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Breastfeeding my children was one of my most special times in my life; a privilege I will forever cherish and remember. I am so glad I was able to work with Blessed Grove Keepsakes, because she was able to take a small amount of my breast milk I had stored away in the deep freezer and turn it into a beautiful bead! Now I can wear this token as a symbol of my memories. Its small, classy and looks like a pearl so no one would know (unless you told them) that you are joyfully wearing a tiny droplet of your milk.  Now you can enter for your chance to win a $50 credit to her store (credit will be in US or Canadian currency depending on your location).

Welcome to the Baby and Beyond Giveaway Hop!

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Kuhn Rikon Colori+ Classic Culinary Set

Kuhn Rikon creates nothing but the highest quality products. Their knives are made with the professional chef in mind, but with the average consumers budget. By making a knife that would be used in a fine dining restaurant available to the average home cook makes them stand out in the culinary world.

By using a quality knife you are able to work with ease and assurance in the kitchen. Making those slices and dices easy and clean cut helps any chefs confidence. When you are sure of your self and happy with your results you are typically a happier cook. When I am in a good mood in the kitchen my food always seems to taste that much better. I want to put love into each meal I prepare. From our daily dinners, fellowship events and tasty treats, each thing I create is made with hand that love the recipient.

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Colori Classic Set

I have never been professionally trained, but I have attended a few classes at a professional cooking school (Western Reserve Cooking School). Being a student, I tried to observe and take in all that I could. What I noticed was that all of the knifes they choose to use there are Kuhn Rikon. If they are good enough for this amazing school they must be good enough for my own kitchen. After doing some research I was so excited to see that they are truly in the average consumers budget. A knife, or a knife set, is not something you constantly purchase. You buy a set a stick with it for several years. You want a knife that will maintain its integrity and keep sharp. I have found that when treated and washed properly that a Kuhn Rikon knife will keep sharp far longer than any other knife I have worked with.

I highly suggest trying out Kuhn Rikon’s Colori®+ Classic Culinary Knife Set. The set contains: a paring knife, a serrated paring, a utility knife, and a serrated utility knife. Each knife has a sharp Japanese stainless steel blade with a colorful ergonomic handle and matching safety sheath. Japanese stainless steel blades are super sharp, making short work of cooking tasks.

Kuhn Rikon Colori Classic Set

Colori®+ Classic knives offer convenience through their sharpness, secure-grip handles, and lightweight design, making all of your kitchen prep tasks a breeze.  This versatile set offers a greater amount of control for slicing, de-boning, and other kitchen prep-tasks.

  • Handy all-purpose knives – can handle all your kitchen prep tasks in record time.
  • Paring Knife: perfect for slicing cheese for your sandwich, peeling an apple, or chopping vegetables.
  • Serrated Paring Knife: perfect for slicing bread, tomatoes, and other soft fruits.
  • Utility Knife: for de-boning meats and other tricky kitchen tasks.
  • Serrated Utility Knife: perfect for slicing smooth-skinned fruits and vegetables, bread, or meat.
  • Ultra-sharp Japanese stainless steel blades.
  • Blades stay super sharp.
  • Safety sheaths included.

 

Super Undies Training Pants Review

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Training a child to use the bathroom is no easy task. It’s time consuming and can really wear you down. Being prepared is the first step in beginning to potty train your child. I am in no way an expert in this field! I wing it like most other parents. I learn as I go with my child. Each child is perfectly unique, and their potty training experience will be unique as well. For my children I couldn’t push them to start earlier than they wanted. For some amazing tips and tricks about potty training just click here.

My son has been a cloth diaper wearing child. I knew I wanted to continue that choice while embarking on my potty training season. Why use cloth for all that time then switch to disposable trainers? If you have been using disposables, now is the perfect time to switch to a cloth based product. You don’t wear disposable underwear yourself, do you? I mean, why monkey with all that trash?

Use code nomoretrash for $5 off any purchase

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Super Undies is an American based company and proudly manufactures all products here in the USA. They are a real team of every day people who want the best for the families they sell too. You can rest assured that these products are made with love.

Super Undies features several products for all types of people.

