Anabella Giggles All Day! Children’s Book

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.
I read Anabella Giggles All Day! with my little one, the story about girl who loves giggling and having fun. The book is not very long and quite easy to read with kids, ages 3 to 7, it has one sentence per page. Anabella Giggles All Day! has really nice pictures showing kids at different places inside and outside the school. Teddy is still learning how to read, so colorful book illustrations were more interesting to my boy until we got to the page about the Keddy Teddy where he easily spotted Teddy name and became more curious about words and what they were all about.


 It is a nice story about kids, friendship and respect; the story of two friends who learn and grow even if it is just learning something new about each other. I am sure all the preschoolers would enjoy reading Anabella Giggles All Day! and may be even recognize themselves in the book characters.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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iCaughtSanta.com - Add Santa or Rudolph to Your Christmas Photos

Every year we create our Christmas photos with Santa and our little one truly believes that Santa comes Christmas night to bring holiday gifts. Thanks to iCaughtSanta.com we have an opportunity to catch Santa in our own home and show photos to our little one. Santa eating milk or cookies, playing with your pets, standing in the living room by the Christmas tree or taking a break in the armchair all those are possible with iCaughtSanta.com.


This year iCaughtSanta.com invited everyone to catch Santa for FREE till December 10th, simply use code #SantaShare or SantaShare to create your picture. You can also add Santa or Rudolph to a family photo and have a cool Christmas e-Greeting Card to share with family and friends. I thought that photos with Santa and Rudolph are mostly for little kids, but I surprisingly found out that my older nephews would love to have the pictures taken with Santa too, it is becoming a tradition to catch Santa. These days discussions are about where we set cameras to record Santa's visit.


One more treat, during holidays season iCaughtSanta.com holds 2013 Customer Appreciation Contest with amazing prizes including iPad Air, Amazon, Visa and Starbucks giftcards (there are over $1,500 in prizes). Enter following the link:  http://www.icaughtsanta.com/.

Catching Santa became real like never before so take you chance and impress your family, friends and co-workers.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Printable Christmas Party Games and Activities

Christmas tree is up, baking in almost done, outside and inside decorations warm up your holiday mood. So now it is time to think about entertainment during holiday evenings, how to spend fabulous and precious time with family and loved ones, share stories, play games, make crafts with kids and participate in multiple holiday activities.

For our Canadian stormy winter we found perfect way to be entertained indoors using printables from 60 Printable Christmas Party Games Packet. It has pintables enough to have fun for weeks. The packet includes Christmas, Santa, snowman trivia questions for kids, vocabulary games, synonym quiz, champagne trivia and many more totalling to 60 games and activities great for home, office or inside gatherings. There are so many pintables to choose that everyone from kids to seniors will find the activities to their tastes and abilities. Games are interesting, pages are colorful, and do not worry if you would not be able to answer some trivia questions, all the answers are included.

Only for 33c you can get an engaging Christmas printable game, or you can also get a packet of 60 Printable Christmas Party Games for $19.95. All games are in PDF format and can be printed anywhere. They are sent via encrypted e-mail so no shipping charges at all. Plus you can keep the games forever and print as many times as you can. We already started playing some games, I can tell you - it is so much fun and everyone loves them.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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React Mobile Application to Keep Family Safe

If you take safety seriously then you definitely would love to know about new React Mobile application for iPhone and Android. These days, people need to have an easy way to alert that they are in an emergency situation. From bullies and criminal attacks to simply being lost in unfamiliar environment the React Mobile application becomes first source to refer to. With a push of the button you can send a SOS alert with GPS coordinates to your trustable emergency contacts using SMS or text message, e-mail or post the information on Facebook or Twitter.


Great application for parents to track their kids, real estate agents and different types of independent consultants (beauty, insurance etc) who often meet new clients for the first time, I even decided to install this application on aunt's smartphone to track her during doctor’s visits and therapy sessions when she goes alone. There are so many benefits of React Mobile app, from having peace of mind to reporting criminal activity. Even if we would not be able to fight bad guys, at least we do everything possible to protect ourselves and feel confident for our loved ones.


As for the features: “Follow me” button lets selected contacts track you in real-time mode, if you need to confirm that you have arrived at your destination safely simply touch “I’m Safe” button. In emergency situation press the SOS on the app to send out a panic message containing a link to your GPS location to your emergency contacts via text message and email (plus post on Facebook or Twitter). You will be automatically sent to dial 911.

The application is free to download, find it on Google Play and in the App store. You can also follow React Mobile on Facebook, Twitter and check their web site. And my advice - try to use the app after installation and show how it works to the family members.

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Enjoy Your Holiday Shopping to the Fullest with RBC Avion #AvionVIP

I love Holidays, especially in winter, my favorite season - all the preparations, shopping, decoration, baking, cooking, endless phone conversations with family and friends around the world and lovely congratulatory messages. I think that the most exciting part during holiday season is not holidays themselves but the preparation time when we so cheeriosly anticipate festivities, family gatherings, buy gifts to our loved ones and, finally, have a good reason to call everyone and wish happy holidays.


