Tuesday Blog Hopping!

Follow Me Back Tuesday   

Hosted by Survey Junkie,Little Yaya's, 

Review Retreat  , Boobies,BabiesAndABlog 

 & this weeks Guest Host 

Lydia from

 Still On The Verge...

( Do Not Link Your Giveaways.. This is not a giveaway link up.. All links not linked to your fmbt post or your  homepage  will be deleted )

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It's a great way to start off your week & get more BF's !!

We will draw a Guest Host every week from blogs linked
for the #5 Spot for the following week :)

 How it Works

• Follow all 4 Hosts & Guest Host - Spots 1-5   leave us a comment w/ your blog url & we will follow u back ( only leave a comment that you follow if you actually follow )
• Snag our button to add to your FMBT post then post on your blog
• Add your blog to the list- using the link from your blog post( NOT YOUR BLOG HOP or GIVEAWAYS PLEASE  ) These entries will be deleted.
• Follow as many blogs as you would like, Make sure you leave them a comment so they know you stopped by . Then Follow Back everyone that follows you & comments.

You can link up every Tuesday at 12:00 am est 






Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tag-Along blog hop, hosted by Twee Poppets Review and Giveaway! This is a great way to discover new blogs while increasing the number of followers for your own blog. Please feel free to grab the TTA button for your blogroll to help bring more bloggers to this blog hop!

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Tuesday Tag-Along button art adapted from the "Follow the Leader" illustration by Diana Jones. I encourage you to visit her at her blog, Sketch & Jones, and her online shop to see more great illustrations and all sorts of wonderful crafts!


Without further ado...
Here's how it works:

• Create a new Tuesday Tag-Along blog post. Include the Tuesday Tag-Along button by copying and pasting the code above. (You are also welcome to copy and paste these instructions in their entirety, or any portion of this Tuesday Tag-Along blog post!)
• Add your blog name and the URL of your TTA post to the MckLinky below.
• Follow Twee Poppets, the hostess blog listed in the first slot. Twee Poppets will follow you back! (Note: If you want Twee Poppets to follow you back, you MUST leave her a comment saying that you are a new follower and leave a link to your blog!)
• Follow the Blog Hopper of the Week, listed in the second slot. To learn how to be chosen as the Blog Hopper of the Week, read the red text below.
• If you can, please follow the blogs in the three slots before you (e.g., if you're number 20, follow numbers 19, 18, and 17). This is not mandatory, but it will help ensure that everyone who signs up gets a few new followers!
• Follow as many other blogs as you want. The more you follow, the more that will follow you back! Be sure to tell them that you're following from Tuesday Tag-Along! You may also want to leave a link to your blog so they can return your follow more easily.
• When you get a new follower through Tuesday Tag-Along, be sure to follow them back! It's just common courtesy. :)

The weekly Tuesday Tag-Along MckLinky opens every Monday night at 8:59pm Pacific Standard Time (that's 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time), and the TTA blog post will be posted well in advance of that time. The MckLinky will be open to add your blog until 11:59pm Tuesday night. You then have all week long to visit blogs and return follows!

There is a new list every week. The link you enter one week will not carry over to the next week's MckLinky. Please link up again each week to join in the fun!


Tuesday Tag-Along Blog Hopper of the Week:
Note: To be eligible to be Blog Hopper of the Week, you MUST place the Tuesday Tag-Along button somewhere on the main page of your blog or website (Inside a blog post does NOT count; it must be on the actual page, e.g. in the sidebar. And since I'll be checking for it manually, I must be able to actually find it). If the randomly-drawn winner does not meet this condition, a new winner will be randomly selected. If you do not want to place the TTA button on your site, you are still more than welcome to join in the blog hop, you will just not be eligible to be the Blog Hopper of the Week.

Each week, one blog will be chosen randomly from all the links, and that lucky blog will be placed in the desirable second slot for the following week's MckLinky!

This week's lucky blog hopper is #163 - Sueberry Lane! Congratulations!

Winners!

