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Make Your Pumpkin Awesome This Year With Pumpkin Masters

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All in One Carving Kit

 

Kids can create dozens of pumpkin designs with this kids crafting kit! Includes 12 patterns with instructions, 12 foam stickers, 8 eye and teeth inserts, 1 kid-friendly DuraSaw, 1 Scraper Scoop, 1 Poker, 1 battery operated light, and 1 crayon.

Every year I let my kids decorate a pumpkin for Halloween, It’s part of our craft time. This year we received a Pumpkin Masters carving kit, Pumpkin Masters Light and reflective stickers.

**My kids decided to make the bugaboo pattern. They left the cleaning the pumpkin out to me though.

The pattern was a bit difficult to carve out, and considering last year I went through 3 carving knifes; We let dad step in a finish the design.  The kit worked out good, and their are so many designs to choose from that, we will be using this kit again next year.  The poker did end up snapping while I was trying to remove the lid though.

The light makes it look so cool at night, it lights up the pumpkin and even blinks.

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, products were provided by the company.


Trick Or Treating with the Little Ones

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Halloween is coming up and having 3 young children I know how stressful it can be to take them out trick or treating.

here are some tips shared with me to have a good time:

  1. Wear comfortable shoes: The Disney heels are nice but keep in mind your child will be walking around a lot.
  2. Easy on the candy: No candy should be eaten until you get home, or the next day if it’s late. Your child doesn’t need to be on a sugar high.
  3. Skip scary houses: Scary houses, door bells that make noise, people waiting to scare you, is going to make your child upset and maybe give them nightmares.
  4. Wear bright colors: It’s going to be dark and if you dress your child in black , there is a big chance of them getting in an accident. Also wear reflectors.
  5. Go through Candy: It’s hard to think about but people will give kids poison and other things. Go through the candy and get rid of anything that is open or unsafe.   It is also good for kids to not eat sticky candy, it gets stuck in the teeth. Chocolate is better.
  6. Adult supervision: Kids under the age of 13 should not go out alone. It’s unsafe.
Tips were shared by Pr Agency, I just tweaked them a bit. No compensation was received for this post.

Hellmann’s Chicken Challenge

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Hellmanns Chicken Challenge Logo

To help you spice-up your dinner routine, Hellmann’s and Best Foods mayonnaise are launching the first-ever Chicken Challenge, a series of head-to-head chicken dish challenges that will help moms diversify their weekly recipe repertoire.

Every week on the  Hellmann’s website, two chicken dishes will be posted from buffalo baked chicken to parmesan crusted chicken. Try the recipes every week and the cast your vote on www.Hellmanns.com. Plus you can enter the sweepstakes to win a $250 grocery gift card! If there are more than 10,000 entries the gift card will go up to $500.

Disclosure: I was entered for a chance to win a Hellmann’s prize package in exchange for this post.  No monetary exchange took place. All opinions are my own.

Ways to Burn Calories This Fall

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I am on a weight loss mission, and keep breaking my routine. Luckily there are a lot of everyday chores that can be done in fall weather that burn calories.

Raking Leaves: Raking leaves doesn’t need to be a household chore. You can make it a family activity. Tighten your biceps and triceps when raking; switch your leading arm once half the yard is done. This works your upper body. If you want to expand to work your legs, lunge backwards alternating legs with every leaf-raking motion.
You can burn 200-350 calories

Jogging with the dog: Grab your pooch and hit the road—literally, hit the road. Aside from being your best friend, a dog can be the best running partner. If your running partner needs a break—don’t stop. Keep jogging in place. To up the ante, you can do jumping jacks or high knees as you wait.
You can burn 200-400 calories per hour

Picking and lifting Pumpkins: When hitting the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin to carve— pick a five, ten and fifteen pound pumpkin. And, don’t be so quick to grab those carving tools. Pumpkins can easily be used as weights. Hold the fifteen pound pumpkin in both arms in front of your upper abdomen area, and rotate your body from right to left. Substitute that medicine ball for a pumpkin! The lighter pumpkins can act as weights to strengthen those arms.
You can burn 150-500 calories per hour

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post.

LIfe’s Insure Your Love Picture Mosiac

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I am a stay at home mom, and I have always been worried about what would happen to my kids and I if something ever happened to my husband. So we have looked into life insurance, just in case.

The Insure Your Love Picture Mosaic by Life is designed to recognize and celebrate those who have made the responsible decision to protect their loved ones by owning life insurance, while also introducing them to a larger community of others who have made the same choice. People are encouraged to upload up to 20 photos of their loved ones, whose financial future has been safeguarded by their decision to purchase life insurance.

Add a picture and help out a great cause. Just upload a photo to Insure Your Love Facebook Page, and $1 will be donated to Life Lessons scholarship program.

This is a serious matter to think about in your life, and I am seriously considering it. My reason for wanting Life Insurance is….

My babies!

Disclosure:  I received a gift card as part of a promotional program with the LIFE Foundation and MomSelect

Applesauce for on the go and it’s so good

- brandy3

Mott’s introduced some of their new products at a event I attended a few months ago and I also got to try some of the product with my children.  We tried out the new Mott’s Medleys and Mott’s snack and go applesauce pouches.

  •  Convenient cap ensures less mess, even when your on the go.
  • 40 calories per pouch (Less than any other competitor)
  • No sugar added
  • Excellent source of vitamin C
  • True applesauce flavor and consistency

 

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Mott’s medley snacks are
  • Inspired by household favorite Mott’s Medleys juice
  • Convenient packages for lunch boxes or an after school snack
  • 1 fruit and veggie serving per container
  • No sugar added
  • Excellent source of vitamin C
  • Looks and tastes like the applesauce kids love
****I love the new applesauce, it’s easy, convenient, and mess free. I’m always looking for healthy things to pack in my kids lunches, the snack and go pouches are just perfect for that. You don’t have to worry about messes or spilled applesauce from any left over at lunch.  Plus you don’t need to pack any spoons!  My kids loved the Strawberry applesauce, but were not to fond of the natural applesauce.
The medleys are great for snacking, and these are even convenient for school lunches. My kids went gaga for both flavors Peach Apple and Cherry Berry.
These products have limited availability right now, but will be available nationwide starting January 2012 at a price of $2.69-2.99.
Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, products were provided by Motts.


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