No matter where you are in your potty training, Super Undies has the perfect product, and size, for your needs.

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This Mama’s Experience

Super Undies Training Pants

Having already potty trained my daughter (who I used disposables with and disposable pull ups) I was really excitedmax 2 and sad to begin the potty training journey with my son. After countless prayers and conversations my husband and I have decided that he will be our last child (unless God chooses otherwise).  I love my cloth diapers. Like love them. I am going to miss seeing my son wear those adorable little prints and see that cute fluff butt running around. But I know he needs to grow up and I have to swallow that pill and take the plunge. My son is very interested in potty training due to his age (he is 2.5) and because he has a sister who is older to him but close in age (3). She is the leader in his little world and he wants to be just like her, and that includes using the potty. He has also begun the take-off-the-diaper-to-run-around-naked stage of life. This signals that he is becoming more aware of his body and that he doesn’t like the wetness of his diaper any more.

It is good for a child to feel their wetness while potty training. This makes them uncomfortable. They like the dry feeling, and can you blame them? Diapers wick away the moisture, we don’t necessarily want that in a day time trainer. We want them to learn that going to the bathroom on the toilet keeps me dry. I like to be dry. I should pee on on the toilet. It’s very elementary thinking. My son, being the younger child, is fully aware that his big sister only wears underwear. He is very interested in them too. When I asked him if he wanted to wear underwear he looked at me in a confused but curious face. He is not very verbal so I took that as a yes. I was so excited to see that I was pulling them on him like a real pair of underpants, not laying him down for a cloth diaper. He was able to help set into his underpants too. His sister immediately got excited for him and told him how cool his underpants were. That made that little boy feel over the moon with joy.

These training pants are such high quality that I was instantly in love. My sons face lit up when he felt the pants instead of a diaper. He knew he was wearing underwear right away. He felt excited and it increased his conference. If you have struggled with potty training in the past, using Super Undies a great way to boost moral. 

Groupon Spa Deals

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Being a mom I get swept up in taking care of my kids and family. I love being a mother to my children and a loving wife to my husband, but I also need to remember to recharge and take care of myself. I personally unwind and take a bath several times per week to settle down and focus on myself. At least once per month I try to do something extra for myself too, typically in the form of a spa treatment. Being the frugal wife I am, I try to cut costs whenever I can. I love using Groupon to find the best local deals. I love to use Groupon for finding the best local deals on manicures, pedicures, massages and facials. They even have a few specials on hair removal services, which I think would be a great gift to any busy women. I would love to take shaving off my shower time check list. I barely have time to wash my body that I often have to cut out shaving. Booking yourself into a hair removal clinic could be the ideal method for you if you’re looking for a more permanent solution to getting rid of unwanted hair. Head over to Groupon to find the best local hair removal deals in your area.

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Dropprice $150 Target Gift Card Giveaway

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Dropprice is an innovative startup that rewards moms for being social. Essentially, they empower moms to drop prices of kids & baby products with a click. The price continues dropping as more moms click “Drop the price”.

Every week new promotions are launched and moms drop prices by sharing them on social media. The more it is shared on social media then the more likely the price drops will continue. So if you are posting it to your social media it might be worth trying to grow your TikTok followers, Twitter followers, etc., that way there’s a higher chance for the discounts to be shared and seen. See the chart below to understand the power moms have and how important it is to share with other moms.

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In today’s promotion for the Children Inspire Design Cards, it started out at $22.00 and for each mom that clicks, the price drops a bit. The price will continue to drop for each mom that participates.

You can choose to share on social media to get more moms to click “Drop the price”, or you can “Buy Now” at the current price. Keep in mind that when the price gets low, they usually sell out and you will no longer have the chance to buy that item. As an added bonus every item on Dropprice ships for free!

Do you want to give it a try? This is such a fun and exciting way for moms to save lots of money by collaborating with each other. If you would like to have a chance to win a $150 Target gift card, you can experience dropping the price by following the instructions below.

Giveaway: Win a $150 Target Gift Card

All you have to do is help moms drop the price of this Counting Cards and you will be entered to win a $150 Target gift card. Just click “Drop the price” on the entry form below for a chance to win. For even more entries, share it on your social media networks via the entry form – every time one of your friends also clicks to drop the price, you’ll automatically receive additional giveaway entries!

