GoodNites Bed Mats Confidence Booster Kit & $50 Visa Gift Card Giveaway
Win it! GoodNites has just introduced a fabulous innovative product to help kids build their confidence when it comes to night time “bed wetting”. GoodNites Bed Mats are super simple to use – you just “‘place, peel and protect” the mattress & sheets. We received a set to review and they look fabulous. Kyle is [...]
The Berentain Bears Good Deed Scouts Book Review & Giveaway
Win it! We’re giving away 2 new books from The Berenstain Bears Beginning Readers Good Deed Scouts collection by Jan & Mike Berenstain. These books are fabulous my 6 year old daughter, who is reading at about a 2nd grade level, was able to truly read these books by herself. Like any Berenstain Bears books [...]
The Star Wars Light Saber Toothbrush helps kids Brush Like a Jedi!
We’re all kinds of crazy about brushing our teeth after 4 year old Kyle’s pediatric dental problems earlier this year. We are doing it all – flossing, mouth wash, and trying to teach him how to better brush his teeth. So I was super excited to check out these Star Wars style toothbrushes from Sunstar GUM. [...]
Children’s Miracle Network – Walmart to raise $25 Million to help Children’s Hospitals across the country
You can help too! Right now, Walmart is promoting their Children’s Miracle Network “Six Miracle Weeks” campaign, where Walmart has committed to raising $25 million to help kids in our communities receive the care they need. How can you help? By making a simple donation at the register during your shopping outing at Walmart. Since 1987, Walmart [...]
A night out with Centrum to preview the new movie “What to Expect When Your Expecting”
Last week I had a super fun girls night out with a bunch of my blog readers and other local blogger friends to preview the hilarious comedy, “What to Expect When You Are Expecting,” thanks to Centrum Prenatal. The movie was funny as it followed the storyline of various couples in their efforts to conceive [...]
Disney Memories on Splash Mountain: The Thrill, The Joy, and the Terror!
What a wild ride! This photo captures it all. Splash Mountain is probably our favorite attraction at the Magic Kingdom – it’s a fabulous ride with just enough thrill to make us nervous but not too many giant drops to make my 4 or 6 year old “freak out” totally. Plus getting wet is a [...]
Norwegian Cruise Line & Children’s Place “A Place in the Sun Sweepstakes” and #Giveaway
We are wild about cruising in our family so we’re excited to share the news that Norwegian Cruise Line & Children’s Place have teamed up for a big vacation giveaway called The Children’s Place “A Place in the Sun” Sweepstakes. Check it out and enter to win a 7 day cruise for four, to your [...]
Lands’ End Swimmates Reveiw: Posing in my Bathing Suit for National Swimsuit Confidence Week
I could not be more in love with Lands’ End. They make everything about the bathing suit shopping & wearing process BEYOND easy – especially for Moms. And this week, Lands’ End rallied over 100+ ladies to reveal their swimsuit confidence today as we’ll all be posting a photo on our blog of ourselves styling [...]
Join Lands’ End and SELF Magazine to Celebrate National Swimsuit Confidence Week and Tweet Each Day!
Change Your Profile Picture, Tweet with Lands’ End, Win Giveaways and Boost Your Swimsuit Confidence – every day this week from 1-2 PM EST. I’m so excited to join up with Lands’ End and SELF Magazine today to talk Swimsuits and encourage women to bring their Swimsuit Confidence to the Beach. I’ll be helping host today’s Twitter [...]
Diapers.com Styling Fashions for Kids with a $100 Gift Card Giveaway
Diapers.com has recently re-launched their apparel & shoe shop for Babies & Kids and we’re celebrating with a giveaway of $100 Diaper.com gift card. I also went on a shopping spree for 4 year old Kyle as they have the CUTEST clothing online to order for kids ages 0-5T. I love how CRAZY fast my orders [...]
