Pampers Celebrates Most Valuable Dads and Partners With Eli Manning

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Most Valuable Dads This last weekend, we had a day to celebrate those men in our lives that mean so much to us. My own dad, my grandpa, my father in law, and my wonderful sweet husband. I can’t even put into words how much my husband means to me and just how great of [...]

Subway Baseball Designs Tour & Auction

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Subway Baseball Designs Tour & Auction I’ve written about Subway a few different times here on Babes and Kids. It’s on my top 5 list of places to eat out, they have healthy options, and it’s easy on our pocket book. I’m even more of a fan when I see what Subway is doing to [...]

Yo Gabba Gabba Live, There’s a Party in my City!

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Yo Gabba Gabba Live There was a party here in Salt Lake City! A Yo Gabba Gabba party that is. Last night, we ventured out to the Maverick Center to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live. The boys were definitely pumped and were talking about it all day. Secretly I was excited too, but don’t tell [...]

Strider Prebike – Review & Giveaway (closed)

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Learning to Ride a Bike Learning to ride a bike is definitely a milestone in a child’s life. Having mom and dad run beside them, using training wheels, finally getting it on their own. But what if you had a bike that prepped your child to go straight to riding without training wheels? That’s where [...]

Play-doh Fun Factory Giveaway (closed)

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Play-doh Fun Factory I’ve blogged about Play-doh a few times in the past, so you already know that I think it’s a great activity for the boys. It’s perfect for those rainy summer days, when you can’t go outside, but don’t want the kids watching tv either. Play-doh is great at helping little imaginations, and [...]

Jeep Wrangler All Weather Stroller – Review & Giveaway (closed)

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Strollers In the last 4 1/2 years, we’ve had 5 different strollers. We’ve had everything from a single stroller that went with our first travel system, to the Jeep Wrangler All Weather Umbrella Stroller featured in this post. Having an umbrella stroller is a first for us, so it was interesting to see what we [...]

Sun Protection Zone, Sun Skinz + Giveaway (closed)

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Protection From the Sun As the weather warms up, and the sun heats things up, most kids will be spending more time outside. We have a pool that we fill up in our backyard, and also love going swimming in outdoor pools. With the sun comes harmful UV rays. I feel like I am constantly [...]

Strawberry Shortcake Splashin Petal Pool Giveaway (closed)

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Splahin Petal Pool When I first saw this Strawberry Shortcake Splashin Petal Pool, it brought back memories from when I was a little girl playing with Strawberry Shortcake. Since I don’t have any girls, we don’t have any toys like this around our house, but I think it’s adorable still the same. Maybe someday I [...]

Nerf Super Soaker Hydro Fury Giveaway (closed)

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Nerf Super Soakers What would a summer sun event be without a great water gun? Hasbro has some awesome water guns out this summer, one being the Nerf Super Soaker Hydro Fury. With a name like Super Soaker, it’s going to get the job done. I remember my brothers having super soakers growing up and [...]

Hapari Swimwear – Review & Giveaway (closed)

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Swimwear What woman doesn’t want to feel good in a swimsuit? I know I do! However, I became increasingly self conscious of myself in a swim suit after I had 2 babies. Mostly my tummy because genetics were not nice to me. I also want something to bring my tummy in because my abs are [...]

Drink More WAT-AAH + Giveaway (closed)

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WAT-AAH As the summer months approach, it’s important to stay hydrated. I think WAT-AAH has you covered in that sense. Last summer I had a chance to take the WAT-AAH challenge in our house. The concept is to put these brightly colored bottles next to other fruit drinks and sodas and see what your family [...]

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Giveaway (closed)

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Little Tikes For the last 40 years, Little Tikes has been making great toys and helping kids create lasting memories. We have many Little Tikes toys in our home, including the Cozy Coupe. We got our cozy coupe about 5 months ago and the boys have had great fun playing in it, especially since they [...]

Summer Sun Event Starts Today!

The Summer Sun event at Babes and Kids starts today!  I’m excited to be featuring some great products all geared around having fun in the sun.  (Although we’ve had a lack of it where I live.)  Don’t forget to check back over the next 12 days for great reviews and giveaways.  And don’t forget to [...]