Good Sunday evening!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!  Here are some new winners of my giveaways!  Some of these winners had to be re drawn after the first winners did not respond.

The winner of the Go! Go! Sports Doll of Choice giveaway is:
COMMENT #21-Kris Barclay
(first winner did not respond)

The winner of the Pearl Paradise Freshwater Pearl Earrings is:
COMMENT #4-meeyeehere
(first winner did not respond)

The winner of the Random Line On the Go Activity Pad of Choice is:
COMMENT #27-Joey from SC
(first winner did not respond)

The winner of the Calgon Hawaiian Ginger Body Creme is:
COMMENT #13-tamaraben

The winner of the Brugo Mug in Choice of Color is:
COMMENT #8-sentmyway

The winner of the $25 Walmart Gift Card is:
COMMENT #137-Deanna G.

The winners of the Bubble Chocolate Bars are:
COMMENT #23-Foodies@work
COMMENT #5-Patricia
COMMENT #30-brenda
COMMENT #57-Ms. Smith
COMMENT #42-Ravish30

The winner of the Galison Fruit Collage Accordion Organizer is:
COMMENT #9-Leslie Malone

The winner of the Peaceable Kingdom Paper Dolls Set is:
COMMENT #23-Janelle Ashton

Congratulations!  I have sent you all emails and am awaiting confirmation.  Please remember that you have 48 hours to respond before new winners are chosen.  Thanks so much for entering and be on the lookout for more great giveaways coming SOON!  Have a great week! :)

Marvelous Monday Blog Hop-August 30th Edition

Welcome to the Marvelous Monday Blog Hop hosted by Mommy2TwoGirls.  I have been so busy this past week with my cousin's benefit and upcoming family reunions that I forgot to pick a winner for the SPOTLIGHTED blog of the week.  Hope I can get it together for next week!  The rules to this blog hop are really simple:

1.) Make sure to follow me-Mommy2TwoGirls!
2.) Follow as many other blogs as you want and make sure to let them know that you are from the Marvelous Monday Blog Hop. 
3.) NO SPAM, no obscene or adult content blogs, they will be REMOVED.
4.) Please add my button to your sidebar or post and please help spread the word about my blog hop, I am new to the blog hopping world and would really like this to grow and be a big deal, so please help me to do that!  The more people and blogs that we get to join, the more fun it will be!
5.) If someone is kind enough to follow you, please make sure to follow them as well.
6.) HAVE FUN finding new friends and new blogs to read.

It's that simple!  Starting next week for sure, I will pick one blog from all of the entries to be the SPOTLIGHTED blog of the week.  I will email you around Friday and you will have the opportunity to tell everyone all about yourself and your great blog.  Thanks so much for joining and Happy Monday! :)

Saturday Blog Hopping!

It's a Sassy Sites BLOG party!

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Things you should know:

- Link us to your main BLOG.

- Everyone is invited to the party!

Blogs about your family, crafts, business, fun,

kids, pets, questions, advice, SAHMs.... etc!

- Try and visit as many blogs as you can.

- This is a great way to meet lots of new people!

- It's good advertising for your business!

- You DO NOT have to be a craft blog to join in!

- Grab a button so others can join the fun!

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Saturday Spectacular-Link Up Your Giveaways-8/28-9/4

Good Friday evening/Saturday morning to you!  It's that all important time again!  Do you have a few giveaways going on over at your blog, maybe a fun blog event?  How about maybe you found a great giveaway or two that you would like to share with us?  Link up your giveaways here today and every day this week during Saturday Spectacular! 

Also I wanted to share with you that Mommy2TwoGirls will be getting a new and updated look very soon!  I recently won a blog makeover giveaway from Indie Chick Designs and we will be designing a great fresh, colorful and eye catching look.  Stay tuned and have a great weekend! :)

Friday Blog Hopping!

Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog, too! Just click "Get the code here..." at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way to get even more traffic to your blog and make Friendly Friday more beneficial for everyone.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier, Christi at Frugal Novice and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect - this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

When people comment on your blog and let you know they're a part of Friendly Friday, return the favor and follow them back. This way everyone gets traffic and followers out of participating, and it's a win-win situation. We would love for you to also grab our Friendly Friday button and post it on your blog and/or in a post - the more bloggers that find out about Friendly Friday and participate, the better!

Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers!

We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we'll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week's Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):

Tatum at Tatum's Family Reviews is a stay-at-home mom to three children, and she and her husband have a strong devotion to family and their kids. She has a chronic illness that she views as a blessing rather than a curse. Tatum hosts a lot of giveaways (and has some great back-to-school giveaways going now!)

The Dinner For Two Project was inspired by the blogger's mom - it is about "exploring and exploiting the fulfilling potential of food and easy entertaining within intimate relationships to enhance and strengthen those ties by creating special shared experiences." There are a lot of great recipes you could make with someone you care about to enhance your relationship.

Jen at Born 2 Impress is mom to a little girl, and runs an Etsy store where she sells handmade baby accessories like knit hats adorned with flowers. She hosts tons of giveaways - and be sure and check out her special events, including the Mommy & Me Born 2 Impress event that ends next week and the Everything Home event that starts in September!

Now that you know about these 3 wonderful blogs, it's time for you to join in! Add your link below and we'll see you back here every Friday! And don't forget, you can grab the code to share the link list on your blog, too.

All three hostesses appreciate followers through Google Friend Connect AND Twitter and we'll follow you back - just leave a comment with your URL and/or Twitter username. Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Welcome to Fun Follow Friday hosted by Simply Stacie and My Wee View. The goal of this hop is to get new Google Friend Connect Followers for your blog and be introduced to new blogs to follow! We wanted to keep it fun and easy so all you have to do is add your blog link and start blog hopping and following away! You aren’t required to write a post for your blog for Fun Follow Friday unless you want to (but we really appreciate it if you do – to help get the word out).
When you visit a blog that you like and want to follow, leave them a comment with your link telling them you are following from the Fun Follow Friday. Of course, we would love for you to follow both hostesses blogs, Simply Stacie and My Wee View, but it isn’t mandatory. If you do follow us, just leave us a comment and we will follow you back.
The main goal is to have fun and follow the blogs that interest you!
There are a few fun things that Fun Follow Fridays does each week:
1.  Each week 1 winner will be randomly drawn for the #3 Spot, this week it’s #93 A Mom After Gods Own Heart.
2. Each week 1 winner will get Premium ad space for 1 week on both Simply Stacie and My Wee View.  To enter, you have to blog about Fun Follow Friday! This week’s winner is Fabulous Finds by Nimblergrove. (You can still participate in Fun Follow Friday without making a blog post about it. However, to participate in this special giveaway, you need to write a post about it)
Happy hopping along!

Thursday Blog Hopping and a Twitter Hop Too!

Wow, hard to believe the weekend is almost here and what a busy weekend it is going to be.  I have a benefit this weekend to help out on for my cousin who was injured in a ATV accident a couple of months ago.  He really messed up his leg and has been in a wheelchair and unable to walk.  He lost his job and hasn't been able to work because of the injury, hence the benefit.  We are all putting a lot of work into it, so hopefully it turns out great and helps him out.  
So now onto the Thursday Blog Hops!  ENJOY! :)

If you'd like to participate in Keepin' Company Thursdays, please follow these guidelines:

* Create a Keepin' Company Thursday post. Please include the Keepin' Company Button in your post.

* Follow the first two blogs, which are the hostesses: Heck of a Bunch and Traci66.

* Follow any of the other blogs you choose to and let them know you found them via Keepin' Company Thursday.

* If you get a follow via Keepin' Company Thursday please follow them back.

* Add your blog name and the URL to your Keepin' Company Post to the link below. There is no need to add your link twice. You can do so either on my blog or at Traci66. It will show up at both regardless.

* You can also grab the blog hop code to add to your post if you want the thumbnails to appear in your post.