This giveaway ends on 8/22/2016; you must be a US Resident and be 18 years or older to enter. Winners are randomly selected and contacted via email; the winners will be listed at the top of the entry form when the giveaway ends.

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Blessed Grove Keepsakes Review

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You may have not yet heard about Blessed Grove Keepsakes, but you may have heard of the type of services they provide. Blessed Grove Keepsakes makes amazing keepsake jewelry to help you hold on to and remember special times and people in your life.

Blessed Grove Keepsakes owner and founder, Monique, is a doula as well as a photographer. She has seen and experienced a lot of different circumstances while doing both of her jobs. What did knew for sure was that people are looking for a way to capture their “birth, surrogacy or breastfeeding journey, a lost child, first hair cut, a parent or pet who has passed on…this is how Blessed Grove Keepsakes was born.”

Blessed Grove Keepsakes specializes in offering beautiful wearable keepsakes that preserve your most intimate moments.

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Using breast milk, placenta, hair clippings or created ashes, Blessed Grove Keepsakes can make a special memory last a lifetime by transforming them into amazing, wearable jewelry. 

This Mama’s Experience

Breastfeeding my children was one of the most precious times in my life. It is hard for me to express just how much of an impact it made on my relationship with my children, relationship with God and my overall parenting choices. It truley is a moving and magical experience. The feel of holding your child close, skin to skin. Seeing their tiny hands wrap around your hair or finger. Knowing that you are giving them amazing nutrition and nutrients that man is not able to recreated gives you a feeling of wonder and humbles me in my faith.

I know many mothers who loved breastfeeding their kids. We talk about it with such fond memories; recounting the feelings and emotions that it evokes. Recently I heard about the concept of creating a bead from your breast milk. The concept blow my mind. At first I was a little bit weirded out. Then I thought about it quite a bit, like a lot. Then I started to fall in love with the idea. When I heard about Blessed Grove Keepsakes I took the time to look around her website and saw that she makes classy pieces for everyday people. I was instantly interested.

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I had a small bag (about 4 ounces) of breast milk in my deep freezer. I stopped breastfeeding around Feb or March of 2016, but I had that small bag that I never got around to tossing and I am SO glad that I didn’t! That was all the Blessed Grove Keepsakes needed to make a perfect little pearl-like bead out of my milk. I love how this bead looks like a typical pearl or bead. Nothing about it screams “Hey! I am wearing my booby milk people”. It’s simple, it’s classy and totally me.

Blessed Grove Keepsakes can accept shipments from US and Canada (if out of these countries please reach out to Monique about possibly working with her). It took a while for my milk to arrive due to customs and the fact that I was shipping a liquid through the USPS. Monique can walk you through what to write on the customs form and declaring the liquid.

The cost of one of these beads is C$65.00, which is roughly $50 in US dollars. This is a wonderful price! For a keepsake that is forever that is made with care you cannot go wrong with a Blessed Grove Keepsakes bead.

Bumbini $50 Giveaway

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Bumbini features not only an amazing array of cloth diapers but loads of other goodies too! From clothing to wet bags and sunglasses to skin care, they have just what you are looking for. Check out their website by clicking here. Now you can enter for your chance to win a $50 credit to Bumbini.

 

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Pomp and Circumstance Children’s Giveaway – Grand Prize

Welcome to the Pomp and Circumstance Children’s Product Giveaway Hop

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This event is brought to you by MamatheFox and On Honeysuckle Hill

At each stop you will find awesome prizes fit for children ages 0-18. Be sure to enter to win the Grand Prize over at MamatheFox’s stop! Grand prize includes: $25 credit to Handmade by Ozella, (1) BabyBanz Hearing Protection Set {retail of $30} & (1) year (6-issue) subscription to Fun to Learn Friend’s Magazine {retail of $27.50}.

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Fun To Be A Kid Giveaway

It’s Fun To Be A Kid Giveaway! Over $130 in Prizes!

