Eitech Construction Set

I have two little girls who are builders they love putting things together and taking them apart. When I got the opportunity to work with Eitech on a review of one of there products. Eitech makes construction sets for kids. They have kits to build cars plains, dump trucks, tractors, buildings etc. You name it they probably have a construction set to build it. We received the Basic Helicopter Construction set. It is geared for ages 6 and up you can find it hear on there site http://eitechamerica.com/Basic/C47/Eitech_C47.html  sells for about $12 depending on where you order from. They have a wide selection for different age groups from as little as 4 years old to 8+. Prices vary depending on the item.  Hear are a few of the construction sets they offer.

The Eitech Construction Set we  received is for ages 6+ so mommy had to help with the assembly a little. My oldest is 5 and she is very handy with a screw driver. The kits come with everything you need to construct your kit. Ours included a little screw driver and a small wrench to tighten the screws and nuts.  The directions are simple pictures showing you in stages what to assemble next. For the Kit we received there are three pieces that you will have to bend a little the directions show you which ones to bend and how.  The parts were very easy to bend with just my fingers. It was simple to assemble took me about 10 minutes because I stopped to take pictures. It went together nicely and looks just like the picture on the box.  The main rotor and tail rotor even spin very cool in the girls opinion. It is a little smaller than I expected it fits in the palm of my hand. So I wouldn't leave it laying in the floor.

 I took it back apart again so that the Hot Rod princess could try constructing it. I had to help her some with figuring out what part to assemble next but she didn't have any trouble tightening the screws but she did need a little help getting the nuts started. It took her a bit longer to assemble it than it took me but she is only 5.  All in all its a great product that looks and feels like it will hold up as long as it doesn't get left in the floor for mom to steps on.

I think Eitech Construction sets would be a great gift for any little builder. We plan to get a few other models for the girls to construct. http://eitechamerica.com 







Disclosure: I received this product at no cost for review. All opinions are my own or what my kids thought of the product.

PinyPon Party

the girls waiting for the party

This weekend we hosted a PinyPon party. I had never even heard of PinyPon tell I got the invitation to host a PinyPon party. PinyPon are mini-dolls world that are designed for independent and modern girls, that love fashion clothes animals and nature. You can collect and create endless characters. PinyPon is a colorful collection of amazing interchangeable friends you can swap everything arms legs, dresses, hair styles, you can even swap there faces. I know its a great idea. They are designed for kids 4 and up this is because there are some small parts involved like purses etc that a small child could choke on. So please please be careful with these if you have little ones in the house.  There is also a PinyPon hotel, apartment, shopping mall, car, and a caravan. We received a caravan and several PinyPon figures for the kids to test out at the party.  

I love the PinyPon figures they look cute and the girls can change them around so they don't get board with them quite as easily. They are easy enough to change around that they can do it on there own. The caravan is super cute the top comes off and when you turn it over it makes a little boat complete with a slide. Inside the caravan the side lays down and has a little bath tub there is even a refrigerator and beds. It does come with a table and chairs and very small dishes be very careful with these some of them are as small as my finger nail and the spoons and forks were like the size of my stud earnings. I sucked a couple up with the vacuum after the party they have gotten lost in the carpet. Over all I love the caravan I was a little disappointed that the flip up window on the side of the caravan keeps coming off. There is also quite a bit of assembly with these you have to put a few things together and there are quite a few stickers that will need to be stuck on. The kids loved PinyPon they spent hours playing with them trading and changing parts and accessories. I cant believe how much fun they had with everything. PinyPon had defiantly on the Christmas list this year. Check out the pictures and see how much fun they had exploring and learning about PinyPon. You can see the PinyPon site http://www.pinypon.com/ you can find PinyPon at several different retailers including amazon and toys r us Prices range between $4.99 and $19.99. A fairly reasonable price for a toy that has so many different fashion options.  I can see a lot more PinyPon in the future Let the Collecting begin!

One of the fashion show certificates we gave out. the kids
had a lot of fun with the fashion show.

