Thanks to Little Clever for sponsoring this information in my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions are 100% my own.My family has too many devices in our home. On those devices are tons of apps that are meant to help educate, offer fun and a challenge for my kids. While we do try to limit their screen time, I am also a big fan of apps that serve a purpose. 101 Animal Puzzles from Little Clever is my new favorite app for my family (available in the Apple App Store, Amazon App Store and Google … [Read more...]
Operation ResCUTE
Do you have an animal lover in your household? If so, Operation ResCUTE would be the perfect gift this holiday season.Operation ResCUTE is a non-profit organization meant to educate and encourage families to adopt there pets from shelters. The Humane Society estimates that animal shelters care for six-to-eight million dog and cats every year in the United States. Each year, an estimated 2.7 million of these healthy shelter pets never get adopted. Only 30 percent of pets in households come … [Read more...]
Eat Healthy and Stay Fit with Fun Children’s Books
I'm already thinking about Christmas gifts for my kids. My son is in Kindergarten and so his world is filled with the Alphabet. These children's books are the perfect gift for him! On top of having all the alphabet it teaches children about healthy foods and different ideas for keeping fit in a fun way. These books (and calendar, perfect for MOM!) are a fun way to get my son reading and all of eating healthier and being active!The calendar is really great because it includes stickers in … [Read more...]
Introducing the New Lalaloopsy Girls
#spon: I'm required to disclose a relationship between my blog and MGAE. This could include MGAE providing me w/ content, product, access or other forms of payment. I have a daughter that loves Lalaloopsy dolls. We have a whole collections of the mini dolls and several of the full sized ones. They are all stacked neatly on her bed and sleep with her every night along with her other favorite dolls and stuffed animals. Well now to add to her collection are Lalaloopsy Girls. These … [Read more...]
A Smartwatch for my Kids
Disclosure: The VTech product, gift card, information, and additional gift pack have been provided by VTech. All experiences and opinions are my own.I love getting to try out new toys for my kids. I am of the opinion that electronics can be used to really help teach our kids information, teach them new skills and capture their interest in learning in new ways. I like the for many reasons.Take a look at this list of features:Takes Pictures Has fun photo effects Take … [Read more...]
Connecting with K’NEX
Disclosure: I received the free product for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.My family loves to play together. We often have times when we sit and build legos. We have a couple different sets so we'll make those, or we'll get creative and build something with our imaginations. Recently, two sets of K'NEX came in the mail. My kids were very excited to get building. We hadn't ever played with K.NEX before so it was exciting to learn about this new … [Read more...]
Celebrate with Build A Bear
Disclosure: I received a free product for promotional purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.May and June are busy months full of celebration. Between graduations, Father's Day, Memorial day, Armed Forces Day, Teacher Appreciation, Flag day and more there are a lot of gifting opportunities. Build A Bear has created a series of friends that are perfect for gifting!Father’s Day- June 15: Surprise Dad with this rockin’ gift! Celebrate Father’s Day with … [Read more...]
A Truly Spill Proof Sippy Cup
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I have reviewed a lot of sippy cups over the course of my blog. Most of them have been great for their own special reasons, but the problem with each of them is that there have been ways for each of those cups to spill. If the child shakes it hard enough, squeezes the spout spout or any other creative method of "milking" the cup and you instantly have a … [Read more...]
Affordable Hairbow Supplies + Giveaway
Disclosure: I have teamed up with Hairbow Supplies, Etc to bring you this sponsored content and giveaway. All opinions are my own. Yours may differ. My daughter is the girlies of girls. I have made her hair flowers to match all of her outfits, and then some! She probably owns at least 50 different hair accessories. I spent a lot of money collecting things to make for her hair. That was before I knew about Hairbow Supplies, Etc.Visit the Hairbow Supplies, Etc site and you … [Read more...]
Tons of Love with Build-A-Bear
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. We are getting quite the collection of Build A Bear friends at our house and my daughter is in heaven! To help Build A Bear celebrate Valentine's Day I requested the Tons of Love Elephant for my daughter. This cute elephant is covered head to toe in Valentine's Day clothes and accessories. The elephant features a Sequin Heart Dot Tee & Tutu Outfit … [Read more...]
TRANSFORMERS #ConstructBots – Fun For All
Disclosure: As part of the Mom It Forward blogger network I have been compensation by TRANSFORMERS for this post. We are huge TRANSFORMERS fans at our house. Since there are so many different spin offs from TRANSFORMERS we own several different types of TRANSFORMERS toys. Bumblebee tends to be a favorite character at our house as we have several toys of him. Well, we just added one more in the form of Construct Bots. My whole family was so excited when showed up … [Read more...]
Girls Fashions with DownEast Basics
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.My daughter loves to get new clothes! DownEast Basics has some VERY cute clothes for little girls. When we were browsing the DownEast Basics site she had a hard time choosing just three items.She wanted to go with this cute polka dot shirt for Christmas. She wanted to look festive at school. Since the polka dots are sheer she wears a shirt underneath … [Read more...]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Toy Options
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I am a child of the 80's. I grew up on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and I honestly haven't thought about them in years. It seems as though they are making a come back, though! My children saw the show on TV and thought it was something new. I just giggled at them and enjoyed seeing them watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the first … [Read more...]
This is My Kind of Bug – Hexbug Nano V2
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I must be behind the times because everyone in my house knew that Hexbugs had habitats but me. Luckily, I am now caught up since we have received a Hexbug Nano Helix 180° habitat. This fun toy includes all the pieces you need to build a fun habitat for your Hexbug Nano V2 and it includes a Hexbug Nano. This fun habitat … [Read more...]
Style Me Up Creative Kits, Cosmetics and Fashion Accessories for the Stylish Girl
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If you have a tween or teen that is interested in fashion and accessories chances are the Style Me Up products are going to please her! I received the Style Me Up Sweet Key Charms necklace kit and the Style Me Up Perfect Nail Markers.The Sweet Key Charms necklace kit features 6 charms to decorate with glitter and gems. … [Read more...]
