Oral-B Stages MommyParties

As a fairly new mom, my son is 2, I learn more all the time about taking care of my son. His teeth are something that I have been trying to get him to understand we brush out teeth and not use it to comb our hair. He always wants to brush his or my hair with a tooth brush. It makes me laugh but oral care is a very important part of overall health. He has the sweetest smile on the planet and I want to keep his smile bright white! When we had the chance to host a Oral-B Stages MommyParty I was excited to have the chance to show my son and other families how its important and up to us as parents to take care of their teeth.

We were sent a parry pack from Oral-B and MommyParties to host a movie party for family and friends to watch Winnie the Pooh and share Oral-B products. They even sent popcorn, which was an awesome idea since no one can eat popcorn without getting some stuck in your teeth! It was a great way to start the Oral-B and oral care conversation after the movie.


I had a bit of trouble trying to get everyone over here since sick kids and holiday parties were happening. But I did manage to get a few families over to share the movie and products with. We even went high tech for our party by using SKYPE and the postal service. I mailed a few of the items to my sister for her kids, they do not live near by but still wanted to be apart of the fun. They were virtually at the party when we were all talking about the Oral-B products and playing the flash card games. It was cute for all the kids to see their cousins brushing their teeth like they were but on the computer. The party was very fun there were moments of not wanting to share and a few thats mine battles for the toothbrushes but the kids had fun watching the Winnie the Pooh movie. I even got out our Retro looking movie theater style popcorn maker to get the true movie going experience.

The Winnie the Pooh and Disney Movie themed Toothbrushes and Toothpaste are perfect to get kids to want to brush their teeth. My son finally got the hang of brushing his teeth and not his hair by the end of the party. The other kids were showing him how to use it correctly. One of the kids a few months younger than my son just nibbled on his toothbrush but I am sure the exposure to the toothbrush experience was good for him.

You can check out Oral-B Stages online!
http://www.oralb.com/stages/

You can also "Like" them on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/oralb

Thanks again to Mommy Parties!
http://www.mommyparties.com/

*Disclosure: All products were provided to me at no charge by Oral-B and Mommy Parties in exchange for hosting a party and sharing these great products. All thoughts and opinions are a 100% my own.

Pregnancy 2.0 Mommy Party

This weekend I was hosting a Pregnancy 2.0 party for my Mommy friends and even some Husbands and Kids of my Mommy friends. We made it a family affair! We got some really great products from places like BabyPlus Prenatal Education System, Britax. And some goodie bag items from Snuggle Buddy, and Xlear.

Here was the table set up for the party with the goodie bags and some yummy snacks!!

The first product that we reviewed was the Baby Plus Prenatal Education System. Baby Plus is a little belly machine that you wear for one hour twice a day for noises that resemble a mother's heartbeat. Very cool little device, wish I had known about it when I was pregnant with my boys.


Here is what Baby Plus is saying about their product-

The BabyPlus curriculum is a series of 16 naturally derived sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat. The rhythm of the sounds increases incrementally as the pregnancy progresses. The BabyPlus sonic pattern introduces your child to a sequential learning process, built upon the natural rhythms of their own environment. This "auditory exercise" strengthens learning ability during the developmental period when the advantages will be most significant and enduring for a child. BabyPlus is the first educational tool designed for prenatal use that has been proven effective. BabyPlus children have an intellectual, developmental, creative, and emotional advantage from the time they are born. Your baby can very clearly hear these patterns. She/he learns to discriminate between the sound coming from the mother and those from BabyPlus. In other words, learning has begun.

Here JJ and I are enjoying each other as the baby listens.

The next products were from Britax, oh man do I love them. Great quality products from a great company. They sent us three great products to test out!

Our BRITAX products!!

We got the B-Safe Car seat, and it is red which I love! The car seat is lightweight and holds up to 30 pounds, designed to carry your child through the first years. It was so easy to click in and out of the base, everyone said how they were so surprised at how lightweight it really was. The Britax B-safe is designed to click and go into the Britax B series strollers.




The B- Agile stroller is compatible with the car seat and has a lightweight aluminum frame that weighs 16.5 pounds total! We ended up having this item as the giveaway because with a small child and one on the way a double stroller is a must for us these days. Our winner is a pregnant Mama herself do she was over the top happy about this!!!
Lastly we got to try out the Britax Baby Carrier in black. I just love their carriers, they are ergonomic, soft and really well made. The top part where your babies head goes has a soft terry cloth material just seems so snugly and soft. Love it!

A few of the ladies Ohhhing and Ahhhing over the carrier :)

Haha here is our littlest one "trying" out his soon to be sisters seat!!! Even carrying him around in the seat it was not too bad ;)

Of coarse the kids favorite part of the party... THE BOXES!!

Disclosure:  I was provided with products from Britax and MommyParties to review and use with my guests.  No monetary compensation was received.  Any and all opinions are my own.  To learn more about MommyParties, please visit their website at http://www.mommyparties.com/

Planning for our Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Sleepover Party #JudyMoodySleepover

We are movie lovers in my house. We are mini critics! I like finding family friendly movies that as a mom I can laugh and my son can enjoy too. This weekend we are hosting a Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer movie viewing sleepover party. We have invited my husbands cousin and his wife and kids and she will be bringing some of her nieces as well as a family friend and his daughter. I am excited to be able to decorate and make food for everyone.

We have been making a party food list for dinner, snacks, dessert, drinks and breakfast! Of course I looked through all my coupons so we can get lots of great deals on the stuff we buy. With my list in hand and coupons we headed to the local FoodsCo down the freeway. We found everything on our list and even other stuff that was not on the list! I confirmed with everyone over the phone the date and time of the Movie Sleepover Party. They are very excited to see Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer. I told them to bring a comfy pillow and their favorite jammies! My son will have his Pillow Pets and his super heroes footed pjs to wear during the movie. Movie nights are a great way to have family fun and connect with your kids on their level. 


Here is some info if your not familiar with the Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer movie:

Judy Moody Website

Rated PG
			A  third grader stuck at home while her friends go off to camp and she is determined to make it a summer to remember.

One of my favorite aisles, cereal!

My son loves Kix! We can have a slumber party without cereal for breakfast!

The cart is getting full! I was taking pictures as it filled until my son wanted to get down and I had to hold his hand.

Goodies for our movie party! Pizza, hot dogs, candy, ice cream, soda, chips, beans, cereal and more! Cant wait to get the balloons, streamers and goodie bags out on Saturday!

* I was not paid for this post. I will be hosting the movie party in exchange for the DVD to review and a gift card to purchase party supplies and food.