Celebrating A Planes Birthday With Birthday In a Box #SP #BirthdayInABox #Fun #DisneyPlanes

December 9, 2013December 10, 2013 - brandy3 1 Comment

Disclosure: No formal compensation was received for this post. Product was provided for review. All opinions are my own.

WE celebrated my sons 6th birthday this weekend, and it was s much fun. My son loves Disney’s Cars and Planes. The past 5 years we have always done a Cars theme, so this year we did Disney’s Planes.

I found Birthday In A Box, which comes with everything you need to throw a birthday party for your child. They have every character or theme you can think of.

The party set serves 8 people and features:

16 Planes Napkins
8 Planes cake plates
8 Planes 9 oz cups
1 Planes table cover
1 set candles
2 sets streamers
8 forks/spoons/knives

Everything coordinated so well, and it looked great. We received orange and blue streamers which we hung around the house and matching Planes table cover and plates napkins cups etc.

The table cover looks like a runway, that was my sons favorite. He would use it as a runway for his toys. He would pretend they were on the Wings Around The Globe Race.

The plates and cups were small but perfect for small hands. I just can’t get over how well everything goes together, it was the cutest thing.

My son said he had the best birthday ever!!!

Find the Design that would fit your next birthday party at Birthday In A Box.

Pics From The Holiday Weekend

December 2, 2013December 2, 2013 - brandy3 1 Comment

It’s been a long weekend, and I have been no where near my blog. Family time is always the best.

We went to a parade in town, while it was freezing cold. The kids loved seeing all the Fire Trucks.

It was so dark, half of my pictures just didn’t turn out right. 🙁

Our favorites were the real Tonka and Hess Firetrucks!

First Snow Of The Season

November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 - brandy3 1 Comment

We Finally got our first snow of the season. It wasn’t much, less than a inch, and it melted in just a few hours.

The kids still had a lot of fun in it though.

Having fun

My genius trying to explain to my how it snows.

First of many Donations This Holiday season

November 9, 2013November 9, 2013 - brandy3 1 Comment

As a blogger I love to give back when I can. I can’t donate a lot as I am struggling myself. I do get reviews for my blog that I will turn around and just donate to those in need.

They set up a local box for Toys For Tots at our local Library and we made our first donation.

I hope to fill the box a lot higher before December begins.

Do you give during the holidays?

Our Halloween Fun

November 1, 2013 - brandy3

My kids had such a blast yesterday for Halloween. We went trick or treating in 2 different villages and even got to dance with Elmo. They are a little old for that but still had fun.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween.

PlayTown App Brings Imaginations to life #PlayTown

October 27, 2013October 27, 2013 - brandy3

My kids love telling and writing stories, they do it everyday. They are so creative and talented!
Most of their stories are on video as they seem to tell a story then forget it as they are writing, so we just record their stories.

I was introduced to a ne app called PlayTown, this app helps bring your stories to life.

Create, personalize, narrate and share your own stories in Play Town.
It’s simple! Choose your cast of lovable characters, stages, props, accessories, music and even your own photos and drawings as you create your own story!

Some of the features are……

Themed character play sets
Multiple background stage set options
Touch, drag and adjust size of characters in the scene
Change character expressions
Add accessories
Narrate and record your story
Add a musical background effect
Title your story and add your name as Director
Play back and enjoy your story!
Don’t forget to watch the credits and then share the story with friends.

Plus the best thing about this app is personalization. You can add your photo, add a drawing, or change your shoes and clothes. There is so much you can personalize.

You can download the app for

PlayTown on iTunes:

PlayTown on Google Play:

At first we had a little trouble with the app, it would just go black and not load. After we uninstalled it and then re-installed it, it worked fine. My kids had fun making a story with this app. You can do a lot of fun things, even upgrade for $1.99 to a princess theme.

Download this App today for a fun story, it’s free.

Will you be trying this App?

Disclosure: I will be receiving a gift card for this review from Childs Play Communications. All opinions are 100% my own.

Pre-Halloween Photos

October 15, 2013October 16, 2013 - brandy3

We went to a school party and they wore there costumes. So a little pre-Halloween photos.

My kids are going to be

SpiderMan
Monster High Lagoona Blue
Monster High Caterine Demew

Why Don’t Girls Like Jeans

October 11, 2013 - brandy3

I have 2 girls ages 8 and 7. I can never get them to wear jeans. They like leggings more. It really drives me insane as I wear jeans almost everyday and love them.

It gets really cold here in Long Island and jeans can keep you warmer than leggings. I buy my kids jeans and they literally sit in their closet and they will not wear them. They would choose to wear a pants with holes in them before jeans.

This morning I tricked my daughter into putting a pair of jeans on, and told her she would wear them all day. After a big long sob fest and tantrum, she actually started to realize they were kind of of comfortable.

I think they look great on her, and i made her feel special with a little photo shoot. They are not long she just needed to pull them up. LOL!

Do your kids hate wearing jeans?

The Before Picture Day

October 10, 2013 - brandy3

Today is picture day for my kids, so I got up early to curl their hair and make them all spiffy.

It always looks good at home, unfortunately It is windy and rainy today. As soon as we went outside for the bus, it all fell out. The hair spray didn’t hold, I hate when that happens.

Before: