Casio ~ CTK-3200 Portable Keyboard {Review & Giveaway ~ US only}

May 18, 2013
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I reviewed a Casio keyboard last year on my other blog, which helped Davey learn to play the piano.  There is a lot of musical talent in our family, and Davey can now sound out pretty much any song he wants to on the keyboard or piano.  My younger brother is extremely talented and can play pretty much any instrument he tries.  He has been playing the alto sax and guitar for several years, has played the baritone for a couple of years, and can play other instruments if he had more access to them.  He can pick up an instrument and figure it out pretty easily.  We have had a piano since I was a kid, but my brother, being a teenager, stays up in his room most the time and has not played on the piano very much.  He recently asked me to see if I could get another keyboard for review so that he could start playing and could take it to college with him this fall.  He has had this keyboard about a month and has been sounding out music and composing his own music during this time. Casio sent us the CTK-3200 portable keyboard for [...]

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Pampers Prize Pack {Review & Giveaway ~ US only}

May 16, 2013
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Thank you Pampers for providing me with diapers, wipes, 2 free product coupons, 3 books, and a Twilight Turtle, free of charge, for review. These are my own honest opinions. Yes, Davey is still in diapers, although he recently turned 4.  I have had no luck with potty training and he just does not seem to be ready.  He asks to sit on the potty some days but he doesn’t “go” in the potty.  I have even tried making him sit there til he goes and it just does not work.  I am so ready for him to be out of diapers, but it apparently isn’t happening any time soon.  So I was excited at the chance to work with Pampers on a review and giveaway! I actually had never tried Pampers before.  We usually use store-brand diapers to save money, some of which I like and others I don’t.  We tried out Pampers Baby Dry Diapers in size 6.  We had no leaks with these at all, and Davey wears his all night and through part of the morning because lately he doesn’t want to have his diaper changed first thing in the morning so I leave him in [...]

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WubbaNub ~ World’s Cutest Pacifier {Review}

May 16, 2013
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Thank you WubbaNub and Celebrity Trend Expert, Rachel Florio-Urso, for providing me with a WubbaNub Pacifier, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions. Davey never would take a pacifier, and there were times where really nothing pacified him and I wished he would take a pacifier!  I wonder if he would have taken one if he had a WubbaNub.  WubbaNub makes cute plush animals with a pacifier attached at the mouth.  I requested this to give to my friend’s disabled baby Wade, who recently came home after his first 9 months of life spent in the hospital.  Since they live an hour away, I haven’t been able to give it to baby Wade yet, but plan to do so when I am out that way in about a week or so.  I already know baby Wade will love this Red Dog WubbaNub though! I chose the Red Dog because of the bright color, sure to capture Baby Wade’s attention.  It is super soft and cuddly and perfect for a 9-month-old baby like Wade.  It is the perfect size for younger babies to grasp on to and the pacifier itself is a design many babies use and like [...]

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Luv Chicken ~ Cute and Stylish Booster Seat {Review}

May 16, 2013
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Thank you Luv Chicken and Celebrity Trend Expert, Rachel Florio-Urso, for providing me with a booster cushion, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions. I had Davey in a high chair or feeding seat actually until just recently, even though he just turned 4.  My mom kept insisting he is too old for that so I finally gave in and stopped using them.  The problem is, he’s not quite tall enough to sit in a chair at the table.  He normally sits on a bar stool we keep at the table so he will be the right height, but he is not very careful and I am always worried he is going to fall off that bar stool with his wiggling and squirming around. Luv Chicken had the perfect solution!  They make booster cushions for kids.  It is a square cushion, about 3 inches thick, which just sits in the chair seat, putting your child at a good height to eat at the table.  They have original size cushions and the new mini cushions.  We chose the Pirates Mini cushion for review. The Pirates Mini cushion has a cute treasure map design, with blue stripes around the [...]

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Tiny Love ~ Take Along Mobile {Review & Giveaway ~ US only}

May 16, 2013
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Thank you Tiny Love for providing me with a Take Along Mobile, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions. While Davey is not a baby anymore, I love any excuse to review baby products.  Tiny Love is a company I have wanted to work with for quite some time, and the perfect excuse to review baby products came along recently, and I was very excited that Tiny Love agreed to work with me!  Some friends of mine have a disabled baby, Wade.  Actually they were not even sure if he would live at birth and it was a miracle that he did.  However, he needed several surgeries and intensive care throughout the first 9 months of his life and spent all that time in the hospital.  He only just recently came home at 9 months old.  He still needs a lot of medical care and he is developmentally delayed due to his health problems.  He still has more surgeries he will have to have, but he is doing well enough that they can wait awhile. Baby Wade is not an outwardly very happy baby.  I mean, he seems well enough, but he doesn’t laugh or smile [...]

