Take A Mom's Word For It

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Blog Hop Friday!

Welcome to the fourth edition of Blog Hop Friday, hosted by My New Life As Mom, Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Take A Mom's Word For It, Bree Bee's, This Adventure Our Life and Belly Charms! We invite you and your friends to link up every Friday and join us for a wonderful blog hopping adventure! We're all about making friends and having fun so come join us! Here's how you can join in on the fun;

Link up to your blog, using our inlinkz link list, below.

Follow the host/hostesses located in the first 6 slots.

Follow any other blogs that you feel appropriate! :)

Add the Blog Hop Friday button to your sidebar.

When following a new blog, please remember to leave a little personal comment love.

If you get a new follower, please feel free to reciprocate the love.

While you are here, please go and enter my great giveaways. They all have pretty low entries so your chances of winning are great!!

This is a new list every week, so please remember to come back and link up, every week!

Please remember to send a little comment love when you follow someone's blog. The point of this is to gain new followers and new friends, so please take a second to send a personal comment on their latest post, something you like about their site or maybe something you find interesting.

We understand that not everyone has time to follow and comment on every Blog Hop Friday Participant, just do what you can and are willing to do. We will do the same! Take your time and go at your own pace.

The link list is only open to add new blogs on Fridays but will be visible all week long.

So go link up and hoppy blog hopping!

Gaddy Nipper Crayons Review & GIVEAWAY!

I have been a “liker” of Gaddy Nipper Crayons on Facebook for sometime now, and I don’t even remember how I came to find them (gotta LOVE social networking)! During that time, I have been oogling over every single new product post that Nichole has made.

Gaddy Nipper Crayons specialize in… you got it, CRAYONS! And, they were kind enough to send this set of 5 Elmo crayons!

My girls were super excited when these arrived and asked to use them right away. The Elmo-likeness was incredible. I mean, they ARE crayons after all!

Miss A, Miss H and Little S all had a great time using the crayons. I was initially concerned that Little S may not be able to hold them well enough to colour (due merely to their shape), but I was wrong. She had no problems getting started and in fact didn’t want to stop!

The crayons color smoothly and that’s because they are made from upcycled Crayola crayons! Talk about doing your part to recycle!

Gaddy Niper Crayons offer a LARGE selection of hand-poured, quality, non-toxic, unique crayons. Looking for that perfect loot bag item – one that wont be broken or tossed within minutes of being opened? Check out these super cool options…

All Gaddy Nipper Crayons are reasonably priced and would make great gifts for any aspiring artist. What little girl or boy wouldn’t love their name spelled in crayons?!

Or maybe these lego brick crayons that are actually stackable?

Nichole at Gaddy Nipper Crayons has generously offered one lucky reader their own set of 5 Elmo crayons! Your kiddies (and their imaginations) will thank you!

BUY IT!

Head on over to Gaddy Nipper Crayons' Etsy shop and pick up some super cute, super functional crayons for a little person in your life!

WIN IT!

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Win this set of 5 hand-poured, non-toxic Elmo crayons (just like the ones we tested out)!

Mandatory Entry

This must be done BEFORE any bonus entries can be counted. Please leave your email with each comment – you know, in case you win!

Check out Gaddy Nipper Crayons for yourself and come and tell me your most favorite crayon option… I assure you, it will be hard to choose!

Bonus Entries

Please leave a separate comment below for EACH entry. If it says “3 Entries”, please leave 3 separate comments – this increases your chances of winning!

1 Entry: Become a Google Follower of Gaddy Nipper Crayons’ blog.

1 Entry: “Like” Gaddy Nipper Crayons on Facebook and tell them I sent you. Please leave your FB name so I can verify your entry.

1 Entry: Become a public follower of Take A Mom’s Word For It on Google Friend Connect (left sidebar). Already a follower? Tell me!

1 Entry: “Like” Take A Mom’s Word For It on Facebook. Please leave me your FB name to verify.

3 Entries: Update your Facebook status telling your friends about this great giveaway and linking to this post. Please leave me your status link to verify.

2 Entries: Follow Take A Mom’s Word For It on Twitter. Please leave your twitter name.

1 Entry for each of my other current giveaways you have entered.

3 Entries: Sign up for email notifications from Take A Mom’s Word For It and confirm it through Feedburner.

3 Entries: Post my button on your blog. Please leave me your blog link.

5 Entries: Make a purchase at Gaddy Nipper Crayons. Please leave me your name, item purchased and the date.

Good Luck Everyone! This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE! Giveaway ends at midnight June 18, 2010.

Disclosure: I received a set of Elmo crayons for review. Not other compensation was received. All opinions are mine alone.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

Some things just aren't as important as they used to be... ;)

Sunday, May 30, 2010

First Movie Experience

Well, my hubby and I took our 5 year olds (Miss A & Miss H) to their very FIRST movie experience today... Shrek Forever After. I did bring the camera (yes, I'm one of 'those' mothers), but there just wasn't a good time for pictures - sad for me, relief for my hubby! ;)

We were pretty excited when the ticket guy gave us 3D glasses - guess I should have paid more attention to the advertisements, I had had no idea! So, equipped with their popcorn and glasses, they tried to sit and wait for the show to begin but they didn't weigh enough to stop the seats from folding!! You should have seen Miss A's face when her legs came up and nearly hit her in the face!