* If you add the Keepin' Company button to your sidebar and leave either of the hosteses, Heck of a Bunch or Traci66, a comment letting us know where to find it we will randomly draw a blog to be in the #3 spot next week. This week's coveted #3 spot goes to Inside My Head.

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The rules are super simple!
1. Follow the Traveling Through Thursday Hosts (Listed as # 1-4)
2. Link up ONLY THE NETWORK being featured this week (Twitter)-Others will be deleted.
3. Grab our Traveling Through button and include it in a post about the event on your blog.
4. Now start following! Be sure to leave a comment so they can follow you back!


Help spread the word and get more followers:
-Put the same linky list code on your blog and you'll have the exact same list!





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Welcome to “Buzz on by Thursday" blog hop hosted by Fashionably Organized and The Two Savvy Sisters! Buzz on by Thursday is a great way to meet new bloggers and increase your Google followers! So join us we promise you will have a blast!










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If you want to be a part of Buzz on by Thursday, just follow these few rules:
Follow ALL of the Hostesses, if you're a new follower make sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back!
WE DO FOLLOW BACK! If you are already a follower let us know.
1. Add your blog name and URL to the linky below (only have to add once) and post about Buzz on By Thursday on your blog, and or post the button on the right hand side of your blog
2. Follow Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Leave comments on each site letting us know you are following us so we can follow you back.
3. Start to follow as many blogs as you would like. (Make sure you leave a comment so they can follow you back and tell them where you are from!) When you receive a comment from a new follower, return the favor & follow

Thanks for BEEING a part of Buzz on by Thursday have fun!!!




Welcome to "Thursday's Friends & Giveaways Cafe" hosted by me and Tammy's Two Cents

The FIRST LINK is for Meeting New Friends (see the Second Link below for adding your giveaways).  Please Follow Tammy, our Guest Host and me.

A special thank you goes out to Candice of Stash Mama for being our guest host this week.

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Thirsty for followers?
Come get to know us and stay for a drink.

This blog hop is hosted by
Obviously MARvelous & For The Love Of 4

1. Follow your 2 hostesses: Obviously MArvelous and For The Love of 4
(We both follow back!)
2. Leave a comment below to let me know you're a new follower with a link to follow you back!
3. Link up your blog on the Linky Below
4. Copy and paste the Thirsty Thursday button in a blog post or on your sidebar
5. Click other links on the Linky and follow some new friends

~Obviously MARvelous~

I'm Marcie (aka MAR) from Obviously MARvelous! My blog offers a look at my life as an outspoken, funny, tattooed wife and SAHM of 3 as well as some wonderful product reviews and giveaways! Please have a look around and enter a giveaway or two!

&

~For The Love Of 4~

I'm Claudia from For The Love Of 4. My blog is filled with funny stories, loving moments and great reviews. I am a mother to 4 wonderfully blessed sanity suckers and a wife to my hubsof 8 years. Stop by take a look and say hello.





Welcome to Twitter Hop Thursday, hosted by Simply Stacie, The King’s Court IV, Little Yaya’s, and Review Retreat!
Would you like more Twitter followers and be introduced to more neat blogs and businesses out there? Come and join us!!
1. Add your Twitter to the MckLinky (you only have to add it to one and it will appear on all).
2. Click on the Twitter for the four hostesses and follow each of them on Twitter. We will follow you back.
3. Follow as many people on Twitter as you like, but make sure to leave comments with links so they’ll know where to follow you!
Spread the word and add this MckLinky to your blog! Write your own post or copy and paste this one. Below the MckLinky box, you’ll see “Want to be a part of this Blog Hop? Click here for instructions and code….” Have fun Twitter-Hopping along!
We have selected a Twitterer of the Week from last week’s entries and the lucky winner is Amethyst_M!! They will be in the #5 spot! We will choose next week’s winner from everyone who participated today.
Please only add your Twitter url. All other entries will be deleted. Thank you!!!