A winning night at the Dogwood Festival
There’s nothing like a local summer fair. We hopped over to Phoenxiville’s annual Dogwood Festival on Thursday evening for a fun night out with the kids. The excitement of the crowds and the transformation of our ordinary park into a giant carnival atmosphere was thrilling for my kids. The expressions of pure joy on my [...]
Great Summer Read: Wife 22 with a Book Copy & $50 Visa Gift Card Giveaway
Win it too! Looking for a good read for the summer or a new book for your Book Club? Check out Melanie Gideon’s new book, Wife 22, which hits stores on May 29th. Read a free excerpt of Wife 22 here at this link. We received an advanced copy to review and I read it last weekend [...]
Fashion Friday: Liz Lange’s New Diaper Bags for Target
Styling, classy, functional, and affordable. Target really does the best job at getting awesome designers to do fashion and trendy just right. Take a peek at the 1st ever diaper bag from famous Maternity wear designer, Liz Lange. After partnering with Target for 10 years, she decided to design her first-ever diaper bag line. We [...]
POSH Looks for Preakness & Memorial Day Weekend
Looking for some inspiration for Preakness this weekend?! Nothing says horse racing like big hats! Check out this number from one of my favorite local boutiques – Posh Collections in Malvern, PA. One can never go wrong with a DVF, Diane von Furstenberg dress. Her designs are timeless and this dress can go from day [...]
New Beauty Items from COVERGIRL, Olay, and Pantene
We received a Mother’s Day bundle of brand new beauty items from COVERGIRL, Olay, and Pantene to review. So much fun! The kit was fabulous with all kinds of great new products.What women doesn’t love to play around with new makeup to test out new looks? All these products are new, work beautifully, and are [...]
Grand Wailea Resort in Hawaii Debuts a new water ride – The Fishpipe
Check out this new wild water ride. It looks kind of crazy but sounds super fun so I’m sure it will be quite the attraction. Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort on Maui, has debuted its newest water ride adventure The Fishpipe. The Fishpipe is a rotating barrel ride that challenges riders (safe up to [...]
Molly Sims Reveals Her New Nursery
Take a peek at this video as Celebrity Actress Molly Sims reveals her new Nursery for the baby boy she is expecting this June. Molly created this video while working with Valspar Paint to benefit charity – for each view or share of the video, Valspar will donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity, raising money for [...]
How Merida got such great hair from Disney’s Brave
Brave hits theaters in 3D on June 22, 2012 and it can’t come soon enough! Here’s some more scoop from my visit to the press junket for Brave. One thing you can’t deny about Merida from Disney’s movie Brave: she’s got killer hair. I mean, seriously, I’m a bit jealous of all you red heads [...]
Skip Hop’s New Rolling Luggage for Kids
We love to travel with our kids and they love it too. They especially love the anticipation of trip, packing a bag, and then carrying their very own bag on the airplane with them. Finding a rolling bag for kids has always been a challenge for us so I was thrilled to see that Skip [...]
The things we do for our children……Like Dressing up as a Polar Bear!
So sometimes we do crazy things for our kids. Blame it on love. Last week was a fun one that I’m sure we’ll remember for a long time. Quiet unassuming Mike dressed up as the GIGANTIC Polar Bear Lars last week for Kenzie’s school’s annual “Teddy Bear Picnic”. He played the “naughty” bear who wouldn’t [...]
Talk your First Year Favorites with Fisher-Price: Twitter Party May 22nd – RSVP here #FPBabyGear
Big giveaways and fun #FPBabyGear chatter! What 1st year baby gear couldn’t you live without? I remember so many of my favorite essentials as if it were just last week that Kyle and Kenzie were in their bouncers and jumperoos! You can even see a cute pic of Kyle in his Fisher Price bouncer here! [...]
