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November 21, 2011

Review: Play-doh Twirl N Top Pizza Shop

We looooove Play-Doh in our house, and it’s a great activity for building hand strength and dexterity, which Sophie works on in occupational therapy. So I was all about reviewing this latest play-doh set, the Twirl N Top Pizza Shop. I must say, it’s probably my favorite Play-Doh set ever! Why? Because it’s fun, it’s creative, and it’s simple – very few parts. We have some other sets that are great fun, very creative, and have 50 million parts that are hard to keep track of! Not so with the pizza shop! You can make a crust, cheese, and toppings all in one very compact set. Both my big kids have had a blast with it! Here’s Sophie demonstrating how fun this set is:

sophiepizza1 — Crust is ready to be topped!

sophiepizza3 — Ta-da! (She wanted red cheese. Whaddya do?)

If you love Play-Doh (and why wouldn’t you?), this is a great set!

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Hasbro sent me this set to review. All opinions about it are my own.

November 21, 2011November 20, 2011

The Incredible Fantastic Birthdaypalooza!

So as I mentioned the other day, I had quite a bit planned for Sophie’s 5th birthday. And quite a bit went very well! It all started on Wednesday, her actual birthday. After taking some Lulee’s Lollies to school to share with her friends, she then had two girlfriends over after class for a play date and cupcakes! Then, after Daddy got home from work, it was PRESENT TIME! She had just (ahem *cough*) a few to open.

Then, Friday after Joshua got out of school, we picked Daddy up at work and headed slightly south to CoCo Key, an indoor waterpark in Cincinnati. We stayed the night so we got to play Friday night and Saturday. It was awesome! I will post a full review later, but we had a fantastic time. Sophie and Joshua were in HEAVEN!

Finally, FINALLY, yesterday we had the main event – Sophie’s Hello Kitty birthday party. Usually we just do a family party, because we have a big family, but this year since it was the first birthday Sophie really was excited about, we went all-out. We had all her friends from church and a couple special other friends as well! It…was…HUGE! And even though it was totally crazy and I almost had a panic attack during the chaos that ensued the busting of the ($20!!!) Hello Kitty pinata, Sophie had an awesome time!

the "Happy Birthday" song — The "Happy Birthday" song

We had a wonderful few days celebrating our little girl. And I think she was feeling pretty special about it all. Happy Birthday, Sophie! But I gotta warn you, next year is probably gonna seem pretty lame.

November 20, 2011November 23, 2011

Lands’ End Starfish Collection Giveaway #7

Congrats to our Lands’ End Starfish giveaway winner, Sara! Congrats and enjoy! In this seventh giveaway, I want to feature yet another fabulous style of Starfish pant – the Spandex Terry pants.

spandexterrypants — Starfish Spandex Terry Pants

They make my legs very happy.

These are a little more casual-looking than the other Starfish pants, and they have a drawstring – so if you’re a drawstring-pant girl, you’ll love them! The terry is so soft, and so warm – and the pants look great! Especially with the tops and jackets in the Starfish collection.

SO, who wants to win five pieces of this fabulous collection from Lands’ End? Here’s how to enter!

1) Go check out the Starfish Collection and leave me a comment letting me know which piece you think looks the best. If you can’t pick one, that’s ok, just tell me what you love!

2) “Like” our facebook page and leave us a comment on this post telling us you did our already do

3) Tweet about this giveaway “Win 5 pieces of the #landsend Starfish Collection from @jennyitup & @momminitup http://bit.ly/w4j0Fr” then leave us a comment with your tweet URL.

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This giveaway ends Tuesday night at 10:30 PM EST. If you don’t win this one, keep trying, we’ve got three more to go!