January 10, 2013 · 11:40 pm

Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can’t Believe My Cat Did That! Review and Giveaway!!!

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Recently we reviewed Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can’t Believe My Dog Did That!  So it is only fair we give Cats some love.  Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can’t Believe My Cat Did That! is full of 101 stories about our feline friends   The stories are funny, heartwarming and inspirational, a real treat for the cat lover.  We share our life with a Pixie Bobcat named Max who is the most lovable cat in the world that it is almost annoying at times because he wants to be right on my all the time, yet I wouldn’t trade him.  The cat owner will definitely relate to the stories in this book.

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January 9, 2013 · 12:32 am

Go! Go! Sports Doll, Anna Review and Giveaway!!!

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Dream big and Go for it! It’s the beginning of a fresh new year, a time for resolutions.  Did your daughter resolve to follow her dreams? Sometimes girls just need a little push to go for their dreams. The Dream Big dolls are meant to inspire girls to do just that. They each come with a little story of how they are going for their dreams, and how they stay healthy while doing it! When we were contacted about doing a review for one of these dolls, we picked Anna since one of my nieces’ names is Ann.  Here is our friend Anna’s story:
 
“Anna has great footwork, she loves to dribble the ball down the field and score goals. Before practice or playing a game, Anna always puts on sunscreen, stretches, drinks plenty of water and eats a healthy snack like grapes. When she is off the field, Anna likes swimming and drawing.”
Anna plays soccer, and knows how to protect herself from the sun during a game, and makes sure to stay hydrated. Girls will see how smart Anna is to stay healthy, and how she is living her dream playing soccer. They might want to emulate her and go for their dreams to become a healthy soccer player!
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The Go! Go! Sports Girls were created by Dream Big Toy Company to be a fun and educational way to encourage girls and promote self-esteem, healthy life-skills, the benefits of daily exercise, and healthy eating and sleeping habits. Go! Go! Sports Girls has been honored with many awards including the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, and Nickelodeon Parents’ Picks. They also donate a portion of  their profits to organizations that encourage girls to participate in physical activity and develop a healthy lifestyle.
There are 14 Go! Go! Sports dolls that showcase their favorite sports, like Brooke who loves Golf, Ella who runs, Sam who likes softball, and M.C. who dances! Each doll comes dressed in their sport uniform or outfit and comes with 2 extra accessories. They also have a secret message on their tummies to remind girls of their dreams.
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January 6, 2013 · 4:31 pm

Kidorable Dinosaur Hooded Towel Review and Umbrella Giveaway!!!

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My kids love to get wrapped up in big, thick, cozy warm towels after swimming and baths.  I was thrilled to see that Kidorable has great hooded towels in 2 sizes for kids up to 6 years old.  The towels come packaged in a clear tote with a snap and they are tied with a ribbon in a unique way that makes a great presentation if given as a gift.  The towels are high quality, soft, thick and very thirsty.  The great styles will delight any child.  We recently had a chance to review one and chose the dinosaur style.

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My son could not wait to take a bath and try it out.  We picked a size M and it’s very substantial in size.   After his bath, I wrapped him up and he just loved it so much, it took forever to get him to give it up and change into pajamas.  The towels are easy to care for and wash very well.  Fairy, Cat, Fireman, Space Hero, Mermaid and Pirate are among some of the other towel styles available.

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Kidorable is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings.  One lucky blog reader will win an umbrella of their choice (subject to availability).  Thanks Kidorable for the review towel and for sponsoring this terrific giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!  Open to US residents.

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January 5, 2013 · 5:38 pm

Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can’t Believe My Dog Did That! Review & Giveaway!!!

Having had dogs all my life, I feel I could contribute very much to a book entitled I Can’t Believe My Dog Did That!  There would be many funny stories, though I may not have felt like laughing at the time and many heartwarming tales from when my canine buddies did something very special or helped when there was danger.  Either way I would never dream of living without a dog in my life, which must be the reason we have three!

If you feel the same way I do about dogs, you will love Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can’t Believe My Dog Did That! Book.  It is filled with 101 stories about the four-legged family members we share our homes with.  There are all kinds of stories in here from funny to heartwarming and I am sure there are more than a few you will directly relate to.  If you are a dog person you need to check this book out!

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We all rejoice in the simple absurdities, funny habits, and crazy antics of our dogs. They make us smile every day, but sometimes they really outdo themselves. You will love reading all the heartwarming, inspirational, and hysterical stories in this book. We know after reading the stories you’ll say, “I can’t believe a dog did that!”

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January 3, 2013 · 11:52 pm

Storia, Fun, Interactive & Educational Scholastic eBook App Review and $25 Storia Gift Card!!!