Artterro Craft Kits Review and Giveaway

I have often said it here on my blog before, my oldest daughter is absolutely a crafty kid.  She is an artist in the making, a lover of anything that has to do with crafts.  Give her a paint brush and an easel or a pad of paper and she will create a masterpiece.  She loves to draw butterflies, houses and smiley faces and loves to use markers, crayons and colored pencils as well.  She recently started getting into making different kinds of jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets and even rings and loves to use many different colors and styles of beads.  We often head on over to our local Toys R Us store looking for new craft kits that she can do and I love spending the money on her to perfect her artistic nature.  I was recently sent two great new craft kits from a company called Artterro, which specializes in unique and eco-friendly AWARD WINNING art kits.  I had never heard of Arttero before I read about them on another blog and was very intrigued about what they had to offer and really wanted to check it out for myself.  I was VERY impressed with the wonderful kits that Artterro and was excited when I contacted them for a review and they asked me to choose a couple of their great art kits.

We received the Garden Art Kit and the Wire and Bead Art Kit for review.  I really was excited to do the Garden Art Kit with my oldest because I had planed a couple of really nice flower gardens out front and on the side of our house and thought that these would really look nice.  This kit comes complete with enough materials to make FOUR great garden sculptures including: copper wiring, colored craft wire, large glass beads, marbles, and an ideas sheet to show you all of the wonderful creations that you can make.  The only thing that you need to make these fascinating and beautiful works of art are pliers and wire cutters, which we definitely have enough of with my do it yourselfer of a hubby.  The oldest and I sat down one day outside and made these great Garden Art sculptures and I was anxious to put them in my flower gardens.  It was fun to shape the wire into hearts and circles.  The beads were really a fun addition to what we were making.  We tried to make a butterfly and it looks OK, I'm not too experienced when it comes to crafts and needed a little help from hubby getting it into shape.  We all had fun making our Garden Art projects and now my flower gardens look really great!  The oldest was really proud of her work and loves to show them off when people come over to visit.

The oldest really had a blast with the Wire and Bead Art Kit, she made so many different creations.  Her big thing lately has been butterflies, she loves to draw them and loves anything that has to do with them.  So she tried her hardest to make a butterfly and it looked pretty darn good for her doing it all by herself, like I said she is definitely a crafty kid.  She also made a few bracelets, a tree and a unique shaped monster looking thing that she didn't even know how to describe it exactly what it was.  The main thing with this kit is that she had a lot of fun and really got to show her creative side with the great variety of beads and marbles to let her imagination run wild.  I love how both of these kits contain everything that you need with the exception of the few tools that easily and readily available around your home.  This Wire and Bead Kit only needed a pair of pliers or nail clippers to make your art.  Not to mention all of the fun your kids and even you will have just seeing what you can make.  You will definitely be amazed at all of the possibilities!

The great and creative owners of Artterro love art and being creative and wanted to share that experience with their kids.  They searched for eco-friendly and open ended projects with beautiful materials but there were none to be found.  Most kits on the market offer lots of glitzy packaging but don't live up to it once you open the box.  All that's left is a lot of cheap materials and a "cookie cutter" project that looks like trash after about a week.  As moms, we all know that kids enjoy quality art materials.  Beautiful and high quality supplies inspire them to create amazing things and use their imaginations.  Children easily immerse themselves in the process, often attaching themselves to their project and show much enthusiasm for what they have created as well.  Works of art composed with Artterro's high quality materials become treasures artists young and old can proudly display.

The creators of Artterro want to make it easier for people to bring art into their lives.  Their kits are for children, families, seasoned artists, and novices alike.  They've done the sourcing and shopping, helping busy people bring a creative, meaningful activity home to their families.  Out of love and inspiration, Artterro was born.  They are committed to using as few resources as possible, respecting and enjoying the company of the people that they work with as well as taking into account the social and environmental impact that they have on the planet and at home.  They also invest in 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper, reusable bags, and high quality materials.  Artterro has also partnered with Green Solutions Printing as well.  All of their great kits are packaged and shipped from Goodwill Industries in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Artterro has also donated kits to Project Kids in Cambodia which is an art program that serves orphanages in Cambodia.  

