Sofia The First Preschool Playdate #DisneyKids

***Disclosure-thanks to Disney Parks and MomSelect for sending me a Sofia The First Preschool Playdate party kit.  All opinions stated are my own based on my personal experience.

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Did you have a 4 day weekend like I did?  Bored out of your minds, why not plan a preschool playdate for your little princess and princes?  That is exactly what we did.  We received a party kit with all the things with needed to entertain some of our daughter's preschool friends.  Mu daughter was excited when the package came in.  She rip the box open and started pulling all its content out on our couch.  Party planning time....

First we made a list of friends we wanted to share the fun with, and invitations went out.  We wanted to find a perfect day for everyone to come and enjoy themselves.

 I made labels for the water bottles that read "Gia's Royal Water".  I made magic wands for each person to enjoy.  I made rice krispie crowns too and place them in plastic sandwich bags I found at the dollar store.  I also covered the cupcake tower that came in the party kit with a custom made Sofia the First sign so it all would match.  It was all too perfect for the princess and princes showing up to have some fun with us.

 We also sampled some cheezy crisps that are Gluten FREE, whole grain, and actually good.  I like how cheesy and crispy they are.  What kiddo doesn't like cheese?

Playing games is always alot of fun.   Fun with Doc McStuffins puzzle sure had us thinking hard.  Helping the kids find like shapes and matching colors had them working together.

Next we took a break and tried Clif Kid Zbar Protein.  These have protein, fiber, and are made with organic whole grains.  The kiddos didnt even know these are good for them, it just tasted like chocolate to them.  My kiddo loves chocolate, so to her it was like having a candy bar.

These kids have so much energy.  Keeping preschoolers busy can be hard most of the time.  We decided to let the kids dig for gems and jewels in Kinetic Sand.  This stuff is amazing.  I do not like sand and kids and sand do not mix in my book.  But this stuff is awesome.  No mess at all.  It does not stick to them or make a mess.  It does not fry out which is a plus for me.

We also watch Sofia the First - The Curse of Princess Ivy.  This is my daughter's favorite show.  And apparently, she is not the only one.  Games, food, and lots of fun....too bad they all had to go home.

Playdates are so much fun....especially when my daughter doesn't have any sisters to play with.  This is a great way if you need a playmate for your kiddos.  You can take turns playing at each others' houses.  One of our friend's said mommy needed a break.  The holidays are here and these times can be overwhelming for us.  But they can also be overwhelming for the kiddos.  They are use to their schedule at preschool.  Playing with others helps them burn energy they have built inside.  Playdates don't have to be a full day.  They can be as long as you want them or care for them to be.  Most of the kiddos did not want to leave our house, but most kids never want to leave our house.  I love that our house is a playhouse.  We are already planning more playdates with all this Holiday time coming and the kiddos school's being closed. 

Do you do playdates?  What games do you play?  What food do you serve? 

Moms' Night In-Moms' Night Out Party

***Disclosure-Thanks to MomSelect, and all the sponsors (HP, Oceanspray, G H Cretors, Claritin, TwoSmiles, Disney, SkinnyGirl Cocktails) for sending me a party kit.

How was your Mother's Day?  I hope you were able to take a break, enjoy some time just for you, and have the family just love on you.  Every mami has a lot on their plate from the kiddos to the house.  Some of us work outside the home too.  Whatever the case taking a break is sometimes too hard.  Like getting a maid to come clean, but you cleaning the house first.  It is more work to let others help with the work load then to just do it yourself, at least that is how I feel sometimes.

Experts say that good friendships literally make you healthier-increasing your life span, boosting your immune system, and making you feel generally happier as a whole. 

Every Mom deserves:

-a moms' night out, 

-an evening to relax,

-to reconnect with friends, 

-to socialize

-to enjoy some well deserved girl time.

MomSelect wanted us, mamis, to a break.  So they select me along with other ladies all over to grab 10 of our lucky mamis for a night of relaxation.  Life has been a little bit crazier than usual.  So this was perfect timing for me and the ladies I invited.  We sometimes need to lean on each other because we know how much we do and what we are going through.  Mamis need breaks, even if 15 minutes is all she gets in a day.  When I received my party kit, I started thinking of how we could relax:

Each of my ladies was excited to get out of their house for a breather.  For some of us, yes it is fun to get all dolled up and go out but since most of us work-relaxing doing nothingness just felt right.  So we had a Mom's night in-Mom's Night Out party.  