We also got to try out a new doll by the makers of PinyPon. Its the Nenuco New Born Makes bubbles doll. Its a cute little baby that drinks form its bottle wets in the potty and blows bubbles when you squeeze its hand. Its a great little baby that is designed for ages 4+. It can be found at several retailers kmart, amazon,toys r us. Hear is the Nenuco site so you can check out all the great Nenuco dolls that they offer. http://www.nenucofamosa.com
I liked the Nenuco baby doll because its got a potty for it to go in. Our other doll that goes potty did not have a potty and the diapers were expensive. Its got a cute face and I love all the chubby baby arms and legs.  The pacifier looks so much like the ones the girls had when they were baby's.  Its just a fun doll that little girls would love to care for.


Disclaimer:I would like to thank MommSelect and PinyPon for providing us with the free toys and supply's used in our PinyPon Party.

“Littlest Pet Shop” premiere Party

The new "Littlest Pet Shop " will premiere Saturday, November 10th at 11am ET on the Hub TV Network.  The other day Mom Select and the hub gave us the opportunity to Host a Littlest Pets Shop Premiere Party.

Here is a little bit about the show:
Its a half-hour animated comedy series that follows young Blythe and her father as they move into a big city apartment above the Littlest Pet Shop- an amazing day camp for pets of all kinds including a panda, gecko, and even a mongoose. But the real adventure begins when Blythe discovers she can miraculously talk with the animals! the pets may be small, but their big personalities often lead to uproarious pop music-inspired son and dance sequences. The Show has a rating of TV-Y

We started the party by making some fun snacks like Sunil's Magically Disappearing Trail Mix of course the kids made it disappear quickly. We played some super fun games but the kids were anxious to watch the show. So we put together the mask that were in the party pack and the kids sat down to watch. I have not seen kids sit this still and this quiet in a very long time. I can honestly say they enjoyed every minute of the show. They are all looking to watching the Littlest Pet Shop on the Hub on Saturday mornings.

Thank you Mom Select and Hub for providing us with the products and recipes used in our Premiere party. The Kids had Loads of fun and we are all looking forward the Littlest Pet Shop on the Hub.

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Melissa & Doug Terrific Twenty List and Giveaway

The holidays are just around the corner, so you know what that means….time for the Melissa & Doug “Terrific Twenty” list! This list compiles the “best of the best” holiday gifts for the 2012 holiday season, and we’re excited to share it here with you!

To celebrate, Melissa and Doug is having a “20 Days of Terrific Twenty” Giveaway on there Facebook page! Every day (starting TODAY, November 6) we’ll be giving away one item from our Terrific Twenty list to at least one of there lucky Facebook fans!

Go to the Melissa and Dough facebook page to enter to win. http://www.facebook.com/MelissaAndDoug

To make checking out the 2012 Terrific Twenty List you can click HERE to go directly to there website.

We love Melissa and Dough toys and they have so many wonderful quality items to choose from we can always find something for our girls. If you are have a special child in your life and want to find them something really great this year I encourage you to click HERE and check out the 2012 Terrific Twenty List.  

GlassFuzion

GlassFuzion  is the major supplier of crystal glass nail files in the United States to wholesalers as well as to the general public. The company prides its self in bringing you the finest bohemian crystal glass nail files available. They have everything from small crystal glass nail files to foot spa bar files. They even have great nail file cases and a great smelling foot cream. You can get files with added designs and various color choices.  Prices range from $5.95 to $22.95 all there great files and accessories can be found at http://www.glassfuzion.net All GlassFuzion files are easy to care for they can be sterilized with heat, liquid and UV lighting or simply washing with warm soap and water. Frequent use reduces nail chipping and peeling and you can dip in water to get a flawless finish. You can even use them on artificial nails. 

