Perfect Outdoor Labor Day Party with Kmart

For my family the backyard is an extension of our home. I love to sit outside near the garden, put my feet up and relax. Nothing is more fun to be in the fresh air, birds chirping and my son running around the yard with the dog. As the summer comes to an end we are happy for the memories and love to celebrate the summer with one last party. Labor Day marks the official wind down of summer but since we have great weather until late September it also is a reminder to have as much fun as we can until the rain starts. Many of our friends have kids that start school and Labor Day is a great time to have a last fun party of the summer.

Before my son was born a few years ago we would have a Labor Day party at our local river. With a toddler and friends that also have small kids its much more fun to have an at home Outdoor Party. Having the right outdoor living items can make a party a success. For my family we have a small bbq but for a party we would love one of the big grills from Kmart. I read a few reviews of the items and would love to have the red Kennmore 4 burner grill. Red is my favorite color for this summer and Kmart has many great items to go along with my color scheme.

Right now my back yard has a pool, two garden beds and scattered seating. For a perfect party a new dining set, a gazebo, a grill and a swing would be wonderful. A nice grill is the prefect way to serve food at an outdoor party. Ribs, steak, corn, veggie kabobs and even grilled watermelon are delicious grilled summer food. For the kids a croquet set, shaved ice maker and a smores basket would keep them happily entertained. I have wonderful memories as a kid using our shaved ice maker and playing croquet. Classic outdoor fun!

We loved playing this as kids. I forgot about this classic game until I saw it in the background of one page in the Kmart Catalog. The catalog was full of ideas for summer fun.

I looked online at the Kmart Outdoor Living Catalog to get ideas for items we would need for our Perfect Outdoor Labor Day Party. Another great place to get inspiration for your outdoor living space is the Kmart Outdoor Living site that is full of ideas from real people in all design types. From patio furniture, seating sets, lawn furniture and grills, Kmart brings you amazing deals on great brands and shoppers show you how to arrange them on the Kmart Outdoor Living site. Check it out for great ideas!

The color selection at Kmart is great. Many colors to inspire a theme to your outdoor decor.

With all of the great items I found at Kmart for a Perfect Outdoor Labor Day Party I created a Polyvore board and a list on List.ly. Its a fun way to share ideas for outdoor living inspirations. #KmartOutdoor

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Perfect Outdoor Labor Day Party with Kmart

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For all my idea inspirations for the Perfect Outdoor Labor Day Party you can read my Google+ story about my online shopping at Kmart.

How beautiful is this set up for an Outdoor Living space for your home. Kmart has great ideas and the low prices to make it possible. The end of the summer deals are up to 75% off!!

*I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Kmart. #KmartOutdoor #CBias #SocialFabric

7 months already?

7 months old? How is this possible already? Wow time flies!! Miss Ashley is 7 months old and is already chasing down her brothers by crawling everywhere and she is even cruising around the furniture! She pulls herself up to everything and walks around it with ease, we call her Superbaby!!! This girl is so sweet and so loving. Seriously she the best baby ever! Ashley is a joy and everyday with her gets better and better :)

Cisco Linksys EA2700 Wireless Router Review and Giveaway

Today's typical home includes many electronics, including computers, laptops, game systems, Smartphones and more. With all these pieces of equipment comes wires and the endless problem of how to deal with them. Having my grandkids come over often I want to make sure the cords for our entertainment will be out of the way. I want to be able to easily take my laptop to the kitchen to use a recipe and then onto the patio to read an eBook. My daughter has recommended I try a Cisco Linksys product since she loves the one she has. Since I rely on the internet for work and entertainment I thought it would be best to go with a brand my family trusts.

The Linksys EA2700 wireless router is the perfect answer for making the ultimate connected home possible. This would also be a great item to get your family in the back to school mode. College, high school and even grade school kids need internet connection and a router like the Linksys EA2700 will help you easily create your own home network for all your devices. Linksys has a few Back to School specials and Free Shipping on some items on their Online Store.