For more information on Artterro and to see all of the wonderful art kits that they have to offer, please head over HERE.  Be sure to check out the NEW kits that are available as well!

GIVEAWAY-

One lucky Mommy2TwoGirls reader will win both of the Artterro art kits that I had the chance to review: the Garden Art Kit (value $16.95) AND the Wire and Bead Art Kit (value $16.95)

MAIN ENTRY-Mandatory and must be done before any extra entries.  Please make sure that your email address is either visible in your comments or in your Blogger profile so that I have a way to contact you if you win.

Tell me another Artterro art kit you would like to get for your kids or a craft project that you enjoy doing with your children or maybe even by yourself.

EXTRA ENTRIES-Please list a separate comment for each.

*Follow my blog

*Follow me on Twitter (@furygirl3132) or click on the Twitter button on the left sidebar

*Tweet-You may do this once daily

*Follow Artterro on Twitter HERE 

*Like Artterro on Facebook HERE 

*Friend me on Facebook

*Follow me on Networked Blogs

*Like Mommy2TwoGirls on Facebook

*Subscribe to me via RSS feed

*Subscribe to me via email newsletter (2 entries)

*Grab my button and add it to your sidebar or blogroll (3 entries)

*Blog about this giveaway with a link back to Artterro and me (5 entries)

*Purchase anything from Artterro (10 entries)

Giveaway will end on Saturday 10/9 at 7pm EST.  Winner will be chosen via random.org and notified by email as well as posted here on my blog.  Winner will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.  Open to US and Canada ONLY!  Special thanks to Jessica and everyone over at Artterro for sponsoring this giveaway.  GOOD LUCK!

Disclosure- I received no monetary compensation for this review and comply by the FTC rules and regulations.  The words expressed in this review are my own and not influenced in any way.  Additional information provided by the Artterro website.  No purchase necessary to enter and void where prohibited by law.

   

Wednesday Blog Hopping!

Welcome to the "Welcome Wednesday" blog hop, hosted by Take It From Me! Welcome Wednesday is a great way to meet new people and learn new things as well as increase your blog followers! So let's have some fun!!

If you want to be a part of Welcome Wednesday, just follow these 5 simple steps:

1. Follow the Welcome Wednesday Host (Take It From Me) as well as the 2 Spotlighted Blogs of the Week. (These will make up the top three slots on the Linky)

2. Link up your blog name and URL with our Linky. (You only need to add your info once for it to be seen on all the blog hops)

3. Grab our Welcome Wednesday button and include it in a post about the event on your blog.

4. Go to as many blogs on the MckLinky as you want and Follow them. Be sure to tell them you are from Welcome Wednesday!

5. Be sure to Follow back any followers you have gained from our Welcome Wednesday event!

------Blog Spotlights of The Week-----

1.) Emily from Family and Life in Las Vegas writes:

Hi, I'm Emily, an east-coast born, mid-western raised girl, who followed my heart west. I am a wife to a pretty amazing man, and we have one Squishy, Silly, & Happy little boy. I am a baby-wearing, cloth diapering, extended breastfeeding, going organic, sleep deprived, stay at home mom who is the ropes as I go. All while trying to figure out how to raise a family in Sin City.

2.) Charlene from Adventures in Mommy Land writes: I'm a stay at home mom of six children ranging in age from 17 - 5.   Adventures-In-Mommy-Land is all about big family fun with lots of love, laughter and tons of dirty laundry.  I share recipes, kids' crafts and stories about our family life.  I also do the occasional review or giveaway.  I love following other blogs and learning new things, I am inspired daily by the things I read.

What's neat about our Blog Hop:

-Put the same linky list code on your blog and you'll have the exact same list!

- Your blog visitors can add their blog to your list and it will show up on Everyones lists!

- By adding your blog YOU MAY BE RANDOMLY CHOSEN FOR OUR BLOG SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK!!!!

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday Blog Hopping!

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It's a great way to start off your week & get more BF's !!