 I received a couple products for this review the first is the 5 1/2 in comet nail file. We got the one with the green Swarovski Crystals on it. It sells for $15.95. They come in other colors and designs, I think they are all beautiful and the quality is amazing.  Its a great file for you manicure box its larger size works well on both fingernails and toenails. The Swarovski crystals are beautiful and have held up well. I usually have a hard time finding a nail file I love. I have very brittle nails that chip easily and I often find my self frustrated with regular nail files. I was excited to try out the GlassFuzion file and wanted to put it to the test. Me and the girls had a manicure pedicure night and we did everyone fingers and toes. It worked so well I was surprised at how smooth my nails turned out after I filed them no chipping or splitting. My mom even loved it and she has hard nails that most files leave rough and unfinished looking. Her nails came out so beautifully that she ordered one for her self and my sisters for Christmas. Cleaning it its so simple and easy, just rinse it under warm water you can even add a little soap if you wish. It comes clean and looks just as new as it did before you filed your nails with it. I love that it wont wear out. I go through regular nail files very quickly. Its amazing to me that I wont have to keep wasting money to buy new files every month. The files are worth the little bit extra that you pay. I would love to have one of the 3 1/2 in files to carry in my purse. I am always needing a file for the girls.

The Spa Bar foot file. AMAZING !!!! the  Spa Bar measures: 6.25"x 1.25"  x 0.25" and sells for  $22.95 and worth every penny. It comes in lots of colors so i am sure you can find your perfect one. I received the green one its a very nice color of green. (I would love a blue one). I have really tested this out with summer ending I have some crazy rough feet.  I admit it my feet take a lot of abuse. They are rough from walking around barefoot and they are calloused from my steel toed work boots. I decided it was time to make my feet soft and smooth again. The Spa bar foot file did the job better than anything I have ever tried before. I have tried the sand paper foot files. The scary cheese grader file that was out on tv a few years a go. Nothing has worked quite like the Spa Bar. Its got two sides one is slightly rougher than the other so you start with it. It will get rid of all the really rough stuff if you feet are really really bad you might have to rinse it off. Then you flip it over to the not so rough side and you finish it off this side smooths out anything that's still left and gives your feet a nice silky smooth feel.  You simply rinse your feet off after that an apply your favorite foot cream. I used Glass fussion's foot cream because they sent me a little sample tub and I am a sucker for trying foot creams.  It smells so good and re-hydrated my tired feet. We all know how tired a moms feet can get and a good foot cream is a wonderful experience at the end of a long day. 

The Hard case is the green tube on top

I also received a Hard Case File Protector they are a hard plastic case that comes in two sizes one fits the 3 1/2 in nail file sells for $3.25 and the other size fits the 5 1/2 in file and sells for $3.75. I got the green one to match the file they sent me. Its a very nice color and fits the file well. I love that I have something to protect my crystal glass nail file if I want to stick it in my purse or makeup bag when I travel. Because this file is defiantly going with me when I leave home I love it so much I wont use anything else now. 

GlassFuzion crystal glass files are wonderful and everything I had hoped they would be. They would be a wonderful gift for any mom or daughter. http://www.glassfuzion.net

Disclosure: I received this product at no cost for review. All opinions are my own or what my kids thought of the product.

Munchkin Math

We got a great opportunity to work with Munchkin Math this month. It happened to be great timing and worked in with what we have been working on for math this month.
Munchkin math offers 3 great DVD's  one teaches how to tell time and is geared for kids ages 2-9 years old. A shapes DVD that helps teach shapes for ages 2-8 years old. There is also a DVD called Counting Money that teaches yup you guessed it how to count money its geared for kids 3-9 years old. Each DVD sells for $19.99 + shipping  or you can get all three for $39.99 + shipping. found hear at http://www.munchkinmath.com

HotRod Princess wanted to show 12:00  

I thought I would start with the Telling Time DVD since my girls are currently watching it for the 5th time today. This is a cute little interactive video that helps your child learn hot to tell time. Wendy Miller the creator of munchkin math teaches rhymes chants and hand movements to help kids learn to tell time. There is also a cute little animated bird named Cuckoo that my girls love. The DVD runs about 29 minutes and my girls have no trouble watching it for that long. They love love love this video and its sticking with them today Snoopy came in singing one of the rhymes from the video 12 is up and 6 is down and here we go around and around !They are both understand what the big hand does and the small hand. The HotRod princess can now tell time on the hour and is improving on telling time on the half hour.  I am so excited that they are both starting to be able to tell time how ever that makes it harder to trick them into going to bed 30 min early.

