Making a volcano in a bottle is a great (and fun) way to teach kids about chemical reactions and also teach them about volcanos. Here's what you will need: an old soda bottle or water bottle (I used an old wine bottle) 1 Table spoon of baking soda a drop of food coloring 1/4 cup vinegar water Place your bottle in the kitchen sink (or in your yard). Make sure the bottle is filled about 2/3 the way with water. Create a funnel or use one you have to add the baking soda. Pour in the 1/4 cup of vinegar and food coloring and watch it erupt! Fun facts: Mixing vinegar and baking soda produces carbon dioxide....this is the same gas that is found under the earth which causes a volcano to erupt. Have you made a volcano in a bottle with your kids yet? … [Read more...]
Purex Fels-Naptha Laundry Bar Review #Spon
If you have kids then you know stains! You know that they spill things, smear things, and soil things. One thing that drives me incredibly batty is the fact that my daughter uses her clothing as a napkin. Does anyone know how to get her to stop? I have tried everything short of safety pinning a napkin to her clothes. I'm pretty good at getting stains out of clothing...heck I have lots of practice with four kids and an equally messy husband...but one thing I have never been able to manage getting out was grease stains. Grease from splattered oil, grease from juice, grease from the garage, and grease from using your shirt as a napkin. I've tried a lot of things! Well, after I received my free bar of Fels-Naptha Laundry Bar I knew exactly what I was going to do to put it to the REAL test! I grabbed one of my daughters favorite shirts and got to work....well work I didn't have to do. I simply followed the directions on the bar and let Fels-Naptha do the work. I got my daughters shirt wet … [Read more...]
Berry Picking
Do you have a fun place to get away from the "real world?" We do! We go up north to my father-in laws house twice a year...once at Christmas time and once in the summer. Summer is my favorite time to go there for sure. There are so many fun things to do and see that we don't get down here in the big city. When we go in the summer we spend the majority of the days outside enjoying the fresh air! We ride papa's tractor, the fancy John Deer Green Truck, four wheelers and so much more. My favorite thing by far is to go berry picking! We haven't been all that lucky the last two years because the weather has not cooperated. Two years ago it was too cool and a frost destroyed all the berries, last year it was too hot and the berries were destroyed....this year the weather has been JUST RIGHT! We brought some of our dear friends up north with us this time too! We scavenger around the forest for wild blueberries, wild strawberries, and my personal favorite wild raspberries. Even though I … [Read more...]
31 Days of Fun- Purex #Giveaway #Spon
We have some exciting news to share with you our lovely readers, and in all honesty I can hardly stand the wait! Beginning August 1st, TODAY!!!, Purex will be giving away some crazy-amazing prizes during the entire month! That's right, 31 days straight!!! I have shared with you all my love for products that work and thus far every Purex product I have tried I have loved. We even use their products in several of our posts and had one on what we thought of Purex Fabric Softener Dryer Sheets. Starting today, the Purex brand will be launching a mega sweepstakes where they'll be giving away fantastic prizes EVERYDAY in August - the 31 Days of Fun Sweepstakes - open only to Fans of the Purex Facebook page! Seriously, how cool is that? I mean 31 days of amazing, free, and fantastic giveaways! Make your own laundry detergent (Borax and Purex Crystals)- We shared with you how much we love Borax and we shared a fantastic recipe to make your own laundry detergent! Borax snowflakes- … [Read more...]
VTech InnoTab 3S- presale
This is not a sponsored post. We are simply passing this information on to you because we loved the product so much. All opinions are 100% our own. :) Do you remember our raving review of the VTech InnoTab 2S? Well guess what?!?!? VTech has upped the anty with the InnoTab 3S! The InnoTab 3S is available for pre-order on www.vtechkids.com, Amazon.com, Target.com, Toysrus.com and Walmart.com. The InnoTab 3S features VTech Kid Connect– an exclusive communication app that allows kids to be connected with their parents and friends through both tablet-to-mobile and tablet-to-tablet communication The new 3S comes with a rechargeable battery pack with AC adapter and a kid-safe web browser The new InnoTab 3S continues to provide access to VTech’s Learning Lodge™ app store, plus it comes packed with 20 free apps All for under $100! If you simply cannot wait to get your hands on one of these hot things then you can pre-order and relax! In the next few weeks we're going to be … [Read more...]
Purex Fabric Softener Sheets #spon
One of least favorite chores is laundry...seriously, I use to subscribe to the "laundry is a three-day task" method. Day 1- Sort, Day 2- Wash & Dry, Day 3- Put away. Isn't this how you do laundry? We have been offered the chance to review Purex Fabric Softener Sheets. Purex provided us with a free sample of their lovely Sweet Lavender Sheets and we are providing them with a review in exchange. All the opinions expressed here are of our own. We were selected to receive this free sample because we are members of the Purex Insider Program. Great uses for Purex fabric softener dryer sheets Stinky gym socks- with lots of boys in our house we have no shortage! I put a dryer sheet in my son's gym shoes and they smell awesome now! Diaper pails we still have one kid in diapers and no matter how fast we take the trash out the pail still smells. Put a dryer sheet in the bottom and the stink is gone. Undergarment drawers I personally love the way freshly laundered clothes smell so … [Read more...]