We will draw a Guest Host every week from blogs linked
for the #5 Spot for the following week :)

 How it Works

• Follow all 4 Hosts & Guest Host - Spots 1-5  ( leave us a comment & we will follow u back- only leave a comment with your blog url  if you follow please )
• Snag our button & and post about FMBT on your blog - You can get link code below
• Add your blog to the list- using the link from your FMBT post( NOT YOUR BLOG HOP or GIVEAWAYS PLEASE  )  
• Follow as many blogs as you would like, Make sure you leave them a comment so they know you stopped by . Then Follow Back everyone that follows you & comments.
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Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tag-Along blog hop, hosted by Twee Poppets Review and Giveaway! This is a great way to discover new blogs while increasing the number of followers for your own blog. Please feel free to grab the TTA button for your blogroll to help bring more bloggers to this blog hop!

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Tuesday Tag-Along button art adapted from the "Follow the Leader" illustration by Diana Jones. I encourage you to visit her at her blog, Sketch & Jones, and her online shop to see more great illustrations and all sorts of wonderful crafts!


Without further ado...
Here's how it works:

• Create a new Tuesday Tag-Along blog post. Include the Tuesday Tag-Along button by copying and pasting the code above. (You are also welcome to copy and paste these instructions in their entirety, or any portion of this Tuesday Tag-Along blog post!)
• Add your blog name and the URL of your TTA post to the MckLinky below.
• Follow Twee Poppets, the hostess blog listed in the first slot. Twee Poppets will follow you back! (Note: If you want Twee Poppets to follow you back, you MUST leave her a comment saying that you are a new follower and leave a link to your blog!)
• Follow the Blog Hopper of the Week, listed in the second slot. To learn how to be chosen as the Blog Hopper of the Week, read the red text below.
• If you can, please follow the blogs in the three slots before you (e.g., if you're number 20, follow numbers 19, 18, and 17). This is not mandatory, but it will help ensure that everyone who signs up gets a few new followers!
• Follow as many other blogs as you want. The more you follow, the more that will follow you back! Be sure to tell them that you're following from Tuesday Tag-Along! You may also want to leave a link to your blog so they can return your follow more easily.
• When you get a new follower through Tuesday Tag-Along, be sure to follow them back! It's just common courtesy. :)

The weekly Tuesday Tag-Along MckLinky opens every Monday night at 8:59pm Pacific Standard Time (that's 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time), and the TTA blog post will be posted well in advance of that time. The MckLinky will be open to add your blog until 11:59pm Tuesday night. You then have all week long to visit blogs and return follows!

There is a new list every week. The link you enter one week will not carry over to the next week's MckLinky. Please link up again each week to join in the fun!


Tuesday Tag-Along Blog Hopper of the Week:
Note: To be eligible to be Blog Hopper of the Week, you MUST place the Tuesday Tag-Along button somewhere on the main page of your blog or website (Inside a blog post does NOT count; it must be on the actual page, e.g. in the sidebar. And since I'll be checking for it manually, I must be able to actually find it). If the randomly-drawn winner does not meet this condition, a new winner will be randomly selected. If you do not want to place the TTA button on your site, you are still more than welcome to join in the blog hop, you will just not be eligible to be the Blog Hopper of the Week.

Each week, one blog will be chosen randomly from all the links, and that lucky blog will be placed in the desirable second slot for the following week's MckLinky!

This week's lucky blog hopper is #35 - Sassy Sites! Congratulations!

Marvelous Monday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Marvelous Monday Blog Hop hosted by Mommy2TwoGirls.  I am sorry that I haven't had this posted the past few weeks, but here I am back up and running!  The rules to this blog hop are really simple:

1.) Make sure to follow me-Mommy2TwoGirls!
2.) Follow as many other blogs as you want and make sure to let them know that you are from the Marvelous Monday Blog Hop. 
3.) NO SPAM, no obscene or adult content blogs, they will be REMOVED.
4.) Please add my button to your sidebar or post and please help spread the word about my blog hop, I am new to the blog hopping world and would really like this to grow and be a big deal, so please help me to do that!  The more people and blogs that we get to join, the more fun it will be!
5.) If someone is kind enough to follow you, please make sure to follow them as well.
6.) HAVE FUN finding new friends and new blogs to read.

