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April 24, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

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Who here LOVES using a stroller for their kiddos? I sure do – especially when I had three under the age of two. A stroller was close to my best friend at that point! The thing I don’t love about them – the bulk. I mean, even if they fold up, they still take up precious space. Luckily the new gb Pockit Stroller listened to us moms and created one that folds so small, it can fit into a large purse! Join us for the gb Pockit Stroller Twitter Party to learn more!

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Celebrate with Hasbro

March 29, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

I received some product to facilitate this post. All opinions are 100% mine alone. #PlayLikeHasbro

Since we have boys AND a girl in our household, it’s amazing at the variety of toys filling up our game room. From Transformers to My Little Pony and Equestrian Girls, to trucks and balls and dolls. It’s awesome! It’s really great to see all of them playing with it together, too. Since I didn’t want a bunch of candy for their Easter baskets, we decided on some exciting toys that we could all share. And now YOU can Celebrate with Hasbro in 2016 for their family fun celebrations!

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First, let me share my favorite toys that we gave our kids for Easter! We wanted a variety – family board game, activities, as well as fun figures they enjoy. Hasbro didn’t disappoint!

They all loved the Game of Life Yo-Kai Watch Edition. Board games are really fun, at least for our family, and gives us some great time together.

They all really liked practicing their trick shots with the Nerf Dude PerfectShot Hoops Set. It was super easy to hang on the door in the game room – but it also comes with a moldable-type tubing so we could secure it to banisters, bed posts, whatever really! Gotta love flexibility.

Since my boys (and even my girl) are HUGE Transformer fans, they’ve been playing with both the Mr. Potato Head Transformers Mixable Mashable Heroes figure – Bumblebee was what we got – as well as the Transformers 3-Step Changers. Even my 4 year-old can switch it to vehicle mode easily!

My boys aren’t quite as into My Little Pony as they use to be, but my girl sure is – especially the newer Equestrian Girls version. She had a blast with her Rarity Mini Story Pack, from playing ‘makeup and hair’ to Rarity’s fussy little kitty.

Ready to create your own fun family memories and give your kids some fun toys to help inspire their creativity and bring non-stop play? Don’t forget to help celebrate this great dates coming up….

Brio Remote Control Travel Train

March 23, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

I received these 2 sets to facilitate this review. All opinions are 100% mine alone. See my Disclosure for more info.

I have three boys – which means there’s a LOT of train love in our house! From building tracks, to driving loads in the train cars, to pretending to blow the horn, they love it. I knew they’d love the new Brio Remote Control Travel Train & Countryside Horse Set

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I’ll admit, even I like to get down and build the track sets with my kids – it’s fun to see what twists and turns, hills and obstacles they come up with! First we set up the Countryside Horse Set, which includes a regular train (not remote controlled), tracks, farm building, white fences, boulders and trees.

It also came with a figure and horse with saddle. I think their favorite feature was the ‘washer’ that’s in the barn thing – and spent forever having the guy ‘wash’ the horse. Cute!

The sheets shows a TON of other add-ons you can get for it, from tracks and train cars, to figures and props.

It took a bit to get the train out – it does have those twistie things around the tires so tight that it was about 30 minutes just to get it out. But once it’s out, just pop 2 AA batteries into the train and 2 into the remote, and you’re good to go!

My kids LOVED that it had ‘real lights’ on front. The included person fits perfectly into the back passenger car.

You do need to make sure the remote faces the train, so it can connect. Also be SURE your kiddos turn them to ‘off’ when they’re done, otherwise the batteries will die quickly staying connected, even when not in use.

I was glad the train cars attached via a neat magnet, instead of those hook thingies that can be a huge headache (and break easily). My kids can handle the connecting/reordering of the cars all by themselves! You can nab your own Brio Remote Control Travel Train or the Countryside Horse Set and let your kiddos build their own little world today!

Wallternatives Wall Decals Review

May 30, 2014 by Kelly Dedeaux

I received these Wallternatives free of charge to facilitate this review. All opinions are 100% my own.

Okay, so I’ve been dying counting down the days until I got to share this with you guys! It’s a brand new product line launching TODAY! Seriously, look at how dang stinkin’ cute these Wallternatives Wall Decals are!!!

Just LOOK at that adorable fabric decor! Yes, I just said FABRIC decor. LOVE IT! So first, backstory time: I was first introduced to Royal Design Studios Stencils when I used their Starry Night Moroccan Stencil for my girl’s FROZEN bedroom. I fell in love with their stencils, and was stoked that they were at SNAP! Conference that I attended at the end of April.

