Summer time means unexpected trips to various places with the family. I have been known to be spontaneous and having a child may have slowed that down a little. Now that she is older and tolerating car trips a little easier, we have been more adventurous. Traveling with a baby, as you can imagine, is a lot of work! There is always something you are missing and you cannot start your travels without an appropriate to do list. Thankfully ...
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Cookie’s Kids Department Store Review and Giveaway
Let's face it, babies grow VERY fast and they really only wear some adorable outfits only once or twice before they are in the next size. I cannot justify spending a ton of money on something that my daughter will only wear a few times, so I try to keep her clothing budget low - which does NOT mean that she can't get some really cute outfits! Cookies Kids gave me $25 to spend on their site, and I was able to score 3 VERY cute pieces for my ...
Kiddie Academy Success Story: Wendy
When I read the story about Wendy Barry I felt instantly connected to her. Just like me, she was a teacher who was looking for a way to juggle her growing family with her career. Knowing she didn't want to leave the education field, she began looking into child care franchises after her daughter, Taylor, was born. At the time Wendy was looking into franchises, The Millers placed an ad in their local paper looking for people to help them expand ...
Team Umizoomi: Journey to Numberland
Team Umizoomi is one of the best children's shows out there today. My mom is a math teacher and I'm sure she would love to see her granddaughter learning about mathematics at such a young age. Team Umizoomu reinforces math skills that preschoolers already know, such as simple counting, but they also offer patterns (or as my moms would say, tessellations) and so much more! Each episode is a math-filled adventure that teaches children how math is ...
Olivia: Princess for a Day DVD Review
If you have spent any time on Nick Jr, then you know all about Olivia and her wild imagination. In Olivia: Princess for a Day, he imagination takes her to meet a princess, go on a treasure hunt, make a surprise birthday meal for her mom, and many more adventures! My little girl loves "piggy Olivia" and all the crazy antics she comes up with in each episode. Olivia teaches children about perseverance and that nothing is ever out of reach as long ...
Nutrisystem Week 13 #NSNation
I found myself trying more Nutrisystem foods lately. I was scared initially because I am so picky, but I took the plunge and ordered things I thought I would like, but I was too afraid of packaged foods to try them. I was impressed that they didn't taste like prepackaged foods, and there was only one that I didn't like. When choosing new varieties, I used Nutrisystem's handy star tool to see what others thought of the food. I think this is one of ...
Upromise celebrates by giving away $20,000
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of UPromise for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. www.upromisetodream.com I signed up for UPromise before my daughter was born and I already have a few hundred dollars saved up for college expenses for doing nothing more than what I normally do - shop! What I love about UPromise is that even if you decide to take out the money sooner and use it for things other than college, it ...
Rock N Learn Review
I recently reviewed a few titles from Rock N Learn in this post: Rock N Learn DVDs (Plus you can win a set of your own through that link) and I was impressed with my daughter's reaction to these DVDs. There are no licensed characters that she is use to, but there are fun new characters that introduce kids to various learning exercises. Now, I'm not one to push my daughter to read as soon as she pops out of the womb - being a teacher I'm not sure ...