 Next up is the Counting money DVD. Counting money has been a hard concept for the Hot Rod Princess. This great little video comes with a FREE money worm mat printable that you can print from there site and use along with the video. In this video they learn the value of each coin, as well as essential math concepts. Using great rhymes, chants and hand movements. The auditory, visual and kinesthetic cues help children learn faster and retain information. The girls really enjoy this video too. The Hot Rod Princess gets more out of it than snoopy does at the moment but she still loves singing along and I believe she is absorbing some of the information. The Hot Rod Princess is starting to be able to identify coins and is doing much better with remembering how much some of the coins are worth. Its a great add on to any math curriculum and its fun to watch I keep getting the rhymes stuck in my head. I caught my self at the store check out counter the other day chanting one. This video is 22 min long and a very cleaver way to teach counting money.

The Shapes DVD is just adorable I love the characters Zoid and Pent as they take the girls through the world of shapes. Kids will have fun learning about shapes and math concepts that will forever be part of there lives. Its a catchy video that the girls really do love watching over and over.  The Hot Rod Princess can now identify a trapezoid thanks to the character Zoid that keeps getting trapped by one she thinks its the funnest thing every time he gets trapped. Snoopy's favorite part is the octagon because she likes singing an octagon has 8 8 sides and making the wiggly octopus legs with her arms. They are both recognizing and pointing out shapes in our daily lives. The Hot Rod Princess informed me when we were driving the other day that a stop sign is an octagon and has 8 sides. The shapes DVD  is about 20 min long and like the other two videos they love watching it over and over again.

All three of theses videos are a great investment and worth the price.  We have really enjoyed adding them to our curriculum and they are watched almost daily they girls actually request them and often argue over which one they will get to watch that day. You know its good when your kids beg to watch it.

LeapFrog Touch Magic Rock n' Learn Party

We got an amazing opportunity this month  to Host a LeapFrog Touch Magic Rock n' Learn Party. 

First Up for the Party the Touch Magic Rockin' Guitar:

Little touches. Big learning.™
• Amp up the learning fun and create and perform music while building motor skills and confidence!
• Includes guitar, percussion and special effect sounds—even applause.
• Ten different learning songs let little musicians layer in sounds and create their own unique music.
• The Touch Magic Rockin' Guitar is appropriate for children ages 3+ years.
• Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning.

The girls taking there turn at the party!

The Touch Magic Rockin' Guitar teaches: 

Music: Making and listening to music can increase a child's creativity as well as support language, math, and physical development.

Social play: As children get older, they interact more often with one another during play--making things, dramatizing, or playing games.

Motor Skills: Motor skills allow children to coordinate the muscles needed to pull, push, grasp, point, and write.

Price $24.99 and you can Click Hear to get it. 

The kids loved this little guitar its super easy to use touch the on button and it starts playing strum the guitar faster and the song play faster. Its got some cute songs on it that the kids already knew so they could sing along. They had a blast taking turns with it and seeing who could sing the song the fastest. It runs on 3AAA batteries they are included and so far we haven't had to change them. I love that its got volume control on the back Lo and HI. Hi is not as loud as I expected which is a good thing when the girls insist on playing it while I am trying to write this review.  It does not have raised strings the face of the guitar is completely smooth. No groves for gunk to get stuck in. Its simple enough that even the smaller kids enjoyed it. we did take off the strap for the little ones to be sure they did not get it tangled around there neck or other body part. It is very light weight so its perfect for little ones to rock out with.

Second UP in the Touch Magic Rock n' Learn Party is the Touch Magic Learning Bus. Hears what the product is about:

Little touches. Big learning.™
• Hop on board for fun with the alphabet, early vocabulary, motor skills and learning songs!
• Make a movement or touch a sensor to activate the bus and get the learning journey rolling.
• Switch between 3 modes: Learning, Letter Exploration and Music, which includes fun sing-along songs about the alphabet, motion and more.
• The Touch Magic Learning Bus is appropriate for children ages 2+ years.
• Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning.

This is what it teaches:

Letter names and sounds: To read independently, children must understand the relationship between the sounds in spoken words and the letters that represent those sounds.

Early vocabulary: Children expand their listening vocabulary by matching pictures to words.

Music: Making and listening to music can increase a child's creativity as well as support language, math, and physical development.

