I was offered a Kidizoom Action Cam 180 to review and I immediately said yes. I wanted the Kidizoom camera because it was waterproof and we had a big family trip to Orlando coming up. I wanted it badly enough that when I realized it wouldn't arrive in time for our trip, I ran out to Walmart and bought one. I wanted it because the camera was waterproof and we were planning on … [Read more...]
7 Double Duty Board Games – Good for Playing With Kids AND (or) With Adults
Kudos to these double duty games. These are the board games that get played with my kids at the dining room table, and that we still play once the girls are in bed. I like to think of it as a two for one deal; you put out money and shelf space for one board game and end up with both a game you can play with your children and a game you can play with other adults. Some of … [Read more...]
Slammers Make a Grand Slam Snack Time Hit
My kids have been long time fans of Go Gourmet products. As babies and toddlers they loved Baby Gourmet, as preschoolers and kindergarten kids they adored Squoosh packs, and now as big grade school going kids they are crazy about Slammers. Honestly the only bad thing I can say about Slammers is how quickly my kids inhale them. They've barely finished saying "Mom, can I … [Read more...]
Dyson’s NEW BIG BALL Canister Vacuums, This Changes Everything
I have a Dyson upright vacuum. It was a gift from my awesome mother-in-law. With the exception of Fred, it's probably the best present I've ever received. If you had told a younger version of myself that I would be excited about getting a vacuum as a gift I would have laughed at you, long and loud. But I love that darn vacuum. Except... I live in a two story house with a … [Read more...]
Gain control over your indoor air quality with the Dyson Pure Cool Link air purifier
Dyson sent me a Dyson Pure Cool air purifier, to test out and I have to say, this thing is pretty darn cool, no pun intended. The Dyson Pure Cool Link is an air purifier that duos as an air circulating fan. The "Link" in it's name stands for the fact that it's linked via wifi to an app, which means you can control it remotely from your tablet or phone. Disclosure: This … [Read more...]
My Unlikely Trio of Favourites… #PGmom Review
Today I want to take you guys back and revisit three of my "five star" favourite household products. The first is the Swiffer Sweep and Trap. This is the magical tool that had my kids begging me to let them sweep the floors. I'm a fan of Swiffer in general, and to me this feels like an improvement on the original classic, without overly complicating things -- aka no cords, … [Read more...]
Pediped Racer Shoes Made for Wet Outdoor Fun: Mud Puddles, Splash Pads and Beaches, Oh My
Springtime and Pediped shoes go together like the peanut butter and jelly on my kid's favourite sandwich. Two years back I reviewed Pediped's Flex Darcy from their Adventure Line. It was my first experience with "water play shoes". And those shoes, which were designed to take dunks and splashes in stride, were my daughter's favourite footgear ever. They were still in great … [Read more...]
Great Deal on a Cool How to Train Your Dragon Book
So the very day after I wrote a post about flicks you can find on Netflix which are adapted from cool kid's books,we randomly stopped in at the local Chapters and I found this lovely hardcover How to Train Your Dragon book hanging out in the discount section. The (In)Complete Book of Dragons It was marked down to $6.99. How could I say no? I mean I have a … [Read more...]
Moving Beyond Grief with a Very Belated Gift, A Gift For Sophie
Sometimes things just randomly show up at my house. Packages that I wasn't expecting and never expressly asked for. It's a blogger thing. Brands sometimes send you "gifts" or unexpected deliveries in hopes that you'll provide coverage. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. It depends on the contents of the package, what's going on in my life when it randomly arrives, and any … [Read more...]
Sphero’s BB-8 Ain’t So Great, Here’s Why You Might Not Want to Buy This One
Back in November my husband bought himself a Sphero BB-8 app-enabled droid. He picked it up off of Amazon.com. At $150USD it wasn't exactly a cheap purchase, but he had some Amazon credit saved up, so it was sort of free. I mean I could have talked him into using the credit for something less frivolous, but it's nice to splurge sometimes, right? I knew my husband had been … [Read more...]
Morning Shower, Best Way to Start Your Day?
Like many folks I prefer to take my showers in the morning, when possible. Quiet time to myself under hot running water, time to mentally prepare myself for what's ahead and organize my day in my head, what's not to love? Have you ever thought about how much your morning shower impacts the rest of your day? According to a new survey, after an enjoyable shower, Canadian women … [Read more...]
Coming out and declaring my secret love for Herbal Essences…
Here's a confession, I don't use baby shampoo on my kids hair. I've been to other people's houses with my girls on playdates and while I'm using the bathroom I've noticed the container of baby shampoo sitting on the side of the tub, or the primary coloured bottle of "kids" shampoo with the cartoon characters dancing across the label. Even when the girls would visit their … [Read more...]
May I Introduce You to My Best Friend, Fred? (or How the ASUS Transformer Flip Book Changed My Life)
Back in February, in what was pretty much the best early birthday present ever, my mother-in-law gave me money to buy a new laptop. I did my research, hunted around and ended up picking out this lovely ASUS Transformer Flip, which I decided on at least in part because of my experiences with the smaller ASUS Transformer T100 Intel has sent me earlier in the year (It's official, … [Read more...]
Discovering a Delightful Kid Friendly World with Tearaway Unfolded…
My husband and I struggle to find video games that are appropriate to play around the kids. I don't mean games to play WITH the kids, that's a whole different problem. I simply mean games that we can play while the children are awake, and possibly in the room. The majority of "grown up" games are far too explicitly violent for me to feel comfortable with my kids viewing them. … [Read more...]
The one where I explain my ambivalent feelings for Barbie, and surprisingly fall for Ever After High…
I'm pretty sure you're aware of this if you've been following my blog for any period of time, I'm a sucker for a good book. What you probably don't know, because I've never really talked about it, is I'm not really crazy about fashion dolls. I mean Barbie type dolls, or Monster High Dolls, or heaven forfend those Bratz dolls. Don't like 'em. Not one bit. On the other hand I … [Read more...]