The movie itself was great! And despite reading that some of the scenes were scary, my girls didn't find them at all that way... whew! Though maybe the true test is seeing if everyone sleeps the night! The overall storyline was a little tricky for their 5 year old minds, but they still thoroughly enjoyed it! There were some moments of great humour where the entire theatre lit up with childhood laughter - it was great!

The only down side really to the whole thing was the cost! It had been so long since I had been that I forgot just how expensive it can be... $48 just to get in! Then of course there were the concession items... jeesh!

If you're considering taking your little ones I say go for it! We all had a great time! Toy Story 3 comes out next month... can't wait!

Be Rest Assured

I've had a super busy weekend, but be rest assured I will 'follow' everyone back who payed me a visit on Friday... thanks for your patience. Sometimes being a Mom just gets busy! ;)

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Off to See Shrek Tomorrow!

My husband and I are taking Miss A and Miss H to the movie theatre tomorrow... for the FIRST time! They're 5, and maybe we've been holing them away for the first 5 years of their lives, but we're ready to take 'that' step now.

We're going to see Shrek the Third - afternoon showing. Little S will be napping so we have some friends coming over to hang out for a couple hours while she sleeps (LOVE that they moved into town - though they may soon start to regret it! haha!).

So wish us luck... there will be plenty of popcorn and treats - at least that's the way I remember it. It's been a LONG time since I've been to see anything at the show!

Teething Bling Winner!!

Congratulations C!! You are the winner of the Pink Calcite Teething Bling from Smart Mom Jewelry!! I will be emailing you shortly. You have 48 hours to respond before I draw a new winner... CONGRATS!! Thanks to Smart Mom for the great giveaway!!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

My Lip Stuff Review & GIVEAWAY!

Lip balm is huge in my house. For as long as I can remember, I have had an appreciation for (read: addiction to) lip balm. I have 3 girls and I just ‘may’ be responsible for their ‘like’ of lip products. You may remember my Wordless Wednesday post a while back of Little S’s secret stash…

I recently received 3 lip balms to review from a company called My Lip Stuff – fantastic name by the way. They offer, get this, OVER 500 flavours of lip balm… are your lips trembling yet?

Here is a quick list of some of the flavours that caught my eye (for better or worse!):

Banana Cream Pie

Coconut Rum

Monkey Farts (?!)

Bacon (?!)

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

PB&J

Vanilla Sugar

Strawberry Daquiri (Mmmm…)

… I could be here nearly all day – you saw where I said they have 500+ flavours right?!

I was sent “Pink Cake”, “Pink Grapefruit & Raspberry”, and my most favourite – “Oreo Cheesecake”. Each of the three we tried have a slightly different ‘feel’ to them than the over-the-counter brands available at your local drugstore. They had more of a ‘moist’, ‘buttery’ feeling which I found to be totally refreshing. I also really liked the super subtle shimmer each balm had – I have never been into lipstick and find most glosses to be too shiny – this was a nice in between.

Oh, and if you’re looking for a truly unique, personalized gift for your wedding guests or your business, the labels are customizable! Picture this… a destination wedding where you give all your guests their own lip balm! They’d be easy to pack AND you can choose the label and flavour!

My Lip Stuff not only offers lip balm, but other bath and body products – all of which are “skin, earth and animal friendly”. I could actually read and pronounce every single ingredient on the label! Their products are never tested on animals, do not contain hash chemicals, petroleum or mineral oil and they have even gone so far as to drive a Hybrid!

Brea from My Lip Stuff has generously offered one of my readers a random 6 pack of lip balm! … your lips will be pimp’d!

BUY IT!

Head on over to My Lip Stuff and order up... your lips will thank you!

WIN IT!

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Win a 6 pack of random lip balm flavours! Entry is simple.

Mandatory Entry

The mandatory entry must be completed before all other entries will be counted. Be sure to leave your email address with each entry.

Go to My Lip Stuff, look around and then come back and leave me a comment stating which product and flavour you'd like to try.

Bonus Entries

1 Entry: Follow Take A Mom's Word For It through Google Friend Connect (left sidebar).

1 Entry: "Like" Take A Mom's Word For It on Facebook (please leave me you FB name to verify your entry).

1 Entry: Follow Take A Mom's Word For It on Twitter.

1 Entry: Tweet about this giveaway (leave me the link).

3 Entries: Update your Facebook status notifying people of this giveaway (please leave me the link to verify your entry).

3 Entries: Post my button on your blog (let me know where I can find it).

1 Entry for each of my other giveaways you've entered. Tell me which ones please.

5 Entries: Make a purchase from My Lip Stuff (tell me what you bought and when you bought it).

Good Luck! This giveaway is open to Canada & US only.

Giveaway ends on June 11, 2010

Disclosure: I was provided 3 balms for review. No other compensation was received. All opinions are strictly my own.

Happy Blog Hop Friday!

Welcome to the third edition of Blog Hop Friday, hosted by My New Life As Mom, Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Take A Mom's Word For It, Bree Bee's, This Adventure Our Life and Belly Charms! We invite you and your friends to link up every Friday and join us for a wonderful blog hopping adventure! We're all about making friends and having fun so come join us! Here's how you can join in on the fun;