Prince Lionheart Backseat Organizer and 2-stage Seat Saver Review & Giveaway

Will you be traveling this summer? Do you have fun summer vacations planned for your kids? Since we just came back from an overseas trip a few months ago, we will be vacationing locally this summer. Instead of flying, we will be traveling in our car to different parts of California with my bff Jessica and her family for a couple of trips. Since we will be driving for hours in our car, we want to make sure that our car is kept organized and clean. Lucky for us, Prince Lionheart sent us a couple of products to do just that. 

The first product we received to review was the Back Seat Organizer. The organizer comes in two different color options.

Installing the organizer is very easy. There is a buckle strap on the top of the organizer that I was able to buckled around the headrest of the front seat. There is also a long velcro strap on the bottom so that the organizer doesn't slide around while the vehicle is in motion.

There are plenty of pockets for toys, snacks and drinks. We have been using it to store baby G's stuff. 

The second product we received to review was the 2-stage Seat Saver.  I tried to use it with baby G's car seat but it was interfering with the latch system on the car seat so I decided to test it with DD's booster seat. Since she her booster seat has a back to it, so we ended up only using the bottom part of the seat saver.

After using it for a couple of weeks, I am now completely sold on this product. I should have bought one a long time ago. Both DD and baby G snack in the car and they drop food every where. My car is pretty much stained with spilled food and drinks. The seat saver works wonderfully in catching everything DD spills while she is in her car seat. 

To buy the great products we received to review, please visit Prince Lionheart for a list of online retailers.

Many thanks to Prince Lionheart. The company has generously offered one backseat organizer and one 2-stage seat saver as giveaway prizes to one of my lucky readers. This giveaway ends on June 4th, 2012.

*You must follow Sugar Pop Ribbons through Google Friend Connect to be eligible to win this giveaway.

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*I received a free product (or products) for review purposes. I did not receive any form of compensation from the company. All opinions are my own and not influenced in anyway. My reviews are not always positive, but they are my personal and honest opinions. Other people's views and experiences with the product or products might be different from mine.

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Disneyland Trip

We were at Disneyland this weekend! It's been 6 months since our last visit and DD was seriously missing our regular visits there, so my friend Irene and I took our girls there. The girls had a blast there. We spent 14 hours there. It was long, but also a lot of fun. Since we have been there so many times before, the kids were not at all interested in taking pictures with the characters. We took full advantage of fast passes and got on all of the rides the kids wanted to check out (we even did some major rides like Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones more than once).

Here's just a few of the pictures we took of the girls.

We had such a great time at Disneyland with our friends. After running around Disneyland for an entire day, DD fell asleep as soon as she got into the car (before I even drove out the Disneyland parking lot). I did not take baby G with us this time because I wanted to devote an entire day for just my little princess, but I am looking forward to taking him in the future and spending some quality time with him there too ^_^.

Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers Review

When we had DD more than 6 years ago, we tried out different brands of diapers with our firstborn. The brand that we kept on going back to was Huggies. By the time DD was 6 months old, I knew that there wasn't another brand I love more, so we only bought Huggies brand from that point on. With baby G, he came home in Huggies diapers. After trying so many different brands with DD, I knew better. I was not going to risk diaper leaks just to save a few bucks. Once my husband went to the store and bought another brand of diapers, I had to tell him to go back and exchange it and Huggies is the only disposable diaper that I truly trust on my kids.

I was sent a package of Huggies Snug and Dry Diapers and baby wipes for baby G to try out. The Huggies Snug and Dry diapers work really well with baby G (not that I ever had any complaints with other Huggies' diapers). I noticed that the diapers are very absorbent. Baby G worn the same diaper for an entire morning and there was no leaks and no diaper rashes! My little guy is walking and running now. Being as active as he is, I am definitely concerned about how well his diaper holds up as he goes from one adventure to the next. 

From checking for monsters in the closet...

To reading his bedtime books... the Huggies Snug and Dry Diapers really help my little man stay clean and dry. 

In fact, it works so well that baby G actually wears the Snug and Dry Diapers to bed too. He sleeps for 12 hours every night and there is no diaper leaks when he wakes up in the mornings.

The Huggies wipes, by the same token, are also great. We use it for so many things. Besides the obvious wiping baby G's behind during diaper changes, we also use the wipes to clean up baby G's face and hands after each meal. We use them to wipe down his high chair, to clean up his toys and even blow DD's nose when her allergies kick in. The Huggies wipes are thick enough for cleaning up big and small messes all around our house.

All in all, we are very happy with the Huggies diapers and wipes we received to review. If you use disposable diapers, we would recommend checking out Huggies' products without any hesitations.

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I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central for Huggies. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa: Book Review & Giveaway

Before I had kids, I used to read a lot of books. My husband and I visited the local used book stores as well as the library weekly. Now, with 2 kids, I don't have much time to read. I have a stack of books on my night stand that I hope to get through this summer, and it might just be wishful thinking on my part, lol. I typically don't write book reviews because I feel like I had written more than enough of those during my years in graduate school; but more importantly, I barely have enough time to read the books let alone actually provide constructive criticism on them. However, when I was asked to review the The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa, I decided to give it a try.

I figure while I am waiting for DD to finish her art classes, gymnastic lessons or when I am relaxing by the pool with the kids, I could get a little reading done. I started reading The Immortal Rules (but I haven't quite finish it yet) and I thought Kagawa's writing style was great. The scenes she created were breath taking and I truly enjoyed her writing. Furthermore,  there's wonderful depth in the characters. I am looking forward to finishing up the book (hopefully in the next few weeks). If you are a fan of vampire books, I recommend check it out.

