Sharingland has the Windmill Farm Playhouse your kids will love

When the little ones use their imagination it’s so much fun to see. Sharingland is 100% about imagination. One of my close friends has 2 young children and just had a newborn a couple weeks ago, so this is perfect for her. After looking at the options, we settled on the Windmill Farm Playhouse Kit.

Find Your Christmas Tree with Hammacher Schlemmer

Do you get a real tree or an artificial one? For my family it’s an obvious choice. This is because I am allergic to pine. I know, a bad allergy to have especially while living in WI. My girls and I moved back to WI in the beginning of the year and left a lot behind, so we needed a new tree for this Christmas. Hammacher Schlemmer offered to send one for review. We decided on a prelit Noble Fir.

Day 16 Jesus Showed Compassion #LIGHTtheWORLD

I have always taught my children to show compassion, to help others, pay it forward so to speak. It’s easy to help family and friends, which we do a lot of. I also try and show them to reach out to strangers and do something nice, hold a door open smile. It doesn’t always have to involve money. Smiling at someone can improve their day more than we think.

There are so many different beliefs out there, and I respect them. This post is not intended to push anything onto you, but to share one viewpoint.

Febreze takes all those 12 Stinks of Christmas away

This review was made possible by iConnect and Febreze.  I was provided compensation to facilitate this post, but all opinions stated are 100% mine.

I grew up in northern Wisconsin, and every year November and December looked and felt like Christmas time. Snow, cold, Christmas trees etc. Now fast forward a few years (a few?). I have moved to Arizona, and it’s my second Christmas. Not having snow, freezing weather, it’s just not the same. Luckily, Febreze has products to help me get back into the “smell” of Christmas. Not only that, but they help cover all those extra smells.

Win a Dog, Cat or Dinosaur Projection Alarm Clock

 My two boys love all things dinosaur, so when I heard about the Dinosaur Projection Alarm Clock, I knew we had to review it. This awesome stegosaur is perfect for my older son (he is 9) because we are starting to try and have him take more responsibility and wake up on his own and start getting ready for school. This clock matches his decked out dinosaur room so well and the prejector images are so cool and add such a neat touch to the clock.

Dinosaur Projection Alarm Clock • All Ages • $29.99

This makes a dino-mite clock for kids who are fans of the stegosaurus and his mighty friends. Kids will enjoy the 4 prehistoric images as well as the digital time projected above their heads.

Paw-some ways to include pups in the holidays (and find out which states have the merriest dogs!)

Happy Howlidays!

I love the holiday season — the cold weather, the yummy food, and of course, all of the festivities! You know who else loves them too? My dog House, I'm thinking it may be because of all the extra lovin' and gifts he gets from the family.

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Treetopia No 2 Pencil Artifial Christmas Tree

Let me just start by saying that my only choice for a Christmas tree is an artificial one. I am allergic to pine. Growing up in Northern Wisconsin in the middle of the woods was very difficult. What’s even worse is Christmas time. That’s because everyone has a real tree in their home. I am so allergic that just having a needle on me or smelling the tree (sap maybe) that I get migraines. Treetopia contacted me at the perfect time as our old tree broke (thanks to my dog) so we needed to get a new one anyway. So when they asked if they could send me one of their artificial trees, there was no way I was saying no.

Christmas Traditions Evolve over time

When I was a kid we used to travel the 4 hours to my dad’s on Christmas Eve then on Christmas Day we would drive back home and spend the day with my mom. That was the tradition for many years until it just became too much to do, with small children. I think traditions evolve over time and whatever works for you and your family is cool.

Christmas goodies, ornaments and stocking stuffers

Christmas season can’t be complete without some goodies, ornaments and of course stocking stuffers. I wanted to share a few things that I have been asked to look at lately.

Christmas Planning is so Much Less Stressful with this a Holiday Party Kit!

It's the most wonderful time of the year. It's time to shop, and celebrate our love for one another with gifts and special moments. It is also the time of the holiday rush and sometimes madness in the stores. It is the time of trying to figure out what you are serving for your holiday meal, and plan your decorations. As wondrous as this time of year is, it can also be a very stressful time for many families, especially mommies, who often try to have everything just perfect!

We have a very large family that gets together every year for a Christmas Party so I was thrilled to learn that I could get a LARGE Vintage Poinsettia Party pack of supplies for 18 from Wholesale Party Supplies and I could also get lots of  Party Planning ideas from Celebrations! This huge party pack is available for less than $18, which makes it less than a dollar per person. The pack comes with plates, a plastic poinsettia table cloth, plastic wear, napkins, cups and even red and green streamers to decorate!

Drinks for the holiday from Sobieski and Blue Nectar

It’s the holiday season, and well there are going to be parties, and alcohol. I’m not a big drinker, but once in awhile I do like to have something. I was asked to try Blue Nectar Tequila and also Sobieski Vodka. Since I actually am a big fan of tequila, I really wanted to try it.

KIDZ BOP Christmas Wish List CD

It is almost that time of year! The time of year that we bust out the Christmas music and get into the holiday mood! My husband promised me this year, he would not listen to Christmas music until after Halloween. He LOVES IT THAT MUCH! He cannot wait to listen to it, so you can imagine how incredibly happy he was when our new Kidz Bop Christmas Wish List just came in!!

Merry Christmas

We thought we would share with you some of our Christmas family traditions:

Paige:

“Our family has pizza on Christmas Eve every year with my sister and her family. We also follow Santa on the NORAD tracker.”  

Jamie:

“We stay the night with my in-laws on Christmas Eve so we can all be together on Christmas morning. We also bake cookie on Christmas Eve.”

Katrina:

“We all go to the Christmas Eve service at church to watch Mya sing. After that we have a celebration with food and gifts with my in-laws. On Christmas Day is just us, and the kids. We spend Christmas with my parents and siblings before and after Christmas since everyone is all over the place.”

Becky:

"Our family Christmas traditions begin the day after Thanksgiving. We put up the tree and the following day our elf, Wesley comes back. We have lots of little things we do during the season, but the ones we started specifically after we had our first baby was to buy an ornament to represent whatever each kid was into that year. This year, little C has a Pac-man ornament and little D has a Spider-man ornament. And then on Christmas Eve, we open the box that Wesley left us containing new pajamas for each of us and the Night Before Christmas book. We all change into our new jammies, bundle up and go look for Santa while checking out Christmas lights. We come home, Daddy reads the book and we go to bed and attempt to sleep! And speaking of sleep, Big A and I have both been staying awake all hours of the night because -we- are too excited for Christmas!!!"

So from The Nurse Mommy family to yours, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas! 

Portable North Pole: Video from Santa

I’m sure you have seen the sites where you can personalize a letter from Santa for your children. Portable North Pole has taken that concept and magnified it. I was contacted to do a review on a few of their products. I was more than happy to.

I was given a few products to look at. One was a video from Santa. Once you purchase the video for a mere $3.99 you customize it to fit your child. It asks you questions. For example, you start off with if the child is nice, nice/naughty, or naughty. Then you go from there and put what the child plays with etc. After you get to put up to 5 pictures of them showing parts of their lives over the course of the past year. One of my favorite parts is putting friend’s names. This is so when Santa’s elf goes to get the book; their friends have books too with their name on it.

After you have it all finished you can watch the video to make sure everything is correct, then you have the option to download it into a mp4 file. This costs an additional $6.99 but to me it’s worth it since you have it forever then, and you can share it however you want.