Danielle, Author at Have Sippy Will Travel

Swingy- Ping Pong with your Feet

October 16, 2015 by Danielle 2 Comments

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We all know that learning to Balance is very important for people at all ages. I must say that I am incredibly impressed with this awesome new game called Swingy.

About Swingy:

SWINGY is the world’s first wireless balance board for playing games on tablets and smartphones. It is redefining screen time by turning digital gaming into a beneficial physical activity. Swingy is handmade of wood and was developed for children aged 4 and up. There are also special Kickstarter designs for the young-at-heart adults who seem to enjoy playing just as much. 🙂

My Thoughts:

This product is absolutely amazing. My girls are both enrolled in dance class, and have really been working on their balance. I feel that they are pretty good for their ages: 3 and 5. I also would say that I feel that I am pretty balanced as well as my husband so it was fun to test out our abilities together as a family. As of now my best score is only 50…I haven’t played a lot because the girls have wanted to play it so much. My oldest has a score of 32 already and the 3 year old is at 26, so they are doing exceptionally well if you ask me 🙂

I think that this is a great product to work on balance for your kids, as well as the fact that it is lots of fun. I can’t wait to see the other games that they come out with as well. I teach and am planning on taking it to school to help a few of the kiddos in my class be encouraged to balance better!

KickStarter:

This great game is on KickstartER right now. I can’t wait for it to launch and go on sale because I know of several people that are going to love it. Head on over to KickstartER and help get the ball rolling for swingy. I promise that your family will be addicted.

There also is a special Super Early Bird price. Let me know if you are interested! I promise that you won’t be disappointed.

Ciao! Baby – The Portable Highchair

September 27, 2015 by Danielle Leave a Comment

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When you are out and about camping, traveling, or just at someone’s house that doesn’t have small children, eating with your little ones can always be a huge complication. It is so hard to get them situated without taking along a big, bulky highchair. The portable high chair from Ciao! Baby is the perfect solution to this problem.

About Ciao! Baby:

Kim and Jamye each have children and understand that families are busy and involved in many different activities. Often mealtime is not spent at home. They realize that families with small children need a solution that will make life easier during mealtime and snack times. Kim and Jamye created Ciao! Baby with this in mind. The Ciao! Baby portable high chair is a lightweight flexible high chair with an attached tray that requires no assembly. The tray, which is the most unique feature of our portable high chair, sets it apart form any other product in the market.

After five years of intense work on getting it right, Kim and Jamye have created a product that fills a need for families on the go with small children. The Ciao! Baby portable high chair makes life convenient and you can carry it with you anywhere! Ciao! Baby easily unfolds, locks into place and folds back up in seconds with no attachments or assembly required. Ciao! Baby is ideal for personal use in travel, tailgating, camping, picnics, grandma’s house and gift giving for families with children up to three years old.

Other Products:

Clip on Umbrella
Go-Anywhere-Bag

My Thoughts:

Wow! Can I say amazing? This product is so cool. I talked about a product just like this when my girls were younger, but either it didn’t exist or I didn’t know about it. I would have used this product so much with my girls. We are always traveling and no one else in our families have kids, so eating was always tricky when we had to stay overnight. I hated taking the lumpy, large highchair that attaches to the Kitchen chairs along with me. I can’t wait to use this with future children :). I have used it with friends’ babies as well as nieces and nephews when they come over so I don’t have to go downstairs and dig out the actual highchair. Just today I took it for a friend to use at a birthday party that was at the park. Even though my girls are too big now, I know that this is going to be used a great deal.

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing this amazing Portable HighChair, head on over to Ciao! Baby and order one for yourselves.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ciao Baby portable highchair, Ciao! Baby, Highchairs on the go, On The Go Highchair., Portable Highchair, Travel Highchair

Munch Mitt-Great Teether for Baby

September 27, 2015 by Danielle 2 Comments

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Having a baby that is chewing on everything around them is no fun, especially when you have several things that you really don’t want in their mouths. I know that my girls were huge fans of chewing on their fingers, then would cry when they realized that it hurt! I must say that the Munch Mitt is an awesome product that I would have loved to use with my girls.

About Munch Mitt:

When Melissa, the owner of Munch Mitt, had her first baby, it was a very happy baby. Then at 3 months she saw him turning into a monster baby. He was now cranky, up all night and drooling like crazy. She noticed that he had started to put his hands in his mouth all the time. She later realized that at 3 months old, the teething process had started. Because of how young her son was he was unable to hold the typical teethers and provide himself relieve. He would then turn to his hands , or her hands. Sometimes she would have to sit and hold teethers to his mouth for hours! In addition to this, he had very sensitive skins. With all that saliva, his hands started to get hard and dry.

