BeyondBedding - Jungle Time Kids Bedding Set Review and Giveaway

Our house has undergone a few transitions over the past few weeks.  The walls are sparkling, our love seat has been replaced by a side chair, and our flowerbeds no longer make our house look like its been abandoned for the last year.  But the biggest change of all has taken place in the kids bedrooms.

Even though Baby Co is only 7 months old, Bid and Kik have always shared a room.  Lately Bid has thought it was a good idea to jump on Kik's head and wake her up every morning at 6.  So the twin beds have been taken down, rooms rearranged, and bunk beds put up.

All of the rearranging does have a plus side.  I've found that the easiest way to freshen up a room is to change out the Kids Bedding.  And one of my favorite places to shop for bedding is BeyondBedding.com.  I love that at BeyondBedding you can get most of their styles in a variety of sizes.

As a mother of an infant, a toddler, and a school aged child I really appreciate the fact that I can coordinate all of their bedding to make their rooms work regardless of how many times I have to rearrange them.  Here is the Pink and Green Jungle Baby girl bedding, Toddler Bedding, and kids bedding sets.

 As much as I love the girls style, my absolute favorite style is the Jungle Time Children & Kids Bedding Set.  Besides being adorable, it matches the theme of Co's room perfectly.

When I first saw the bedding I thought it would just be a printed design, but each square is embroidered and sewn together.  Co doesn't actually use his bear bed yet - we use it as an extra for when we need to separate the girls - but he loves to sit on it and feel the different materials (i.e. microsuede, courdoroy, etc.)

The underside is soft and comfy, and the girls love to cuddle under it.

The colors are bright and vibrant, and so far the bedding has been very durable.

To Buy - The Jungle Time Kids Bedding Set is made by JoJo Designs and retails for $99.99.  The twin set includes

• Twin Comforter - This luxurious comforter is designed in a patchwork style with jungle themed animal and leaf appliques. It has a chocolate brown microsuede border, and reverses to a green cotton tonal leaf print.
• Standard Sham - The matching sham is designed using the green leaf print with a large lion embroidered applique in the center. Chocolate brown microsuede border with red piping finish the look perfectly.
• Window Valance - The valance is made using the green leaf print with cute jungle animal appliques and a chocolate microsuede border.
  
• Twin Bed Skirt - This twin skirt is also made with the leaf print and has ivory and chocolate to finish your room off perfectly. 

To Win -  BeyondBedding.com is giving away a Bedding Set to one of you!

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SCOOBY-DOO! 13 SPOOKY TALES AROUND THE WORLD

My girls and I are always so excited when a new Scooby Doo DVD comes out. Our newest acquisition is SCOOBY-DOO! 13 SPOOKY TALES AROUND THE WORLD.  My girls love that it is a collection of episodes so that they can watch a few at a time in their allotted tv time.

Synopsis - Nobody vacations like Scooby-Doo and the gang! Join Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and their canine pal in Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales Around the World as they visit some of the coolest and creepiest destinations across the world. Prepare to get shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle with scary skeleton scuba divers and chased through the canals of Venice by the Ghostly Gondolier, who even kidnaps Daphne! Hop aboard a haunted Aztec barge, but not before Scooby-Doo! wows a vengeful god with his best Mexican hat dance – to say nothing of his airplane cha-cha over the headhunter-happy jungles of Brazil. Along the way you can bet the Mystery Inc. gang will get to the bottom of each mystery with plenty of “zoinks!” (the same in every language), plenty of high-jinks, and a whole lot of international cuisine – leaning tower of pizza anyone?

Episodes Include
Disc 1:

• The Fiesta Host is an Aztec Ghost
• The Harum Scarum Sanitarium
• The Spirits of ‘76
• A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle
• To Switch a Witch
• A Menace in Venice

Disc 2:

• Shiver and Shake, That Demon’s A Snake
• Lock the Door, It’s a Minotaur
• The Ozark Witch Switch
• The Jaguaro
• Moonlight Madness
• Ghosts of the Ancient Astronauts, Part I
• Ghosts of the Ancient Astronauts, Part II

To Buy - Scooby-Doo: 13 Spooky Tales Around the World is a new animated collection from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group available in stores May 15, 2012. This two-disc DVD features over four hours of globe-trekking high-jinks and fun, featuring everyone’s favorite mystery-solving Great Dane, Scooby-Doo! and an UltraViolet™ Digital Copy. Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales Around the World will retail for $19.98 SRP, but is on sale at Amazon for just $11.99.