Animals: Even very young children can begin to categorize animals by species, imitate their sounds and learn interesting facts about them.

Price $24.99 and you can click hear to get it.

The Smaller Kids loved this one. The music is great its got a lot of my favorite songs on it. Like the touch Magic Rock n' Learn guitar the face is completely smooth so no places for gunk to get trapped. It has both a High and Lo volume on it. Runs on 3AAA batteries and they are holding out quite well we haven't had to change them yet. The little ones seemed to like making there own music with the piano keys and  hearing the animal sounds. The Touch Magic Learning Bus is also very light weight so its easy to carry around the house.

All the Kids had a great time at the touch Magic Rock n' Learn Party Jamming to some tunes and Playing all the fun games they sent us. Great Job LeapFrog! Thanks for another fun product.


We received the materials for the Tough Magic Rock n' Learn Party free of charge as part of a Mom Select Party Hosting Package. The kids had a great time Thanks LeapFrog and Mom Select!!! 

www.coveryourhair.com

I found this great little online store this week called Cover your Hair. They have a huge selection of Hair accessories bows, flowers, feathers, head bands, hats and much much more. The prices are very reasonable. Ranging from under $5 to around $25.  Standard shipping is $4.99 or for orders over $30 you can get free super saver shipping check there site for details.  http://www.coveryourhair.com/. I found a  tone of thing there that me and the girls would love to have.

www.coveryourhair.com is super easy to navigate. There are categories along the side of the site so you can easily find what you are looking for. There are even some great how to videos if you need to learn how to tie one of there soft head bands.  We got to try out a couple items. A cute little fedora hat and a beautiful metal leaf head band.  The items arrived with in a few days I was very pleased with it. The fedora is super cute, my daughter snatched it from me. Its held up well and still looks nice and that's saying a lot considering my 5 year old has been wearing it all week. I love the the Metal leaf head band it looks so cute with my new hair cut. I love the delicate design of it and its actually more comfortable than I expected usually I hate hard head bands because they make my head hurt right behind my ears. This one is way more comfortable than most of the ones I have tried from other stores.  www.coveryourhair.com has tone of great hair accessories so if you are looking for some great priced hair accessories this is a good place to go.

the look she gave me when I ask if I could try the fedora

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LeapFrog Tag Human Body Discovery Pack #LeapFrogTag #spon

                                                      

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This week I was given the opportunity to Review a product by LeapFrog. The Tag Human Body Discovery Pack. Before I get to that part of the review I want to explaining what the Tag Reading system in-case you haven't discovered this great learning tool. Tag is a reading system that brings stories to life with sound effects, the voices of there favorite characters, and exciting activities. The Tag system has a library of 60+ books, maps and more. The Tag system is designed to help guide your child on a reading adventure.

The Tag Human body Discover Pack Its a 5 piece set that brings learning fun about the human body and nutrition facts. You use the tag reader to bring the human body chart to life. It teaches all the amazing things that make up the human body and how different parts of the body work together. Its got a two sided interactive chart and game board. It reinforces learning through 300+ responses and over 40 activities. With an interactive growth chart and interactive glow in the dark stickers the possibilities are endless. The Tag Human Body Discovery Pack sells for $19.99 and you can click hear to find it on the Leapfrog site. Don't forget that the tag reader is required to use the Human Body Discovery Pack.

I gave the Hot Rod Princess a quick demonstration of how the tag system worked. She picked it up very quick and was excited to start exploring. I had to pry her away from it to get her to come eat dinner. Its always great to see your kids get excited to learn something new. I was amazed at how much information she has picked up from the Tag Human Body Discovery Pack. She really loved the skeletal system, she has walked around for two days no feeling the bones in our hands, feet, arms and legs even naming a few. She surprised her POP when she informed him that the bones in his fingers were called phalanges and that muscles made her hand open and close. She has spent a lot of time with it each morning and is now asking for more Tag books. Snoopy gets a kick out of hearing it talk and loves to sit next to the Hot Rod Princess while she is working. She loves the wash your hands song its quite catchy and we have begun singing and danging to it when we wash our hands. The tooth brushing song is the Hot Rod Princesses favorite song she likes to play it while she is brushing her teeth at night. I have to admit its a fun song.

