When I was asked to review the book Blueberry Bubble Gum by Mahamad Ali ElFakir, (not an affiliate link) I honestly didn't know what to think. At first the book didn't seem that interesting and appeared to be geared more toward boys, but I decided to bite and I'm glad I did! A little about the book: Blueberry Bubble Gum follows Max as he is gearing up for a summer of baseball with his friends. He’s expecting fun in the sun and long, lazy days. But to his surprise, he finds himself transported to a strange and wonderful world after chewing magical blueberry bubble gum—bubble gum his parents warned him not to chew! Through Blueberry Bubble Gum you can follow his adventures through Blueberry Bubble Gum World and meet the fascinating creatures who live there—the Blueberry Boy, King Erudition, and the lumpy, moldy green evil Waywards. Readers will find out if Max learns his lesson and finds his way home in this thrilling journey! The author says, “A child’s imagination can inspire … [Read more...]
11 Tips For Keeping Your Family Healthy This School Year #Spon
This sponsored post from iVillage could not be more perfect for us as we are both nurses who have kids in school. As nurses and mom's with experience, we know what it takes to keep your family healthy during the school year. Here are 11 tips to help keep your family from getting sick: 1) Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands! We know you've heard it before, but we're going to say it again and again...wash your hands! Good hand hygiene is the number one defense against getting sick. 2) Cover your cough and sneeze with your elbow. If one of your children has a cough, encourage them to cough into their elbow or upper sleeve instead of their hand. This will help prevent the spread of germs to the other family members. 3) Change your tooth brush after you've been sick. Don't forget that germs live on tooth brushes. If you or your child has been sick (especially with something like strep throat) make sure to change your toothbrush after you've started … [Read more...]
How To Make A Rain Instrument–Pinned it, Did it!
I originally pinned this rain instrument for a Pinned it, Did it post however, the pin does not link to the original source, it links to another Pinterest type site. This website appears to be a copy-cat type and when I click on the pin I pinned, it leads to a broken link. I refuse to give credit to a copy-cat type site that leads to broken links. I learned my lesson to try to pin from the original site vs just re-pinning random pins. Now onto how to make a rain instrument... Ok, this is super simple... 1) Get a bottle 2) Put in a bunch of tooth picks 3) Put in some rice 4) Close the bottle and shake That's it!! It really DOES sound like rain! To be completely honest, my girls were thrilled with this for about 5 minutes and then it got old. My neighbor's 2 year old son, however, loved it! Side note: Did you know that we are now on Vine?? (link only works if you have Vine installed on your phone) Yup, that's right, we'll be sharing short videos of … [Read more...]
Bethenny’s #CallingAllMyGirls Tour + TITD After Hours
Welcome to Toys In The Dryer’s first ever After Hours post. This will be the only one you will see on our front page. Are you confused yet? Let me explain… Lindsi and I were invited to attend Bethenny Frankel’s Calling All My Girls Party in Minneapolis on Wednesday, August 6th. Bethenny is best known as the founder of the Skinny Girl Brand and is a former cast member of The Real Housewives of New York. She is now launching her own talk show called bethenny on the Fox network on September 9th. The Calling All My Girls tour is a fun way to promote Bethenny’s talk show. Contrary to our blog, Bethenny is known to share too much information and is not afraid to “go there,” however, among her controversial topics, she also focuses on family topics. So far, our blog has been family friendly and politically correct. It will continue to stay that way on our front page. However…Lindsi and I (along with the majority of our readers) are not only moms, we are women who like to have fun. … [Read more...]
How To Avoid Back To School Blunders #Spon #BacktoSchoolwithBSK
We've gotten pretty lucky when it comes to back to school time. I honestly can't think of any major blunders that have happened in the past years. Of course, we've only had to deal with two back to school days as Nutty is entering 2nd grade. This year, however, might be a little different. Hubby and I are going on a cruise the week before school starts. I just KNOW I'm going to forget something for Nutty. Here's what I'm doing, and what you can do, to help prevent blunders this year: Make sure you have all the back to school supplies packed and ready to go in the backpacks the night before. Double check it! Pack your lunches the night before and store them in the front of the fridge. If you are packing something that you don't want to make the night before, leave yourself a note of exactly what you want to pack. Make sure your camera has enough batteries, your memory card is in your camera, and that you have enough room on your card. I can't tell you how many times … [Read more...]
Smore’s Cake
Last week I wrote a post about Nutty's camping birthday party. In that post I told you that her giant smore's cake needed a post of it's own. Now you'll know why... As I said in my previous post, this cake took me two days to make, was a little hard, and wasn't very practical but it looked awesome and the girls loved it. The real instructions on how to make this giant smore's cake can be found on Not Just A Housewife. I won't steel her post. I will, however, tell you how making my cake went... Unlike the original cake, I started out making two vanilla cakes. I surprised myself on how well they turned out (i.e. I got them out of the pan without ruining them). I also surprised myself on how I was able to level them (no photo, sorry). Between my cake layers I put marshmallow fluff creme. This is where my first problems came in. The chocolate chips melted just fine but I quickly realized I didn't have a cookie sheet quite as large as I wanted. Oh well, my round pizza sheet … [Read more...]
