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Backyard Safari Outfitters – Holiday Gift Guide

December 11, 2011 By Anne 4 Comments

Several fun gifts for the adventure type in your family – Backyard Safari Outfitters.

There are many items in their line, including the Basecamp Tent, the Field Bincos, The Reptile Hunter Super Throw Net and The Butterfly Habitat.

We got the Base Camp Tent out and daddy put it together. It wasn’t too difficult, but adult help may be needed. Savannah had fun sitting inside the tent and looking for insects and birds with the field binoculars. Hunter even had go at it, although he may be a bit too old for them.The tent is fun and can be used outdoors or even inside for maximum fun all year round. There are pockets to store all camp accessories. The Tent sells for $39.99. The Field Binoculars are a must for any outdoor enthusiast! They are built for little hands so they are the perfect size and rugged enough for any age. They sell for $11.99

The Reptile Hunter Super Throw Net looked fun, but we couldn’t find any lizards around the house. Usually there are tons of lizards, big scary lizards. Maybe with winter coming they disappeared. We have a net on a stick that may work a little better. These sell for about $14.99.

With The Butterfly Habitat, you can watch, raise and release butterflies! There is a mail in coupon to receive your live caterpillars and their food. Then watch and learn! We did not get a chance to experience this at home, but my daughter’s school did this in the beginning of summer. Can’t wait to try it again this spring! These sell for around $14.99.

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Tea Collection Clothing Review and $100 GC Giveaway!

December 2, 2011 By Anne 48 Comments

The Tea Collection offers wonderful clothes. I’ve seen many reviews and thought how beautifully made they are. Then I got the chance to experience them first hand!

Wow – What amazing clothes!

I was sent dresses from the Holiday Collection for Savannah. I received three dresses and a pair of leggings that can be worn with either of the dresses.

I had Savannah wear them on our days off and she loved them! They are all cotton and so soft and comfortable. Of course she had a blast modeling them too! What a ham!

I washed all of them and they came out of the washer and dryer good as new. They will be a wonderful staple to Savannah’s wardrobe! I can pair them with jeans, leggings or tights. I can put a long sleeve shirt underneath to keep her warm. Really they are great for layering, as are most of Tea’s clothing. Poor Hunter is too big for their clothes, but mommy is not! They also carry a line for women.

Tea clothing combines fashion from around the world and makes unique modern designs! Check out the details in the above picture. My favorite is the Villa Flores Party Dress in blue!!

Tea Clothing would like to offer one Mommy Has to Work reader a $100 Gift Certificate!!

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We received the above mentioned clothing in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.

Teleidoscope Review/Giveaway – Holiday Gift Guide

November 28, 2011 By Anne 29 Comments

I was sent a really unique item for review- a teleidoscope. You mean Kalaidoscope, right? No. A teleidoscope is similar but instead of having pretty crystals or what not to look at, you see what ever you are looking at. Whatever you point the ball lens towards is what you are going to see in abstract thru this type of kaleidoscope. I wish I could take a picture of different things I saw, but I can’t. If you check out their website, you can see examples.

These would make lovely gifts for the old or young. Who doesn’t love a keleidoscope? This particular Teleiscope I recieved is 5.5 inches long, made out of laminated solid woods with Padauk and other hardwoods . It comes with a base that can be engraved.

I love the fact that the pictures are forever changing.

Kaleidoscops to You have more than just kaleidoscops or teleidoscopes. Although there is a huge variety of them! They have jewelry, glass art and marbles.

Kaleidoscopes to You would like to give one Mommy Has to Work reader a teleidoscope of your own! One exactly like the one I recieved.

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FyrFlyz Toy Party and Review #FyrflyzParty

November 26, 2011 By Anne 13 Comments

I was able to host a FyrFlyz party from Mom Select. I had a bunch of the neighborhood kids over and the had a great time!

Hunter says this – “The best toy ever!”

The FyrFlyz toy is a a light up toy attached to a string. You swing the string around and round and then pull on the string and the lights spin in all directions and look so cool in the dark. I caught a few pictures during the day and an awesome video later that night.

All the children loved this toy. It states 8 and up and I suppose it’s because younger children don’t have long enough arms to hold the strings and keep the toy from hitting them in the face.

Savannah and a friend, they are 3 and 6 had to hold it a little more in, but they were able to play along.

Check out this video!!

These retail for under $10 and come in different colors. These would make awesome gifts! You can purchase these at any stores, like Toys R Us, Amazon and more

We received a party pack from FyrFlyz and Mom Select to facilitate this review. Opinions are our own.

Costume Super Center Review

October 30, 2011 By Anne 3 Comments

We bought a lot of costumes this year. Eight in total. Two costumes each. I can’t believe we did it, but we did!! We went to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween and SeaWorlds Spooktacular Event and I wanted differnet costumes for each day. I know crazy, right?

We went to one of those pop up costumes stores and they were high priced. We did purchaes a few there, though. Then I ordered three of them online at Costume Super Center. Shopping through them gave me the chance to read reviews from real people. The costumes we ordered we great. I wish I had purchased them all through them.

I also recieved a costume for review for Savannah. I checked all the Ariel Halloween costumes and came up with this one.

You can also check the Halloween history section for some cool inof about Halloween. I never knew the jack o’lanterns came from a man named Jack, who could not enter heaven because he was a miser. He could not enter hell either, because he had played jokes on the devil. Hence, Jack is a damned soul doomed to wander in darkness until Judgment Day.

Halloween is not the only time to wear costumes. Kids love to dress up any time of the year, at least mine do. Last year I bought Savannah a costume for Christmsa and this year, I plan on hittting the stores for those half off costumes.

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Do you children play dress up throughout the year?

I recieved a costume in order to faciclatate this review. Opinions are my own.