I See Me Books: The Super, Incredible Big Brother Book Review and Giveaway

 I love anything that reminds my boys that they are brothers and being good brothers is an important job. Recently we reviewed a personalized book The Super, Incredible Big Brother from I See Me personalized children's books.




Here is a description of the book from their web site:
The perfect gift for a new big brother! The Super, Incredible Big Brother book from I See Me! comes personalized with big brother's name and the name of the new baby. The book reassures big brother that he is loved and appreciated... and it rewards him for helping out and being a "super star" with his new sibling. It comes with a coordinating Super Incredible Big Brother award medal with a place on the back to write the proud big brother's name! Written by award-winning children's author Jennifer Dewing and Illustrated by award-winning artist Jill McDonald, this hardcover book is an adorable, whimsical and fun-filled personalized story.

This book is great. JJ loved the fact that his name was written and read throughout the entire book, not to mention Baby L had a few mentions too. The story is very motivating and uplifting, reminding your child what a big and great job he has ahead as a big brother. The book rhymes and the illustrations are so darn cute, two things that really draw me into a children's book. The coolest thing for JJ was that it came with a "metal" that he has proudly been sporting all over town letting everyone know what a great big brother he is!
  
I recommend this book to anyone who is about to add a new member to their family or any child who is about to become a sibling. I See Me children's books also has more than just big brother or big sister personalized books. A few of my other favorite books are My Very Own Fairy Tale book and The World According To. Check them out.

GIVEAWAY

Win a Personalized Book from I See Me. 

You can select from The Big Brother book, The Big Sister book, My Very Own Name book, My Very Own Fairytale or the My Very Own Pirate book.

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Who would you win this personalized book for?

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*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts July 31, 2011 and ends on August 15, 2011 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was provide the item in this review for free by the company or PR firm representing them. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others

August 4th FREE Freschetta By The Slice Pizza Event

As a member of the Freschette Fresh Connection Blog Team I am so excited for August 4th and happy to be able to share this with everyone.

Starting on Thursday July 28th, all you need to do is visit the website www.FreeFreschetta.com.  It will be available for you to sign up for a reminder email and view a preview of the events to come with host Mike Rylander.  Then, on August 4th the reminder email will be sent to those that signed up, and the event will be live at 11 AM on this day for all to sign up!  This event is a great way to try out FRESCHETTA® By The Slice and get to do so for FREE!  On the day of the event there will also be fun, interactive contests where additional coupons will be awarded.



Event Details:
Date - August 4th, 2011
What - FREE* FRESCHETTA® By The Slice pizza event
Where - From the comfort of your own home

FRESCHETTA® will be giving away thousands of slices of our delicious By The Slice pizza in a special live online event. The FRESCHETTA® By The Slice pizza will be given away in 5,000 increments every half hour. There will also be fun, interactive contests where you can win additional coupons.

100 Days of Sizzle Gorton's Seafood Grilled Sweepstakes and Blog Giveaway

Gorton's Seafood 100 Days of Sizzle Grilled Giveaway

Every day between May 31st and September 7th Gorton's Seafood is giving away FREE Gorton's Grilled, and 3 lucky winners will win our Sizzling Beach Bag Grand Prize!

1 Grand Prize Winner Each Month! A custom Gorton's beach bag made from recycled sails by Gloucester's own Second Wind Sails! Each bag comes filled with summer beach essentials - an Amazon Kindle 3G, an Amazon Gift Card, and a Fisherman's Beach Towel ($400 value)!
10 Daily Winners of Gorton's Grilled Seafood! Gorton's will be drawing 10 winners every day for 100 days - each will win a FREE product coupon for 1 Gorton's Grilled Seafood item!



You can enter the Sweepstakes hosted by Gorton's Seafood on their website or on Facebook.

We are huge Gorton's Seafood fans in my house. So far I have gotten my son, my mother in law, my mom and Sam all to try Gorton's Seafood. It delicious! I love the variety they offer. My son loves the fish sticks and I love that they taste so good. My favorite is the Tilapia fish sticks. My mother in law loves the Butterfly Shrimp but I cannot eat those. Sadly I am allergic to shellfish but oh my do they smell soooo good!

For the 100 Days of Sizzle Grilled Giveaway hosted by Gorton's we celebrated by trying some of the Grilled products. Thankfully they make them since our grill is no longer working, not good for the summertime!  We tried the Salmon Classic Grilled fillets. We paired it with Jasmine rice and fresh green beans for a tasty summertime dinner with out having to fire up the grill! On days where its 100 plus degrees no one wants to go stand near hot grill to cook.

Pic from the site but basically what we had just not as picture perfect!

Another great thing about Gorton's is the resealable bags! I love this feature. Since my son usually has his own designated bag of fish sticks it makes it much easier to grab a few toss them in the oven then seal up the bag for next time. One of the recipes we have tried form the Gortons Seafood website is the Fish Sticks Pizza. My son loved it and I used regular sliced bread since I did not have English muffins.


GIVEAWAY on this Blog:


Enter to win 2 FREE Product Coupons by mail. There will be 3 winners!

To Enter This Giveaway:

What is your favorite seafood?

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*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts July 30, 2011 and ends on August 11, 2011 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was provide the item in this review for free by the company or PR firm representing them. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others

August is National Peach Month

I would consider myself a fruit a holic. I eat it all the time. The summer time always means to me more FRUIT! Of course melons are at the forefront of summer seasonal fruits and some of favorites to eat. But I did not know August is National Peach Month. I have always LOVED peaches! They are so sweet and great to mix with any type of dessert or smoothie. Imagine my surprise that my son hates peaches!

He does not like them in the baby food jars, not fresh and diced or even soft ones from a can. I am hoping its just a phase so we can one day enjoy peach cobbler together! He does love bananas, watermelon, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries and oranges. Thankfully he will eat any veggie I give him too. I was so happy he did not inherit my picky eating habits.

Eating Banana and Kiwi but no peaches.

What is your kids favorite fruit?

Toddler Bedding Express Organic Crib Sheet Review

I love a nice cozy bed for myself so I figure my boys deserve the same. When looking for crib sheets for Baby L's room I wanted something soft, sweet and preferably organic. In my search for great sheets I came across Toddler Bedding Express. They carry a variety of soft breathable organic cotton and muslin sheets for boys or girls. We selected the Jungle Red and Teal sheet for the review.

Baby L in his bed with his Jungle Red and Teal Organic Sheet

Too cute in his bed right? I do have to say that the sheet is very soft and looks breathable and my son is sleeping well on it but the one thing that I would have liked is if it was a deeper fit on the mattress. When I put it on the mattress it seems to come up a bit when I tuck it into the bumper. Overall a good product and we are very happy with our crib sheet :)

Not only did Toddler Bedding Express have sheets that I like but there are many other things we would love to have. They have organic changing table pads, organic cotton mattress pad protectors, organic cotton wash cloths and a very cute Night Owls swaddling blanket.

I like that many of their products are organic. We have been trying to find more organic options that are better for our family and the environment. Here is what the site says about their bedding:

"Our main focus is safe Organic Bedding, Natural health and comfort for your whole family.  All Baby Crib Bedding and Toddler Bedding is Chemical Free and made in the USA.  We are always adding new Natural and Organic Bedding products that meet high standards of quality workmanship and reasonable price.  Satisfaction Guaranteed."




*I was not paid or compensated for this post. The opinions in this post are 100% mine and may vary from other opinions. I was provided for free the products mentioned in this post for my review.