American Girl McKenna Shoots for the Stars Movie Trailer
We are so excited for the American Girl McKenna movie to arrive on BluRay & DVD on July 3rd, 2012. The DVD will be available exclusively at Wal-Mart, American Girl Stores and americangirl.com. It will also air on TV too! How cool is that? American Girl McKenna Shoots for the Stars is scheduled to air on TV on Saturday July 14, [...]
Kazam Balance Bike Review
We give the Kazam Balance bike a RAVE review. This is a revolutionary approach that all parents should use for their kids to help them learn how to ride a bike. The Kazam balance bike provides a fantastic way to prepare your kids early for what it will be like to ride an actual real [...]
#AveenoLovesMoms Baby Soothing Relief and Positively Nourishing Collection Giveaway
Win it! I love my Aveeno. My skin gets so dry and using Aveeno is such relief. My kids heart it too as it helps their sometimes dry & crunchy skin find the relief it needs – especially in the winter! In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re giving away a few of my must have [...]
Happy Mother’s Day from Disney Baby and a Winnie the Pooh Bouncer #Giveaway
Love this adorably sweet video from Disney Baby wishing all us Mama’s a very Happy Mother’s Day – with lots of our favorite characters included too! To celebrate expectant Moms and new Moms, Disney Baby and ClassyMommy.com are giving away a Winnie the Pooh Bouncer to one lucky winner. ARV $49.99. I love bouncers – they are [...]
Mother’s Day Craft Ideas & Poems
Here’s just a few super ADORABLE and sweet crafts Kyle brought home for me yesterday for Mother’s Day. And yes just about everything involves using a handprint or fingerprints. Like the fingerprints strawberries topped off with “green star” sticker stems or the flower blooms capped off with all kinds of sweet thumbprints. The teacher did [...]
Mother’s Day Tea
I live for these moments. Mother’s Day Tea is just the cutest thing of the year at our preschool. This age is so adorable I want to bottle it up and keep it with me forever – especially someday when I’m all old and alone – I’ll be able to remember and return to that [...]
Mother’s Day Gifts from Tanger Outlets – and $10 off a Tanger Outlets Gift Card for Mom!
I love a good deal when I’m shopping for gifts (and myself!) – and you won’t find better deals than those at Tanger Outlets – especially if you want a classy name brand find. Just about every brand I love to shop at is located at our local Tanger Outlets in Lancaster, PA – about [...]
Cute Allergy Alert Bracelets for Kids
Calling all Kids with Allergies! Parents, if you have kids with allergies, Allermates has introduced a super cute line of comfy and fun bracelets for kids to identify the kids as being “allergic”. This is a great option to alert caretakers, school friends, birthday party hosts, and camp staff of your child’s allergies. Affordable and [...]
Free Download for eBook “If Mom Had 3 Minutes” and $1 off Clorox Disinfecting Wipes
Worth sharing…….On May 10th, (yes that’s today!) anyone can: Visit the If Mom Had Three Minutes tab on the Clorox Facebook Page to read and download a free copy of the e-book on May 10! Share the e-book with friends and get a $1 off coupon* for Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes, making it easier than ever to help keep your home and family healthier. [...]
Eureka SuctionSeal Vacuum Review and #Giveaway
Here’s the scoop on the new Eureka SuctionSeal Vacuum and a chance to Win it! We took the Eureka SuctionSeal Vacuum for a test run and we’re giving away a Eureka SuctionSeal Vacuum to 1 lucky ClassyMommy.com reader. What we loved about it: This vacuum is 1/2 the price of a Dyson at $149. Fabulous! [...]
Spending the Day with Team USA Moms, Olympians, and Olympic Hopefuls
Raising an Olympian. Can you imagine? Yesterday I spent the day with TEAM USA Moms of Olympic athletes & Olympic hopefuls. As part of Procter & Gamble’s Thank You Mom Campaign, they announced yesterday they will be giving $1000 to EVERY single Team USA Mom – 800 of them – to help them get to [...]
