September is baby safety month . We thought that this would be a good time to share with you, our lovely readers, our thoughts and opinions on Britax’s Boulevard car seat. While we were contacted by Britax and received compensation in exchange for a review post, all opinions expressed are completely ours. The Britax Boulevard car seat is jam packed with some pretty incredible safety features! In fact, they have safety features in place that the US government doesn’t even require yet. While there is no federal regulatory standards for testing, Britax has gone above and beyond to ensure its passengers are the safest possible. The have their own crash test simulators around the world and use strict global certification requirements. They care so much for your child’s safety that they FAR exceed the federal standards! In my opinion, and in many others, Europe has much stricter guidelines than the US for car seat safety and Britax has made sure that their car seats go above and … [Read more...]
Party Planning & Love your Cub #Spon
Some of you may remember my post about my obsession with party planning? I will fully admit I am a HUGE fan of creative, fun, and unique party ideas. I spend a great deal of time and effort and pour my heart and soul into making my kid's birthday parties a memorable one. With all the planning and crafting I rarely have time left over to make all of the food for our party guests. Since our oldest son's first birthday we've used Cub to help out in just this situation. We always know that Cub will supply us with fresh, fantastic, and tasty food for our friends and families. Their catering is by far our favorite. The fruit and vegetables are always incredibly fresh and so nicely arranged. The meat and cheese platters always impress our guests! Want another reason to shop at Cub®? How about a $4500 gift card? How it works: 1. Visit the Cub® page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Cub). 2. Click on the button to “Like” Cub’s Facebook Page. 3. Click on the “Love Your Cub” contest … [Read more...]
Vinegar Ice Cubes + Baking Soda
The other day when we were learning about primary and secondary colors and having a grand time with our colored ice cubes I got busy cleaning our kitchen afterwards. I saw that I had a box of baking soda out still from our volcano in a bottle activity and wondered to myself if you could freeze vinegar? Combining these two activities of freezing liquids and using baking soda...hmmmm, I just wondered! Turns out you can freeze vinegar and it freezes really well! (mental note to self!) I dumped a little baking soda into our flat plastic bowls (the ones I use when we batter fish) and grabbed our tray of vinegar from the freezer. This was a great activity for my kids as they love the feel of the bubbles that vinegar and baking soda make. They kept adding more and more vinegar ice cubes to the baking soda to create more and more bubbles. I am pretty sure they played with the whole thing for well over an hour. … [Read more...]
Energy Bites
So healthy!! And SO easy! And SO yummy! 1 cup (dry) oatmeal 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup peanut butter or use a seed butter 1/3 cup honey 1 tsp. vanilla Mix ingredients together in a large bowl. Scoop into bite sized balls (I used a small cookie dough scoop). Refrigerate (or even freeze) to set them up and then enjoy! My kids begged me to make more the minute they were gone! … [Read more...]
Playdough of the Month–Edible Peanut Butter
I'm SUPER excited to share something with you, our lovely readers....every month we're going to be sharing a Playdough of the Month! It will be different every month so be sure to keep close tabs on us! If you have anything you'd like to see us create let me know and we will give it a try. This month: Edible Peanut Butter Playdough All you need is: 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 cup honey 2 1/3 cups powdered sugar Mix all ingredients in a bowl (tip: use a mixer if you have one it will cut your mixing time down to mere seconds). When all ingredients are well incorporated then your playdough will be ready to use. No baking required! Mykids love this playdough because it tastes really good and it works just as well as store-bought playdough. Just keep close eyes on them or they will end up with a belly ache as they will try to eat the whole lot of it! … [Read more...]
Cottonelle® #LetsTalkBums #ad
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cottonelle. Let's talk WHAT? Yes, today we're talking bums (bottoms, rumps, back-sides, ba-dunk-a-dunks, tooshies, whatever you want to call them). You might be thinking this should be one of our After Hours posts but rest assured, we're not going to go that crazy! Cottonelle® is already one of our favorite brands of toilet paper. It's super soft to wipe with. Now they've come up with something even better...Cottonelle® Flushable Cleansing Cloths. In combination with their toilet paper, they make the Cottonelle® Clean Routine. I'll admit, I was bit skeptical about trying wet cloths on my bum. After all, isn't soft toilet paper enough? Aren't wet wipes for babies or kids who are potty training? I don't want to walk around with a wet bum after wiping! Au contraire mon frère, cleansing cloths are perfect for adults too! (Yes, suddenly I'm talking French while discussing my bum! Huh? I guess it's because the French … [Read more...]