She knew that she needed something that would protect his hands, give him pain relief and keep him interested. He also needed to be able to access it himself when he felt like it. That is how the idea of the teething mitten came about.

Today, the Munch Mitt is a huge pride for her. After 3 years of research, design, development, sourcing, testing, and a 2nd teething baby, she is happy and excited to know that she is helping other parents and their little ones with the Munch Mitt.

My Thoughts:

I think that this product is absolutely amazing. My youngest had 8 teeth by the time that she was 6 months old. That is crazy. She was constantly chewing on everything and hated that she would chew on something that felt good, then drop it because she couldn’t actually hold it. I think that this product would have been a lifesaver for me. I will be purchasing this for all of my friends that have babies, and definitely holding onto mine for when I have another.

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing a Munch Mitt Mini or Standard sized, head on over to their website and order one. I guarantee if you have a little one you will not regret that decision.

Filed Under: baby, review Tagged With: Baby Teeth, Baby Teether, Munch Mitt, Munch Mitt Mini, Munch Mitt Standard, Teethers, Teethers for babies, Toys for babies

American Girl Beforever Maryellen Review

September 25, 2015 by Danielle 3 Comments

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Meet the newest American Girl Doll Maryellen Larkin from the 1950s.

About American Girl:

At American Girl, they celebrate girls and all that they can be. That’s why they develop products and experiences that help girls grow up in a wholesome way, while encouraging them to enjoy girlhood through fun and enchanting play.

They have a wide variety of products that they offer which include:

American Girl Characters
My American Girl dolls
Bitty Baby
American Girl magazine
American Girl Retail Stores
Books
e-books

They hope that their stories, characters, and more speak to girls everywhere, helping them become all that they can be.

About Maryellen Larkin:

Maryellen Larkin is the latest addition to American Girl’s stable of historical dolls (BeForever line), which includes characters from World War II years, colonial times, The Great Depression, the Civil War, 1970s, and even more.

Maryellen, whose story is set in 1954, is a strawberry blonde doll that loves to draw. She even has many adorable outfits from the 1950s era.

She comes with 1 of the three books in the series that have her navigating the post-war world of the 50’s.

My Thoughts:

My girls were absolutely thrilled when they received the amazing Maryellen Larkin. She was absolutely adorable. My girls loved her outfit- even down to the shoes :). Her hair is adorable in the ponytail and is very soft so it is easy for the girls to style her hair in different styles. The outfit that she is wearing is adorable on her as well as my daughter ;). The additional outfits that are available for Maryellen are also absolutely perfect for the era.

My girls love playing with Maryellen and have a hard time being willing to take turns with her, even though they know that they have to.

American Girl dolls are our favorite. They are great dolls that are made to last many years into the future, and they are made extremely well. Your child can play with the doll daily, it doesn’t need to just sit on the shelf and look pretty.

Purchase:

If you would like to purchase the Maryellen doll, you only have a few more days to purchase her before the year is over. However, there are many other great products that American Girl has to offer. I am sure that any little girl in your life would be excited to open an American Girl doll on Christmas morning. Head on over to the American Girl website to find the right item for you!

Filed Under: Holiday Gift Guide 2015, kids, review, toys Tagged With: 18" dolls, American Girl, American Girl Beforever, American Girl Dolls, American Girl Maryellen, Beforever Dolls, dolls, Maryellen Larkin

Miles from Tomorrow Land Awesome Toys

September 18, 2015 by Danielle 3 Comments

Disclosure- The below has been provided in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own and honest.

Miles From Tomorrowland is a favorite around this house! My girls have the schedule memorized, even with school in session, we still wake up and have time to watch it after we get ready :). We were so very excited to be able to host our very own Miles from Tomorrowland party and invite our friends over to play with the awesome new Miles From Tomorrowland Toys from Tomy.

About Miles From Tomorrowland:

Miles from Tomorrowland is an animated Disney Junior series. It centers around the Callisto family who live on a spaceship called the Stellosphere and work for the Tomorrowland Transit Authority.

Miles is an enthusiastic boy with a rambunctious boys streak. Miles has a sister Loretta Callisto who is the ‘brains’. Their mom Phoebe and dad Leo are the captain and the engineer of the ship. M.E.R.C. is the family’s pet robo-ostrich who is never far from Miles’ side.

