one piece of bread with cheese, ham and another slice of cheese.  Top with remaining bread.

Butter the outside of the sandwich.  In a skillet over medium heat, toast the sandwich for 4 minutes on each side or until bread is lightly toasted and cheese is melted. 

Cut sandwich lengthwise into thirds and serve.

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