Samantha, Author at Have Sippy Will Travel

Loft Sweepstakes

June 15, 2011 by Samantha 6 Comments

There’s always been so much to love about summer — barbecues, beach trips, beautiful days — and now there’s one more reason to love this season! LOFTand WhoWhatWear.com want you to enjoy an incredible June, so they’re teaming up to bring you their Summer Wardrobe Sweepstakes. All you have to do is ‘LIKE’ LOFT on Facebook @ Facebook.com/LOFT and enter your email address and you’ll be entered to win a $1000 LOFT gift card! Even better: the duo will be giving away a $1000 LOFT gift card every week in June — so you have four chances to win! Just think about all the darling day dresses, sweet shorts, and chic sandals you can buy…

Plus, if you ‘LIKE’ LOFT, you’ll get exclusive access to see WhoWhatWear.com’s first-ever live chat on June 21st from 4-5 p.m. EST. Founders Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power (former ELLE magazine editors) will be answering all of your most important summer style questions – like how to wear this season’s hottest trends so you can look effortlessly cool. Live chat viewers will also get an exclusive discount code to shop at LOFT for all of those must-have pieces. Now if that’s not enough of a reason to be excited about summer, we don’t know what is!

Filed Under: clothes and shoes

Dog Collar Charms- Part 1 (again!)

June 15, 2011 by Samantha 7 Comments

We just had the chance to try out a fun new site to make your own doggy bling, Dog Collar Charms. On this site, you can create your own photo charm for your pet.
“Dog collar charms are one of the fastest growing trends for pups around the world. These cute accessories provide a fun and stylish way to customize your dog’s collar with a special charm designed by you. Simply upload a picture to our website and pick one of nine different charm colors. That’s it! The charm will arrive in the mail just 3 to 5 days later!”
We put one of Little Man when he was a baby sitting next to Chaac. I can’t wait to see what it looks like!
We were also able to make a few extra to hand out at the local dog park my husband chose a funny picture that any dog lover will be amused by.
Check out my moment if you would like to see the whole thing!

http://my.thismoment.com/moment/view/73601/dog-collar-charms

Disclosure: This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias.

Filed Under: animals, review

Twitter Hop!

June 15, 2011 by Samantha 2 Comments

Please follow your hosts, the first 3 on the list- we will follow you back! 🙂 Follow as many others as you would like, and please follow back those who follow you. This is great for everyone! 🙂

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Cars 2 Will be out soon!!!

June 13, 2011 by Samantha 8 Comments

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars 2” when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Mater finds himself torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret mission orchestrated by master British super spy Finn McMissile (voice of Michael Caine) and the stunning rookie field spy Holley Shiftwell (voice of Emily Mortimer). Mater’s action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world. The fast-paced fun includes a colorful new all-car cast, complete with menacing villains and international racing competitors.

John Lasseter returns to the driver’s seat to direct this follow-up to his 2006 Golden Globe®-winning “Cars.” “Cars 2” is co-directed by Brad Lewis, producer of the Oscar®-winning film “Ratatouille,” and produced by visual effects industry veteran Denise Ream (associate producer, “Up”; visual effects executive producer, “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”). The film hits the track on June 24, 2011, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D in select theaters.

Filed Under: family, kids

Air Hogs Zero Gravity Cars 2 Finn

June 13, 2011 by Samantha 12 Comments

What the what? Is that car climbing a wall?

How does a toy defy gravity?? Well that I can’t tell you, all I do know is it uses air, a few batteries and the push of some buttons. Air hogs has just released a new line of toys associated with the new Cars 2 movie.

Everyone (male) has heard of Air Hogs. The remote control helicopters and other cool flying vehicles always work with the greatest of ease. My husband is a loon and has several! LOL

R/C Zero Gravity Finn has the ability to go from floor to wall and back again, driving along and moving quite quickly. Quickly bolting from floor to wall, as if there is almost no transition at all. When Finn is climbing up the walls, it is by far one of the coolest things ever. In the biggest, most professional adults you will still get that look of a kid seeing something for the first time, with wonder and awe in their eyes. Air Hogs Zero Gravity Cars 2 Finn can take a tumble, too- because he fell off the wall a few times, HIGH, too- and he came right back, no problems.

Going up the door! (it will go across, too!)

Works great on the floor, as well! Here is Little Man, smashing daddy’s feet 🙂

After unpacking and charging Finn, the first thing you’ll want to do is have him climb up a wall after which the nearest kid- or husband 😉 will come to watch and say “Can I try?” No matter what age, sex, or level of sleep-depravity ye may be! It is really something cool to see. The only drawback I can see is it eats batteries, but this will be true of any R/C vehicle, so make sure you grab some batteries with this nifty toy. OR get the rechargeable ones, like we do!

By the way- did I mention this was the coolest toy ever???? For realsies. My son adores it, daddy loves it, and I was captivated by it when I saw it- who DOES these things? I mean really. The car goes up the wall! What’s cooler then that?

Happy driving, and Cars 2 is coming out soon- fasten your seatbelts!!!

Filed Under: kids, review

Lend a “Like” to Hooks, Needles, and Brushes

June 13, 2011 by Samantha 1 Comment

This post is written by the author of the blog below- she is just looking for you to GFC follow her at this time, she is trying to help families effected by recent disasters.
Please read on! 🙂

Hooks, Needles and Brushes is geared towards helping women, mom, girls in our community and online. We want you join our community so we can grow and get more sponsor’s so we can get the craft projects for you with the help of our Sponsors. Hooks, Needles and Brushes is also looking for fellow blogger’s who would love to post projects for Scrapbooking, PaperCrafts for their new blog which is going to come soon…Please join us and help us help these ladies who cannot afford to spend and learn these beautiful art and we will try to get some amazing craft product giveaways for you..Please spread the word on your blog, FB, Twitter and help us in our cause to help victims affected in Al Tornadoes.

Thanks for reading!

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Is your kid’s naptime not fun, either????

June 12, 2011 by Samantha 6 Comments

I just want to give a little shout out to ScareMeNots, who really make my life a whole lot easier. Naptime at the PreSchool is not a fun time- it makes me want to find a vice (hehe). Hey- YOU try putting 15-20 kids down for a nap at once, and KEEPING them down! Lol.
I have been taking Patty and sticking her high on a shelf to “watch” the kids while they sleep- and I am wondering why I didn’t think of this sooner. It has been a much, much quieter nap week. Sigh.
I guess we just underestimate the “scary” of sleep, don’t we, as adults. Feel free to stop by ScareMeNots and say hello- they have a fun page- and the Facebook page is always cute. 🙂
Happy Napping!
~Samantha

Filed Under: kids