Twisted Thursday!!!

Please follow the Hosts, Blessed Elements and Have Sippy Will Travel, as well as many other hoppers as you’d like! We do follow [Read more…]

Zarbees Cough Syrup Review (and a coupon!)

ZarBees All Natural Children’s Cough Syrup has a long name, but it’s one worth remembering.
It’s safe for kids ages 2 and up- and you know most medicine is not recommended for kids under 4. No, now it’s 6. Soon it will be no medicine for kids under 18, good grief! 🙂
But ZarBees is available for your child over the age of 1 year. THANK GOODNESS! And it’s also all natural, which is such an added bonus. Who wants to put all sorts of chemicals into their kids if you really don’t need to?
Little Man likes the flavor, and he never gives me any problem taking it. He also likes the bee on the bottle- he thinks it’s “cutie” (his word).
A little bit about ZarBees All Natural Children’s Cough Syrup

  • Great for toddlers with night coughs
  • Children with sore throats, upper respiratory infection
  • Children with coughs caused by allergies
  • Children with hoarse or scratchy [Read more…]

Contest

OXO Tot’s latest contest, OXO Tot or Not, where early parents have a chance at winning this week’s OXO products and a GRAND PRIZE of $1,000 in shopping at OXO.com.

Show off your child and have a shot at winning an OXO product for your newborns and tots in the OXO Tot or Not contest! Entering is easy: once you’ve read the rules and charged your camera battery pack, enter at http://oxototornot.com to upload your tot’s photo for a chance to win the weekly prize! This week’s final prize is the OXO Tot or Not Sippy Cup Set. Enter your child’s “Best Smile” photo for a chance to win and be eligible for the grand prize.
Winners will be chosen by votes from the public, with the top 3 winners from [Read more…]

Update on Nola the Worry Woo!

Keep an eye out for Nola & The Lonely Little Monster
this Thursday, Feb. 3 on KATU-TV ABC, Portland, Oregon.
She will be featured on a segment about Valentine’s Day gifts
which will air during the AM Northwest broadcast.

God Gave Us the World- a truly beautiful book (review)

I recently got the chance to read a fabulous children’s book- God Gave Us the World, written by Lisa T. Bergren and illustrated by Laura J. Bryant.

Weather or not you are a deeply religious person, I think you will love this book. Why? Because I think this book is fantastic for everyone who has a child, and wants their child to grow up tolerant and loving towards others. You don’t have to even be a certain religion for this book- it just speaks about “God”.
This book is extremely well written, has a great flow, and lovely illustrations. It is all about a little polar bear who doesn’t understand why there are other types of bears in the world, why they live in other places, look different, and eat different foods. (Sound familiar?) The loving and thoughtful mother polar bear explains that God made the world, and made all the creatures in in. That we all love our homes and foods the best, because it’s what we know. There are some very wise and well written responses to some not-so-easy questions. I loved this book, I love the premise. It’s just so lovely! The fact that the Little Cub is questioning the colors and food choices of other bears is really interesting, and is helpful to let kids draw a parallel to humans. Should we all look alike, or are we beautiful because we are different? If we all looked the same and ate the same and lived in the same places and houses- would that be as much fun? Would it [Read more…]

The Dragon and the Turtle go on Safari- a review

The Dragon and The Turtle go on Safari written by Donita K. Paul and Evangeline Denmark and illustrated by Vincent Nguyen, is about a little dragon and turtle who go on a camping trip. They are a little scared, and must be brave! They have a few adventures, and tell each other stories to help one another feel better. Will they make it all night outside?

It has cute drawings and I like the camping out story. It was a little long, and I “lost” a few of the kids at the Pre-K, especially the younger ones. However, the very Irish dragon was a fun find, and that amused me, at least, LOL.

Padraig the dragon and his best friend, Roger the turtle are determined to spend the whole night outside. As brave explorers at the base of Mount Sillymanborrow, the boys use their imaginations to have fun while munching on crunchy baked bugs and toasting s’mores over their campfire. But when the sky gets dark and the sounds [Read more…]

Look Fab in New Sunglasses! Review and Contest

I need to wear sunglasses when I drive. I get terrible migraines, and when the sun gets in my eyes and I already have a blinding headache, it is a very bad combination! A few weeks ago, my husband dropped my sunglasses onto the floor of my car and stepped on them. It was an accident, of course, but I was not happy! I didn’t have a spare pair, and I have a seriously hard time finding a pair that I like that is dark, but not too dark, and is big enough to cover up my whole eye and surrounding area so no light gets in. Plus, I don’t want to look like a COMPLETE weirdo, LOL. And I don’t want to spend a whole lot. So, while I am not normally hard to please, I am VERY hard to please when it comes to sunglasses. It is not an easy task!
Want to hear something interesting? That night, I got an email to review a pair of sunglasses from Sunglass Replicas.com . Odd, right? They have a huge selection, and the best part? Once you find frames you like, you can pick the color of the frame AND lenses- so I can get a dark pair that are not completely blackout! I took my time on the website- like I said, I’m picky! LOL. And I came up with these “Thick Retro with stripe” sunglasses.

They are pretty close to my other, recently deceased pair. They are a little “blingy”, but I guess I will just have to come to terms with fashion one of these days, won’t I?
I am told that these are a pretty good imitation of Dolce and Gabbana! I have a few fashion-y friends and co-workers, and they gave me numerous compliments on my new shades, LOL.
I may not be a fashionista, [Read more…]

Coldcam Homeopathic Medicine Review and Contest!

Boiron, makers of great homeopathic medicines, recently sent me Children’s Coldcam to try out. I didn’t review it right away, because I actually wanted to use it and see how it worked, LOL.
The Coldcam comes in a little tube about the size of a chapstick- in fact, it is in the bag next to a Burt’s Bees chapstick, and I often mistakenly grab it when I am looking for the chap stick, LOL.
When you take the top off, you turn it to take out tiny little balls or pellets of medicine. They taste like sugar-water to me. Here is what Boiron has to say about Childrens Coldcam

Children 3 years of age and older: At the onset of cold symptoms, take 5 pellets every 20 minutes for 1 hour. Then take 5 pellets every 2 hours until symptoms are relieved. Allow the pellets to dissolve in the mouth.

Children younger than 3 years of age: Ask a doctor before use.

Active Ingredients
Allium cepa 3C HPUS Relieves sneezing and runny nose
Apis mellifica 6C HPUS Relieves nasal congestion
Belladonna 6C HPUS* Relieves colds with a sudden onset
Eupatorium perfoliatum 3C HPUS Relieves sinus pain
Gelsemium sempervirens 6C HPUS Relieves headaches associated with colds
Kali bichromicum 6C HPUS Relieves nasal discharge
Nux vomica 3C HPUS Relieves sneezing attacks
Phytolacca decandra 6C HPUS Relieves sore throat associated with colds
Pulsatilla 6C HPUS Relieves colds with a loss of taste and smell
*Contains less [Read more…]