WILDLIFE by Heidi Klum: Spring Launch May 17th on QVC
I love me a mommy mogul, especially Heidi Klum. She’s everywhere and her much anticipated spring launch of WILDLIFE, Heidi Klum for QVC launches on Thursday May 17. The Wildlife jewelry line from Heidi Klum is gorgeous and the perfect accent for your summer wardrobe! Bright colors and simple elegance is what I love about [...]
What to Expect When Your Expecting #Giveaway
Win it! Okay, this is a fun one! I’m beyond THRILLED to be working withCentrum Specialist® PreNatal to host a special Movie screening for the upcoming movie, “What to Expect When Your Expecting” from Lionsgate, at my local movie theater in King of Prussia PA. To raise awareness about the importance of taking those prenatal vitamins [...]
Animal Kingdom after dark!
Reliving the fun! Better late than never, I figured I’d share some of our fave memories from Disney’s Social Media Moms’s event where we partied at Animal Kingdom for a Dino-Riffic event after the park closed. We snapped this Family photo walking into the park which captures that glorious tree of life in the backdrop. [...]
JOHNSON’S® Baby Launches New Charitable Platform JOHNSON’S® BABY CARES to Support Maternal and Baby Health
I love Johnson and Johnson. We use so many of their brands every day – day in and day out. Especially as a family with young children. And no scent reminds me of those days snuggling my newborns better than that of Johnson’s Baby. I’m so thrilled to announce that I’m joining the Johnson’s Baby [...]
PixiGlow Tinkerbell Inspired Makeup
Let your inner fairy take flight with the PixiGlow line of beauty products. Inspired by Tinkerbell, this new line from PixiGlow beauty is fabulous. I am SO impressed with our review prodcuts – as is my daughter Kenzie. I think she is 6 going on 16 when it comes to her attraction to makeup and [...]
How to Do Internet Shopping without a Credit Card
Internet shopping is a huge part of my “consumption” life. I couldn’t imagine not being able to shop online. But for many people, if you don’t have a credit card, securing these awesome online deals and the convenience of online shopping is just not a reality or possibility. Good news is that thanks to Walmart.com, [...]
American Eagle & Aerie’s Fall Fashion Forecast Looks Bright
Last week American Eagle & Aerie gave me a sneak peek into their Fall 2012 collection and it is simply gorgeous. Perfect bright colors and floral patterns which are easy to mix and match. American Eagle is a great place for you and your teenagers to shop, consider it a bonding experience. There is something [...]
QVC is Charming with Charity
Just in time for mother’s day! QVC’s top designers are teaming up for one charming charitable initiative! QVC’s Designer Charms for Charity program, which launched on May 1st and runs throughout the month, will feature pieces created especially for its shoppers with net proceeds benefitting the Jewelers for Children and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation charities. [...]
Join me for a Playskool Spring Twitter Party at 2 PM EST Tomorrow Wednesday May 2nd #Giveaways
Twitter party alert! It’s no secret that I heart toys – and so do my kids – so I can’t wait to host a super fun Twitter Party tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM about Playskool’s fabulous toys. Please join us to chat about Let’s Rock! Elmo, Mr. Potato Head, Transformers, Chuck and more. Be sure [...]
Yummy New Special K Granola Bars Review & #Giveaway
Delicious! We were so excited about our sampling of the brand new Special K Granola bars – these are super yummy and I also feel great about eating them. We’re giving some away too! See details below. As a busy Mom on the go juggling preschool & Kindergarten drop offs, swim team practice, gymnastics, and [...]
Pampers USA Limited Edition Diapers & Wipes Review & #Giveaway
Win it! Pampers is gearing for their London 2012 Olympic Games partnership with Team USA hopeful Kerri Walsh and with it comes an awesome sweepstakes – for a chance to win a trip to the 2012 Summer Olympics and some snazzy limited edition USA themed Diapers and Wipes. Love the show of patriotism with this product [...]