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Our whole family loves books.  I love real books but I am also embracing eBooks that I can read on my iPad more than I thought.  My kids like it that I have some children’s books on there too and they will look as it as a fun treat when we read an eBook.  Scholastic has a division of eBooks that are fun, educational and interactive called Storia.

When you join Storia you get five free eBooks.  You can also organize your Storia eBooks by having an age appropriate shelf for each child and they will have their books in one spot.  You just create an account and then you can go on and buy an eBook and it will go right into your account.

The first eBook I ordered was Good Boy, Fergus! and it was only a little because Fergus is a West Highland White Terrier just like our Zoey.  You can easily shop by age for your Storia eBooks or you can put a title or author in the search bar.  If you are looking for the great scholastic books your kid’s love on eBooks, you should check out Storia and get your five free eBooks.

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January 2, 2013 · 1:53 am

“Pigs in Pajamas” by Maggie Smith Review and Giveaway!!!

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Pigs in Pajamas  like to have parties and eat lots of pizza topped with pickles, then they like to form pyramids, play piano and with pinatas and much more.  This book is all about some adorable pigs at a slumber party and all words beginning with P.  These pigs keep going with lots of letter P fun until they are pooped.  My little guys loved Pigs in Pajamas by Maggie Smith when we read it recently and added it to our collection.  It is a wonderful book for preschoolers and you can use it as a springboard for talking about how the letter P sounds and all words beginning with that perfect P.

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At Penelope Pig’s sleepover party, six pigs in pj’s eat pizza and pasta, pound a pinata, pin the tail on the pony, prance to piano, and then form a precarious pyramid—collapsing, of course, into a squealing pig pile!

Maggie Smith combines rollicking rhymes and infectious alliterations to make a perfectly pleasing book filled with fun and the letter P. And while there are scads of P words in the text, the art has even more—the pictures are filled with more than 75 objects beginning with the letter P for young readers to find. The playful pictures also introduce other preschool concepts, such as colors, shapes, patterns, and counting.

Pigs in Pajamas offers a fun way to get preschoolers thinking about language and building their vocabularies. Party on, Penelope Pig!

 

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December 31, 2012 · 8:58 pm

Innovia Automatic Paper Towel Dispenser Review and Giveaway!!!

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I have said it before and I will say it yet again, I am a germophobe!  Things that really creep me out are community towels for drying hands in the kitchen or bathroom.  I will just keep my hands wet if all that is available in someone’s bathroom is a community towel.  Major yuck factor for me.  I know perhaps it is not a green thing to do using paper towels, but it is one thing I don’t compromise on.  However, with a paper towel roll on one of those vertical stands next to the kitchen sink, gross things can still happen.  It is easy for the towels to become wet from any splashing in the sink or even have the whole bottom get soaked creating a germy wet mess of towels.  The second thing is when your paper towels are exposed like that germy hands have a way of touching the whole roll as they try and tear off their sheet.
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You can imagine my joy when asked to do a review for the Innovia, Automatic Paper Towel Dispenser.  I was sent a stainless steel model which coordinates great with our kitchen and appliances.  My husband was able to easily install the unit and I jut love the way it looks and how protected my paper towels are from grimy hands.  When you need a towel you just wave your hand in front of the sensor and out comes your towel, need more, just keep your hand there.  If you accidentally release too many, the machine just sucks the clean unused towels back in the unit so no wasting.  I just love this dispenser and it keeps the towels off my countertop   It is super easy to replace the towels and they work with just about every brand.  Right now we have a Sam’s Club brand of paper towels in the unit and it works great.
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The INNOVIA Automatic Paper Towel Dispenser is designed with the homeowner in mind. Installation is simple, requires only light-duty household tools and can be completed in minutes.

  • Accepts All Standard Rolls – standard-size rolls of paper towels are accepted in the towel dispenser
  • Easy to Use – a simple wave of the hand delivers a clean and dry paper towel instantly
  • Easy to Reload – replace rolls quickly and easily with a simple to use drop-down door
  • Innovative Design – the sleek design and quality craftsmanship of the dispenser is a welcome addition to any kitchen or designated workplace
  • Smart Dispense™ Sensor – delivers just the right amount of towel that you need (and if excess towels are dispensed, tear off what you need and the excess is retracted automatically)
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December 30, 2012 · 5:43 pm

Elmer’s Craft It Crafting Kit Review and Giveaway!!!