About the Toys:

StarJetter: Miles and his family, the Callistos, are on a mission to connect the universe. The StarJetter, their most nimble and versatile exploratory shuttle, transports them anywhere in the galaxy. Let the StarJetter help your child on any missions with all 3 of its exploration modes:

Space Mode, with the Stellosphere and the Callisto family
Once they land, put the legs down for extreme height to walk over any obstacles
For rocky and mountainous terrain, pull the legs down for extreme height to walk over any obstacles

Stellosphere: The Callistos are on a mission to connect the universe. Explore the galaxy on the Stellosphere, the home base space station for the Callistos, where they relax, recharge and receive new missions from the TTA.

The Stellosphere comes apart into 3 separate ships to make space explorations easier. Open up the large Stellosphere playset to reveal the Callisto’s command center where Miles and the Callisto Family 9figures sold separately) can receive missions from the TTA. For short, quick missions, take the mini StarJetter that is stored in the Stellosphere. For longer missions that require a greater distance to travel take the Zip Ship that can be removed from the top of the Stellosphere.

To boost any ship with lights and sounds remove the XVR system form the bottom of the Stellosphere and attach to the other ships. With that many ways to explore, no mission is too difficult.

Superstellar Blastboard: Blastboard, go!

Miles rockets through the cosmos in nanoseconds on his Blastboard and your child can too! Choose from three different game modes to practice balance skills on the Blastboard:

“Blastboard Surfing!” Keep up with Miles’ Blastboard surfing directions to complete the mission.
“LightSpeed!” Lean towards the flashing lights as fast as possible.
Miles frequently moves to his own beat, and your child can too with “Let’s Race!” Your child can race against herself and move in any direction she chooses with the music.

Figurines:

There are many figurines of each of the different characters that are featured in Miles From Tomorrowland. We were able to play with a few of them and they were lots of fun!

About The Party:

We had an absolutely amazing time trying out all of these wonderful toys. The kids had so much fun playing with each of the awesome toys. There was a great variety of toys. The kids never got bored and were great at sharing all of the toys. I can say from observing them playing for the 2 hours that they were here I can’t tell you what their favorite toy would be, as they all played with each toy equally. The kids at the party ranged from ages 2 to 7.

Here’s a little photo of most of our party guests! As you can see they couldn’t sit still for long as they were ready to play some more with their amazing new toys!

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing any of these great toys, head on over to ToysRUs and pick out the perfect toys for you Miles from Tomorrowland fan!

Filed Under: disney, Holiday Gift Guide 2015, kids, review, toys Tagged With: disney toys, great kids toys, House Party, Miles, Miles From Tomorrowland, Miles From Tomorrowland Toys, Miles House Party, Miles Toys, toys for kids

Bratz Study Abroad Doll – Yasmin

September 14, 2015 by Danielle 2 Comments

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My girls absolutely love playing with dolls and barbies. They were incredibly excited to be able to play with Bratz Study Abroad – Yasmin.

About Bratz Dolls:

The iconic pop culture brand Bratz is back! They are famous for their creative take on girl’s fashion, Bratz has been reimagined to reflect the trends of today and is poised to be every bit as trend-setting as the original collection was back in 2001.

They are taking cues from pop-culture buzz words and trends, the new line includes outfits and accessories themed around Selfies, world travels, winter sports and even emojis. The revamped Bratz dolls will also give girls the chance to create their own outfits with a C.I.Y. Shoppe design tool that provides an immersive and interactive experience to truly express themselves and create their own worlds.

About Yasmin:

The Bratz Study Abroad Collection features each of the girls in outfits inspired by the countries that they have visited.

While Yasmin is soaking it up in Brazil, the language, the samba, the bold fashions – Yasmin brings back a piece of the paradise to share her best friends for life.

Features:

Styled in a pair of sunny yellow sandals and a light pink shopper bag.
Yasmin is wearing a colorful crop top, zip-up denim jacket with fringed sleeves, and a tropical satin skirt.
Her 2nd outfit is a 2-piece sporty top and bottom combo
Turquoise headwrap
Pineapple purse
Electric green luggage with telescoping handle
Sticker sheet to decorate luggage
13 accessories, including the iconic Bratz hairbrush in sunny yellow

My Thoughts:

My daughters were incredibly excited to play with Yasmin. They alternate playing with her with their barbies and just playing with her. They have enjoyed decorating her suitcase. There were so many great accessories for them to play with with her that they could’t have been any happier to be able to do a little bit of everything with Yasmin.

