Thank you to MindWare for providing me Product in exchange for review purposes all opinions belong to myself.  It's incredible the amount of skills that can be obtained just from building with blocks. Blocks are an essential piece to every preschool or kindergarten class room for that very reason. Simple shaped blocks are great for beginners and intermediates but that isn't to say that they can't get boring sometimes. My children go back and forth between loving block building and being really Read more [...]

Thank you to MindWare for providing me with product in exchange for review all opinions belong to me.  What kid doesn't love to thump around and whack things? I know that my children love any chance they have to be rough with things and know that they wont break. MindWare's Thumpin' Thingdoodles Game is no exception to this rule. My kids were so enthusiastic about using the foam mallets to thump the thing doodles! Im not sure they believed us at first that they could really whack them. Thumpin' Read more [...]

Thank you to MindWare for providing me product in exchange for review all opinions are mine.  I think all kids love to create things. I think it's very important that they get the chance to create often from any age, whether thats paper crafts or more long term stable crafts. As a young child creating was such staple to who I was and still is today. My kids seem to following in a similar pattern. My son (aged 4) loves to color, paint, cut, glue, glitter and everything in between. He can certainly Read more [...]

Thank you to Calia for providing me with product in exchange for review. All opinions are my own.  Natural products are a very important piece to my self care and beauty routine. Finding truly natural, organic and safe products unfortunately can be more difficult than expected. A lot of brands label their bottles with false empty claims of natural ingredients just to find hidden yucky ingredients also mixed in. This can be such a bummer considering most natural marketed products are on the higher Read more [...]

  Thank you to Sprouting Threads for providing me with their clothing subscription, free of charge, in exchange for this blog post.  All opinions are 100% my own. We have recently returned from a Spring Break Family Vacation that included 17 of us, of which, 9 were children.  Thankfully, all went well and we had a fantastic time and now I wanted to share some Traveling Tips with you.   PACK SMART & PACK LIGHT:  With 7 of us in our immediate family, we only used 5 rolling luggage Read more [...]

  Thank you to Baby Pibu for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this honest blog review.  All opinions are 100% my own. Here in Minnesota, a typical week in April or May could be sunny and 70 on Monday all the way to 30 and snow on Tuesday.  So while we've had a little breath of Spring and a few days of Summer,  the cool weather seems to always loop back in for one more round.  Thankfully, we haven't seen any late season snow storms as of yet this year.  So with Read more [...]

Thank you to MindWare for providing me product in exchange for review all opinions belong to me.  As a kid it often seems that every toy you play with and place you go is so much larger than yourself. Once you grow to be an adult you find that things are not quite as large as you once thought as a child. MindWare has made a toy that will always feel like an incredibly large experience. The Giant Inflatable Ball from MindWare is 4 feet high! No matter what your age you're sure to enjoy rough housing, Read more [...]

Thank you to Godiva for providing me with product in exchange for review. All opinions belong to myself.  I think most people know that chocolate is a way into the hearts of many. I know that as a mom myself there are just sometimes a piece of chocolate can really soothe my stressors. While I do enjoy the occasional single piece of chocolate I really like more of an experience! Godiva has so many chocolate experiences to choose from. From assorted dark chocolate truffles, to assortment ballotins, Read more [...]

Panty Drop sent me a subscription box for review. All opinions are my own. I love getting new clothes of any type. Getting new, high-end panties feel like pure luxury. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a Panty Drop Women's Panty Subscription review for the regular subscription box and how I loved it. That review covered their regular box, but they also offer a premium box for higher-end panties. This review is for their premium box, which is a similar service, but for high-end panties. It's a panty Read more [...]

Thank you to Sun Krunch for providing product in exchange for review. All opinions belong to myself.  As I have mentioned in previous posts, I do my best to eat a 80% paleo diet. I mostly try to avoid the main culprits like daily grain intake. Something that I do find myself missing is granola, I love the crunch, the easy access and portability of it. My kids also enjoy granola as they are true snackers at heart. So not having the grainy goodness of granola has been a disappointment in most areas. Read more [...]