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Sliderties ~ a teaching aid for tying shoelaces

By Amanda | July 10, 2012 - 5:56 am |July 10, 2012 kids, REVIEW

My goal was to have my daughter learn how to tie shoe laces this summer, as she will be entering grade two and I figured it was time. Ironically, she came home in June announcing that she needed a new pair of shoes because hers weren’t fitting her properly and she requested tie up shoes. I was hesitant as I didn’t want her running around at recess time with undone shoes, but we gave it a whirl. Lucikly, Sliderties came to the rescue! We received these just in time to use them on her new shoes. After watching their amazing … Continue reading →

Summer Sanity: Writing Activities for Your Children

By Amanda | July 9, 2012 - 6:12 am |July 9, 2012 activities, education, for parents, kids, Summer Sanity

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This post is a part of Summer Sanity, a series of posts for parents to gain ideas and inspiration for how to keep their children happy, active, educated and having fun during the long summer months. Today’s Activity:Writing Activities for your Children The summer vacation is a long time for children to go without practicing their writing skills! There are many fun ways to get your children writing this summer, one idea is to set them up with a pen pal! This gives them a purpose to write, which should also provide them with some motivation to practise their skills. … Continue reading →

KidSpot ~ personalized items for children

By Amanda | July 9, 2012 - 5:48 am |September 11, 2014 apparel, baby, kids, REVIEW

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KidSpot is a Canadian, family run business that uses unique embroidery technology to personalize all of their gifts. They also have Sublimation Heat Transfer press machines that can transfer any picture or any saved file to a large amount of items such as :T-shirts, photo frames, stainless steel bottles, Jigsaw Puzzles, mugs, mouse pads and more.We chose to review an embroidered bath towel to give as a new baby gift! It was fun to be able to select the font as well as the font colour for the embroidering. The towel itself is extremely thick, made out of 100% Egyptain … Continue reading →

Summer Sanity ~ Give Your Child a Play Garden

By Amanda | July 4, 2012 - 5:00 am |February 4, 2015 activities, education, for parents, kids, Summer Sanity

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This Guest Post is a part of Summer Sanity, a series of posts for parents to gain ideas and inspiration for how to keep their children happy, active, educated and having fun during the long summer months. Today’s Activity: Give a kid some dirt and the hours just seem to melt away! This summer why not give your kids some space in your yard to play and explore by building a play garden. You may not need to buy anything for this project unless of course like me you live in a condo and your “yard” is a balcony (where … Continue reading →

Summer Sanity ~ Reading Comprehension

By Amanda | July 2, 2012 - 5:00 am |February 4, 2015 education, for parents, kids, Summer Sanity

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This post is a part of Summer Sanity, a series of posts for parents to gain ideas and inspiration for how to keep their children happy, active, educated and having fun during the long summer months. Today’s Activity: Read a book with your child! Encouraging your child to read every single day throughout the summer is so important! Reading is a skill that must be practised over and over and over again in order to gain new vocabulary, comprehension skills and to hopefully develop a love of reading. Here are some questions that you can ask your child about the … Continue reading →

Copy-Kids DVD for Healthy Young Children {G!VEAWAY}

By Amanda | June 27, 2012 - 1:29 pm |June 27, 2012 baby, food, health, kids

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Recently, I wrote a review on the Copy-Kids DVD. This is such a fabulous DVD to encourage young children to eat a healthy diet filled with fruits and vegetables! GIVEAWAY TIME! We would like to offer two Multi-Testing Mommy readers the opportunity to win a copy of Copy Kids! Enter in the Rafflecopter form below (please be patient for it to load).Open to Canadian and US Residents.Giveaway Ends on July 13, 2012.a Rafflecopter giveaway Pin It Check out Multi-Testing Mommy’s Current Giveaways Multi-Testing Mommy was provided with promotional materials free of charge, by the manufacturer or a representing PR agency, … Continue reading →

Summer Sanity: Keeping Children Busy & Happy

By Amanda | June 26, 2012 - 5:00 am |June 26, 2012 activities, for parents, kids, Summer Sanity

$75 Gift Code to use @OliversLabels #TGCBB

By Amanda | June 24, 2012 - 11:01 pm |June 24, 2012 Canadian, kids

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Why do we love Oliver’s Labels? labels are useful for every day life, over night camp, day camp, day care and more. Found-it is an optional, free code added to your labels that allows your items to be returned to you if they ever do get lost, all while maintaining your anonymity. Labels are available in full colour in over 40 great designs. Labels are made from high-performance, waterproof, and scuff-proof materials that have been tested to be durable in a huge range of environments. Labels can be used on items that go in the dishwasher, microwave, fridge, freezer and … Continue reading →

$25 Gift Code from @GivingGiftsCA #TGCBB

By Amanda | June 24, 2012 - 11:01 pm |June 24, 2012 Canadian, family, kids

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GivingGifts.ca ~ Fair Trade & Eco FriendlyWe have shared our thoughts on GivingGifts.ca in a previous post. What a lovely store to shop for unique, eco friendly items and gifts!We sure do love shopping online with Canadian Stores around here and if you do too, feel free to enter our giveaway during The Great Canadian Blog Bash event running until July 1st! You could win a $25 gift code to go shopping at GivingGifts.ca!NOTE: You are responsible for shipping, but the good news is they offer $5 flat rate shipping rates across Canada! Enter in the Rafflecopter Form below (please … Continue reading →

The Wrap Trap

By Amanda | June 22, 2012 - 1:27 pm |February 4, 2015 food, kids

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