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LOL Elmo Review and Giveaway!
meredith in Enter to Win!, Product Reviews, Review Blogaholics - 19 comments - posted on Nov 20th, 2012Who doesn’t love Elmo, from growing up and watching Sesame Street on my own to growing older and watching my children enjoy it Elmo has been there for us all! The Sesame Street toys have always been a source of fun and play in my household and with me trusting the name they have always been a toy I can count on. Out of all 3 of my children McKenna by far has loved Sesame Street the most and has cherished all of her favorite toys to go with it. So when we received the LOL Elmo to review in … Continue reading
Gibout Toys Giant Blocks.. Imagination at play and a fantastic giveaway!!
meredith in Enter to Win!, Product Reviews, Review Blogaholics - 2 comments - posted on Nov 20th, 2012I don’t think I know any child who doesn’t enjoy playing with blocks, it is a pastime that can get all of my kids playing together building everything from bridges to castles and having all kind of fun stories to go with it. Recently I had the honor of working with gibout toys when they sent me 3 Large Gibout Blocks for my kids to enjoy and review. When they first arrived I was surprised and excited to see what kind of fun that the kids would have with these oversized blocks, and it didn’t take long for McKenna ask … Continue reading
The Bed Wedge Recent PTPA Winner!!!
meredith in Just Between Us, Product Reviews, Review Blogaholics - 3 comments - posted on Jun 12th, 2012Many Many times have I awoken from a beautiful sleep in my comfy warm bed because my pillow has fallen down into the eternal abyss which is the gap between my bed and the headboard. It has to be one of the most annoying things that I deal with, we lose kids toys, pacifiers, remotes, and then we find ourselves struggling oh so hard to fit all of our arm down there or we have to get up out of bed and do the army crawl under it to find it. So when I was contacted by the Bed Wedge … Continue reading
Perplexus!! Are you Perplexed!!
meredith in Enter to Win!, Product Reviews - 37 comments - posted on May 31st, 2012Perplexus… What’s a Perplexus?? Just one of the coolest games around combining skill and thought into one ball of fun… literally!! When we received the Plasma Car we also got the chance to review Perplexus, another fantastic product from the minds of the good people at Plasmart. Perplexus is a stimulating maze game for ages 8 and up, where you must guide a marble through various different barriers inside a clear ball, Its like labyrinth in compact ball form. There are 100 different barriers to get through before you have nothing left ( But trust me it will take you … Continue reading
Kids these days are way more tech savvy then anyone in my generation ever was, and yes most of it is because of the amazing gadgets that they have to toy with these days but WOW! You often will go out and see kids whisking through apps on their parents smart phones Ipads Etc.. and my kids are no different. Mckenna knew how to work my phone before I had fully figured it out, and that Ipad that my husband got for his birthday quickly became hers stuffed to the brim with different games for her to play. McKenna also … Continue reading
An Easy and Delicious Dinner!!
meredith in For the love of food - 20 comments - posted on May 23rd, 2012My kids love when I make homemade tacos, so do I but I don’t really love all the work that is put into making them ( Yes I make my tacos very different from most). So when I stumbled across a recipe for Taco Cornbread Casserole I knew all I had to do was modify a few things and I could make it taste as good as when I make tacos ( without the crunchy shell though) Here’s what your going to need!! I box Jiffy Cornbread Mix 1 egg ( for cornbread mix) 1 Cup Milk (for Cornbread mix) … Continue reading
Easy Oreo Brownies!!!!
meredith in For the love of food, Just Between Us - 1 comment - posted on May 15th, 2012So just so everyone knows I do post things other then recipes, but this one turned out too good to not share!!! *** Warning*** The baking of this recipe will lead to mass consumption of Brownies!!!! Enjoy!! For some reason whenever I’m sick I feel the need to bake, this time while I wandered the aisles of the grocery store all I could think about was making Oreo Brownies!!! Now again, I do have the means to make all these things from scratch but like I said I’m sick and going for the easy way out!! So for this I … Continue reading
A Fun and Easy Recipe the kids will love!!
meredith in For the love of food, Just Between Us - 2 comments - posted on May 7th, 2012Yummy yummy, I made what Kenna calls Rainbow cake tonight ( some call it tye dye cake) It is one of her faves because of all of the colors and of course because of how it tastes!! Now I’ve taken the easy road with these by using box mixes instead of making them from scratch like I usually do, but honestly with lack of time and juggling the kids, dinner, cleaning and just life in general its sooo quick and sooo good!! Heres what you will need. A cute assistant if you have one.. I made 2 9 inch round … Continue reading