The Tag Human body Discovery Pack is helping me to teach the girls about the Human body and good nutrition. I have to admit I love interactive learning products and so do the girls. The two sided interactive chart is cool. You can touch everything on it to learn something new. We had a great time exploring the human body and I even re learned a few things I had forgotten.  We set up the interactive growth chart and the girls took turns marking there height on it. Since they both celebrated there birthdays this week we got try out the Birthday stickers. The stickers are interactive so when you touch the birthday sticker the Tag reader say's This marks your height on your birthday and cheers the girls got a kick out of it. The Hot Rod Princess now wants to loose her first tooth just so she can put the interactive tooth sticker on the growth chart. The Human Body Discovery Pack comes with some other interactive stickers that the girls have really enjoyed. We love that it talks to you so its great for a little independent learning time.  I like the games because they help to reinforce what they have learned. But the girls like them because they are fun. Me and The Hot Rod Princess have a lot of fun with the Making healthy choices game. We even make games of our own using the Interactive stickers to see who can get the most bones and muscles right.

Leapfrog's Got a video available so you can see the Tag Human Body Discovery Pack in Action check it out its very cool.
Tag Human Body:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e9ROt7OplE



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LeapFrog Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten #LeapFrogTag #spon

Thank you to LeapFrog for sponsoring this review.  For more information about LeapFrog Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten, please click hear to visit their website #LeapFrogTag #spon

 I want to start by explaining what the Tag Reading system in-case you haven't discovered this great learning tool. Tag is a reading system that brings stories to life with sound effects, the voices of there favorite characters, and exciting activities. The Tag system has a library of 60+ books, maps and more. The Tag system is designed to help guide your child on a reading adventure.

As most of my readers know we have started home schooling our two girls.  I was given the opportunity by LeapFrog to review Tag Get Ready For Kindergarten.  To say I was was excited when I got the news we had been selected would be putting it mildly. I believe I may even have jumped up and down a little like my 5 year old does.

Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten is a book that you use with the Tag Reader.  Tag get ready for kindergarten is designed for ages 4-6 years old. It is a multi subject book that builds essential skills in reading,math, social studies and science to help kids prepare for success in school. The Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten book $13.99. Now keep in mind you need to have the Tag reader in order to use the book. You can check it out hear at http://shop.leapfrog.com/leapfrog/jump/Tag%22-Get-Ready-for-Kindergarten/productDetail/Tag-Reading-System-Bundle-Software/TAG21212/cat80030

As a new home schooling mom I am loving this Book it covers some of the basics that my kindergartner needs to know. Letter sounds, vowels, and it even covers some sight words, consonant blending. For math it touches base on  patterns, skip counting, and basic addition and subtraction. It even has a calender and the months. It also explains the different seasons. I love the little interactive community were my daughter can touch on different places and people and learn about what they do there. Its got a page on dinosaurs I love the sounds they make and the information it tells about them. There is a Feelings Funhouse where children can explore different emotions. I also love how crystal clear the tag reader is. The voices are amazingly clear and the enunciation on each word is great my girls have no trouble understanding what it says. 

I gave the Hotrod Princess the Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten book and the tag reader and gave her a quick demo on the first page of how to work it. She understood how it works right from the start. She wanted everyone to know that she thinks it is "wicked cool" which says a lot coming from the girl who is easily board now days.  She loved that it helps her sound out the hard words that she does not know. I love that it has a lot of the sight words that she already knows. So she can read most of the book on her own with out needing the tag reader to sound it out for her. The great sound effects and voices of her favorite characters make her smile and keep her attention. I love seeing there smiles as they learn something new.  The HotRod Princess gave Snoopy some instructions on how to work it because "that's what big sisters do mom" Snoopy loves that she can touch the tag reader to the purple book and it will read the page to her. A blessing when I am working with the HotRod Princess on another activity. They both love the games that you can do on each page and I feel that they help reinforce the key concepts that each page is teaching. tag Get Ready For Kindergarten is a great book and I cant wait to expand out Tag Library.

