Winners of the So..? giveaway!

The great People at So..? fragrance picked the winner of my 'For Me; competition

thanks to everyone who entered, it was great to read everyones favourite things to do when they have their own time.

The Two winners have now been contacted by email directly from So..? the winners are:

Annaojbee  and Natasha Gandy

Thank you again

and remember if you didn't pop over to the So..? fragrance facebook page then do so now to be kept upto date with all the great offers and competitions.

Wagg Treats!

As you all know Jackson is a huge part of our family,  he is such a character, with him just turning 1 he still has alot of training. We try our hardest to make sure we engage him in training as often as possible to keep him occupied. We were really happy when Wagg Dog Food sent us some of their training treats to test.

These tasty little bone shaped treats come in a handy 125g packet, perfect for long walks or training classes, they are nutritionally balanced so you can reward your dog without worrying about overfeeding.

The flavour we received was Chicken, Beef and Lamb, which went down a treat. Jackson really liked these tasty little treats which made training great fun as he was eager to please to be reward with the next tasty bite.

These treats are oven baked, which is great they are not fatty and contain no added sugar or artificial colours or flavourings, so if you are concerned about your dogs weight then these would be perfect rewards. They contain yogurt which makes them so tasty and helps keep your dogs teeth and bones healthy. They are suitable for all dogs aged over 8 weeks, which means as soon as you have your puppy home you can use these to help train them. With all dogs its important to start training as soon as possible and they really do respond well to food rewards, but it really is important not to overindulge with fatty treats so these are a perfect combination to help you get off to a good start with your puppy training.

My daughter really loves training Jackson, they enjoy spending time together, Chloe has with the help of these Wagg Treats, taught Jackson to Sit, Lie down, Roll over and Stay. Having these tasty treats he responds well to her, which means she doesn't get frustrated with him not listening or learning as quickly as she sometimes imagines he should.

Look out for these treats in Pets at home and other good stores near you, or take a look at the Wagg website here: Dog Food, also check out the Wagg resident Dogs very own blog here: Daltons Diary
And be sure to keep updated with offers, information and competitions on the Wagg Twitter here: WaggFoods

Silent Sunday

we've all got an annoying little monster

We all know that our little darlings love to annoy us in their innocent ways, their repetitive wants and cries of 'muuummmmmmmmm' is enough to drive you to distraction sometimes isn't it, well if you have an annoying little monster in your house then they would love these real little monsters, who are not 'as' annoying as they make out, really they are rather sweet!

When we received Alfred, who landed through our door, my youngest instantly took hold of him, and quite frankly hasn't let go of him much since!

Alfred is a cute, perfectly sized annoying little bundle of orangeness, he is part of the new range of toys from Mint who make seriously fun toys, and the annoying monsters are definitely that!

 

Alfred  repeats what you say, farts, burps laughs screams and snores! he and Mikey could be twins!

The little monster has 4 swirls which you can press to hear his annoying habits, if you press his toes he cracks into a infectious laugh, press his tummy and he will make a burping sound, or a farting one! is you poke his eye he will let out a scream in annoyance!

The other great thing he does is repeat your own voice, how this feature works is you press the swirl on his hand, he beeps informing you he is ready to listen, you get about 10 seconds.then beeps twice to inform you hes finished listening, then he repeats what you said, he will  repeat the phrase 3 times, unless you press one of his other swirls to stop him.

My three have all enjoyed recording phrases running through and placing the monster next to me, so he is the one asking for a drink, food or to go to the park!

Alfred is one of 5 annoying monsters, be sure to take a look at their website here: Annoying Monsters.com to meet the others, there is bound to be one to match your little monster perfectly! and whilst your there be sure to enter the fab Annoying monster competition where you can colour your own monster online and be in with a chance to win some amazing prize, the top prize will be to have your own monster made up along with £130 worth of annoying Monster Goodies!
2nd and 3rd prizes also receiving loads of annoying monster goodies too, it is definitely a competition not to be missed!

Here's our video review so you can see what these little monsters are all about, and if you would like to get your hands on one for your own little monsters, then they can be purchased from Play.com along with other good toy stockists including selected toymaster stores




Keep your eyes out for these monsters I'm sure they would make a great Christmas Present for any Little monster in your life!

These little monsters definitely provide lots of laughs!

North Pole Camouflage

We received North Pole Camouflage from Toys R us in our 3rd Toyologist box, we were eager to give it a try as we had received the amazing Cannibal Monsters in an early box.

this is another IQ building game, and it didn't disappoint, it is a great game for everyone to have ago with and is its sturdy plastic game board which doubles as a storage box for the 24 double sided level maps, and the 6 transparent plastic piece make it a very well made game which can be taken with you anywhere.

My eldest who loved cannibal monster also loved this, the concept of this game is to fit the 6 pieces together so they cover the whole game board, but to make sure the animals are on the correct scenery, polars on the ice, whales in the sea. Sounds simple right? wrong this is a seriously brain tingling game and one that gives you alot of satisfaction when you complete a level.

There are 48 levels, ranging from beginner to expert in difficulty, the beginner levels have a piece outlined to give you a helping hand, the age range is 6+ my eldest is 9 and he whizzed through the levels of this and gave me and dad a run for our money often completing levels we got stuck at! My daughter who is 8 who struggled with the concept of cannibal monsters, was much better at this game, although both promote visual spatial awareness and logical thinking, my youngest also could complete the beginning levels of this game with the handy outlined hints, so we all got alot of enjoyment out of this game and I am sure we will continue to play with it for some time yet!

I have been very impressed with the range of games from smart games that I have seen so far, the quality of them is second to known and they have got the perfect combination of educational game and fun!

So be sure to keep a look out for the range in a toys r us near you.

Here is our video review, be sure to check out the facebook page to see the other toyologist reviews.

silent sunday

What do you do for 'Me time?'

A few weeks ago I received the lovely so...? fragrance aptly titled so..? for me.
Which was a lovely treat to receive, something which was truly for me, us mums quite often forget about taking that bit of time out and enjoying things which are just for us don't we?

Now the lovely people at so..? contacted me and asked If I'd like to be able to offer my fab readers a competition... and of cause I jumped at the chance..  and whilst you get in with a chance to win this fab So..? fragrance set, lets all share our favourite 'for me' moments  in my great competition

Win a So…? For Me fragrance set!

Two winners are up for the chance to each win the  So…? For Me 100 ml edt and the So...? For Me 75ml body spray.

To enter, just follow the three easy steps below:

1) Like the So…? Fragrance Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/So.FragranceUK) 
2) Register/ become a member of the So…? website (http://uk.sofragrance.com/register)

3) Tell us how you prefer to spend some ‘Me time’ in a comment below.

Don't forget to mention your email address so that we can contact the winners.

Terms and conditions:

1.The competition closing date is on Monday,12th Sep 2011 at 23:59
2.The competition is for UK Residents only (sorry, we don’t want to leave anyone out but we can only ship the prize to a UK address). 

Good Luck and I look forward to hearing how you spend your 'for me' moments.