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Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check-Up {Review & Giveaway ~ US & Canada}

May 15, 2013
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Thank you Disney Junior and Click Communications for providing me with Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check-Up DVD, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions.     Before hearing about this DVD, I had only heard of Doc McStuffins from a blogger friend a few months ago who was looking for Doc McStuffins products for a young family member for Christmas.  We don’t have cable, and pretty much only watch TV and movies on our streaming device, which means we don’t get to watch any current shows out there.  When I got the press release and announcement for Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check-Up it really looked like something Davey would like, so I requested it.  I have to say this has been the best review movie we have owned!  Davey stopped watching his other favorite shoes and watches almost nothing but Doc McStuffins now!  He goes back and forth between this and another Disney Junior movie we recently got for review and watches nothing else. I love that Doc McStuffins is educational.  Davey is learning about playing doctor and about what to do when he is sick or hurt.  Doc McStuffins teaches kids in such [...]

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Kidaroo Crew ~ The best way to label your child’s sippy cup! {Review}

May 15, 2013
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Thank you Kidaroo Crew and Celebrity Trend Expert, Rachel Florio-Urso, for providing me with Write On SippyGrabs and Custom Snugaroos, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions. While Davey has not had many situations where his sippy cup needed to be labeled so far in his life, he will be starting preschool this fall and I was excited to try out some Kidaroo Crew sippy cup labels for review.  Kidaroo Crew offers write-on and custom bands that go around your child’s sippy cup.  We received both, the Write On SippyGrab KoalaLabels: and the Custom Snugaroos KoalaLabels: These have a sports theme which will appeal to most little boys.  Even though Davey doesn’t know much about sports, he gets excited about any kind of ball and knows what the different types of balls are, so he was pretty excited when he saw these!  The Snugaroos have his name already on them, and I was happy to see that his full name would fit on them: The SippyGrab are a write-on kind, which makes them a little less permanent, which would be great if you have multiple kids, or want to use them for future kids.  You can write on [...]

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Butch & Harold ~ Stickr Message Board {Review}

May 15, 2013
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Thank you Butch & Harold and Celebrity Trend Expert, Rachel Florio-Urso, for providing me with a Stickr Message Board, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions.   I love wall stickers, but I had never seen any quite so unique as the ones at Butch & Harold.  They have Stickr Frames to put photos in, Stickr Corners to put artwork or photos in, the Stickr Message Board I received, and so much more!  This Stickr Message Board is truly one of a kind.  It is a mirror and a message board in one.  It even comes with the marker and a holder for the marker that sticks on under the message board.   Putting it on the wall was simple, just peel and stick.  We did have one little problem though, our wall was a bit textured and we didn’t realize it.  So when we look in the mirror it is distorted a bit from the texture.  However, it looks really neat and I plan to leave it up anyway.  I put it on a narrow wall in my room just inside my door.   The marker holder sticks on, and folds out a little bit to [...]

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Bailey Berry ~ Cute kids shoes {Review}

May 15, 2013
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 Thank you Bailey Berry and Celebrity Trend Expert, Rachel Florio-Urso, for providing me with Navy BBStars Kids’ Shoes, free of charge, for review.  These are my own honest opinions.   Davey usually only has one pair of shoes each season, but as he gets older he is getting more and more rough on his shoes.  And now that we live in a house with a nice yard he plays outside and gets his shoes filthy, which means more washing and more wear and tear.  So I was excited to get to try out Bailey Berry shoes for him!  These are made of recycled materials which can be hosed down or rinsed in the sink when Davey gets them dirty. We received the Navy BBStars Kids’ Shoes, which came with a mesh shoe bag, a bracelet, and 2 reversible straps that can be interchanged with the ones already on the shoes.  Davey loves that he can change the look of his shoes however he wants!   I went by the sizing chart, just comparing the US size to the European sizing that another brand he wears uses, and these were actually just a little big when we got them.  But Davey has [...]

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Check out ProFlowers for Graduation Gifts! {Review}

April 25, 2013
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Thank you ProFlowers for providing me with a $65 gift certificate, free of charge, to purchase a product for review.  These are my own honest opinions. It’s that time of year again…  yes, that time to think about graduation gifts!  ProFlowers has so many great products for graduation gifts, not even just flowers — they also have some sweets and gift baskets!  I was given a gift certificate to choose an item from their graduation gifts.  Since I didn’t think my brother would really appreciate flowers for his graduation gift, I chose some flowers for my mom.  She loves Canterbury Bells but can never get them to grow here.  So I ordered the Canterbury Bells Garden in the Victorian Tin for her.  She absolutely loved it!   It looks great sitting on our kitchen table, and I am sure if my mom decides to repot them or try to plant them outside, we will find some great use for the pretty tin it is in!  This is a great gift idea if you want to give a lasting gift of flower.  A bouquet of flowers will soon need to be thrown away, but these are potted and as long as [...]

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