About The Immortal Rules, the first installment in the Blood of Eden series (HarlequinTeen, $18.99):

You will kill. The only question is when. 

In the dark days since the insidious Red Lung virus decimated the human population, vampires have risen to rule the crumbling cities and suburbs. Uncontested Princes hold sway over diminished ranks of humans: their "pets." In exchange for their labor, loyalty and of course, their blood, these pets are registered, given food and shelter, permitted to survive.

Unregistered humans cling to the fringe, scavenging for survival. Allison Sekemoto and her fellow Unregistereds are hunted, not only by vampires, but by rabids, the unholy result of Red Lung-infected vampires feeding on unwary humans. One night, Allie is attacked by a pack of rabids, saved by an unlikely hero...and turned vampire.

Uncomfortable in her undead skin, Allie falls in with a ragtag crew of humans seeking a cure, or cures: for Rabidism and for Vampirism. She's passing for human...for now. But the hunger is growing and will not be denied. Not for friendship—not even for love.

One of my lucky readers will get a chance to win a copy of the book. This giveaway ends on May 29, 2012.

*You must follow Sugar Pop Ribbons through Google Friend Connect to be eligible to win this giveaway.

*You must also leave me a comment using the blogger comment form for this post to be eligible to win this giveaway.

Read the fine print:

* Lucky winner or winners will be selected through True Random Number Generator.
* If your profile page does not show your email address, please include your email address in your comment. For example: sugarpopribbons at yahoo dot com -- so that I may get in touch with you if you are selected as the giveaway winner.
* Each giveaway winner has 48 hours to respond to my email about getting the awesome giveaway prize to him/her. If the winner does not reply to my email within 48 hours, I will choose another winner using the True Random Number Generator.
* I do contact each winner via email. If anyone is curious about who the giveaway winner is for any of my giveaways, please go back to the original post of that giveaway. Once a winner is selected through random.org, I will post a screen shot of the number picked by random.org. You will be able to see which number has been selected and if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can cross check who the giveaway winner is.
*I received a free product (or products) for review purposes. I did not receive any form of compensation from the company. All opinions are my own and not influenced in anyway. My reviews are not always positive, but they are my personal and honest opinions. Other people's views and experiences with the product or products might be different from mine.

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Squishy Baff Review

DD loves taking bubble baths. Even at 6 years old, if it was up to her, she would be taking bubble baths every night. In order to conserve water, she does not get to do that, so when she does get to take a bubble bath every couple of weeks, it's a special treat for her. I would let her play in the tub for as long as she likes. More often than other, she would drag all sort of toys into the tub with her to play with.

If your child loves taking baths as much as mine does, then I recommend checking out Squishy Baff. After drawing a bath, I sprinkled the squishy baff powder into the water. The water in the tub then turns into goo for DD to play with. I gave her some cups and DD had a lot  of playing with the goo. When she was done, I simply put the dissolving powder into the tube to remove the goo. The process was easy and it made DD's bath time special for sure. The only thing I wanted to note is that I had to put extra dissolving powder to get rid of all the goo.

To buy the product we received to review, please visit your local Toys R Us stores.

*I received a free product (or products) for review purposes. I did not receive any form of compensation from the company. All opinions are my own and not influenced in anyway. My reviews are not always positive, but they are my personal and honest opinions. Other people's views and experiences with the product or products might be different from mine.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of my mommy readers! Here's a poem that I love and would like to share with you :).

Before the child is born

A mother's love begins
Before the child is born
And lasts through time
And difficulties
And differences
And many wounds
And days of joy
And days of sorrow
Winding, wearing
Weeping, sharing
Changing
Until, at the end
What remains
Is that solid core
That began as love
Before the child was born.

This is a busy (but fun) weekend for me. This morning, I attended a tea event at the local church with my dear friends Lisa and Stephanie. I adore them and love spending time with them, so I could not imagine a better way to start my Mother's Day weekend.

This is the entrance to the tea event :). 

Here I am with my friends Stephanie and Lisa. 

Lisa decorated the table last night. It took her over 5 hours to set up the table we were setting at.

I also took pictures of some of the tables there because all of them were beautifully decorated! I don't think my pictures really do them justice, but you can get an idea of what they look like :).

Tonight,  I get to hangout with my friend Luba. Tomorrow morning, I will be taking DD to Chinese school and spend some quality time with my bff Jessica. Then I am going to finish the day by hanging out with my family.

Life is good! I hope you all have a very blessed Mother's Day as well!

Stephanie's Baby Shower

A couple of weeks ago, I helped my friend Stephanie celebrate her new baby -- arriving any time now ;). I got to help plan it, which was great not only because I just love her to pieces (seriously one of the sweetest, kindest, most amazing friend ever), but also because I am super excited that she is finally have another baby. Here's just a couple of photos from her baby shower. There were more than 20 guests and we had plenty of tasty drinks and yummy food for this event.

Of course we showered her with lots of gifts for the new baby.

Stephanie, being a fantastic photographer (she is the person who took our Christmas pictures last year) set up a photo station so we could get some fun pictures taken. 

We had so much fun at her baby shower!

I am looking forward to meeting my friend's little guy. I am so going to spoil him rotten :P !