We started out the evening with lots of laughter and ending with sharing our stories.  Sometimes letting others know what you are going through makes you feel a lot better when they tell you, that just happened to me, or you too.  One of our favorite items in the goodie bag was the MomLife Today Prayer Tags:

Listening and sharing was so therapeutic to me.  I did not realize how much I really needed this time off.

The weather has been perfect so we sat around outside.  We laughed, and we even cried of so much laughter.  Our jobs are never done, duh moments, and oops mommy sayings continued through out the night. 

What happens on a Moms' Night Out stays at a Mom's Night Out!!  I told everyone about seeing the movie Moms's Night Out and how much I related and now everyone wants to go see it.  In case you don't know what the movie is about:

MOMS' NIGHT OUT is a fast-paced, family comedy about four moms scheduling a night out where everything can and will go wrong, yet it all turns out just fine in the end. The film features a fantastic lineup of stars like Sarah Drew (Grey's Anatomy), Sean Astin (THE LORD OF THE RINGS), and Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond, The Middle).  It is out now, so take a night off and go see it.  

Find out more about the movie and find resources like the 10 Commandments of Parenting, at http://www.momsnightoutmovie.com/ :

MomSelect and Baby Buds Donation

Thanks to MomSelect, I received Baby Buds to donate to my daughter's day care.  

How awesome is that!  Baby Buds products are soft.  My Lil Bit loved how soft they are.  You can pull the monkeys and soft music plays.  Great for a mobile or to attach in a crib for baby.

Available at select Target stores, Baby Buds are a new line of toys and nursery décor that are perfect for environmentally conscious families. You'll love the selection, from adorable plush toys to mobiles, teethers and rattles. Most importantly, the team behind Baby Buds has carefully chosen every fabric and material used to ensure your baby's utmost safety and minimal impact to the environment. Baby Buds are made using certified organic cottons, natural silk, virgin cornfibre fill and low impact inks and dyes and packaged as minimally as possible.

***Disclosure-MomSelect and Baby Buds provided items to donate to my Lil Bit's Day Care.  For privacy reasons I will not share the name, location, or pictures of Day Care or children.  No compensation was received.  Any opinions stated are my very own.

The Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™ Review

The Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™, like the fabled Justice League, has a mission to stop the billions of dollars of annual food waste by arming Fresh Food Heroes and Families with the Green Refrigerator Machine. The Green Refrigerator Machine (GRM) is an eco-friendly, award-winning and inexpensive refrigerator update that uses patented ozone technology to keep food fresher longer, preventing waste, and extending healthy life of refrigerated foods. Even though the Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™ cannot control the initial cost of fresh fruits and vegetables, they strive to share the message of their solution that keeps the cost of eating this lifestyle much more affordable.


Scientific Data:

For more than a century, ozone has been safely produced for commercial and industrial purposes. It was first discovered and named by the German scientist C.F. Schonbein in 1840. The world’s first water treatment plant using ozone was installed in Oudshoorn, Holland in 1893. And today, there are thousands of public municipalities – including many of the largest cities – around the world that are using ozone to clean their water. But there are many more useful benefits that we derive from Ozone. Ozone is used safely and effectively in air conditioning systems to enhance air quality, health and comfort. Ozone, in sufficient quantities, will reduce levels of airborne bacteria, fungi, mildew, mold and viruses that multiply in ductwork and filters. Ozone has also been used to help eliminate odor, mold, and mildew in poorly ventilated bathrooms. Watering houseplants with “ozonated” water will add oxygen and nitrogen to the soil and raise the pH, which will promote growth and healthier plants. Washing your fruits and vegetables in ozonated water can help remove some residuals for pesticides and herbicides used by growers. New uses for ozone are being discovered everyday. There is little doubt that ozone will continue to play a big part in nearly everyone’s life in the future. And of course the Ozonator™ is now perfect for helping your refrigerator smell fresh and clean, while helping to protect your perishable foods from spoilage.

My thoughts-About 3 months ago I told you about juicing.  Juicing requires lots of veggies and fruits to be purchased at one time.  You have to be stocked up at all times, especially since all the entire family was doing it.  Well what happens when you have a refrigerator jam packed with stuff?  Heck what just happens when it is regularly stocked?  I hate wasting money by throwing food away.  What I like about the Ozonator was that it helped keep the food in our refrigerator fresher longer.  We even had my daughter's birthday cake, cupcakes, rice krispie apples, heck what did we not have in that refrigerator.  Over Thanksgiving we also filled up up with lots of great goodies and then when it was all over, lots of left overs.  The machine worked great and I had no need to throw anything out because it got ruined.

For more information, head to The Green Refrigerator Machine by Ozonator™.

