Lovable Labels Ultimate Camp Pack Review and Giveaway!

I absolutely could not live without my lovable labels! My kids are entering the school system and there are a lot of kids with the same stuff as them. I had my son come home with two left boots during the winter because I didn't label them. I won't be doing that again. It is amazing what those labels go through. My product will break before the label does. Lovable labels is going to give my readers a chance to win an Ultimate Camp Pack!

Description: Best Value! Keep your kids' things out of the lost and found bin with the Ultimate Camp Pack! It's fast and easy to label backpacks, water bottles, clothing, shoes, toiletries and so much more!

Price: $39.95
Colors: Available in 21 designs / Colors and 45 Icons

Features: Dishwasher and Microwave Safe, Waterproof, UV Resistant, Peel & Stick

The ultimate camp pack includes:

15 Sticker Labels

40 Slimline Labels12 Shoe Labels72 Press n' Stick Clothing DOTS™2 Mini-Metal Tag (two 4” silver ball chain incld) 

12 Square Labels \

Now for the giveaway! 

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If you would rather just buy your own don't forget to use this coupon code: 

Visit http://www.lovablelabels.ca/ today to see all the other awesome products they have!

Kidoodle.TV Review & Giveaway!

As a mom it is hard to find the balance between screen time and play time. But when I have a baby with a severe ear infection and have to wait in a walk in clinic for over half an hour with 3 kids, the only thing that matters is keeping my kids calm, cool, and collect. Our walk in clinics have wifi luckily so I brought my tablet with me to the doctors and I have to say Kidoodle.TV saved my sanity! Since I started Kidoodle.TV I have been much less stressed around dinner time when the kids are grumpy and bickering back and forth. If they can't seem to agree on a TV show, like most 4 and 5 year old brothers and sisters, I simply allow one to watch TV in the living room and the other to pick a screen for Kidoodle.TV. My kids love the shows on there and I have no worries about whether or not the content is going to change into something age inappropriate.

I know we have a ton of children channels on TV but I have been debating on cutting cable altogether and this really helps with my decision. Not only that but a couple weeks ago my daughter was up really late with a tummy ache and I let her fall asleep in the living room with the TV on and as she laid there a commercial comes on for one of those late night phone dating things. Sure they are fully clothed, but it is still a very sexual commercial for a little person to see. With Kidoodle.TV I don't have to worry about that at all.

• Kidoodle.TV is a safe, ad-free streaming video service that you can customize for your kids according to your, and their, preferences
•  Make up to 5 custom kids’ profiles.  Choose content based on your child’s age or on a show-by-show basis
• Time limits can be placed on viewing through the secure Parents Room, allowing families to balance the time spent on Kidoodle.TV with other important activities
• Watch Kidoodle.TV on the go – just need access to the Web
• Kidoodle.TV has safe, kids-only content, including retro content from your childhood like Jem and the Holograms, Inspector Gadget, and Sonic Underground.

You can start a free 14 day trial to see if you love it. And then if you want to subscribe it is only $4.99 a month! An amazing price for an awesome service! Here are some great facts about Kidoodle.TV:

Kidoodle.TV is an online, streaming video service for children ages 12 and under. It is not only mobile, but safe, with robust parental controls and time limits. Featuring a brightly colored, easy-to-use user interface, customizable profiles for up to 5 children, and great entertainment and educational content from a variety of sources for only $4.99/month, Kidoodle.TV is child oriented and convenient, with no adult content and no commercials.

Now that you know about it you gotta try it go to https://www.kidoodle.tv/. No credit card required to start your free trial. Absolutely no risk! Once your trial runs out use this 25% off code MCC25 for a year subscription to Kidoodle.TV. 

Kidoodle.TV is hosting a giveaway on their Facebook page to win one of 3 iPad Minis being given away in March and April.

Kidoodle.TV is giving my readers a chance to win a FREE 1-year subscription. How awesome is that? 

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“Disclosure: I am part of the Kidoodle.TV blogger program with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.”

  

Freshly Picked Moccasins Review & Giveaway!

I got to review some super adorable baby moccasins this week and boy I gotta tell you I am now a huge fan of moccasins! They are the perfect fit for my child's feet! They are very stylish with an elastic opening to get on even the chubbiest little ankles. They are just awesome! Here are some pics of my daughter with her new moccasins!

Simply adorable! And they can go with almost anything! Super comfy, super cute, what could be better? Now I would love to share with you how to buy your own beautiful moccasins as well as some information on the company Freshly Picked!

Susan Petersen started making baby moccasins in 2009 after becoming frustrated by the lack of well-designed baby shoes. Using her second child, Gus, as a mocc-tester, and a bag of scrap leather she picked up at a yard sale, she began experimenting with designs. Working at her kitchen table, on a shoestring budget, Susan persisted through some disastrous attempts until she had created a pair of moccasins that not only looked adorable on Gus’ chubby little feet, but stayed on his feet as well.

Since then the moccasins have gone through about six design changes. Each change has perfected the look and the fit of the soft-soled shoe. The moccasins you purchase today are durable, well designed, and most importantly: stay on your child’s foot. 

