Woodman Concept Wood/Paint Project Kits For Kids
About a month ago we were sent two Woodman Concept kids craft project kits to review - one for each of our boys. We have finally gotten around to trying them out after all the rainy weather. Normally, we do all of our crafts projects inside but since we are in the middle of renovating our kitchen (have been for a while now) and this kit included acrylic paints I figured this would be an ideal outside project. Each Woodman Concept kit comes with high quality pre-cut beech wood, acrylic paint, glue, sandpaper and a teeny tiny real hammer. I just love the little hammers. I’m sure we will be using these on some other projects around our house! Read more
L’Oreal Skin Genesis Pore Minimizing Cleanser
After having children my skin turned into one big mess - oily in some places and dry in others not to mention those pesky periodic breakouts and unsightly pores. I’ve tried out everything from cheap to expensive when it comes to facial cleansers. Yet none of the cleansers work like they claim to.
A few weeks ago I came across the L’Oreal Skin Genesis product line. Since I’m already a fan of the L’Oreal brand, I wanted to try out the L’Oreal Skin Genesis Pore Minimizing Gel Cleanser. I purchased the 8 oz cleanser at Wal-mart for under $6 - which too me was a great deal and I’m pretty frugal!
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A Plumm Summer: An Entertaining DVD For The Kids
Paramount Home Entertainment presents A Plumm Summer, a charming kid’s movie based on an actual event that took place in a small town in Montana during the 1960s.
A Plumm Summer follows the story of two young brothers, Rocky and Elliot (played by the up and coming Chris Massoglia/Kelly) who live in an unstable home where sometimes “drunk dad” played quite realistically by William Baldwin doesn’t even make it home. One day Rocky’s favorite tv character puppet, Froggie Doo, goes missing. From then on the entire movie revolves around the kidnapping and finding of the very weird yet cute Froggie Doo puppet. Read more
Land’s End Swimsuits + A Contest!
Bathing suit season is near. If you are like most women, you are fantasizing about your “problem areas” rather than the upcoming fun in the sun!
Well, Land’s End wants to help by making it easier for you to choose the right suit to fit your body type with their swimsuit solutions. Land’s End has an entire YouTube channel dedicated to helping you choose the right suit for your body type.
In addition, Land’s End offered us the chance to review a swimsuit from their new collection. Read more
Jif Natural Peanut Butter: A Review

*updated with price changes*
Peanut butter is a staple in our home. With one child with severe food allergies who is luckily not allergic to peanut butter this is a great protein source to have around!
Recently the folks at Jif (a division of the J.M. Smucker Company) contacted us to try out their new Jif Natural peanut butter. Since we are already using natural peanut butter we wanted to give the Jif natural a try to see how it fared against our current favorites - Skippy Natural peanut butter “creamy”and Smuckers Natural peanut butter “creamy”.
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