Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. For Christmas, my Mother in Law gave me a ThermaPen, made by Thermoworks. This pen is an amazing thermometer that transforms your cooking! We owned a meat thermometer but I think it wasn't working correctly because whenever I would cook chicken or pork, it was obviously WAY over done, but "just right" according to the old thermometer.Enter … [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...]
How to Create a Themed Family Movie Night with World Market
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me in behalf of Cost Plus World Market. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Having a family movie night is a weekly occurrence at our house. We love to spend time together as a family. Also, family movie night is the ONLY time we eat in the basement in front of the TV, so that makes it extra special!This past week I decided to make it a themed moved night. I thought the kids would have a really fun time … [Read more...]
Little Athletes and Pampers + Giveaway #Sponsored
This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Pampers. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine. Pampers has teamed up with the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games and Team USA members, Noelle Pikus Pace (skeleton) and David Wise (feestyle skiing) both of whom are parents, to celebrate little athletes. baby dry diapers give your little athlete up to 12 hours of protection. No more midnight leaks with Pampers … [Read more...]
Peppa Pig: My Birthday Party Giveaway
Peppa Pig is a newer interest at my house, but I like it because all of my kids seem interested. We got a couple Peppa Pig toys for Christmas and so they are now fans! The thing that worries me about Peppa Pig is since she is a pig her and her family like to jump in mud puddles, so I try to tell me kids that we don't do that! lol It's funny!Included on the DVD are 14 Episodes:“My Birthday Party” “The Playground” “Fancy Dress Party” “Ballet … [Read more...]
Gold Emblem Making Valentine’s Day Sweeter
Disclosure: I received product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Your may differ. Make this Valentine's Day sweeter with Gold Emblem found exclusively at CVS. My kids love to celebrate holidays. Last week we decorated Valentine sugar cookies. Today we decorated Valentine cupcakes. They loved having a variety of choices of candies to decorate their cupcakes. Of course it was fun to nibble on some treats while were … [Read more...]
Helping You Get a White Smile – Smile Brilliant
Disclosure: I partnered with Smile Brilliant to bring you this sponsored content and giveaway.I'm always wishing for whiter teeth but scared to try whitening products for fear of what might happen. I'm scared of making my teeth sensitive, or maybe not getting the gel on all of my teeth and then I'll have a half white and half not so white smile, or other silly fears. When the opportunity presented itself for me to try out Smile Brilliant's LED Teeth Whitening kit I decided to seize the … [Read more...]
Disinfecting With Lysol to Stay Healthy this Cold and Flu Season
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Cold and Flu season is here! It has been hitting my house hard and long. We have all been sick basically for two months. We are starting to come out of it so you can bet my whole home is getting the Lysol treatment on a daily basis to ensure that we will stay healthy!Lysol has some really great products to help kill germs that I didn't even know … [Read more...]
Home Lighting Make Over with GE Reveal
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I haven't ever been one to think much about the lighting in my home. As a blogger I am taking a lot of pictures of products in my home. When I take those pictures I do get frustrated about the color that the light turns either the product or the background, but I just edit the photo as best as I can and forget my frustrations until the next time I take a … [Read more...]
TruMoo Chocolate Marshmallow Milk
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of TruMoo.Chocolate milk is one of our favorite beverages at our house. We make it often at home with our own milk and chocolate milk powder, but for some reason store bought chocolate milk always tastes so much better! Now TruMoo is giving us all a treat by giving us a new flavor of chocolate milk - Chocolate Marshmallow. Starting January 26 you can purchase this milk at Target with Walgreens and your local grocery store … [Read more...]
Getting Ready for Game Day with Gold Emblem from CVS
Disclosure: I received product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. It is getting down to the wire for game day, are you prepared with enough snacks? A quick trip to CVS will reward you with some affordable and delicious snacks from Gold Emblem, sold exclusively at CVS.Gold Emblem has you covered when it comes to tasty snacking. Get nuts, pretzels, popcorn and even sweet treats like cookies and candy! CVS and Gold Emblem … [Read more...]
Oral-B Deep Sweep Rechargeable Toothbrush
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.I have both used and reviewed several toothbrushes lately and this one is by far my favorite! The Oral-B Deep Sweep Rechargeable Toothbrush has some amazing features that make it hands down, my number toothbrush pick!Timer: The toothbrush signals every 30 seconds to switch quadrants in your mouth. After two minutes there is another signal to let you know the … [Read more...]
Verizon’s Ellipsis 7 Tablet #VzwMidwest
In a house with tech savvy children, they are usually excited with the gadgets Verizon sends me for testing. The past couple of weeks we have been the host family to the Ellipsis 7 Tablet, exclusively sold by Verizon. This tablet features a 7 inch HD screen which is great for watching Netflix and playing games. The tablet is also narrow enough that you can hold it in one hand.Since we already own an Android tablet my kids already knew how to work this thing straight out of the box. … [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...]
Show Daddy Some Love this Valentine’s Day
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. In the past year I have talked about Daddy Scrubs, which is now Daddy & Co, several times. My husband had a pair of Daddy Scrubs at the birth of my baby, I've also talked about how they are a great gift for the Dad-to-be because of all the fun products they offer. Now they are providing some cute Valentine's Day gift options for Dad in the form of … [Read more...]