Moon Dough Barnyard: A Review

I have to be honest. When I saw the latest box arrive, I knew what was in it. It was Moon Dough and I was not looking forward to the typical dried up little pieces like you get with the that "dough" you mold that we all know.
Macie stayed home sick last week (on the first day of school I might add) and as much as I wanted to wait to open it until Zoa got home, I could not tell the poor girl no.

So the box came open.

And she played. She created. For at least 30 minutes! Even though the ages on this states it is for ages 2-4, she loved playing with it and still does! And the best part? This Moon Dough is hypo-allergenic, wheat free and never dries out! This is not your typical "dough"!

This is one toy that we will by the refill packs for. The dough comes in several colors and you get to create shapes within the barn. You make the hay-bales, chickens, goats...you create all of it all withing the barn!

I cannot count the times the girls has sat at our kitchen table playing with this. They both love it!

Moon Dough is available at Toys "R" Us, Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart and several other retailers. The Moon Dough Barnyard retails for $19.99. There are a number of play sets available and they are Moon Dough Pizza Shop, Magic Molding Doghouse, and Moon Dough Burger Shop.

Three Ladies and a Dad Reviews Disclosure: This review is possible through Moon Dough and Team Mom. Moon Dough and/or Team Mom sponsored this post by providing me with a Moon Dough Barnyard set so that I may share this information with you. My post is an expression of my own honest opinion based on my experience and is not reviewed or edited by Moon Dough and/or Team Mom. Moon Dough and/or Team Mom does not compensate me in any other way for this post.

CSN Stores: A Winner

The winner of the $25 CSN Stores gift card is:

#2 - Suburban Prep

Congratulations! You should have received an email from me.

Review and a giveaway: Back to school with Seventh Generation

About a month ago, I received a kit in the mail with quite a few Seventh Generation products as a back to school kit. If you were to look on my cleaner shelf, you would find nothing but green cleaners, including Seventh Generation.

Keeping classrooms clean helps keep my girls out of the doctor offices. I aim to have my girls get the "Perfect Attendance" award at school but have yet to do it. It is no wonder though, so many kids end up sick from germs they get at school.

The products Seventh Generation sent are great to prevent the spread of germs in the school and home setting. Disinfecting wipes & disinfecting multi-surface spray (that smells incredibly 'clean') keeps the surfaces germ free while the facial tissue and paper towels help keep germs contained and where they belong.

While I have always loved Seventh Generation, I am even a bigger supporter now that I know they raise awareness about the germs found in school!

Would you like to win a Seventh Generation back to school set?
To enter, just leave me a comment here on this post. Anything goes! For up to five additional entries, click here. The winner will be chosen on Friday, September 3 and will receive a Seventh Generation backpack, two canisters of disinfecting wipes, a multi surface spray, a box of facial tissue and a roll of paper towels. Please leave your email address so I have a way of contacting you should you be chosen.

Three Ladies and a Dad Reviews Disclosure: This review is possible through My Blog Spark and Seventh Generation. My Blog Spark and/or Seventh Generation sponsored this post by providing me with a product pack and one to give away so that I may share this information with you. My post is an expression of my own honest opinion based on my experience and is not reviewed or edited by My Blog Spark and/or Seventh Generation. My Blog Spark and/or Seventh Generation does not compensate me in any other way for this post.

Five tips to keep healthy smiles!

Dentists can be darn expensive. Luckily, my kids have yet to have a cavity. I like to think it has something to do with our habits and what we eat. Here are five tips that we try to practice on a regular basis. Have they been the reason why our girls have had zero cavities? I do not know...but they are working for us so far!

1. Brush two times a day and make sure the kids brush right! This is an obvious one. We may have to remind the girls to brush, but we make sure they do, and when they do it, we make sure it's right.

2. Use a mouthwash. Another one we are pretty good with, but a lot of the reason we use it because the girls love it! We try to remember that all mouthwashes vary the time you should use it. Some suggest you swish before you brush and some suggest after you brush. Regardless, we try to use one.

3. Get those teeth cleaned professionally twice a year! Jeremy's insurance covers this. Come January, I am making the appointments for our yearly appointments - dentists, eye doctors...etc. I think if you schedule them every January you are more likely to remember to do it. At least, that is how my mind works.

4. Watch sugar intake at home. We all have a sweet tooth. But if you count the times we cave in to those cravings, you will realize they are few. Something we have found that helps is animal crackers...they satisfy the sweet tooth!

5. Teach kids why you do all of these things. Tell them what is going on when they brush, why you should watch sugars and the importance of getting teeth cleaned at the dentist, along with anything you do at your home for preventive measures. This helps them understand the importance of what we tell them to do instead of them just thinking we do it to 'nag'. Make sense, no?

I am sure many of you have many of your own tips for how you keep you and your families smiles pretty. I hope these tips may help you and if you have any suggestions you would like to share, feel free to do so! I would love to hear them...just leave me a comment below. I don't know about you, but I could use all the help I can get!

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Three Ladies and a Dad Review Disclosure: I wrote this blog post while participating in the TwitterMoms and Trident blogging program, making me eligible to get a $25 gift card. For more information on how you can participate, click here.

The Gap: $50 gift card for $25

I love the Gap. I am actually waiting for a package from them with school clothes in it for the girls. I thought this might help someone else out so wanted to share this with you.

Groupon is offering a $50 Gap gift card for $25. Today is the only day that you will be able to get it at this price.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Register or log in to Groupon.
2. Look for your city. Since my closest city is St. Louis, I chose that.
3. Purchase the gift $50 gift card for $25.

This is limited to one per person and the gift card can only be used in store. The expiration is November 19,2010.

Gap clothes are great quality and one of the few brands that fit Macie really good so I am stoked about this one!

CSN Stores: A Review and a Giveaway

A while back, I had the chance to do a review of CSN Stores. With school back in and crazier than ever, I finally ordered the product of my choice. After looking and looking, I finally decided on a set of kitchen towels - more specifically the MUModern microfiber dishtowel in Crimson. I have been wanting microfiber towels for the kitchen but could not find them in my kitchen's accent color, red. CSN Stores carried these and I was excited to get them in!

One of CSN Stores lines on their opening page is they have "free shipping on just about everything". Everything I searched for myself did not have free shipping. I could not find a link that narrowed down results to just free shipping products. I was a bit disappointed that my towels were not shipped free but I went ahead and got them anyway.

While I love the towels, I have found that they bleed quite a bit. Hopefully once they are ran through the washing machine a few times, that will stop. One towel in particular started to pull away from the scrubber that is sewn into the towel but I think it may just be a bad towel since the other ones are holding up fine.

All in all, CSN Stores has fast shipping and hundreds of products, which would be great for one stop shopping.

Would you like to win a $25 gift card to CSN Stores?
Just leave a comment here telling me what you would use it on if you are chosen. For the fine print and details on more ways to enter, click here. The winner will be chosen on Friday, August 27. Please leave your email address so we can email you the gift card number if you are chosen.

Good luck!

Three Ladies and a Dad Reviews Disclosure: This review is possible through CSN Stores. CSN Stores sponsored this post by providing me with one $25 Gift Card to use as I choose and one to give away so that I may share this information with you. My post is an expression of my own honest opinion based on my experience and is not reviewed or edited by CSN Stores. CSN Stores does not compensate me in any other way for this post.