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I really like to craft, unfortunately I do not have as much time as I would like to do it.  With a slight addiction to Pinterest that I can guess that many of you may have as well, it gives me lots of inspiration.  I was just saying to my daughter the other night, if they  had Pinterest and You Tube tutorial videos years ago I would have tried and attempted so much more.  I think it’s wonderful how these sources have inspired us and given us the confidence we would not have had just reading it in print form.  This year I made a lot of salt dough ornaments.  What I did was make enough so that they kids would have their own advent tree that they would hang the handmade ornaments on each night.  I wrapped them all and then pasted numbers on the packages.  It was really nice that I got to make the ornaments with them.  I also made Christmas tree salt dough ornaments with the fingerprints of all 7 of us.  I then made some adorable and keepsake hand-print salt dough ornaments for the little guys.  Helping me with my crafting this year was Elmer’s.

Elmer’s sent me a spectacular Craft It kit full of $150 of their great products.  I mainly used the Paint Pens to embellish the salt dough ornaments and other crafts like the coasters and the glass Christmas ball ornaments.  The paint pens are super easy to use and come in different point size tips so you can use fine when writing and for detail work and larger sizes for other  paint crafts.  My next project to use them for are river rocks.  I have collected an entire huge bucket of river rocks and plan to apint them and of course I will show you the results.

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The X-ACTO products I plan to try by first using them to cover some wood letters for the kid’s playroom.  I also want to do some type of door decoration with scrapbook paper and wood hearts for Valentine’s Day.  The next big project I want to try is cutting fabric to cover some kid’s chairs and decoupaging it.  I have seen this done and it  is gorgeous and the X-ACTO products will come in so handy for cutting the fabric pieces.

Elmer’s Craft It Kit–$150.00 Value Includes:

FOAM AND DISPLAY BOARD:

  • 9” x 12” Mini Bi-Fold Foam Board

X-ACTO:

  • Designer Series Gripster Craft Knife
  • Designer Series 12” Metal Ruler
  • Designer Series 12” X 12” Self Healing Mat
  • Designer Series 8” Scissors
  • Designer Series 5” Precision Tip Scissors
  • Designer Series Basic Shape Templates
  • Designer Series Decorative Shape Templates

PAINTERS:

  • Painters Bright Colors
  • Painters Sherbet Swirl

 

CRAFTBOND:

  • Dot Runner
  • Foam Mounting Tape
  • Thin Medium Glue Spots
  • All Purpose Glue Stick
  • Quick Dry Dual Tip Glue Pen
  • Elmer’s Designer Tape

 

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December 29, 2012 · 6:10 pm

Little Pim Fun With Languages DVD Review and Giveaway!!!

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Little Pim  believes that all children deserve to learn a second language at the age they learn best which is six months to six years. Scientific research shows that learning a foreign language comes naturally for children when they start at an early age.  Little Pim is the brainchild of Julia Pimsleur Levine, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and mother. Julia was inspired by her own bilingual childhood; she learned French fluently by age six and is the daughter of Dr. Paul Pimsleur, who created the Pimsleur Method, the popular language learning program for adults.

The Entertainment Immersion Method® integrates the latest scientific research regarding kids’ language learning and brain development. Pimsleur Levine developed the series with leading neuroscientist Dr. April Benasich, director of the Rutgers Infancy Studies Lab.

Each of Little Pim’s educational DVDs has a unique, child-friendly theme, such as eating, playtime and feelings. The method teaches 360 words and phrases, providing the essential building blocks for language learning. A child only needs 500 words to be considered “conversational” in a language. Babies, toddlers and kids respond enthusiastically to Little Pim’s format, which combines animated and live-action videos.

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We recently tried the Little Pim Italian For Kids: Eating and Drinking DVD.  Like all of Little Pim’s DVD it contains  5-minute episodes to accommodate a young child’s attention span. Simple sentences are broken down into easy-to-understand parts and reinforced through repetition by native speakers.  My little ones were very interested in the DVD and started to pick up on it right away.  I think that it is great that it is not overwhelming  and so therefore kids find it easier to absorb.  Little Pim offers so many different languages and their DVDs can be purchased alone and in gift sets.  If you are looking to give your child an advantage of learning a second language, Little Pim can help introduce them and get them to conversational language in the chosen language.

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December 28, 2012 · 10:32 pm

NeuYear 2013 Dry Erase Calendar Review and Giveaway!!! 3 Winners!!!

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Can you believe 2012 only has a few days left and we are into a brand new year.  A new year brings all kinds of resolutions of how we want to improve and organization is high on most people’s resolution list.  If you need help scheduling your days and want a very visual reminder as well as see your year at a glance the NeuYear 2013 Dry Erase Calendar will probably be just what you are looking for.  This large coated calendar is printed on both sides so it can be hung in either portrait or landscape views.  Dry erase marker will wipe right off if you have a change of plans or make a mistake.  Works great for the home office, for busy moms, families, students and more.  I love mine!!!

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