I recently received this pretty little silver heart pendant to review from Joolwe. This is so sweet and simple. It really seemed to dress me up and I got quite a few compliments on it. I love it! It is really pretty with both blue and clear stones that sparkle. What more does a girl need?
This is just one of many great pieces they carry. They have the simple pieces and they also have those wow pieces. So go over and check out all the neat stuff Joolwe has. Also, if you happen to like jewelry they have a great blog!
I recently got the opportunity to review Life on Record and let me just say, this would be a very unique gift! Basically you are creating cds that are full of recording from loved ones about the recipient. It is super easy to set up. You just call in a leave a welcome message (they even provide a sample message). Then you invite people to call and leave messages of things they like and remember about the person in question. There are easy to follow instructions that you email out to people. Then you are faced with a choice. You can have them burn everything to a cd (for an added cost) or you can just manage all your recordings on iTunes. Then burn your own cds and as many of them as you want. It is that simple.
I love this because it is a truly special because it is made by all those who love you. It is almost a living scrapbook. (I see a further project coming). You don’t have to worry about yellowing or any of the standard concerns with keepsakes like this because it is all cd. I could see this being a great baby shower gift with parenting and well wishes or a wedding gift. The possibilities are endless. So go check out Life on Record for that next gift you need.
Aren’t these the cutest graphics? This is just a sampling of the pack of wall graphics I received from Bright Star Kids for my NerdBug. I have wanted to do the kids rooms for a while but my problem has always been that they want wall paper decorations and I don’t want to have to take them down. (I am assuming that they will want things changed a little between 7 and even 10, as far as maturity) These are awesome because they go up easy and come down easier. This pack came with 189 different decals in various sizes and 4 colors. You can place these decals on the walls and then take them down and put them up somewhere else! I love this feature because I am a commitment phob when it comes to decorating (what is I put it somewhere and hate it;) but it is also a good solution for someone in an apartment because it doesn’t leave any marks or gunk on the wall. Given this set is for a 7 year old boy’s room, I was very happy that they are water proof so you can wipe them down but you could also use them in a kid’s bathroom.
The website is awesome because it has a gallery of rooms that you can look at (and copy in my case). They also gave me the idea to paint around 1 side in a different color and give the shape a shadow. I thought that was so cool;). I really liked working with this company too! They are in Australia so shipping to the US takes a bit but they have such a quality product it is really worth it. They also don’t just have wall shaped decals. They have other decals, labels and the like.
Right now they have quite a few things on sale but just in case you want something that isn’t on sale they have given me a coupon code for all of you! Use FAMILYREVIEW for 20% off from March 25-April 25 in the promo code box at checkout. Remember it isn’t good on any of the things already on sale.
So go check them out and let me know what you think!
I recently got some of the cutest action figures for the kids to play with from Schleich. I got a variety of animal figures (including this pig) and they are great. They are made out of a nice rigid plastic. This really means 2 things in this house. They are too hard to let the 20 month old to play with but they are firm and strong so the kids can’t break them but can play a lot. My 3 older kids love to sit and play with them all as a big group and what mom doesn’t want to see that? You can get these figures in many places including Target and, my favorite, Amazon. So go get some of these great figures!
Ok, I love this bib! Now I am a mother of 4 kids and the oldest (by a lot of 5 kids) so I would say that I may be a bib expert. Once again I say, I love this bib!. DaBib has many great design features. First, it is dual layer with a micro fiber terry cloth on the front and a water proof cloth back. I love that it is water proof but not plastic so it doesn’t crack or wear. I have already washed it quite a few times and there isn’t any wear on it. I love the neck. It is a high cloth neck that is like a cuff so it keeps the crumbs and dribbles out. Because we all know. The worst things are the ones that get past the top of the bib. It wraps around with velcro and is adjustable. There is a 2 or 3 inch strip that you can adjust on. It also has a pocket on the front. I love a pocket on bibs but you can’t ever clean them out all the way and they just don’t stay open to catch enough. Well, the makers of DaBib seemed to find a way around that. The pocket is attached from the back and then you flip it to the front. Then it stands out a bit and to clean it just flip it back so all the crumbs (or oatmeal in my little one’s case) don’t end up in the washer.