Benefits of the new EA2700 include unrivaled speed and is ideal for:

• Creating a powerful wireless network, plus, share files and game at wired speeds 10x faster than Ethernet.

• Networking larger households and home offices

• Surfing the Web, emailing and printing wirelessly

• Connecting multiple users and devices at high speed

• Transferring and downloading larger files

• Streaming multimedia and gaming


 


Being new to setting up a wireless internet system I found the Linksys FAQ page to be very helpful. I suggest reading it if you have any questions before or after your purchase.

GIVEAWAY

 One Lucky Reader will win a Linksys EA2700 | Maximum Performance Dual-Band N600 Router with Gigabit ($109.99)



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 *NOTE: Winner cannot have won the Linksys router in any other contest/giveaway in the last 6 months
Limited to US residents 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts August 9 2012 and ends on August 30, 2012 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 provided items in this post for free to review. The opinions on this item are 100% mine and may vary from others. The sponsor Cisco is responsible for providing the prize.

Popcorn and Pearls Giveaway $50 Target Card

Have you visited the sister site to Frugal Family Tree? It literally is my sister and Mom :) They have created a site about their lives in Seattle. PopcornandPearls.com is the new site. They have great weekly features like What I Wore Wednesday, Fabulous Friday and Weekend in Pictures.



They are hosting a giveaway that ends on 8/30 for a $50 Target Gift Card. Be sure to head over there to enter!

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Using Mom's Back To School Guide To Shop At Walmart For Kindergarten School Supplies

This year back to school means something very special to me. My oldest grandson JJ is going to kindergarten. I'm thrilled, sad, and amazed all at once. It seems like the years went by so quickly, and only yesterday he was still only a baby.

Going to kindergarten means shopping for school supplies and I was very happy to volunteer to take him to Walmart and get him what he needed. What is Back to School without Elmer's School Glue and Elmer's Glue Sticks? They are absolute musts at any age and we are going to stock up on them today.

Back to school shopping is a whole lot easier if you use the Mom's Back To School Guide. It has all kinds of  wonderful suggestions and tips on buying great products for back to school. #momsguide

There's a whole section on great Elmer's products and the Elmer's 1st Day App, which is a free download.
Check it out and see how it can make your child's first day of school even more memorable.
#momsguide.

We loaded up our cart with plenty of school supplies. Did you know that Elmer's makes a lot more products than just glue? One of our favorites is Elmer's Painters Markers. My grandson and I are going to use the markers and other things we are buying to make some special back to school crafts.

We got lots of Elmer's glue and glue sticks because I know he will need a lot for school, but he also uses  them all the time for the craft projects he does with his Mom and Dad at home.

Of course, no back to school shopping trip would be complete without a new backpack. Even after all these years, little boys still love Superman and Batman. So do the big boys!

My grandson wanted to make a present for his kindergarten teacher. I suggested to him that we also make some containers to hold all of his new pencils, crayons and markers so that he wouldn't lose them.
We have gathered up all our supplies to make our craft projects. We are using an old paper-covered coffee can and some smaller cans. We also need lots of pencils for this project!

Here is my grandson hard at work on his special present for his teacher. He was very patient and careful trying to glue on the pencils. We really enjoy doing all kinds of crafts together, including painting and making things out of old and recycled stuff. We use lots of Elmer's glue and glue sticks for our projects.
He wanted me to say that is not his sippy cup, but his little brother's. He's definitely a big guy now!

We love using the Elmer's Painters Markers for craft projects. They really last a long time and you can use them on all kinds of surfaces. Finishing touches are being added to a drawing.

Here is our finished projects. My grandson is so proud of his Teacher's gift. She can put pencils or anything else in it. I think it came out so beautiful. The cheerful covered cans will store all of his pencils, markers and crayons.
We had a great time using our Mom's Back To School Guide and shopping at Walmart for Elmer's glue and other Elmer's products. We are getting so excited as the first day of kindergarten gets closer.

I think this will be a wonderful year for both of us!

*I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Elmer's #CBias #SocialFabric All opinions are my own and your experience may vary.