Money was tight at the time Susan started and in order to earn money to start her business she got resourceful. Her brother owns a window installation business and in the summer of 2009 she convinced him to let her keep the old windows that he was removing from the houses. She spent a whole summer banging the glass out of the windows because they were encased in aluminum frames. At the end of the summer she took the aluminum window frames to the scrap yard and recycled them to get money. She made $200 dollars and with that literal sweat equity, she started her business.

Each pair of moccasins, whether being shipped to the rich and famous (or at least their kids), or shipped across town, are made with care, perfection and a love for the little feet they are intended for. We sincerely hope you enjoy our product!

And now for the best part of all I get to give away a pair of these adorable moccasins to one of my lucky readers! Yay! All you need to do is enter the rafflecopter form below! Sorry Canada it is open to U.S. residents only :( 

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Beware Amazon Scam!

So this is the first time I have gotten an email from Amazon that I thought sounded strange. I have gotten hundreds of emails from people in Nigeria and such asking to wire transfer millions of dollars to my account but never anything from amazon. Turns out after I signed in via the email I received I took a second look at the email address it was sent from and the red flag went up right away! It was sent from comunicazioni@staff.aruba.it where as all communications from Amazon come from an Amazon.com email provider. Not only that but the wording of the entire email just sounded strange:

Dear Customer,

Please note that your account will expire in less than 48 hours, it is imperative to conduct an audit of your information is present, otherwise your account will be destroyed . Just click the link below and log in using your email and password . Check now For more information, see Questions and answers. thank you, The Customer Assistance This is the email I received and without thinking I clicked a link (now disabled for your safety) and signed in. Well I had to ask Amazon if it truly was from them just to be sure and this is what they told me: The e-mail you received wasn't from Amazon.com. For your protection, do not respond to it, and do not open any attachments or click any links it contains. We recommend that you open a new e-mail and attach the e-mail you suspect is a fake, then send the e-mail to stop-spoofing@amazon.com. If you responded to the e-mail or visited a linked website but didn't provide any personal information (such as your login or password), your Amazon.com account information should still be safe. However, if you did respond or if you visited a forged website and entered your Amazon.com login and password (or any other personal information), we recommend that you update your Amazon.com password immediately by going to Your Account (http://www.amazon.com/your-account) and selecting "Change Account Settings." If you provided financial information, you may want to contact your bank or credit card provider.

So just a precaution be careful of people trying to rob you blind! Some people are just horrible!

My 4 Year Old Princess!

My little girl is 4 today, yep I am going to say what every parent in the world says. Where does the time go? It has been quite the ride so far and boy has she ever got an attitude on her. She is a gorgeous girl and usually she is pretty sweet. But as she ages I see her sassy attitude emerge more and more, it makes me dread the teen years! But that is a long time from now so I am going to enjoy my little miss sassy pants while she is still small enough to pick up and hug into submission. For her party I am simply having a good old play date with all her little friends at our house, with cake and gifts and goodie bags. For decor I found a ton of stuff at the thrift store costing me a whopping $2.00 and for the rest I found some super neat printables online. We are going with a pink minnie mouse theme.  Her party is on Saturday so I will show you what I am working on for decor and such until the big day.  Here are a couple of items:

 

It's Fundraising Time!

Tyson is doing another awesome fundraising campaign for the spring and summer seasons and I have to say I am quite impressed with the cool stuff they have available. All orders are delivered directly to you from the merchant so it is just like any other online store. But with this store you are helping to fund a really awesome school that my son and soon my daughter will be attending. Take a look at the awesome stuff here: http://www.shopdfscanada.com/index.asp?PID=1832011 

Here are a few of my favorite items:

 

Easy Care Children's Garden Seed Mat

 

 Hanging Cherry Tomato Kit

 

 Stuffed Burger Maker

 

 Silicone Push Up Pops

Easy Ways to Make Money ONLINE!

Everyone is chasing the all mighty dollar. It's sad that we can't survive without it. I often dream of what it would be like to live when stuff costed a nickel and we used horses to get around (Little House on the Prairie). Well since we are only moving further and further from that time we are needing money more than ever these days! I wrote about this a while back but since then I have found many more ways to make extra cash!

Do surveys and other simple activities!

https://www.opinionoutpost.ca/

https://www.opinionoutpost.com/

https://www.webperspectives.ca/

http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/mandygeering

http://www.i-say.com/

http://www.harrispollonline.com/Default.aspx 

http://join.zoompanel.com/ap/join?master_id=18&menu=Join+Now 

https://www.opinionplace.com/new_landing.adp?sesid=7y90h643 

Start Blogging!

These are sites that can help you learn to blog and make money doing it as well as sites to use once you have your blog up and running.

http://www.blogger.com/

http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/

http://www.blogelina.com/ 

http://jobs.business2blogger.com/index.cfm 

https://www.tomoson.com/

Reading, writing, social media, and other stuff!

