Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own, yours may differ. Growing up I could tell the holidays were approaching because there would be an increase of boxes of See's Candies at our house. My family is full of chocolate lovers, and nothing is more delicious than a box of See's Candies! Besides buying boxes of chocolates, you can also buy gift certificates in the amount of a pound box of … [Read more...]
High Quality Shoes from Mozo
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Mozo is an innovative brand not afraid of making mistakes. They create shoes for culinary professionals that can stand up to the heat of the kitchen and the scrutiny of the dining room. By collaborating with world class Chefs you can be confident that the designs are created to inspire! I LOVE shoes. I have a lot … [Read more...]
Slumber Buddies – A Soothing Friend
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Slumber Buddies is a toy that has a light inside of it and it shines through the plastic cover to project stars, the moon and a planet on the ceiling and walls of your dark room. There are several different versions of this toy on the market. I'm very glad to have been able to receive Slumber Buddies from Summer Infant as the one … [Read more...]
Watch Out For the Drop Shot
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. My family loves games! We like to hang out together and play together. Games are a great way to spend a fun night together. Drop Shot is one of those fun family games.Just by looking at the game you can tell it is going to be a fun time. My 4 year old son loves this game so much. The goal of the game is to get your marble to end of the track, but beware … [Read more...]
A Mom’s Guide to the Google Nexus 7 Tablet
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Getting Started Open the box. Plug it in. Turn it on. Sign in with your google account. And you're done, it's that easy to get started with the Google Nexus 7 Tablet.I want to thank Rakuten.com Shopping for sending this Google Nexus 7 for review. It is super easy to use right out of the box! Once you are signed in … [Read more...]
Eye-Fi Mobile X2
I was really excited at the chance to review The Eye-Fi Mobile X2 wireless SD card. I have heard about these for a while but I have never seen one work. How it works You take pictures with the Eye-Fi card inside the camera, the pictures are then transferred wirelessly to your smartphone, tablet or computer; then email it or share it online.Features 8GB Memory- 8 Gigs of space is plenty, especially for us because we are used to using just s 2GB cardWireless JPEG Photo & Video … [Read more...]
Kid Powered Fun with Educational Insights
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 acquiring toys for my children that will help them learn or encourage their imaginations to soar. Educational Insights offers a wide range of these kinds of toys! I'm so happy to be working with them for my 2013 Holiday Gift Guide! First up is the Dino Construction Company T-Rex Wrecker! This kid powered toy will … [Read more...]
Word Games from Educational Insights
We also received from Educational Insights, a fun word game, Pass the Peas. This stacking, sliding word game is recommended for children ages 8+ although I found my 8 year old struggled playing. In this fun game everyone receives a pea pod and a bag of letters. After choosing 10 letters out of your bag you flip the timer over and have 30 seconds to build a word. When the timer is up you "pass your peas" to your neighbor. Once again you flip the timer and everyone has a chance to build a new word … [Read more...]
Fun Character Speakers from Marvel iHome
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If you have a super hero lover at your house get ready to blow their mind (and their music) with the cute Mini Character Speakers! Disney (which owns Marvel) has made these adorable 6 inch speakers in Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America. They are rechargeable and compatible with all MP3 players, tablets, smartphones and … [Read more...]
Van’s Natural Foods – A Delicious Breakfast
Disclosure: I received free product coupons in exchange for my review. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Last week I was approached by Van's Natural Foods to do a review of their frozen breakfast foods. Honestly, I had never heard of them before. Plus, it isn't like frozen food ever ends up being super good so I was a little weary of accepting. After my husband convinced me to try it (he LOVED frozen waffles lol) I accepted. Once I got the … [Read more...]
Transformers Optimus Prime Rescue Trailer from PLAYSKOOL
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Rescue Bots is one of my son's favorite shows. We don't have cable, but luckily they have the show on Netflix so we can have all Rescue Bots all the time if we want! My son already owns the Bumble Bee Transformer that goes along with this toy so he will be excited to have the Optimus Prime trailer to transport Bumble Bee. … [Read more...]
Helping Children Sleep Through Storybook Apps
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by on on behalf of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. In our home one of the keys to successful sleeping in our children has been our nightly routine. As a family we read stories, reach scriptures, have family prayer and then head to the bathroom for teeth brushing and bed. All my kids LOVE books. This love began as babies and has grown as they have grown. Then I was … [Read more...]
Tons of Fun With Build a Dream Playhouses + Giveaway
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. My kids have amazing imaginations. I LOVE to provide toys or activities that will help foster their imaginations and let them play creatively with each other. Build a Dream Playhouses is a toy company that does just that. Is great brand has created some VERY fun cardboard structures. These are fantastic for so many reasons:They come … [Read more...]
Build A Bear – A New My Little Pony Character
Disclosure: I received free product in exchange for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If your kids are like mine they LOVE Build A Bear! We often visit our local Build A Bear to check out the new friends that are available to make and look at all the darling outfits. This holiday season there are several seasonal friends you can purchase such as Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Clarice, Frosty the Snowman, Santa … [Read more...]
Stocking Stuffers for Little Girls
Disclosure: I received free product samples in exchange for my review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I'm about to share with you some very cute stocking stuffer ideas! If you have a little girl at your house that likes to play with make up or loves all things girlie I have two fun options for you!The first option I have to share with you is this 4 pack of color changing mood lip gloss. Check out the caps of the lip … [Read more...]