The girls love dressing her up in a combination of the outfits that were provided when they got her.

I think that Yasmin and the other Bratz Dolls in the Study Abroad line would be perfect toys for little girls!

Filed Under: Holiday Gift Guide 2015, kids, review Tagged With: Bratz Doll Yasmin, Bratz Dolls, Bratz Yasmin, dolls, Dolls for girls, Study Abroad Bratz Dolls, Tooys for girls, Yasmin

Back to School Fashions with AG Doll Maryellen

September 7, 2015 by Danielle 6 Comments

Disclosure: The MaryEllen American Girl outfit was provided to me to help facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

I know that everyone out there does some Back to School Clothes shopping. My girls love to go shopping at the beginning of the year and I love to find outfits that will grow with them and that are definitely covering in all appropriate areas. I am so impressed with the Back to School Fashions featuring Maryellen‘s historically-inspired outfits for girls.

About Maryellen:

American Girl introduces fans to top-requested 1950s character Maryellen Larkin – an optimistic, energetic girl growing up in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1954. The Maryellen product line includes the 18-inch Maryellen doll and two-book series, several 1950s-era doll outfits and cool new accessories that combine iconic ’50s aesthetics with innovative features that extend the play experience for girls, including a TV console that works with a girls’ iPad, and a jukebox that plays ’50s-style songs and connects to electronic music players.

Maryellen Girls Clothing:

The clothing items from Maryellen’s line are absolutely adorable for girls. My daughter loves the dress and cardigan that she has received and she is also excited about the other outfits that she is really hoping to receive for Christmas. I think that these items are adorable. 1950 was a good time to live and these clothes most definitely are perfect for the girls in your life. They truly are in style right now and perfect. These are perfect clothes for Back to School time with any little girl.

My Thoughts:

These outfits are absolutely perfect for my girls. I think that they are adorable and fit absolutely wonderful. I can tell that they are made extremely well. These outfits will last for both of my girls to be able to wear them. On top of the fact that my daughters love their new outfit, they also love that they are able to match their brand new American Girl Doll Maryellen. Maryellen is the perfect doll for my daughters and now they get to match her when they play or go out and about.

Purchase:

If you would like to purchase some clothes from the Maryellen line at American Girl, head on over to the website and find the perfect outfit for you.

Filed Under: clothes and shoes, kids, review Tagged With: American Girl Clothing, american girl doll, American Girl Maryellen, Back To School Clothing, Cute Girls Clothing, Girls Clothing, Maryellen Clothing

Enjoy Playtime with Sevi Magnetic Playsets

August 6, 2015 by Danielle 1 Comment

Disclosure: The Magnetic Playsets from Sevi were provided to me to help facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

I am always on the lookout for new, fun things for my kids to play with. I was so excited when I saw these Magnetic Playsets from Sevi.

About Sevi:

In toy years, Sevi is Europe’s oldest wooden toymaker — 184 years. Their 2015 collection of Play Sets offer a new direction in creative fun. And when kids slow down to play with these captivating sets, important skills develop from concentration and patience to boundless creativity. Geared for tots ages 3 and up, the play sets are fun for the whole family with their mix and match amusement.

All Sevi designs originate in Italy by specially trained toy designers.

Sevi products are produced in the Far East in a Trudi-run factory employing local artisans under fair and safe working conditions.

All Sevi products have been thoroughly and rigorously tested by an independent lab, and meet or exceed all European and US federal regulations for children’s toys. Parents never worry about the quality or safety of any Sevi product.

All Sevi products are extremely durable, eco-friendly, and kid safe.

About Magnetic Fashion & Magnetic Faces Playsets:

Each magnetic set can create four different game scenes. Children can play solo or with a friend as the board lays flat or can stand like an easel with a different design on either side.

The box is easy to close and carry to take on a trip. It also stores perfectly on the bookshelf.

The magnetic playsets works on:

Creativity
Imagination
Fine Motor Skills

My Thoughts:

My daughters were incredibly excited to receive their new Magnetic Play Sets. They have both had a great deal of fun playing with them and seeing all the wonderful faces and outfits that they can create. I can honestly say that they don’t seem to have a favorite, they take turns and play well on both of the Playsets that we have.

We have taken a vacation and used them for the girls to play with in the car. I was a little bit worried about it initially, because some of the magnet pieces are small. The girls did a great job just getting out a few pieces at a time and were careful not to lose anything.

I am a huge fan on this wonderful product. I definitely plan to look at more of the products that Sevi has to offer.