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“Copy-Kids eat fuits and vegetables” DVD- review & giveaway
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“Copy-Kids is a DVD series designed to get very young children excited about eating fruits and vegetables.
Simple. Adorable. It features kids having such a good time eating fruits and veggies, that when children watch it they want to join in.
Featuring well-known pediatrician, Dr. Jay Gordon, this product is a positive approach in the quest to get children eating healthy from the start.”
My Thoughts-
I previewed the Copy-Kids DVD before I showed it to my kids and fell in love with it. The kids on the DVD are so cute and it’s so sweet seeing them love eating fruits & veggies. There are 6 veggies videos and 6 fruit videos. Each video focuses on a specific fruit or veggie and just has footage of young kids enjoying the food. You hear all kinds of giggles, lip smacking and crunching as they eat. Some kids even have fun playing with their food while they eat it.
The next day I decided to have a red bell pepper on hand and turn on the video. I didn’t think my kids would eat the veggie. Moo started eating right away and said “like me mommy” and pointed to the video. Lee was a harder sell on trying it but once she had one taste she wouldn’t stop eating it either.
I love it, my girls love it and I’m sure your kids will love it. I would recommend Copy-Kids DVD to families with younger kids, ages 1-5, as the kids in the video are around that age. It worked with my kids and I can’t wait for more videos with more fruits & veggies.
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“Cooper and Me and the Military” book review & giveaway
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“Cooper and Me and the Military” by Alexa Peters and Monique Peters
“Meet Trooper, Cooper’s best friend, and learn how he was adopted by Gracie and Joe and their parents, who both serve in the military. Find out how this family stays close despite being separated.
A must-read during patriotic holidays and for anyone with friends and family in the military, this book helps children know, that even when loved ones aren’t with us, they still love us and think about us. “
My Thoughts-
We LOVE the Cooper and Me books in our house so we were excited to have the chance to review “Cooper and Me and the Military”. Cooper meets his new friend Trooper. trooper use to be a dog with the military but got hurt. Two people brought him home to their kids to look after them while they are gone. They missed their parents a lot and wrote them some letters, drew some photos and even sent a stuffed dog that looked just like Trooper so they wouldn’t feel lonely either.
This is a very sweet story which made me cry. Lee didn’t understand why I was sad, she said, “the kids have a nice doggie and they sent one to their mommy & daddy, aren’t they happy?”. I explained to her that they would still miss each other and that we should be thankful that there are people out there willing to keep us safe like these parents were.
At the end of the book there is a form that you can fill out to send a thank you to a service man or women. Lee wants to do this and I can’t wait to sit down with her and write it with her. There is also a “Learning together” section where we can sit down and talk about the book and what we learned form it.
Again we LOVE Cooper and Me and this one is now added to our collection of books we love.
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Molly Moccasins online-books- review & giveaway
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“The Molly Moccasins series was created to inspire young adventurers to explore their everyday realities and surroundings by using their natural curiosity and sense of wonderment—just as Molly does in each story. There is no order to the series, however we think it is a great idea to read, Molly and her Moccasins first so you learn how Molly gets her moccasins and finds her purpose.”
My Thoughts-
WOW, I don’t even know how to begin describing Molly Moccasins except say it’s an all in one educational, fun, and a never bored website.
Molly Moccasins is a series of stories following the life of Molly. Each story can be read out loud or you can turn off the read along part and your child can read it by themselves. During each story Molly will pause to explain a hard word or concept to help your child understand the story even more. You can turn this feature off too if you would like. At the end of each story are a bunch of actives to get your child involved with the story they just read. You have coloring page, puzzles, connect the dot, and so much more. It’s a never ending website of fun and learning.
My 5 year old stopped playing when she heard the story on my computer start. She wanted to know what it was. I showed her and she sat right down and listened to the whole story. She said she loved that she could read along with Molly. She was even more excited to get to do activities afterwards. She then asked for another story and then asked if we can “keep” this website. I told her she gets to use it for as long as she likes and that there will be more stories. She squealed with excitement when she heard this. “Now I can read when you’re reading mommy and not to have to ask you to help me”. Not that I don’t like helping it, but it’s nice to do an activity together and enjoy our books at the same time, every once in awhile. I love reading these stories too and I told Lee that she’ll have to share them with me and help me with the actives. She gave me even more excitement and hugs.
I am HIGHLY impressed with this website and how much it has to offer. I LOVE that my kid loves it and that I can love it too. You can buy individual stories but I’d encourage you to purchase the life-time membership, that way you can read all the new stories that come out right away. And if you’re still not sure if you want to get a membership they offer the first story for free so you can test it out before you buy. You really can’t go wrong.