So I love this bib. My biggest problem is that I didn’t find it until my 4th and last kid!
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The day I got a pre-release copy of The Perfect Baby Handbook: A Guide for Excessively Motivated Parents I was in serious need of levity. Lucky for me I got it! This book is a refreshing mockery of all the “how to get the perfect kid” talk we here and read. Now I will admit I sometimes try a little to hard to get the perfect kids but sometimes I need to be reminded to take it easy. All to soon these kiddos will be grown so lets find the humor! This book was so funny. I laughed so hard my eyes were watering.
Walk into any bookstore and you’ll encounter a ludicrous number of “expert” baby-rearing manuals. Although The Perfect Baby Handbook provides a solid foundation, it goes without saying that you’ll need to read them all. A sampling:
* Are You My Mother and, If So, Must You Slouch Like That? * Infants and Their Little Anxiety Attacks * No Ifs, Ands, or Buts: How to Parent Without Using Certain Grammatical Constructions * Throat Lozenges of the Baby Whisperer * 10,001 Great Baby Names Selfish Celebrities Have Already Snapped Up * The No-Cry-from-4:01-to-4:03-a.m. Solution * The Obviously Gifted Child: A Guide to Spotting Glaring Brilliance * Layettes of the Aztec Kings * What to Expect When the Word “Expect” Becomes Meaningless * Because You’re a Terrible Daddy Who Just Smoked a Gigantic Joint * Creating Insecurities in Your Baby—So He Can Triumphantly Overcome Them * The Tale of Peter Rabbit’s Unfortunate Speech Impediment * An Angel Fell Out of the Sky and Landed in Our Nursery, Slightly Injuring Our Baby
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I got these awesome spoons from Baby Human to try with my NerdPud. Here in the NerdFamily we are slow to transition to spoons because of the horrible mess. So when I read about how great these help kids learn to use a spoon I was excited to give it a go!
First off they are made of an awesome soft plastic. It has a little give and it top shelf dishwasher safe. It is curved and perfect for little hands to hold it. As soon as the NerdPud picked it up she could get it right to her mouth because of the shaping. It also has a neat safety feature. It has a gag guard. That little disc right after the bowl of the spoon prevents the spoon from being able to go to far into the kiddo’s mouth. It even doesn’t stain. We did spaghetti sauce and it cleaned right up, leaving not a single stain!
Now, the NerdPud has a bit farther to go until she can feed herself everything with a spoon but I do think within a week she will be great! For only $8.99 you can pick up a 2 pack of these awsome spoons at the Baby Human website or Amazon.
My kids love it when I get to review a toy so you can imagine their delight when I received One2Belive’s Noah’s Ark Set. They quickly volunteered to play with it and let me know what they thought (How unselfish of them;). Some of you may remember my enthusiastic review of their Nativity Set last year, well the Noah’s Ark Set was just as good. Like the Nativity Set, this was made well and has enough pieces that all the kids can play together with it (always a winner).
Even as I was handing out the animals the fun began. I had to remind them to come back to ma and get the rest of the pieces;). Of course my type A kids did ask about Mrs. Noah but they quickly got over it. They also loved putting the plank on the boat and taking it off and just playing with angles, etc. So that was its own educational toy.
The only disappointment my kids had with the set was that the boat didn’t open up. But that disappointment left when they realized that the reason it doesn’t open is because its, wait for it, a water toy!!!
We loved this set and highly recommend it for your children or as a gift for a child you love!
One of the best time saving gadgets I own is the Pampered Chef Medium Scoop. It was the best $15.50 (price with shipping) I ever spent. It give perfectly sized cookies, which are a commodity around here. My hands also stay clean so I can stop and run after the kids. It is dishwasher safe and easy action. Just dip and dish. I also use for potato pancakes.
Even cooler is the little one they sell is the same size as a mini-muffin cup and the big one is a muffin cup size. I spend forever trying to get them just right.
I recently received this pretty little silver heart pendant to review from Joolwe. This is so sweet and simple. It really seemed to dress me up and I got quite a few compliments on it. I love it! It is really pretty with both blue and clear stones that sparkle. What more does a girl need?
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