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Dinosaur Train Book Giveaway

CELEBRATE GET CAUGHT READING MONTH WITH DINOSAUR TRAIN AND
READER’S DIGEST CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING!
  

Research has proven that early language experience stimulates a child's brain to grow and reading to children gives them a huge advantage when they start school.  Member organizations of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) participate in a variety of ways in Get Caught Reading to encourage people of all ages to enjoy books and magazines and to share that pleasure with the young children in their lives.

As part of the Get Caught Reading campaign, Buddy, from Dinosaur Train, is depicted “caught  reading” in posters made available to teachers and parents for use in classrooms, libraries and other locations. The “Buddy” poster is available at http://www.getcaughtreading.org/celebrity-posters.php  Posters are FREE plus a $5.00 charge per set (1 – 12 posters) for shipping and handling! The order form is available here: http://www.getcaughtreading.org/orderforms/GetCaughtReading-PosterOrderForm.pdf.

Help others to “Get Caught Reading” too with a local book drive!

According to United We Serve <http://www.serve.gov/toolkits/book-drive/index.asp> , a nationwide service initiative that helps meet growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn, 80% of preschool and after-school programs serving low-income populations have no age-appropriate books for their children. A recent study shows that while in middle-income neighborhoods the ratio of age-appropriate books per child is 13 to 1, in low-income neighborhoods the ratio is 1 for every 300 children.

The most successful way to improve the reading achievement of low-income children is to increase their access to print. Communities ranking high in achievement tests have several factors in common: an abundance of books in public libraries, easy access to books in the community at large and a large number of textbooks per student.

Anyone can get together to help increase reading achievement and literacy by organizing a book drive. This tool kit (http://www.serve.gov/toolkits/book-drive/index.asp provides the basics to run a book drive, organize your group, and make an impact.

Or, simply commit to donating your gently used books to local organizations.  Here are some tips:

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  Consider libraries, non-profit children’s organizations for homeless, foster children and struggling families, Goodwill and Children’s Hospital’s thrift stores, and after-school programs.
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  Call the charity or organization and see if they accept used children’s books and what their guidelines are.
• Go through your books and make sure all pages are present, readable and stain-free.

 To Win - DINOSAUR TRAIN’s “Buddy” celebrates the Association of American Publishers Get Caught Reading campaign for a second year, a campaign devised to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read!   And to help you celebrate, The Jim Henson Company has teamed up with Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing to offer one of you a copy of their latest book, Guess Who Buddy!!

In Guess Who Buddy!, “What’s that dinosaur?” is the question Buddy needs to answer as he plays a guessing game with his friends. Kids can play along with Buddy by reading the playful descriptive text for each hidden character, guessing the dinosaur, then lifting the flap to see if they are right!  A surprise pop-up at the end of the story adds to the charm of this fun book.  SRP $10.99.  Ages 2 and up.

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Leo Wall Stickers - Under the Sea Mini Kit Review and Giveaway

I love May. To me it means nice weather. mothers day,the end of a school year, and spring cleaning. It might sound crazy, but I love going through the house and cleaning stuff out. It's the perfect chance to redecorate and make little changes in a room that make a big difference.

One of the easiest ways to make a change is Vinyl wall decals from LeoWall Stickers.

Leo Stickers is an Italian based company that specializes in fun and easy to apply kids wall stickers.  All you do is put the sticker on a clean, dry wall, and use the plastic squeege to smooth out the bubbles.  After a few minutes you have a newly decorated room.  You can check out step by step information here!

We received an Under the Sea Mini Kit, and my kids love them!  The kit contains

We have vinyl clings in both kids bedrooms, and in our bathroom and the Leo Stickers were by far the easiest to apply.  They went right on without any problem, and the included Squeege made it easy to work out the bubbles. 

We placed ours over our bathroom shower  to carry on the Aquatic Theme we have going on.  I think they look adorable.

To Buy - All of the Vinyl Stickers from LeoWall Stickers can be ordered in sizes Small - XL, so you can customize them according to your room.  They are a  great, easy, and inexpensive way to change up a room!

To Win - LeoWall Stickers is giving away the same kit to one of you!

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