I LOVE SPRINGTIME. And it’s almost here! Have you walked through Target lately? It’s all cute clothes and Cadbury eggs and colorful flip flops as far as the eye can see. Even though it’s only in the 30s today, I know spring is just around the corner! March is coming! In March, we finally start to see a little more daylight, and the weather finally starts to warm up a little (although here in Colorado, we get the bulk of our seasonal snow in March and April! Boooo!) And, best of all…MY BIRTHDAY! Yep, my birthday is on the first day of spring. And now I have another reason to get super giddy about March! March 8th begins Season 3 of Yo Gabba Gabba, also known as THE GREATEST SHOW EVER MADE.

If you aren’t watching Yo Gabba Gabba, you just haven’t LIVED. Besides teaching kids important life lessons and catchy songs, Yo Gabba Gabba features the greatest guest stars! And Season Three is going to ROCK! The first week alone, you’ll see Sarah Silverman, Weird Al Yankovic, Black Kids, Jack McBrayer, Paul Scheer, Weezer, Anthony Bourdain, Of Montreal, Mos Def, Devo, The Aquabats, Mark Mothersbaugh, Biz Markie and a special remix by Travis Barker. Throughout the season, there will be appearances by Fred Armisen, Erykah Badu, Band of Horses, Blitzen Trapper, Chairlift, Rob Dyrdek, The Faint, Flaming Lips, The Killers, Solange Knowles, Mix Master Mike, Angela Kinsey, The Sounds, Taking Back Sunday, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Charlyne Yi and John Francis Daley, Samm Levine and Martin Starr from “Freaks and Greeks.”

Here’s the schedule for the first week of the new season.

Yo Gabba Gabba – Season 3

Monday, March 8 – “Circus” – Weird Al Yankovic plays the circus ringmaster; Sarah Silverman teaches the “Time to Mime” dancey dance and Black Kids sing the original Yo Gabba Gabba! song, “We Love Clowns.” The episode also features Jack McBrayer and Paul Scheer telling a “Knock Knock” joke and Mark Mothersbaugh in his “Marks’ Magic Pictures” segment.

Tuesday, March 9 – “Bugs” – Weezer performs an original Yo Gabba Gabba! song, “My Friends Are All Insects” and Mark Mothersbaugh is featured in his “Mark’s Magic Pictures” segment. The episode also features a special remix segment arranged by Travis Barker.

Wednesday, March 10 – “Doctor” – Anthony Bourdain plays the doctor when Toodee gets sick. Of Montreal performs an original Yo Gabba Gabba! song “Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast!” and Biz Markie is featured in the “Biz’s Beat of the Day” segment.

Thursday, March 11 – “Superhero”– Mos Def plays a superhero; Devo performs their song “Watch Us Work It;” Biz Markie is featured in the “Biz’s Beat of the Day” segment and The Aquabats perform a “Numbers” segment.

Friday, March 12 – Encore of “Circus”

I can’t wait to tell Kayley that Weezer’s going to be on Yo Gabba Gabba! We enjoy the show as much as the little ones do. The only thing I’m having trouble with lately is Muno – my favorite, darling Muno – now that I realize Adam Deibert does his voice, I have this weird mixup in my head. I “see” Adam Deibert when I hear Muno on the show, and I “hear” Muno when I read Adam Deibert’s tweets. ‘Tis the chance you take when you start stalking the creative geniuses behind your favorite show, I guess.

Need a little Yo Gabba Gabba love in your life? Be sure to follow Yo Gabba Gabba, and Gabbafriends on Twitter!

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Okay, yeah. I’ve heard of “Works for me Wednesday”, also known as WFMW around the blogosphere, but it’s not something I’ve ever felt compelled to participate in. Until the other day. I was trying to find some decent crockpot recipes, and I just happened to find this recipe for crockpot Dijon chicken, posted by the delightful Domestic Chicky, and I figured, it’s probably pretty tasty. I met Deanna in person at the Sony Mommy Blogger Event, and I have faith in her recipe pickin’. So then I clicked through to some other WFMW blog entries, and realized, OMG. There are a lot of smart cookies out there sharing some great ideas – why haven’t I gotten in on this sooner? I thought to myself, surely I have LOADS of ideas to share. Pure gems. Right? I’m a mommy of five. Raising two sets of twins. Parent of a teenager. Advocate for my special needs child. Kickass wife. I have wisdom to share. I’m certain of it.

Until I sat down to write a post, and realized I don’t have a damned thing to say here. I’m happy, and my family is happy, but we live at the Casa de Chaos, remember? If anyone should be writing “works for me!” it should be my husband. He’s the organization expert. He’s the enginerd who can design and build anything. I sat here and scratched my head for a minute, trying to come up with SOMETHING worthy of a blog post. And then it came to me. VINEGAR. Yep, that’s the sort of thing I get excited about. Writing about the virtues of vinegar. Hey, my younger twins start Kindergarten in July. I’ll try to use that extra free time to get a life. Anyway, here are some things I’ve learned while parenting five children and cleaning up the messes they leave in their wake.

VINEGAR IS AMAZING. You can clean anything with it. It’s cheap as hell. You can buy a whole gallon of it for like two bucks. Here’s what I do with it.

These are my top three uses for vinegar, but this isn’t even all I do with it. I pour it over my kids’ heads in the bath after we go to the pool – it gets that chlorine out really well. I put it in my mop bucket when I clean my kitchen floor. I run it through my coffee maker once in awhile to get rid of that hard water build-up that I mentioned earlier. I’m telling ya, vinegar is magic, and it’s cheap!

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