At the conference, they were showing us the preview for their AMAZING Wallternatives line! After looking through their many fantastic designs, I was just like Oh. My. Gosh! THEY HAVE OWLS! Anyone that knows my aunt (who lives down the street), she loves owls. Borderline obsessed. So guess what her sweet little girl’s room is done in? Yup, OWLS! I saw that Wallternatives has these adorable Colorful Owls WallPrints™ Fabric Decals and KNEW I had to decorate my cousin’s room with them.

I said it before, and I’ll say it again: SO STINKIN’ CUTE!!! I’m in love with these….not only because they’re absolutely adorable and fun, but they’re also easily applied. You know how sometimes regular vinyl will fold onto itself and then you’re just like ‘well, that sucks’ and have to throw it out, or rip it? NOT THESE! Seriously, they could stick together, and you just smoothly and easily pull them apart and continue with your decorating.

You can also layer the pieces together, like I did with the owl sitting on this branch and the leaves on the branch. They’re actually SEPARATE pieces, but I placed them together. Of course, I didn’t get it perfectly the way I wanted it the first try, so just pulled them apart and tried again until I found the layout I was hoping for.

Another feature I’m stoked for is that they’re able to be REAPPLIED again and again, as long as the adhesive is clean. They don’t get stronger over time, so after 10 years you can go ahead and switch them around without having to scrape them off your walls. Yup, flexibility and not having to fully commit to a layout is fabulous with me!

Worried about the safety factor (what mom isn’t)? No worries here! This material is US patented, green and non-toxic. There’s no PVC, Phthlates, Clycol-ether or Formaldehyde. It’s environmentally friendly and bio-degradable over time.

Know what ELSE they have along with their Wallternatives line? ChalkTalk Chalkboard Art! I can’t wait to get my hands on some of that and have fun with it in my craft room, the kids’ play room….everywhere!

So head on over to Wallternatives and check out their fabulous products for yourself….see which one (or which MANY) you fall in love with!

Heroes of the City App & Giveaway!

March 30, 2014 by Kelly Dedeaux

I was given a free full-version of this app to review, along with the items included in the giveaway. All opinions are my own.

I’m constantly on the lookout for good children’s apps. Not that my kids are on devices often, but when they are, I want it to be worth it. This Heroes of the City app proved to be just that!

When I’m looking for apps, there’s a few things I want: educational, fun, and variety. Along with that, something that my kids can actually DO without me ~~doing it for~~ helping them. The Heroes of the City app was ALL of that! The entire concept is based on little vehicles (cars, trains, etc.) that are alive and rescue/help around their city. For example, here’s Paulie the Police Car, or Harry Hot Rod.

Movies: There are HOURS of movies from Heroes of the City included in the app. So cute, fun and the kids really get into it! We found this especially helpful during small periods of time (doctor office wait) when we just need them to be STILL!

Games: Our 4-year-olds LOVED the games, and were able to do them mostly on their own. Green Lantern (age 2) needed more supervision, but Wonder Woman was more than happy to help, since the games were even intriguing for her! Their favorites were the memory game, one similar to Angry Birds where you shoot a crow from a canon trying to get it as far as you can without it hitting/bouncing off things, and a game of putting out fires in the City…..you can BE THE HERO OF THE CITY! There’s also drawing, puzzles, jump over obstacles and SO MUCH MORE!

My Hubby’s favorite aspect was that no matter what score the child gets, even if they ‘lose’, it does FIREWORKS. For the littlest kids that don’t understand scores, this is really rewarding for them and gets them excited to learn/play. It also does show the score/trophy earned, so for older kids like Wonder Woman, it motivates them to try again to bring up their score. Although the games are mostly for fun, most of them have a real learning aspect to them, such as strategy, to help the kids develop their minds.

To get this fun-filled app, just go to either the AppStore or GooglePlay

Want to win your OWN fun with Heroes of the City? Well, they’re giving one lucky winner a fun package! Not only will you get a DVD with about 5 episodes from the Heroes of the City show, but these fun things as well:

A fun-filled story book, which even has a ‘look and find’ section! The kids had a blast searching for their favorite characters in the book. Wonder Woman enjoyed reading the stories to them, so it was great for ALL our kiddos!

