That adorable baby is sitting in a Bumbo baby seat.
Now, we received one of these Bumbo seats several years ago for one of our sons. We loved it! It can be extremely helpful!
Well, the thing is, ours is blue. We have a baby girl. I didn't want to buy a new one in a girly color, and I wasn't going to let it just be stashed away since it was blue, so we used it.
Today I'd like to introduce you to dENIZEN jeans, from Levi's!
These new, great fitting, jeans are available ONLY at Target.
dENIZEN jeans are well-crafted, with a fit for nearly everybody!
We first got a pair of these jeans for my husband, for review...
Men's #299
Raymond LOVED these jeans...
However, my husband's usual size in jeans did not fit him well in these jeans, so we were sent the next size up.
The next pair we were sent were:
Men's #233 (except ours was a dark wash).
My husband isn't a huge fan of the dark wash, but I loved these jeans on him! They look fantastic on him... I really wish he'd wear them more! He said they were comfortable, and felt good, but he just didn't like the dark wash that we received... he thought they were too dark.
Since he hasn't worn them all that often we haven't gotten to wash them as rigorously as I would have liked, but they do feel like good, high quality jeans... just what you would expect from a Levi's jean. dENIZEN's affordability combined with Levi's quality is a great combination that I am sure you will enjoy as well!
dENIZEN has jeans for nearly everyone in the family, too! Men's, women's, and children's styles are available. I was a little disappointed that bigger women were left out from wearing these jeans... the women's size stops at 18.
I would highly recommend checking dENIZEN out on their Facebook page... you never know what kind of deal you may get! And don't forget to check out a Target near you to try a pair of dENIZEN jeans on!
How did you decide on what to name your blog? I wanted something short and sweet, but unique. As a chocolate enthusiast, Mama Chocolate seemed fitting for me. :-)
Tell us a little bit about you....
We are Christians and plan on homeschooling our little ones. John and I are both homeschool graduates (and successful, well-balanced adults,) and we're excited to be passing on that vision on to our children! Like most, our life is hard work, but it's good, and I love it. I'm living my dream: raising beautiful children with a godly, loving husband, out in the country.We enjoy living out in the sticks and raise kids, sheep, dogs, cats and weeds, (the legal kind).
I've been a busy stay-at-home-mama and wife for about four years now, and God has already blessed me and my husband, John, with two beautiful daughters, Katie (2) and Victoria, (10 months.)
When and why did you start blogging? I had a little private blog for some time to keep family and friends updated before I started Mama Chocolate in July 2010.I had officially become a Giveaway Addict and wanted to share the love by hosting giveaways myself, and I knew that if I posted about recipes and such, it would help me actually try new things.
I expanded on that and hope to bring truly useful information to moms more and more in the future.
What do you blog about? I write about the ins and outs of mothering and homemaking, share recipes, family-related reviews and giveaways, and occasionally brag about my precious girls.
What does your family think of your blog? Do they read it? I finally added my husband to my email subscribers last week so that he would actually read it. ;-)
My mom and sisters read it (and tell me they love it, of course, LOL,) and are actually quite accomplished bloggers themselves!
When do you find the time to blog? Early in the morning or late at night are my most productive times. I work on blogging sometimes during the girls naps and now and then during the day.
What brand or product would you really like to work with/review? I would love to giveaway an Ergo baby carrier. I love mine and think every mom should have one!
What advice would you give a new blogger? Do not try to do it alone! Do whatever you can to network with other bloggers. There are a lot of nice bloggy people out there who are happy to help you out and there is so much to learn. You can become overwhelmed and discouraged if you're trying to do it alone.
Have you heard about Glow Crazy? If not, I do have to say, Glow Crazy might be the perfect artistic outlet for for your little one.
Glow Crazy has several glow in the dark items that are for 3-12 year old children.
We received the Distance Doodler and Glow to Go to review; the boys were SO excited!
Glow Crazy products use light from the Light Wand to make the glow canvas light up. The glow will last about 3 minutes and slowly disappear and then your child can have a clean slate to create again.
Below is a picture of the Glow to Go package. This was our favorite of the two products....
This is the PERFECT bedtime toy, camping toy, and it is a pretty good night-time car toy.
The Glow to Go case folds up and Velcros for easy portability. There is an elastic bungee and elastic loop to keep the light want with the Glow to Go... you'll always want it with you!
The middle flap is really a zippered pouch which holds stencils so you can create fun scenes on any of the four colors.
Unfortunately is was difficult to get pictures of my kid's creativity, but we did manage to capture this photo of a car stencil on our Glow to Go:
We loved that there were four, different colored, glow canvases. The kids could start in the beginning, then doodle on each canvas... once all were full of artwork the kids would flip back to the first and could start again!
The only reason why I don't think this is a great in-car toy is because the kids figured out that the light reflects off mirrors and windows...it can be distracting if you are driving. This is a great product to have if you have to wait in a car at night, though!
I love that there are no marks left on my wall, no damage to my furniture or carpet, and my kids can have a fantastic creative outlet!
The boys really love the Glow to Go, we only wish we had a few more!
The Glow Crazy Distance Doodler was well received by the boys, but we ran into an issue. We received 2 reusable wall clings. I was happy to hear they were reusable, so I didn't have to commit to having a glow in the dark canvas on our walls. However, the canvas was so easily removable that it hardly stuck to the wall. The first canvas lasted less than 24 hours before it had fallen off the wall. Once the canvas had come off the boys quickly balled the canvas up. I did save the other canvas and we now use that by standing it up on their dresser- it stands up well because of the folds from being inside the box. Beside the canvas not sticking, the kids had a lot of fun making a ton of squiggly lines and scribbles with their Distance Doodler!
We also figured out that the Distance Doodler light wand is also a great cat toy. Really... our kitten thoroughly enjoyed running after the blue dot and the boys got quite a kick out of watching him!
The Distance Doodler can be purchased online for $24.99 at www.glowcrazy.com with an exclusive free bonus pack including 1 Light Writer, 5 Canvas Wall Clings and 4 Stencils (just pay $5.95 p&h).
According to the Glow Crazy Facebook page there is a new product that was recently released, the Doodle Dome. From what I can tell about the product, it looks like it is a tent that has glow in the dark canvass inside! It looks really fun, and I can only imagine how much fun our kids would have with it.
Wanna have fun without the glow disappearing? Well head on over to www.glowtivitycenter.com and create fun art with the online Glow Games!