Sponsored By:

Warm Tradition, Curious World, Cozy Phones,
KneeBees, and Treasure Run

Hosted By:

Love, Mrs. Mommy

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1 Lucky Winner Will Receive:

Over $130 worth of kid goodies from 5 amazing sponsors!!

Warm Tradition

The Bunny Rabbit Pillow: Made of a soft velvet type of non-pilling material. Perfect for children, teens and adults of all ages!! Warm Tradition also sells hot water bottles, made in Germany, and covers made in the USA. These high-quality bottles and covers have a lifetime guarantee! They have many styles to choose from such as classic bottles with fleece, flannel, or knit covers. Also, animal-shaped bottles, as well as personalized and monogram covers. Winner receives a bunny rabbit pillow.

Curious World

1 Year Subscription to Curious World: Where a child’s personal learning journey begins. Available for iPad, iPhone and Apple TV for $7.99/month, it is a cross-media platform that allows children to tap into their sense of wonder by learning through play, in a fun, safe and engaging world of unlimited games, books and videos. Curious World serves up custom age-based recommendations for children to play, read and watch, specifically chosen by early learning experts to provide a balanced diet across key learning areas, including math, science, literacy, creative expression and more. The accompanying parent dashboard in the app and at CuriousWorld.com also allows parents to follow their child’s progress and interests every step of the way. It provides helpful tips and enriching offline activities that parents can enjoy with their children to extend learning beyond the app. Winner receives a 1-year subscription to Curious World!

Cozy Phones

Kids Headphone: CozyPhones is a small family-owned business that started off by selling sleeping headphones on Amazon, then developed their own brand of fun, comfortable, kids headband headphones called CozyPhones™. They are a veteran owned, U.S. based business and promise a 100% satisfaction with their products. Winner’s choice of any in stock kids headphones.

KneeBees

KneeBees helps protect our children from bumps and bruises on the playground, falls from their scooter, or bike mishaps. They are also perfect for protecting a baby’s knees when they are learning to crawl (this style has cute rubber paws for traction). With so many fun colors, you are going to want them all! Winner’s choice of color and style! Be sure to check out my review, here!

Treasure Run

Treasure Run Customized Game: Are you looking for a fun activity for your kid’s birthday party or special family event? This website creates the most exciting treasure hunt games you can imagine. All of the puzzles and clues are included, all you need to do is print the clues and hide them around your house and back yard. Winner gets a code for a free customized game!
Open To US – Must be 18+ to enter 
Giveaway Dates ~ 8/1 9:00 AM EST through 8/15 11:59 PM EST
Good Luck!

Disclosure: Love, Mrs. Mommy and all participating bloggers are not held responsible for sponsors who do not fulfill their prize obligations. Love, Mrs. Mommy received free KneeBees in order to complete the above-mentioned review, but did not receive sponsor compensation to host this giveaway. This giveaway is in no way endorsed or sponsored by Facebook or any other social media site. The winner will be randomly drawn by Giveaway Tools and will be notified by email. The winner has 48 hours to reply before a new winner will be drawn. If you would like to participate in an event like this please contact LoveMrsMommy (at) gmail (dot) com.

World Breastfeeding Week Giveaway

August 1st through August 7th is 2016’s World Breastfeeding Week. 2016’s theme is about how breastfeeding is a key element in getting us to think about how to value our wellbeing from the start of life, how to respect each other and care for the world we share. My breastfeeding journey has been one of the most precious times of my life. Supporting a mother who chooses to breastfeeding their child is key to their success. When a nursing mother is judged, shamed, denied time or a place to feed their baby it is not only effecting that child’s growth but that mother’s mindset of their breastfeeding experience. This week highlights a women choice to breastfeed and all things that go along with that choice.

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To celebrate this week MamatheFox is hosting a huge World Breastfeeding Week Prize Package Giveaway that includes a bra from BeliBea (nursing bra), a case of Milkmaid Tea by Earth Mama Angel Baby and (1) tank top, (1) tee shirt and (1) Breezy Poncho from Bun Maternity (nursing clothing). This package has a value of $224 and is open to US residents. Please complete the form below for your chance to win this amazing package.

 

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