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Aqua Bottle from green sprouts, a brand by i play., Inc – REVIEW
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Aqua Bottle
“BPA and PVC free! All parts are interchangeable with other green sprouts bottles. 5 different colors bottle with fun print to choose from. Straw top with sliding lid is perfect for toddlers. Includes one replacement straw top. Contoured shape makes bottle easy to hold. Dishwasher safe. Polypropylene with silicone sipper. Capacity: 10 oz. (300 ml). Extra straw pack available!”
My Thoughts-
Our Aqua Bottle from green sprouts, a brand by i play., Inc., came at a perfect time. We were having problems getting Moo to drink any water. We tried several different cups with no luck. The minute she saw her new Aqua Bottle she couldn’t wait to drink from it(must mention that it’s important to stay hydrated, even as kids.). We had a hippo cup and she kept calling it an elephant with no nose. LOL
What I love about this cup is that even though it uses a straw it does not leak. We have had a lot of problems finding a bottle with a straw that didn’t leak, so it’s nice to finally have one that doesn’t. I also love that it has an easy to open and close cover, even Moo has it figured out. And a bonus is it comes with a replacement straw top. I find those get all gunked up and are hard to keep clean, so it’s nice to have a replacement to use once the current one gets all gross. As for quality, I think it’s very sturdy and will hold up for a long time. Did I mention that it’s dishwasher safe? Total bonus!
Over all I am very impressed with our Aqua Bottle from green sprouts. I know I want the giraffe bottle for myself and Lee has asked for the purple bird bottle.
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Deluxe Baby Sign Language Kit- review
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“Two years ago, we developed BabySignLanguage.com because of our own frustration as new parents wanting to understand our baby’s needs with fewer tears (from parent and child!) and discovered that sign language was the key! So we set out to help other parents with a whole range of free resources to help them learn sign language and teach it to their children.
Now we are very happy to be introducing our first set of products specifically designed to help you and your baby learn sign language together! Our Deluxe Baby Sign Language kit includes a Baby Sign Language Book, DVD, Flash Cards and super-convenient wall chart so the whole family can share sign language with your child. The set has an introductory price of only $39.95. Imagine fewer tears, except tears of joy, when your baby can sign “Milk” to tell you she is thirsty or “More” if he hasn’t filled his tummy yet!”
My Thoughts-
(This is my kit, I put the white boxes over the poster to avoid others copying it, sorry)
We used sign language with both our girls and when/if I have anymore kids I will be using it too. I really wish I had the resources from BabySignLanguage.com. Although we used sign language we didn’t know a lot of words, so communication was still a bit rough with our little ones.
Sign Language helps you talk with your kids before they can talk. I knew when my kids wanted milk, needed a diaper change or wanted more. They even learned manors by signing please and thank you.
The Baby Sign Language Book would have been extremely handy when they were younger. I love the poster with the common words we use with them everyday. I think i would hang this in the babies room or in the toy room as a reminder of how to sign the words.
The Deluxe Baby Sign Language kit also comes with two books. One of the books is a “how to” book in sign language. It helps you learn the basics and progresses to signing phrases. The other book is like a dictionary with a large amount of words to sign. Both books will come in very handy when another comes along.
The last part I got to review is the set of cards. You can see the photo below as an example. One side is a photo of the word and the other is the actual sign. What I love about these is not only do they teach how to sign but it will also help your child to start to learn to read. I even used this will Lee, my 5 year old as flash cards to learn to read. I love when something has a multiple uses.
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Over all I am highly impressed with The Deluxe Baby Sign Language kit. I would highly encourage all soon to be parents or new parents to check out this company. And even if your kids are older they still can learn something from this.
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Squinkies Pop Up Playset- review & giveaway
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“Squinkies Pop Up Playsets are the coolest new way to experience the Squinkies world! Each Pop Up opens to reveal a cute playset for your favorite Squinkies! Collect and Connect all 3 of the same theme to complete your own Squinkies Pop Up world! Take your Squinkies to the beach, grab a bite to eat, or just have fun at home! With Squinkies Pop Up Playsets, the fun never stops!
-Collect and Connect all 12 themes available in Series One!
-Available at Target, Walmart and Toys R Us!”
My Thoughts-
As most of you know we are HUGE fans of Squinkies around here. Lee has been collecting them for over a year now. So when we heard about Squinkies new pop up playsets we were very excited to see what they were like.
We have 2 beach sets, 1 cafe set, 1 town set and 1 house set. Each set comes with a pop up scene, a Squinkie and a card with pop out pieces to add to each scene. Lee has been having a blast setting up her Squinkies around the whole “town”. First they leave home and head out for some coffee, then they go and play at the beach. So cute.
Something I LOVE about the Squinkies pop up playsets is that they fold up nice and small, so they don’t take up a lot of space in our house. In fact that’s what I love about Squinkies in general, nice and small and takes up not a lot of space.
There are 12 sets to collect in Series one and we can’t wait to own them all and set up the entire town.
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