When I was offered to learn about Avion VIP Boutique at Toronto Yorkdale mall I can say it appeared simply to save me this season. If you saw my shopping list and my picky family and friends, you know that I almost live at Yorkdale mall and make my shopping there for last ten years.


RBC Avion Holiday Boutique is a lounge where RBC Avion cardholders can relax, recharge and enjoy various complimentary services from Valet Parking to Gift Wrapping. RBC Avion Holiday Boutique VIP lounges are open this holiday season from November 23 to December 31, 2013 at Yorkdale in Toronto, Mail Champlain in Montreal, Coquitlam near Vancouver and the Halifax Shopping Centre.

As an Avioner you do not need to worry about finding parking spot any more, you get your Valet parking right away and forget what the word “FULL” means. Another great service is coat and parcel check, last week when we visited Yorkdale mall we left our winter clothes at Avion Holiday Boutique and headed for shopping.


We were walking from one store to another, and the thought that every moment I could just go back to Avion Holiday lounge to relax filled me with energy and excitement. I did not feel any fatigue or wish to leave the mall, in opposite I wanted to stay more and was very focused on my shopping, gifts, fancy styles, colors and ideas.


Coffee, hot chocolate with marshmallow and holiday sprinkles, water and cookies for the whole family, nice treat for everyone. You can sit in a bar and have a friendly chat with other Avioners or you can go to a lounge and relax there. Comfortable chairs are always waiting for you, there are enough room for strollers too. Live music including favorite Christmas songs makes you feel VIP for sure. And the best thing you can go shopping again, come back, take a break, have your gifts wrapped, leave them at parcel check and go for shopping again. Isn’t it amazing? And all those services are free for Avioners. Plus friendly staff is always ready to help you. My boy loved sitting there and reading kids’ books while I was reading magazines and drinking my hot chocolate.


When I first learned about RBC Avion VIP boutique I simply screamed that  they made shopper dreams come true, I just could not find another words for that. Again, who are those Avioners who receive all VIP treatments? The answer is simple. These are people who have RBC Avion card.


I checked out RBC offers and found that both the RBC Infinite Avion Card and the RBC Platinum Avion Card fit us perfectly, details here: http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/credit-cards/travel-credit-cards/. We love travelling so it will be great to earn rewards towards flights, hotels, vacation packages, car rentals and more. With welcome 15,000 points which is good for round trip airline travel in Canada or US, you’ll earn RBC Rewards points every time you make a purchase with your RBC Avion card. Avioners earn 1 RBC Rewards point for every dollar spent on purchases, and earn bonus points when shopping through the RBC Rewards eMall.


The Avion program also offers premium and extensive Insurance package including trip cancellation and protection for your trip, hotel, rental vehicle, and purchases. Fly on any airline, anytime with no blackouts, or seat restrictions with RBC Avion.  Enjoy your shopping and Happy Holidays!

Disclosure: I am part of the RBC Avion Holiday Boutique Blogger Campaign with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

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Skate Into Fun with Jenna - Children’s Book

We decided to read the e-book “Skate into fun” together with my little one. He loves reading books and likes colorful pages. “Skate into fun” is a story all the kids tell multiple times about who they will be when grown up. Starting with skating rink Jenna travels around the world to learn about other professions and activities. The book introduces multiple careers from principal to rangers bringing kid’s approach to every choice as if a kid wrote this book. While reading my little one asked so many questions about illustrations and was good in reading some phrases. There was only one sentence per page so we finished it easily and fast. Since we were reading “Skate into fun” using the tablet, my boy was excited to go back and forward finding his favorite pictures and then asking if I like them.


Overall, interesting story and fun for little ones especially who start reading. Friendly characters, bright colors and simple sentences make it easy to understand. The story is not long and easy to ready so would be great book for any toddler and preschooler.

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A Joy to Share – Teaching Kids About Helping Others #KinderMom

Holiday time is magical, I always say that to my kid. People may not notice it right away, but it exists if you want to join and be part of it. Last year we participated in the CTV toy drive and I remember my boy gave a toy without any hesitation. He was happy and excited just to be a part of giving and sharing. I know kids learn by example. If parents show how even a little contribution can make a difference, this definitely helps kids, even very young, to understand the importance of giving back to people and community. Everything starts with the family.



I reminded my boy the time when he was sick and his aunt called him. How happy he was after their short conversation and how little he needed to feel better. I told my boy that he can help other people to have the same feeling, helping, for example, his friends, by sharing his toys and books, teaching younger cousins letters and numbers or treating our guests with a delicious creamy hazelnut KINDER Mini Eggs. And he sees that his attention, care and toys bring so much joy to other people.


It was amazing to learn that for the second year, KINDER has partnered with Children’s Miracle Network with the “A Joy To Share” program. The “A Joy to Share” program is one of the ways KINDER is helping bring joy to families this holiday season. It is a wonderful opportunity to teach our kids about what it means to help others. We were excited to create a holiday greeting card for the children in a Children’s Miracle Network member hospital. My boy was so involved in creating saying that his card can help recover another boy or girl in a hospital. So inspiring, you can do this too - for each greeting card that is created, KINDER® will donate $1 to the Children’s Miracle Network up to $25,000.


Disclosure: I’m part of the Kinder® Mom program and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

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