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...]
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...]
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...]
Make the Season Fair with Fair Trade
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. This holiday season before going off to purchase cheaply made products, think about purchasing products that can impact others lives. Buy items made in America and that can help the small business owner or purchase products stamped with the "Fair Trade Certified" stamp. When you buy Fair Trade goods you know that the farmer that … [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...]
Give a Green Gift with TerraCycle
Disclosure: I received free product for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Do you have someone on your shopping list that love going green? That would love recycled and upcycled products? Then TerraCycle is a site you NEED to check out. DwellSmart is the Official Online Retailer for TerraCycle, a company reducing waste by finding innovative uses for materials others deem garbage. TerraCycle pays … [Read more...]
Catching Bugs as a Family With Ravensburger’s Bugs in the Kitchen Game
Disclosure: I received a free product sample For my Holiday Gift Guide for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Upon hearing the name "Bugs in the Kitchen" you might not want to run out and buy this game, but I can assure you this is such a fun family game, I recommend you doing that!This darling game has easy game set up, game play and loads of laughs. Although it is recommended for children ages 6+ my 4 year old … [Read more...]
Tweekaboo – Easily Capturing Special Moments
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...]
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...]
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...]