Nectresse Sweetener

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of NECTRESSE™Sweetener for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

For the most part we try to use as little sugar as possible in our house. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule, like hot beverages. A cup of coffee or tea without a sweetener of some kind is much like a painter told they can not use the color blue or red. Completely absurd. 🙂

Take a look at this video by Lisa Ling,

We have tried many different sweeteners of all types including many all-natural and organic ones- most times these fall short of the pink, blue, and now yellow sweetener packs. But there is a new contender from the people who make Splenda, called NECTRESSE™Sweetener . Nectresse is a sweetener based on monk fruit, which is one of the sweetest fruits on the planet, nearly 150 times sweeter then sugar. [Read more…]

Time for Halloween Costumes

Boo! Halloween is coming up soon.and its time to see the new for 2012 Halloween costumes.

Take a look at AnytimeCostumes.com. They always have the hottest, trendiest costumes of the year- as well as your classic favorites. Site navigation is a breeze, and their sizes are true to the costumes as well. No more XXL Darth Maul for your 5 year old because of a mislabeled package.

Check out these popular categories of costumes for boys, girls, and adults (men and women).

For the boys, costumes this year seem to be centered around super heroes. This includes Spider-man, Avengers, Batman, and even He-Man. With the popularity of the Avengers movie, it is no surprise Iron Man, Captain America and the crew are top of the list. With big huge ‘muscles’ and accessories, Thor and Hulk are also hot picks. Little, of course, had to walk his own way, and chose Pokemon. The hat is pretty tight, and we ordered [Read more…]

Want Excitement that Never Stops: Transformers 2

Michael Bay does it again.

The first Transformers was such an incredible success that making the sequel just as exciting and action-packed was going to be a challenge. But Michael Bayworks his usual magic in Transformers 2: Revenge of The Fallen and delivers a ride as thrilling as racing down the Audobon inside Bumblebee’s driver’s seat.

The plot centers around a newly-introduced Decepticon named The Fallen who returns to Earth for revenge. As he arrives, the Autobots are realizing that they may have to remain on this planet a lot longer than they expected because the Allspark has been destroyed. But not all the humans are happy that the Autobots are sticking around.

The constant strife between the factions of humans who want to rid Earth of all Transformers and the people who know that they need the good ones to help fight off the Decepticons adds to the dynamics of the plot. Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen), Bumblebee (voiced by Mark Ryan) and company know that they are not fully welcome or trusted by the people they are fighting along side but they also understand that they have to finish the fight because they have nowhere else to go.

Tyrese Gibson (Master Sergeant Epps) and Josh Duhamel (Major Lennox) join Shia LeBeouf (Sam Witwicky) and, of course, the incomparable Megan Fox (Mikaela Banes) to lead the human effort. This time, however, they seem to have met their match.

Fox is locked in a battle for her boyfriend with stunning – though not completely human – co-ed Isabel Lucas, who plays the part of a Decepticon disguised as a beautiful college student. What Lucas and the other Decepticons know is that Sam and Mikaela have a very important part of the Allspark. The catch is, they don’t know exactly where to find it.

The critical part of the Allspark is introduced when it falls out of Sam’s pocket as he packs for college. He sees it and snags it just as a small army [Read more…]

Razor Scooter- Perfect for Fall!

Now is the time to raise to your feet, grab your wheels, and hit the road/driveway/park. Fall is a great season to go out and have fun! The summer heat is over, the winter cold isn’t here, and the leaves will start changing any day to reveal a cascade of colors and patterns everywhere you look. Walking also works, but I know kids prefer their transportation involve wheels, bikes and scooters.

Razor scooter has a great line of products, for kids of all ages and heights. Little Man is learning how to ride his bike, but for now nothing beats the ease of zipping around on a scooter. He especially likes the ability to go as fast, or slow as he likes. Little Man can be very cautious some days, and as adventurous as a cat others.

There is a very important point I must make before going any further safety. Please be sure to get a helmet and pads before putting your kids on anything with wheels, [Read more…]

John Deere Trucks Review and Giveaway

New Trucks, Hooray! These are really cute John Deere trucks and tractors, which my son loves. Makes him feel like a farmer. TOMY has a whole line of John Deere licensed farm and construction equipment, like tractors, trucks, dump trucks, and bulldozers. All these toys are classic fun, for anyone who enjoys little cars or really likes farms. Our Little likes both- so we are golden. They are brightly colored and come in almost every variety you can think of, and definitely some you haven’t. For kids of all ages- all the way down to infant level.

We have the pleasure of trying out the new Lights ‘n Sounds Monster Treads line. The trucks from this line are quite fun, they includes lights, sounds and some super bouncy tires, that [Read more…]

Loving Pet’s Healthy Treats

There’s nothing better than to treat your favorite pet with something they’d love! Loving Pets is a company devoted to keeping your pet happy and healthy and is coming up with tasty ways to treat your four legged family members. While there are tons of treats to choose from at Loving Pet’s we were happy to try out the Grill-icious treats.

We tried out the All Natural Beef and Turkey Treats. They’re called Grill-icious and if my dogs could talk, they’d probably say just that. My kids find the name adorable and helped wrangle the dogs up for treats!

The treats, are 100% Beef Chicken [Read more…]

Back to School with Locker Lookz

School brings some new adventures for our kids, including fashion and style in several different ways. New friends, new classes, new teachers, new lockers! This year you can really help your daughter create their own bold stylish look in their lockers with Locker Lokz !

We started out our locker with the Aqua Lime Wall paper, my daughter went nuts over this! Her locker is wider but the wallpaper fit when we put it on it’s side. Since this isn’t real “wallpaper” there’s nothing to stick, you simply use the included magnets, – really cute too- , to stick the wallpaper up in place. This way there’s no worry about having to remove and make a mess when the year is over, plus the kids can do this themselves.

My daughter loves flowers, so we picked out the Lime Flower, which also is a magnet so you simply just place it on the wall of the locker.

She uses it to stick up important papers that need to come home.

The Black and White [Read more…]

Kmart’s Big Layaway Giveaway- In Stores

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Can you believe that the holidays are approaching? If you are like me, you want to get a jump on shopping so you don’t end up with wild and crazy bills as your special “holiday gift” to yourself, LOL. Nobody likes that present 🙂

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Those of us with kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, friends, or family- that is most everyone, right? Hmmm…can be glad that Kmart has free layawayavailable this year to make shopping for your holiday gifts easier. You can pay a little every week, and then you can pick it all [Read more…]