***Disclosure-Sample product provided.  Thanks to MomSelect and The Green Refrigerator Machine™ by Ozonator™.

Mega Bloks® First Builder Party

For 25 years, Mega Bloks®, has been creating award-winning toys with great play value, specifically designed for little hands with big ideas.  Mega Bloks® encourages children to discover their imagination and creativity.  Mega Bloks® world of construction toys are meant to expand and grow just as children do.

I was chosen to party host for MommyParties sponsored by Mega Bloks®!  How fun and exciting is to receive a huge box of goodies for our MommyParty!  Let the fun start to build with Mega Bloks!

As our play dates arrived, they were greeted with an obsticle course to enter.  Once they made it through the course then they headed to the building station.  After the building station our guests headed to the fueling stations where we had alphabet soup.  Check out some of our fun we had with some of the kiddos:

Join the Mega Bloks® Family Club to receive coupons, learn about new products and lots more!

***Disclosure-Thanks to MomSelect, MommyParties, and Mega Bloks for providing this party kit.  All opinions are my own honest opinions. 

LeapFrog “Rock ‘n Learn Touch Magic Party

What is Touch Magic?
Touch Magic™, a new product line from LeapFrog, brings intuitive touch technology to preschool toys for the first time. Combining fun, learning and creativity, Touch Magic learning toys use touch technology that recognizes every tap, touch and swipe to bring each product to life.

Thanks to MomSelect, MommyParties, & LeapFrog, I was picked to host this magical party!!  And in our kit we received:

•The Touch Magic Rockin' Guitar  plays Rockin' Robin, Itsy Bitsy Spider, If You're Happy and You Know It, and Pop Goes the Weasel.

•The Touch Magic Learning Bus plays Wheels on the Bus, ABC Song and an original Rockin' School Bus.






We had so much fun playing and learning with all the kiddos that came over to Lil Bit's play date.  It is so much fun to see the kids light up when a song they know plays.  I am always amazed at how kids learn so fast.  These two learning toys can always be taken on the go.  My daughter plays all day long with them and loves to take them on the go.

Here are what some parents had to say-

-Loved the songs. We love to do singalongs with the kids.
-Easy to learn with games.
-Love the bright colors.
-LeapFrog has done it again.

My thoughts-My favorite was the bus.  My daughter loves to take it everywhere.  She loves to play the keys and wheels on the bus.  The toys are very entertaining.

And don’t forget to enter the “Touch Magic Rockin’ Guitar” Contest between now and November 30th, 2012 for a chance to win a $500 gift card! Visit www.touchmagic.leapfrog.com and upload a video of your kid jamming & learning with Touch Magic™ Rockin’ Guitar or your own play guitar that you can create out of your own materials.  For more detailed contest information and contest rules, go to www.touchmagic.leapfrog.com.

***Disclosure-Thanks to MomSelect, MommyParties, & LeapFrog a party kit was sent for this party.  No compensation was received.  All opinions are my own.

Kaijudo Duel Masters In-Home Premiere Party

"Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters" premiered on Saturday, June 2 at 8 pm ET/PT on The Hub TV network, but my son and his friends were able to be among the first to experience this animated action-fantasy series! The show follows the adventures of a young hero, Ray, who possesses the rare ability to befriend and duel alongside fantastical creatures from a parallel dimension. Evil forces would have these creatures tamed and enslaved, so Ray and his two best friends must join the ranks of the mysterious Duel Masters to ensure the survival of both races before it's too late.

What is summer without some summer fun?  New show for the kiddos to be on the look out for.  Matt invited over some of his friends and their little brothers.  And they watched:

•Episode 101: "The Natural - Part 1": Ray and his friends are introduced to the world of the Kaijudo Duel Masters, a secret order of heroes sworn to protect mankind from fantastical creatures - and from the evil forces of The Choten, who would use those creatures to conquer the world.

•Episode 102: "The Natural - Part 2": Ray, Allie and Gabe explore the wonders of the Kaijudo Temple and learn the basics of creature dueling. The Kaijudo Duel Masters are impressed by Ray's abilities (but skeptical of his unconventional techniques) when he summons the powerful Tatsurion The Unchained.

•Episode 103: "The Natural - Part 3": Ray, Allie and Gabe pay a visit to the Temple Stables and bond with some new creatures only to find themselves preparing for battle when one of The Choten's followers releases a deadly threat in the Temple.

The boys really liked Kaijudo!  They are adding this show to their favs!

***Disclosure-No compensation was received.  Party kit was sent to review.