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Santa Paws 2 Review + Holiday Activities

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Disney's Santa Paws 2 Blu-ray Combo Pack

In less than a month, Christmas will be here and I am excited. I LOVE this time of year and look forward to all the holiday music and especially the Christmas movies. If you are looking for a cute movie to watch with the family, Disney’s Santa Paws 2 just came out last week on Blu-ray and DVD.

The North Pole has a new litter of playful pups! However, when the frisky foursome—Hope, Jingle, Charity and Noble—practically destroy Santa’s Workshop with their mischievous gamboling, they realize the best way to prove that they’re responsible enough to become Santa’s Helpers is to show how well they can spread the Christmas spirit all by themselves. With help from a magic crystal, they start granting everyone’s wishes. But their good intentions backfire when one unhappy boy asks that Christmas go away forever! With his wish impetuously fulfilled, and the joyous spirit quickly disappearing from the planet, Mrs. Claus and the pups have to find a way to reverse the spell—or risk losing Christmas forever!

This was a movie that I watched with my two youngest and thought it was a good family movie. I think my children enjoyed watching all the scenes where the dogs get into mischief the most!

Now if you are crafty and looking for something to do with the kids, there is a fun Santa Paws 2 Holiday Activities Sheet you might want to print. It has instructions to make a dog ornament for your tree as well as a dog biscuit recipe to spoil your own dog.

Santa Paws 2 Holiday Activities!

Right now you can score the Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack on Amazon on sale for only $27.86.

Disclosure – I received a copy of this Disney film to provide you with this coverage. This post is not a paid post and the opinions stated herein are 100% my own. This post does contain affiliate links

 

Shop On eBay For Gifts For The Holiday

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Ever since eBay launched, I have been buying things on their website. Whenever I need to find something I need to buy (besides groceries), I can usually find it on eBay. Not only have I been an customer on the Ebay website, I have also sold many things through auctions and even had my own eBay store at one time. I just LOVE the site and plan on doing some of my holiday shopping on eBay next month.

My daughter Hannah is really wanting that Fortune Cookie Maker that she keeps seeing on TV commercials. I searched on eBay and I have some different options available. I can either Buy It Now for $42.98 or I can bid on another auction for the product in hopes of getting it for a cheaper price. Sometimes you can find Free Shipping Deals with the Buy It Now auctions to make buying it online cheaper than wasting gas going to the store for the item.

If you ask my son what he wants this year, he really wants the Farmville Hungry Herd game. When shopping on eBay, you have to pay attention to all of your choices. See the two choices below. At first you might thinkt he first option is the best deal since it is only $24.99, but this one has a shipping fee of $7.49. If I was to buy this game, I would definitely go with the section option that offers FREE shipping.

If I was shopping on eBay for my oldest daughter, she has been wanting the Beats by Dr. Dre Monster iBeats Earbuds Headphone. Right now I can score a set of those for only $49.99 with FREE shipping. This totally beats me driving around to the mall or other electronics stores to find these.

Next on my shopping list would be for my second oldest. If she could have anything, she would probably want a pair of Ugg boots which I found on eBay. Now I want another pair! She is also wanting a pair of the glitter Toms like mine, but in silver.

If you haven’t shopped on eBay before, you might want to start out at The Gift Guide. This is a great place to find some great deals for your family, friends or even yourself.

Here are some things you might find at The Gift Guide that might be on your shopping list:

For those that like to window shop on your cell phone, be sure to check out the eBay mobile app on iTunes!

Do you shop on eBay?

 

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of eBay. I received a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

 

This Mom Is A Wet Ones Ambassador

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Growing up, I remember my grandparents always having a tube of Wet Ones wipes in their bathroom. Whenever I needed a quick cleanup when I was at their house, I would grab a wipe out of the tube of Wet Ones. If I was to go to their house today, I guarantee there will be some Wet Ones stocked in their bathroom.

