• Awesome Set Of Beach Toys! Review

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    How to make friends when your four? Well, you have a NaNa that get’s to review really cool stuff for one! Alice is on the shy side but when I brought out this set of Beach Toys from Prextex, Alice had every kid within eye site wanting to be her friend! Ummm now we have to learn that whole ‘sharing’ thing! We are getting so much use out of this awesome set!  Between the beach, park, pool or even in the bathtub!! This is a FUN set!! First, everything is brightly colored and sized for little hands.  Besides the toys you get the heavy clear plastic case with large yellow sturdy handles and a heavy zipper but you also get a mesh bag which is perfect for trips to the beach!! Using the mesh bag we actually leave the sand and sea at the sea! Besides the 2 bags the set includes:A sifter2 Castle Molds6 Cute Animal MoldsAn Adorable Watering Can1 Rake and 1 Shovel Alice never gets tired of playing in the dirt, building sand castles or just carting water from the ocean to her sand creations; normally while wearing a Princess dress! There is so much to love about…

  • Make a Match – Concentration Game From #MamaMayi

    Check out the concentration game that Alice and I have been playing; Make a Match Beach Edition from Mama May i; Handmade Learning Toys.A quiet time game that is compact enough to go in your back pocket; then read on because I have the game for you. Make A Match is a game that you can play anywhere, but also makes it easy for kids to improve their short-term memory and speed recognition skills. Alice LOVES this game and for four-years-old she is really GOOD at it! The Make A Match game has 24 wooden coins that are made from all natural wood. Each coin is 1½” around. Each of the coins is sanded to a smooth finish so each and every coin is soft to the touch. There are 12 pairs of original, whimsical, black ink drawings. Each of the coins has a hand drawn adorable character or object. The Beach Edition includes two of the following:Sea turtleSand dollarJelly fishOctopusSand castleSchool of fishWhaleCrabConch shellSunshineStarfishBlowfish The finishing touch is the drawstring pouch that keeps everything together. I love that this set is small enough to fit in my purse or even in the pocket of my jeans! I can take this…

  • Lorna Jane Active Wardrobe Makeover Giveaway!!

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    New giveaway! Ends August 31st Lorna Jane – WIN THE ULTIMATE ACTIVE WARDROBE MAKEOVER! 2 WINNERS!!! Lorna Jane is giving away two active wardrobe makeovers!* Sign up today for a chance to win: A virtual fashion consultation session with a Lorna Jane expert stylist!! Personalized fashion advice based on your style and active lifestyle A new Lorna Jane outfit of your choice. Lorna Jane is runway-inspired activewear designed by active women, for active women. With up to 100 new styles landing every month, there’s always something new to inspire you to Move Nourish and Believe every day.

  • Back-To-School With Verilux! Desk Lamp Giveaway!!

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    If you’ve been around my blog for a while you know that I adore Verilux Products. Today’s review and GIVEAWAY product may just be my favorite Verilux product yet!! Check out the SmartLight Productivity Lamp! Did you know that Verilux offers a patented Natural Spectrum® Daylight, a type of full spectrum lighting that replicates key wavelengths of natural daylight. This is a perfect addition to your back-to-school shopping! Students not only read faster with greater comprehension, the can study longer without eyestrain, which improves productivity and focus!! Research shows: Use of Verilux Natural Spectrum lighting, in a school setting, increased visual acuity (clarity and sharpness of letters) for over 88% of the study participants.1 A study of full spectrum lighting in schools reported that students perform better, have higher rates of achievement and have less stress and improved attendance.2 1SM Berman PhD, M Navvabb PhD FIES, MJ Martinc OD, J Sheedyd OD PhD and W Tithofe PhD , A comparison of traditional and high color temperature lighting on the near acuity of elementary school children, Lighting Res. Technol. 38,1 (2006) pp. 41-52. 2Hathaway, W.E.; Hargreaves, J.A.; Thompson, G.W.; Novitsky, D. (1992). A Study Into the Effects of Light on Children…