If you can get followers fast, make great art, create websites, read, write and proofread, you can find tons of ways to make money here!

http://www.freelancewritingjobs.ca/

http://www.freelancer.com

http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com

http://www.odesk.com/

And of course just for fun you can always enter contests and giveaways! 

http://www.cbc.ca/contests/

http://www.youngadultmoney.com/2014/03/14/friday-giveaway-roundup-free-stuff-cash-giveaways-40/

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We are always looking to share our financial experiences while raising a family and running our own businesses. We used to be terrible with money and now we are very financially successful and responsible. We love to use credit cards believe it or not and they can actually have many benefits if used correctly. We have dug ourselves out of debt in a huge way over the last 5 years and always want to help others do the same. Take some of our amazing tips and make a better life for you and your loved ones. Don’t forget to look at the best credit card for cashback!

Rainbow and Clouds for Dessert!

Have you ever wanted to eat a rainbow? I know my kids were super excited when I told them we were having a rainbow and clouds for dessert. I have every color in there although it is difficult to see. I wish I had a big clear glass bowl to show you how amazing it looked. I tried hard to lay it nicely in the bowl but it flopped over :( 

Anyways all you need is 6 packages of jello and a lot of patience, it took me a day of waiting and making jello to create this dessert. Start by making the first package of jello, I started with purple to create the perfect rainbow. Let it set almost completely before starting the next package in a separate bowl. Let the second package cool but not set and then pour it on top of the first layer, which should be almost completely set. Repeat those exact steps until your rainbow is complete! And then use some mini marshmallows or whipped cream for the clouds.

Heinz Baby Food Recall!

Those with small ones here is something you should know!

Heinz Canada is pulling several brands of baby food off the shelves because they may contain packaging defects that could cause them to spoil.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the voluntary recall on Sunday. A consumer complaint sparked the recall, which applies to six different nationally distributed products.

The specific varieties that Heinz is recalling include:

-          Peas, zucchini, spinach
-          Sweet baby vegetables
-          Beef bolognese with vegetables
-          Beef butternut squash rice spinach
-          Tuna sweet corn chowder
-          Butternut squash apricot peas couscous

 

The company warns anyone who might have purchased these products not to consume them. If anyone does eat the food, be on the look-out for symptoms that include upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea.

Read more: http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/faulty-packaging-sparks-heinz-baby-food-recall-1.1721291#ixzz2vaf4mDbP

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Review & Giveaway!

We got an amazing package yesterday from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory! My daughter was so excited she just couldn't help but peek in the box as I unpacked it. Inside the box we found:

A cute little yellow pastel bunny that is made from delicious white chocolate.

Some delicious mint chocolate almonds that I ended up eating by the handful. They are almonds coated in chocolate and then have a scrumptious green mint chocolate layer on top. 

And this little creature peeking out from between my bunny and my lamb is a milk chocolate bunny sucker.

Milk chocolate and crisp eggs. They are so yummy. they have little crispy cereal pieces inside of them.

And these are all my little eggies and a couple of delicious bombs.

The eggs were filled with an assortment of creams and even marshmallow.

So delicious!

Now that I have showed you all the delicious Easter treats they have available it is time for you ton win some of your very own. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is teaming up with me to give away 2 $25.00 Rocky Cards! Sweet! And of course to shop for your own chocolate visit a store today or check them out here: http://www.rockychoc.com/

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St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Banner Decoration!

I am very pleased with how this beautiful decoration turned out. The transformation is pretty amazing actually. I started with just a plain old piece of cardboard and went from there. Here is what you need to make your own:

• Cardboard
• Paint
• Glitter Glue
• Ribbon
• Paper

Here you have your plain old cardboard. Now just draw yourself a rainbow and clouds with a pencil so you can erase the lines easily. 

Cut out your rainbow.

Paint the entire rainbow white so you have a blank canvas to work with. The colors will look better if you do this instead of painting on plain cardboard. 

Paint your rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

I used silver glitter glue and put a coat over the entire rainbow, it really brought out the color and now it is shiny, sparkly and pretty :)

Then to finish it all off I printed out this cute banner: http://www.hgtv.com/handmade/printable-banner-for-st-patricks-day/index.html and attached it using some green ribbon.

Ta da! I transformed a piece of regular old cardboard into this beautiful St. Patrick's Day decoration and you can to! My kids really love it and I am very proud of it. Enjoy!

Rainbow Macaroni Craft!

In keeping with the St. Patrick's Day theme we decided to make it a rainbow day today! To make your very own rainbow macaroni or any other pasta for that matter all you need is:

• Pasta
• Food Coloring 
• An empty container with a lid

 Pour about a cup of pasta into the container and add a few drops of desired color into the container. Put the lid on and shake until pasta is completely coated in color. So simple but so much fun.

We had hours of fun gluing our pasta rainbows this morning.

This is Tyson's rainbow.

And this is Brooke's rainbow.

What to do with all that left over pasta? Well it turns out that it makes a beautiful decoration in a clear vase. So I filled my shamrock bouquet display with a rainbow.

 I think it's cute I will probably keep it hanging around after St. Patrick's Day because I like it so much. I was thinking about getting different sizes and shapes of vases and filling them with colored pasta as a new decor idea.

It's funky, it's frugal, and it's fun!