Aerobie Rocket Football Review and Giveaway Birthday Bash

  

My son has liked "foos-ball" (football) since he was 11 months old! We got him his first football for his second Thanksgiving. He loved it. He is a natural at throwing it. Catching it not so much! We quickly learned that we should have purchased him a soft football, we got him one of those classic looking brown with the laces mini football. As cute as it is, it hurts like heck to have it thrown in your face when your not expecting it lol.

This year for his birthday we wanted to find a softer football that he could learn to catch with and I could not be pelted when I least expect it. We found the Aerobie Rocket Football since its soft foam and has cool curved fins to make it spiral. Who doesn't love to see their football throw spiral gracefully through the air right?!?

Its a great football for my son. Its bright, colorful and fits perfect in his hands. He has been throwing it all over the house and on Thanksgiving day we will go out in the yard to have our official football game. I love how he declared "foos-ball" as soon as he unwrapped it. Too cute! I will let him call its "foos-ball" as long as he wants to, I gotta keep my boy a baby somehow!!

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Painted Owl Tshirt Review and Giveaway Birthday Bash

 

To me Owls have been a "cool" bird for a very long time. I remember the Owl in the Pooh Bear stories. Lately I have noticed Owls appearing all over items and I had to have something Owl for my little birdie! My son does not make his sweet baby bird face anymore, but he will always be my little birdie.

Another Mom blogger recommended to me a cute company that uses organic cotton and planet friendly water based inks to make their t-shirts. As soon as I saw the "Its all about the family" tee I knew it was the one we had to have! Its super cute and very in line with out Frugal Family Tree!

My son wore his Owl Family Tree shirt on his birthday for the first part of the day. He looked so cute in it and pointed to it saying Bird. (thank you Rio the movie for making my son adore birds, too cute!) The shirt is very soft and did not shrink at all after being washed. Also after being covered in cinnamon from his bday breakfast. I let him have fun, but it was an organic roll lol

Each month The Painted Owl selects a charity to donate 3% of their profits to. For the month of November it will be Operation Warm, a charity that provides coats for kids. So if you dont win a tee here you can certainly purchase one with part of your money going to charity.

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Which "Its All About The" Tshirt would you pick it you won?

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My Own Pet Balloons Review and Giveaway Birthday Bash

My son LOVES cats. He loves dogs too but he has a real one he can pet and hug. As far as cats go I am allergic to them so he does not get to have one. He has movies of cats (Kitten Party) toy cats (fur real ones) and cat books. He tells me all the time cats say meow! We were at the mall last month and saw the super cool Cat balloon at a booth near the kids play area. Of course he yelled Kitty Cat!! They were a cool new novelty balloon called My Own Pet Balloon.

They are really sweet balloons for kids to have. My son got his Kitty Cat Balloon on his birthday at his party. He gave it a huge hug as soon as I handed it to him. He was so happy. He pulled it around by the leash that comes with the balloon. He also jumped on it, petted it, kissed it and at one point grabbed it by the tail and pulled off one of its legs. Another reason we cant get a real cat lol! The leg has sticky on the part that attaches it to the cat and it went right back on good as new.

The cat does need to be blown up by helium to work but you can take it to your local grocery store, party store or florist who can fill it up for a couple bucks. Or you can do what we did and get a helium balloon kit and use the air that comes with it. Its a great addition to a party for your kid to have their very Own Pet Balloon. I want to get my son few of the dog ones or the pony since he will be getting cowboy boots soon.

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Ikea Stuffed Toys partners with UNICEF to Help Kids in Need

Everyone knows that Ikea has really great and inexpensive items for your house, we have quiet a few Ikea items ourselves. But did you know that Ikea also has a Foundation that helps Children in need? Ikea has partnered up with Save the Children and Unicef, for every soft toy you buy Ikea donates $1 to help educate kids! This is a great way to give your child a gift and help other kids.

Here are my boys with there Soft Toy Mr. Broccoli Buddies, too cute!

There are others to choose from like these Elephants and a few others. Go online and help Children in need, you will be glad you did.

