PLAYSKOOL Parties with Let’s Imagine Elmo

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Playskool. I received product samples to facilitate my party and review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

A couple of weeks ago we had some friends over to play with our new PLAYSKOOL toys! We had a good variety for all ages, boys and girls, and were ready for lots of fun! I love the imaginative play of little ones and am always hunting for toys to inspire that. PLAYSKOOL products are specifically designed

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New Action Cameras: GoPro at Best Buy!

I’m totally an adventure-seeker. I love a good adrenaline rush! Since having kids I haven’t had too many adventures (beyond raising two toddlers, haha), but the love for it will never leave me! I’ve gone skydiving in New Zealand, swam in the ocean with wild dolphins, snorkeled the great barrier reef, swam with stingrays, explored underground caves, climbed a waterfall, and I loooooove an amazing roller coaster ride.

With little kids, the adventures are certainly still there, maybe just not as wild and crazy (yet). Family vacations, water parks, sledding, horse riding, and

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NEW Contours Options Elite Tandem Stroller: with $100 Babies R Us giveaway

One of my favorite baby brands ever is Contours Baby—I’ve owned 3 of their strollers and got one of their bassinets for friends of ours having their first baby. They’re reliable, quality products, made with mom (and baby) in mind, and Contours is a family-friendly company with awesome customer service.

Contours recently launched their brand new double stroller: the Options Elite. I got one to review and as I also own their previous Options LT Tandem, the differences are clear to me. Watch for another post coming

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Our upstairs playroom & the everywhere playMAT

What room in our home isn’t a playroom… right?! We’ve done our best since moving in here just over a year ago to separate the kids’ space from our space, but it doesn’t always work. Toys have a way of migrating. Everywhere.

We have an extra bedroom upstairs and when we moved in, that’s what we used it for… a full-sized bed, an empty closet, and… a room that never got used.

We decided to make it a playroom: somewhere for the kids to hang out on the 2nd story AND a way to

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Did you know? Johnson’s Baby reformulated

I’m pretty sure JOHNSON’S Baby is a household name and has been seen on most baby registries and in many baby nurseries at home. So I’m also sure most of you are also aware of the recent demand by consumers to make their products safer by changing up their ingredients.

Did you know they have reformulated?

It’s a very sweet video about a Japanese legend, which says folding 1,000 origami cranes will result in a wish granted and a promise fulfilled. I promise to… always be present with my kids!

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Favorite Summer Firsts (with Puracyn)

This is a partnered conversation with Puracyn®. Any opinions are my own.

I have two kids and I remember when they both hit their first birthday I thought about how sad it was that all their “firsts” were over! Firsts of every single holiday, first tooth, first step, first word… every one celebrated! But I was definitely wrong. They are now 4 and 2 years old and we are still celebrating all kinds of “firsts!”

Summer is a wonderful time for new “firsts” as we explore everything around us, play outside, and take

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Bumbleride’s NEW Indie 4 stroller: ready. explore. uniquely you.

Last fall I tried out the wonderful Bumbleride Indie stroller and still LOVE it! It moves like a dream. If you remember, I had that video of my then 3-year-old pushing his little sister in it because it IS so easy and he even commented about how “fast” it goes.

So when I heard Bumbleride was introducing a NEW version of the Indie stroller… one with FOUR wheels (instead of three), I had to try it! I first encountered it at the ABC Kids Expo last fall. I

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