You’ll also receive TWO die cast metal figures of some characters from the app/show! We received Paulie (police car) and Harry (hot rod). They’re big enough for younger kids, but still nice and small-sized for easy play…..as you can tell the size in Superman’s hands…

One note, though: just on Harry Hot Rod, the main screw holding the bottom together wasn’t long enough to hold it. We simply replaced it with a little screw we had on-hand, and it was fantastic after that. It must have just been a faulty one, because Paulie the Police Car’s screw was just great. But as a heads-up, to avoid any choking hazards….watch for this screw if/when you first get it.

Enter now for you chance to win some fun things, and don’t forget to nab the app for some fun and educational time for the kiddos!

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Relished Foods: Review & Giveaway

March 14, 2014 by Kelly Dedeaux

I received a free trial to facilitate this review. All opinions are 100% my own. Relished Foods has now Re-branded to Home Chef, so all links have been updated!

If you’re like me, dinnertime is often rushed, stressful and just ONE MORE THING to do in an already packed schedule. I love cooking, but between planning, shopping and actually making the food, I need me hours in a day! I was so excited to have the opportunity to review a newer company Relished Foods, and I absolutely loved it! The best part? They’re all prepared in 30 minutes or less! (yes, I heard angels singing, too)

The meals we got were:

Pan Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Orzo, Cherry Tomato, Charred Lemon & Baby Arugula

This was the meal I was the most excited for, and Oh. My. Gosh. It was AMAZING! I’m talking a fancy restaurant-quality meal. Hubby and I chose this for our ‘date night’, since we didn’t really have the time or budget to go out to eat. I even made it look pretty!

The other two meals we had were:

BBQ Bone-in Chicken Breast with Vinegar Slaw & Heirloom Fingerling Potatoes

Photo courtesy of Relished Foods

This is now Hubby’s favorite BBQ sauce. Seriously, he was LICKING THE PLATE! Then he licked my plate….I think it’s safe to say he really enjoyed this lunch!

Crab Cakes with Sauteed Baby Spinach & Spicy Remoulade

Photo courtesy of Relished Foods

As most of you know, I hate seafood…any kind. So Hubby got to enjoy this dish all by himself, and he was IN LOVE with this! He’s kind of picky with seafood, but he said this was quality crab meat, not a bunch of filler. I had a taste of the remoulade sauce, and really enjoyed that.

Sound amazing? Well, here’s all the details to get you going…plus a PROMO CODE for your first order! And don’t forget the giveaway…..

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So, ready to give it a try? Relished Foods has graciously offered a promo code good for 50% off your first order, valid through the month of March! PROMO CODE: BusyMomsHelper

How it Works: When you wish to place an order, you go to their website RelishedFoods.com. They have a new menu every week with 5 different chef-designed meals to choose from. You can select from 3 to 5 of the meals, in either 2, 4 or 6 serving sizes.

They then pack all of the ingredients in the correct portions in very nice, clean and easily used packaging.

Everything is clearly labeled, so there’s no guessing what seasoning is what (ever confuse cayenne pepper with paprika? It wasn’t a pleasant experience!).

They then ship it quickly to you in a safe, refrigerated pack.

All of the items were kept a perfect temperature…I checked when I got it because I’ll admit, I was a bit nervous of shipping raw meats. But it was perfectly chilled, so no worries! Oh, and nothing is frozen, just fresh!

The cuts of meat were individually packaged, completely sealed. Here’s the pork loan, two chicken breasts and crab meat in our crisper, just begging to be cooked!

The produce was AMAZINGLY fresh, guys – like better than the stuff I normally have to run to the store to get, hoping it’s still fresh by dinnertime.

Each meal includes a page with very CLEAR and DETAILED instructions. One side is a description of the meal, to get you all drooling. The back is step-by-step, with photos, on how to prepare your meal. I even made Hubby prepare his own Crab Cakes, and he did with no problems at all.

The cost? Only $9.95 per serving! That includes all of the ingredients, planned meals with instructions AND delivery straight to your door. They are currently delivering to about 50% of the USA, and you can verify with your zipcode on their website.

And even though each of our meals was 2-servings, they’re BIG servings. We actually got 8 servings total from these. So especially if you use this as a ‘date night out’ replacement (like Hubby and I plan to do) it’s completely worth it! No more driving to get ingredients, or paying a high priced bill at the restaurant.

I received a free sample of this product/service to review. The giveaway is provided by Relished Foods. All opinions are my own.

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