Save the Children and UNICEF have a gift that steps outside the box of “gifts that give back” -- I’d like to introduce you to IKEA's “18 inch plush veggie that Save the Children named “Mr. Broccoli.” The money raised will go towards giving children in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia access to quality education. Children and parents can follow Mr. Broccoli's travels on Facebook and Twitter as he visits children around the world. The toys can be purchased in any IKEA store.

Now available! The 2011 Save the Children Gift Catalog.
Holiday shopping made easy. Shop Now at www.savethechildren.org/gifts.

* I was not paid or compensated for this post. I was sent free Mr. Broccoli  for my review by the Company/PR company. The opinions are 100% mine and may vary from others

Sending CHEER with Cheerios Post Cards for the US Troops #sendCheer #CBias

When we first learned about the Cheerios and General Mills sendCheer to the troops campaign we were excited to be apart of it. You can read my first post here about my family and how 3 generations have served in 3 different branches of the military.

My son and I took a trip to a Walmart that is a bit farther from home than our normal store since we needed to get gas from Sam's Club. This location has a Walmart and Sam's in the same parking lot, how cool is that!

We had a wild adventure at this Walmart. There were ups and downs but in the end we were happy to be buying Cheerios to sendCheer to the US troops. We shopped the cereal aisle for the specially marked Cheerios boxes. They were super easy to find. They had a special spot right as you see the cereal aisle. We put a bunch of boxes in our cart and continued to shop. So many people were saying how cute my son looked in his Cheerios fort. One woman even commented how it would be a perfect commercial :)

As we shopped around Walmart we were able to share what we were doing to #sendCheer to the troops with the special Cheer postcards that can be found on the cereal boxes. Many people were just as excited about the idea as we were. While we were in line to check out we met two moms that wanted to take part in sending cheer. I purchased two boxes each for them and gave them to them to take home to their families so they can sendCheer too. It felt great to bring together families to support our troops.

When we arrived home we decided we would make a special treat for our favorite veteran my brother in law, Sam's husband. He served 5 years in the Army, one of the years was served in Afghanistan. He works hard and is an awesome dad and hubby to my sister. I am sure he would love some goodies that are just for him.

We made Cheerios Marshmallow treats dipped in Dark Chocolate and sprinkled with Almonds. My son licked two of them when I put them on the table to take a picture so his uncle will be getting two less but I am sure he wont mind lol.

Next we cut out our special pre-addressed post card to sendCheer to a military member. I wrote a little message and my son colored with his new crayons Nana gave him for his birthday. He added a little of each color to the card and even colored a little on the front. We added a kitty cat sticker than my son adores. He wanted to put more stickers on but we did not want to cover up the address.

We went to our local post office to mail the postcard and treats to my brother in law. When we got home we put bows on a few boxes of sendCheer Cheerios and took them to the neighbors. We explained to them about the sendCheer to the troops campaign from Cherrios and General Mills. We also told them they could find the boxes at Walmart if they wanted to get more to give to someone they know.

Cheerios has teamed up with the USO to "send cheer" to military families by sending encouragement and thanks using special postcards you can cut out from specially marked Cheerios boxes. Once stamped, these pre-addressed postcards will go to the USO to be distributed by them to military families. As a result, for each card received, $1 for each card will be donated by Cheerios to the USO to help fund programs that help support the military and their families. How wonderful is that? You can do all that, just for the price of a stamp, and a few words of encouragement and thanks written! You can shop for these specially marked boxes at local Walmarts, and be on the look out for special displays. You can see the other families that are sending cheer by visiting the sendCheer website.

We will be on the lookout for the special sendCheer displays at our local Walmart. You can read about how to participate in the Cheerios sendCheer campaign.You can decorate and send a postcard to a military member just like we did.


You can see my whole Walmart shopping trip including my strange interaction at McDonalds and after checking out. Plus our whole making treats and coloring our sendCheer postcard by clicking the picture below.

Sending CHEER with Cheerios Post Cards for the US Troops #sendCheer #CBias

*This post has been compensated as part of a sponsored charitable opportunity for Collective Bias. All opinions and stories expressed in the post are my own.