Now that I have a family of my own that includes 4 children, I love having Wet Ones on hand. With all the messes that my youngest two seem to make all the time, the Wet Ones wipes really come in handy, especially when it comes to cleaning their hands. I have Wet Ones Wipes stocked in the pantry, I have a pack in my purse and I also have some in my car.

Wet Ones® Antibacterial Hand Wipes is a twice as handy solution for kids to quickly wipe away messes and kill 99.99 percent of bacteria on hands when soap and water aren’t available.

I am also happy to announce that I am part of the Wet Ones Ambassador Program. I am excited to be a part of this program since I have been using this product for YEARS and will be providing you with some helpful information over the next year about this handy product line.

Not only are the Wet Ones containers handy to use when you need them for a cleanup, my son thinks its fun to stack them! It was also his idea for me to take this picture of him for my post.  🙂

To find out more about Wet Ones, visit: www.wetones.com

“I wrote this review while participating in an Ambassador Program for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Wet Ones. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

 

LifeProof iPhone 4/4S Case Review

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2012 Holiday Gift Guide Feature

 
This past August when I went to BlogHer’12 in NYC I seen a booth for LifeProof booth and I had to stop. At their booth they had a tank of water. In that tank of water was an iphone in one of their cool cases. This was one of the popular booths at BlogHer’12 and I never got a chance to talk to one of there reps.

About a week after I got home from my trip I upgraded to the iPhone 4S from my 3GS and I knew I wanted one of those cases. I didn’t just want any color though, I wanted a PINK LifeProof iPhone 4/4S case. Of course I had got one and installed it myself.

Doesn’t the pink and grey look case look CUTE on my phone?

This phone case is not only waterproof, it is dirt proof, snow proof and shock proof! I have never dropped my phone in a toilet or in water, but I have will admit that I have dropped it a few times on my tile floor.

Here are some neat other features of this case:

  • Can use under water up to 6.6 ft (2 meters)
  • Gold plated headphone adapter
  • ClearVoice clarity technology
  • Sound Enhancement System
  • Crystal Clear double AR coated real glass lens
  • UltraFlat screen protection

If you are one that likes to have the phone near when you are relaxing in the tub, this is the perfect case for you if you have an iPhone 4/4S or iphone 5. The only thing that I don’t like about the case is it does make it a little harder to text, but that is okay because I know my phone is protected!

For more photos, check out my LifeProof Photo Album on Google+.

To find out more about LifeProof and their other cool products, visit: https://www.lifeproof.com

Disclosure – I received a product sample to provide you with this review. This post is not a paid post and the opinions stated herein are 100% my own.

 

VTech Safe & Sound Full Color Video VM321 and Audio Monitor Review

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2012 Holiday Gift Guide Feature

 
I remember when my first daughter was born, I had the basic baby monitor that just had audio. Moms are lucky today because you can now get fancy monitors like the VTech  Safe & Sound Full Color Video and Audio Monitor shown below:

I totally wish they would have had one of these monitors years ago. When it comes to baby monitors, I think this one is fancy because of all the neat features.

  • Split Screen Viewing – Got multiple rooms you want to see? You can view up to four cameras from one parent unit.
  • Infared LED – This camera works at night which saves you from waking the baby by using a light.
  • Talk-Back – You can communicate with your baby from the parent unit to the baby unit.
  • Range – Use this up to 1,000 feet.

I LOVE that you can watch multiple rooms with this monitor system. You have the option to view just a single room view, but if you have more than one room to watch you can set this up for a quad view to watch up to 4 rooms. I think this would be handy for many of you!

I have a very active 4 year old that has a lot of toys. I am going to use this VTech system as a way to keep an eye on my son while he is playing, while I am working at my desk. For those of you that work at home and have little ones like me, this monitor is perfect for their room or playroom.

Watch this video about this product for more details:

 
For more information on this VTech product and others, visit: https://www.vtechphones.com

Disclosure – I received a product sample to provide you with this review. This post is not a paid post (but does contain affiliate links) and the opinions stated herein are 100% my own. This post does contain affiliate links

 

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