Leapfrog put out a new video for Tag Get ready for Kindergarten come see it in action
Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpvffO5laBE

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Ultimate SandBag

                                                                                                                                                                                         

I have been looking for some new exercise equipment but had not really found anything that sparked my interest.  That is in tell I spotted the Ultimate Sand Bag  http://www.ultimatesandbagtraining.com/  I have the

Ultimate Sandbag Training: POWER PACKAGE it sells for $99.99 Its comes with the outer bag that is 19Lx9w and two 10-15lbs filler bags, and a Training DVD that has six workouts. Its really a simple system you take the two filler bags and put sand in them you mad put more or less sand depending on how heavy you would like your Ultimate Sand Bag to be. Then you put the filler bags inside of the outer bag and then sip and snap it up. Its super easy to set up and very compact.

My daughter helping me show off
the Ultimate Sand bag is got 20lbs of sand

Iv had the Ultimate Sand Bag for about a month now i wanted to really test it out. I cant believe how much I have been using it. Its very versatile you can do just about any exercise with it that you would do with a set of free weights. The sand gives it a bit more of a challenge as it moves and shifts around. The ultimate sand bag has handles at different positions on the bag so you can grip it easily for different exercises. I love that is gives me an alternative to my standard work out so I can change things up a bit. I have defiantly noticed added muscle tone in areas that I was having trouble with since I started using the Ultimate Sand Bag. I am burning more calories in a shorter amount of time, for a mom that's a major bonus. I think the training DVD offers a good variety of work outs. They also offer additional free work outs on there site which I have found very helpful when I want to change up my work out. I think my favorite exercise is the clean and press it has given my shoulders and back amazing definition.  I also love doing squats and walking lunges with the Ultimate sand bag. I found it to be great for circuit  training, I don't have to swap equipment and I can transition from one exercise to the next.  I love that changing the weight of my sand bag is so easy I can add some sand or take some out depending on what I plan on doing for the day. It is a very tough bag, Great quality stitching and reinforcement at the stress points. Its sure to hold up for a long time to come. I think the possibilities with the Ultimate Sand Bad are endless. If you looking for great At home fitness equipment give a Ultimate Sand Bag a try. Its very affordable and small enough to stuff behind my couch. I would love to try out the new Water/sand bag filler so I think using water in my Ultimate Sand bag would another great way to enhance my work outs.

Disclosure: I received this product at no cost for review. All opinions are my own or what my kids thought of the product. 

Gutzy Gear Party

A sample of our Gutzy gear Party Items

So you probably want to know what Gutzy Gear is right? Gutzy Gear is a great way to express yourself by customizing your backpack, Sports duffel, messenger bag, and a lot more! Gutzies are cool removable patches. They stick to a Gutzy strap cover tat you can put on any strap. There are 56 Gutzies in a series and new Gutzies are constantly being introduced. Kids can collect and trade them friends and family. Gutzy Gear is about showing the world who you are in a fun way.  Check it out hear http://www.gutzygear.com

A few of the Kids showing off there Gutzy

This past weekend we held a Gutzy Gear Party at our house. We called up friends and family and ask them to come over. With a bunch of kids piled around the table we played some Gutzy games had some snacks, and got the kids excited about going back to school. I started out by giving each one of the kids a Gutzy strap cover. I opened up all the Qutzy patches and put them in a big bowl in the middle of the table and we let the kids take turns picking out a Patch to put on there Gutzy strap. We had a few arguments over who got watch patch but once they found out they could take them off and on and trade them around they were excited. The kids ended up trading patches several time by the time they went home. They all left excited about heading back to school in a few weeks to show off there new Gutzy Gear. I even loved them and made some for my camera bag and now I want the Shady and beach bum Gutzy.

The Strap covers sell for about $9.99 and the Gutzys sell for about $4.99 and you get two in a pack. Not a bad price for something fun for your kids to do that they can use and change around all year long.  If you don't want to order your Gutzy Gear on line you can find them at Walmart, Target, K-mart, and Toys r us.

We received the materials for the Gutzy Gear party free of charge as part of a Mom Select Party Hosting Package. The kids had a great time Thanks Gutzy Gear and Mom Select!!!