We loved our Minted holiday cards and I was so excited that we got the chance to do another Minted review! Minted is an online store featuring a unique and modern assortment of personalized photo cards, wedding invitations, and other personalized stationery and gifts, all designed by indie designers. They recently launched a 2012 Valentine’s Day Card and Gift Collection. Their collection includes classroom Valentine’s Day cards – the cards are perfect for your kids to hand out at school! Now Jamie is getting to hand out Minted Valentine’s Day cards with her picture to all her friends and teachers! I had a lot of fun personalizing some of the designs (I always go for the photo options) and I really loved the Little Birdie card that I paired with a great picture of her in a brown embroidered dress (it went so perfectly with the card design) BUT I really knew I had to design a purple card for my purple girl! I ended up saving about 6 different cards in the “my saved designs” on the Minted site and then I let Jamie choose her favorite, she picked the Queen of Hearts card in the purple color option (many cards have other color options and this one comes in pink or purple). She also asked to use a picture of herself in a purple jacket to match! I really like that she is giving out a Valentine that she chose, personalized with her picture and most importantly it has her name already on it. Writing around 30 Valentines is a lot for a kindergartener so its great that she just needs to write her friends names and can skip doing her own (my kids have had a few crying episodes trying to write last minute Valentines in a hurry). When you have boys choosing Valentines can be a tricky thing but Minted has quite a few fun cards geared towards boys that aren’t mushy (I am partial to all the robot ones!). Hmm I can’t figure out how to copy and paste the ones I designed but here are some of my favorites from the Minted site (including the one Jamie picked!):
I’m trying to mentally prepare myself for losing weight and getting healthier. So that means I am thinking about it BUT not actually doing it yet! I know, I NEED to start ASAP! I hadn’t really thought about incorporating canned soups into a diet but they are quick and portion controlled and now that our stove/oven just broke this weekend this prize package couldn’t have come at a better time! I have always been a fan of Progresso (clam chowder, lentil and minestrone are my favorites!)... Read more »
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Oooh a giveaway that I’m totally on time with!!! Not only that, I get to choose FOUR WINNERS to each win 6 boxes of Ocean Spray fruit snacks! They come in two flavors: Berries&Cherries and Assorted Fruit and each winner will receive 3 of each. My kids LOVE fruit snacks. Both flavors have cute fruit shapes. Since we got six boxes I sending some into school for my kids’ classrooms (they are a handy thing to give teachers for when someone in the class forgets snack). Ocean Spray®... Read more »
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Jamie started dance in September and loves it! Jillian wasn’t three yet so she had to wait until January to start and today was the long awaited day. She loved it and followed directions well but also snuck out of the room twice to come be shy with me. Overall it went great. After her first “big girl” dance class I took her to dunkin donuts for her favorite egg and cheese sandwich. She went and pulled a high chair to the table and climbed in. I love how she is a baby when it suits... Read more »
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I think we had a pretty good 2011 all in all! Some things that stand out to me (sure I’ve missed a ton of good ones but thats what happens when I don’t sleep enough): 2011 included a lot of silliness, potty talk, geocaching, Lego building and doll playing. Oh and beyblading (which terrifies our dog Casey!). Jillian seemed to make the leap from baby to big girl. Our kids went from being 2,4,6&8 to 3,5,7&9 (doesn’t have the same ring to it!). For Easter Ben lost 4 teeth... Read more »
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Challenge Butter has launched their ‘Real Heritage Recipe Contest’! 4 Grand Prize Winners will win a Good Cook Ò cookware valued at $500 as well as $2500 CASH! 12 additional Finalists will also win $250 in Good Cook Ò cookware! “Are you making your traditional drop cookies this season to share with family and friends? What about the big holiday dinner for the family? What are YOU known for? We want to know the best recipe in your recipe arsenal!” I have a few special cookie... Read more »
0 CommentsApparently my kids had never been to Burger King before so I thought it would be fun to participate in this review and give it a try! We combined a BK drive through experience with a drive around to see Christmas lights (and a surprise Christmas Carousel ride) about a week ago. It was a great night, something different and fun since our kids all love burgers and fries! John and I couldn’t remember the last time we’d tried BK but we both thought our burgers tasted great. The boxes and... Read more »
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Another just before the deadline contest post! This computer is so wonky, this is now my second attempt writing this today because firefox froze up and I needed to force quit. Anyway on to the Green Giant! I think the only vegetable that I don’t like is beets but the rest of my family is much pickier! Luckily for me a few of them eat broccoli because I love it in pretty much anything. I can’t think of many easy things I like better than macaroni and cheese with broccoli. Now its even... Read more »
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I think we need more than 7 school days off! Seems this holiday vacation is flying by and not quite as planned but all in all the kids are good and mostly happy! As it seems to have been for most of 2011, I have unwritten reviews and excuses why but I will be better with this poor blog in 2012! (as long as I don’t kill this Mac! it is so not cooperating and gives me the rainbow wheel for just about anything I do) ANYWAY here are some pictures… well maybe soon (think its close to 1/2... Read more »
0 CommentsWell this time I do have a Cheerios giveaway to include with this review! However I am just making the deadline so I think I need to get strict with myself and write reviews the week we receive packages! Anyway of course my kids love their Cheerios and were excited to get a package with fun Cheerio stuff. Our package contained a box of Cheerios, an adorable ceramic Cheerio bowl with a spoon and a cereal dispenser that my kids think is so cool (like the hotel we stayed at had). I think the Cheerios... Read more »
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Unfortunately I am BAD! Although this is extra bad for me because I was too late with this review and missed the deadline for the giveaway that I was supposed to do. I had to still write about how the package that made my kids totally happy! General Mills and My Blog Spark sent us one box of each of the following cereals to form our own Star Wars panoramic poster: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms AND a $25 Walmart gift card so I could go get some more cereal (because four... Read more »
0 CommentsLast year was the first time (since we had kids) that I didn’t send out photo cards and it made me feel like a bah humbug! This year I have ordered my cards early and am all excited about them. Its easy to stress about getting the perfect “Christmas card picture” but having four kids has forced me to lighten up and sort of give up on that. Instead I opt for holiday cards with spots for four photos and just pick my favorite close up of each kid. Minted offered to send me holiday... Read more »
0 CommentsWhat a fun night! We went trick or treating from 5:30-8pm and John’s phone says we walked around 2 miles. LOTS of candy and four happy kids are staying up super late watching a Halloween show before bed. Wish we didn’t have to wait an entire year to do this again. Read More →
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October is a fun month around here with four of us having birthdays! Ethan was first and he had his second annual Lego party. Then it was me, John and now my BABY Jillian is about to turn three! I am prepping for her party tomorrow and I hope she is happy with it. She has been planning her “princess wand” party since our other birthday month in July! Its hard to wait through your three sibling’s birthdays when you’re so little! Maybe someday I will blog again about the parties... Read more »
0 CommentsI currently have 2 little baggies on my refrigerator stuffed full of Box Tops that I have been saving up since I last sent them in to school in June! I am so glad that my kids school is collecting them because its such an easy way for families to help out and raise money for things that don’t fit into school’s budgets. While I don’t purposely buy things because they are a brand with Box Tops, I just normally buy a bunch of things that fortunately have them! My mom and... Read more »
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