Disclosure: I received compensation for including Tweekaboo in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Tweekaboo is a life story app that makes it easy for busy moms to capture their children's everyday moments and instantly save them to a digital scrapbook which can be printed, all using your iPhone. Because every child wants to know what they were like when they were small!Tweekaboo founder, Eugene Murphy, discovered that being a modern dad … [Read more...]
Johnson’s Baby Products – The Gift of Soft Skin
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. As it becomes winter our skin is going to start to suffer. I have been lucky my whole life to not really have my skin feel the effects of winter, but my husband and children are not so luck. Hands are going to start cracking and they are going to become dry in general. Luckily we have some fantastic Johnson's baby products to help keep our skin … [Read more...]
Want A Great HandBag? Try the Butterfly Bag From Maggie Bags
Disclaimer: I received a free product sample for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I have a handbag fetish. I LOVE purses. Even though I love them I don't just buy them to buy them. I wait until I find a special bag, or an amazing bag and then I buy it. When I am traveling I usually try to choose a purse as my souvenir. That way I will get to use it often and remember my trips. I have purses from my trips to South Korea, Austria … [Read more...]
Give the Gift of Lugz for Your Leading Lady
Disclosure: I received a pair free shoes for review purposes for my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Listen up! Lugz shoes are NOT just for men. When you check out the Lugz website you will see a plethora of darling shoes just for the ladies. After my husband enjoyed his Gypsum sneakers so much, I was VERY excited for the opportunity to try out my own pair of shoes. I picked the Laurel slip-ons in Turquoise.Aren't these shoes the cutest? I … [Read more...]
Squashed – A Clever New 3D Board Game
Disclosure: I received a free product sample to review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. My family LOVES to play games. We love to have family game nights that the whole family can be involved in. Even though Squashed is recommended for ages 6+ (safety first!), my 4 year knows not to eat the pieces and he understands the game! We have had so much fun learning and strategizing about this game together.We have also had several … [Read more...]
Great Big Canvas – Your Premiere Source for Images
Disclosure: I was compensated for including Great Big Canvas in my Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless, all experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I like having art on my wall. I am by no means an artist but I did go through a phase when I enjoyed painting canvases and painted some for our guest room and guest bathroom. That phase has now passed and I prefer to buy the art I put on my walls. I think it is hard to find something I love. You have to go to so many stores … [Read more...]
Cooler Weather Requires Warm Sandwiches – Hamilton Beach Panini Press
Disclosure: I received a free product sample to review for my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. As the weather get cooler and cooler, we start eating and drinking warmer and warmer foods. We break out the boxes of cocoa, sharpen up my soup making skills, the crockpot see's a lot more action and now I have this amazing panini press to add to the mix! Think of this: Panini's and soup! YUMMMMMHamilton Beach sent me this amazing … [Read more...]
Children’s Fashions from VAULT
Disclosure: I received free products for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.It is important to my husband and me that my children look nice. I think that when they dress nice, it is reflected in their behavior. If they were to wear old, falling apart clothes they might act a little wild and crazy. There is a time and a place for acting wild and crazy, but for the most part I want my kids to be nice, respectful and good looking. VAULT is a great online … [Read more...]
Memories Make the Best Gifts
Disclosure: I received compensation for including Canvas on Demand in my Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless, all experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.A few months ago my family went to California for my Sister's in law wedding. It was the perfect time to get a nice family photo since we were dressed up in coordinating colors. There are several members of our family that are photographers so we came away from that trip with some beautiful family pictures. I had received a … [Read more...]
Fun Educational Mobile Children’s Apps from Kids Academy
Disclosure: I received compensation for including Kids Academy in my Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless, all experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. We have received a couple hand me down iPhones from my parents. We use these basically for the games we can put on them. They are filled with apps for the kids, including some fun education apps from Kids Academy. Kids Academy is the creator of education children's mobile apps. Kids Academy's most recent app … [Read more...]
Meet Shen from Zylie & Friends
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes for my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. A few months ago I introduced you to Zylie who is a very cute, adventurous bear and part of the Zylie & Friends family. Today I want to introduce you to one of her friends: Shen.Hey guys, I'm Shen! I'm Zylie's panda friend from China, and I met her and her little brother Theo while they were on an adventure through my … [Read more...]
Pogo.com Provides Tons of Fun
Disclosure: I received compensation for sharing information about this site. All experiences and opinions are my own. There are plenty of websites available to play free online games. My favorite, however, is Pogo.com. I first discovered Pogo in December of 2001. I was in college and feeling stress from school. I happened upon this very fun site that offered free online games. In between studying or when I needed a break I would play on Pogo. Some of my favorites then included … [Read more...]
Hasbro’s FurReal Friends Newborns – A Great Gift For Kids
Disclaimer: I was sent a sample product for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions and experiences are my own. Yours may differ. Sometimes we take our kids to the toy section of stores to just walk the isles, play and see what new toys are out. I have seen the Hasbro FurReal Friends before. My daughter has even asked for one a time or two. When Hasbro offered to send me a FurReal Friends Newborn to review I thought “Sure thing, my daughter will love this!” I hadn't seen … [Read more...]
The Sparkle Box – A Priceless Holiday Lesson
Disclosure: I received a free book for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own, yours may differ. I love Christmas time. I love that people generally are a lot more friendly and everyone seems happier. I love the colors of lights and ornaments and all the festive decorations. I like that the spirit of giving is more prominent. I like that there seem to be more opportunities to help others.The Sparkle Box review and giveaway is a kick off to … [Read more...]
Dana’s Bakery – French Macarons, Fun American Flavors
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I love food gifts because they are perfect for EVERYONE! We all know people that are hard to shop for or that seem to have everything already. Instead of giving yourself a headache trying to figure out what to buy for those people, I have a simple solution: Macarons from Dana's Bakery.I discovered my love for macarons a few … [Read more...]