Summer Sun Event, May 11-22

Summer Sun I’m done with the cold weather, and am ready for some sun! It’s finally starting to warm up here, and that means summer is on it’s way. What better way to celebrate than with some great products geared towards the outdoors? Babes and Kids is having a Summer Sun party! The event will [...]

Ultimate Blog Party 2010

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The Ultimate Blog Party! Who knew the blogosphere could have such awesome parties? I didn’t until now, but am excited to be a part of the Ultimate Blog Party 2010, put on by 5 Minutes for Mom. As part of the party, here’s a little “get to know me” I’m Tiff, writer and creator of [...]

Secrets of the Mountain + Giveaway (closed)

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Secrets of the Mountain If you’ve stopped by to visit in the last couple days, you know that I’ve been in NYC. My first trip there, and it was for a great reason. Walmart and Proctor & Gamble have paired up to present a great family film; Secrets of the Mountain. I must admit, I [...]

Handy Manny’s Big Race Special Event – March 20th

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Handy Manny’s Big Race More often than not you can hear my 4 year old Chandler, or even me walking around the house singing the Handy Manny theme song.  It’s a catchy tune, and ever since Handy Manny came out, it’s been on at our house several times a week.  My boys like to watch [...]

Macy’s Go Red for Women + Giveaway (closed)

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Women Unite for a Cause I take pride in being a woman. Women are strong and beautiful. We are smart and know how to get things done. And when it comes to joining together for a cause, we are even stronger. For the 6th consecutive year, Macy’s is teaming up with the American Heart Association [...]

Bloggers & Tiaras, Mission 3 – Talent

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As part of Momdot’s Bloggers and Tiaras, we were given a mission to complete a talent.  In thinking of a talent, I wasn’t sure if I should show some weird quarky talents or stick to talents that I’ve worked hard to develop.  Then I thought, why not have a mix of both?  So without further [...]

The Heart of Our Home + Giveaway

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Our Home, Our Heart  Every house has a heart.  The place where you gather as a family, laugh, bond and make memories.  When I thought about where ours was, it was hard to pinpoint one spot.  We’ve been in our home for 9 months now.  It’s our first home and it’s so fun to think [...]

Land’s End FeelGood Campaign & Twitter Party

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Helping Those in Need Land’s End is going the extra mile and helping those in need.  You can help too! For every Lands’ End FeelGood sweater purchased, the company will donate signature FeelGood yarn to One Heart Foundation’s Warming Families, a nationwide knitting charity. Lands’ End expects to donate thousands of pounds of yarn to [...]

Holiday Gift Guide 2009

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Holiday Shopping Looking for that perfect gift this holiday season?  Have someone on your list that is hard to buy for and need some ideas?  I’ve teamed up with 3 terrific mamas, (Kate from The Shopping Mama, Shannon of Potamus Prefers, and Kate of Mom Trend) to bring you a 2009 Holiday Gift Guide.   [...]

Bumbleride Indie Twin Review & Giveaway (closed)

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Our family stays pretty active. With two young boys that are constantly on the go, that seems to be unevitable. So when it comes to a double stroller, I feel like we need something that matches our lifestyle. If you haven’t heard of bumbleride, let me introduce you. This is the Indie Twin, a luxury [...]

I’m turning 1! + Amazon Giveaway (closed)

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It’s My Birthday! I can’t believe I’m turning one!  Ok, so not really.  I actually turned 1 a LONG time ago, but Babes and Kids is celebrating 1 year on September 4th.  I can’t believe how fast it’s gone.  I’ve definitely learned a lot about blogging and myself.  I’ve made some great friends through the [...]

National Play-Doh Day + Giveaway (closed)

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National Play-Doh Day September 16th is National Play-Doh Day.  We have plenty of Play-doh in our home, so we will definitely be celebrating.  I got Chandler a bunch of Play-Doh the Christmas after he turned 2. He was a little young for it at the time, but quickly grew into it. I love that it [...]