I'm happy to team up with Dawn and Double Duty Divas to share this content. All opinions are my own.A clean kitchen is a happy kitchen! In the evenings when I'm making dinner I often find that the food in my frying pan doesn't just stay in my frying pan. Often times, when the food gets hot enough grease, fat, little food particles and more start flying out of the pan. Sometimes when I'm making sauces or boiling water things great really crazy and spill over. These messes are such a pain … [Read more...]
LISTERINE: The Oral Health Heros at Our House
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for LISTERINE. I received samples for this review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.In the past year, oral health has had an increased focus at our house and some of the things that have helped us to do that are these products from LISTERINE.Whenever I think of LISTERINE I always think of mouth wash but they also offer other oral health care products that I really like. FlossThere are … [Read more...]
Flutterbye Fairy – A Hot Holiday Toy
I received a product for review and compensation for this post. All opinions are mine own.Remember when I told you about the #ChosenByKids toy tester events at Walmart? We went to that event and it was a lot of fun, mostly because it seemed like no one else in the store cared it was happening so we had the toys to ourselves.Demonstrated at the event were Doh Vinci, Flutterbye Fairies, Kinetic Sand and Little Live Pets. The lady running the event was most interested in the Doh Vinci … [Read more...]
Kiwi Crate – A Creatively Fun Gift
I am excited to be working with Kiwi Crate on my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions are 100% my own.When it comes to gift giving I prefer to give my kids things that offer an experience. Toys are fun but it seems the enjoyment is short-lived. If I give my kids an experience then there are memories built, often times fun for the whole family and a better value all around.Kiwi Crate is a fabulous subscription service that offers "crates" of crafts and fun for kids of various ages. My … [Read more...]
Efficient Organization in Compact Folders
I am so happy to feature the Duo and Trio Binders in my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions are 100% my own.I can't imagine anything more fantastic than having my life and home organized. Which makes me super excited that these Duo and Trio organizers arrived at my home! These folders/binders have tons of features to help keep you organized for any number of occasions. Duo 2 in 1 Organizer This awesome organizer features a 7 pocket folder that you get to through by unhooking … [Read more...]
I See Me! Personalized Gifts
Disclosure: I'm very happy to partner with I See Me! for my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions are 100% my own. This unique gift is brought especially to you by our friends at internationally award-winning publisher Chronicle Books.There is something very magical about personalized books. When you think of a book, you assume it has been mass-produced and there are thousands of copies floating around the world. With personalized books, and even personalized gifts, they are unique. There is … [Read more...]
Trunki – Fun and Unique Items for Kids
I'm excited to partner with Trunki on my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions are my own.I LOVE getting my children items that are fun and useful. This morning was like Christmas in October when I told my children to gather in the play room and I brought in an armful of goodies from Trunki. The kids were so excited to check out the colorful assortment of items I place in the room.Trunki send me a Toy Box, a Paddlepak and a Yondi - kids travel pillow. Toy Box Trunki makes the coolest toy … [Read more...]
Make Your Gifts Personal – Zoey’s Attic
I'm so excited to be teaming up with Zoey's Attic for a second year to be featured in my Holiday Gift Guide. All opinions are 100% my own.Last year I was lucky enough to work with Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts on my Holiday Gift Guide and received two adorable Trick or Treat bags for my older two kids. Last year my baby wasn't old enough to participate in the fun that is Trick or Treating. This year he is ready for the action and so once again, I turned to Zoey's Attic and their … [Read more...]
Great Books for Your Little Reader
My daughter is in third grade and is a little bookworm. She loves to read. This is great and I'm so happy to loves to read and is developing a great habit of reading whenever she can. For school she has to read several books every month so I am always on the look out to get her new books. I'm really excited to introduce her to Princess Cupcake Jones and her adventures. Cupcake Jones is a modern day Princess who loves her tutu, playing with her toys, and most of all creating a … [Read more...]
101 Animal Puzzles – Perfect App Spanning Many Ages
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...]
Fun Ways to ‘Teach My Toddler’
Teach My has partnered with Making of a Mom in the 2014 Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless of compensation all opinions are 100% my own.You've heard the phrase "Kids are like sponges" right? Well it's true. My toddler who is 21 months old is walking proof of that. He loves learning. He loves doing any activity that will help him learn his numbers, shapes, colors or alphabet. Back when he was a little baby, he and I would play with the Teach My Baby Learning Kit. Now he has graduated to … [Read more...]
Spooktacular Tales with My Little Pony
My kids are still pretty young so we keep our Halloween celebrations pretty simple and fun. All of my kids, boys and girl alike, love My Little Pony so celebrating the upcoming Halloween holiday by watching Spooktacular Pony Tales is perfect for us! Combine this movie with some fun Halloween accessories and there is a little party going on at my house!With fun My Little Pony accessories like rings, a Halloween candy bucket, tattoos and more lots of fun can be had. Besides the … [Read more...]
Zesty Italian Pesto Club Sandwich
We are big Italian food and flavor lovers at our house so I knew it was going to be a great day when Oscar Mayer sent me a big box of their new Old World style Pepperoni and Salami. Along with some extra fixings this was the beginnings of a great sandwich! These new products became available in August (just in time for back to school) and sell for about $3.29. Though the product is new, the meats are made from an old Mayer family recipe dating back to 1922. These flavorful meats are … [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...]