It's that simple!  Starting next week for sure, I will pick one blog from all of the entries to be the SPOTLIGHTED blog of the week.  I will email you around Friday and you will have the opportunity to tell everyone all about yourself and your great blog.  Thanks so much for joining and Happy Monday! :) 

Wubbzy Goes To School Review and Giveaway

My kids both love to watch TV and sometimes I think they watch too much of it.  I like to limit how much time they watch and especially what they watch.  I have to admit it though, there is a lot of great shows out there for children nowadays, cartoons and shows that are really educational and teach them a lot.  My little one is at that perfect age now where she is picking up on a lot of new words and learning so much about everything around her.  I love for her to watch television shows that are going to help her in that process and steer her in the right direction.  She loves shows like Sesame Street, Handy Manny, and The Wiggles, these are great shows with some good lessons and good meanings behind them.  Another show that she loves to watch all of the time is Wow! Wow! Wubbzy, the great and interesting show on Nick Jr.  This show always has great lessons to teach, from sharing with others to learning manners and everything in between.  

Hard to believe that summer is almost over, part of me is relieved to get the oldest back to school and get her learning and playing soccer again.  So just in time with all of the business of school shopping and preparation, I had the chance to review the latest in the Wow!Wow! Wubbzy DVD collection: Wubbzy Goes To School.

 

This fun and absolutely cute adventure follows our friend Wubbzy along with his best pals Widget, Walden and Daizy as they help preschoolers learn.  This new collection of engaging episodes will ease children's anxieties about heading off to school and making new friends while they embark on wonderfully wacky adventures the Wubbzy way!  

Wubbzy Goes To School puts the "cool" in school with six charming episodes that will have everyone ready to hit the books.  In "Who Needs School?", Wubbzy is nervous heading off to school for the very first time and he decides he can learn all he needs to learn on his own.  When things don't work out as expected and Wubbzy has no one to play with, he realizes that maybe school isn't so bad after all.  In another episode "New Kid On the Block" Wubbzy learns that meeting and accepting new friends can be a big! big! job.  When Murphy, a larger than life new student joins the class, Wubbzy finds that good friends come in all shapes and sizes.  

Additional episodes include: "Gotta Dance", "Wubbzy the Star", "You Gotta Have Art" and "Magic Tricks" starring Wuzzleburg's own Moo! Moo! the Magician.  Fans will be "wowed" with cool bonus features such as the "Meet Wubbzy's Schoolmates" photo gallery, coloring and activity sheets and more.

My take on this DVD is that it truly is fun and educational to watch.  My oldest is the only one of the two girls that is in school and even though she is past the preschool stage obviously, I had her watch this DVD with her sister.  The oldest had some issues at school last year, even though she won't completely admit it or tell us the whole story about it.  Her grades really slipped and she came home and told us she was being picked on a lot.  I know how she feels as I was always picked on at school too and went through a similar faze.  The oldest also did not want to go to school many days and would fight with me because she didn't want to.  Even as the new school year is starting, she has constantly said all summer that she does not want to go back so I figured watching this DVD especially the "Who Needs School?" episode might make her see just how important going to school really is.  Even the "New Kid on the Block" episode was a very educational one because she has been in Murphy's shoes at one point.  My oldest is a taller than usual kid for her age and she says that some of the kids at school are picking on her because she is only 7 and not 8 like most of her classmates as well as being so tall.  These two episodes of Wubbzy teach an important lesson that it's OK to be different and that school is a great place to go.  If you didn't have school, you wouldn't make friends and you wouldn't learn as much as you think you would.  That's why I love Wubbzy because there are so many wonderful and useful lessons to be told.

GIVEAWAY-

One lucky Mommy2TwoGirls reader will win their very own copy of Wubbzy Goes to School. (approx value $16.98)

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Giveaway will end on Saturday 10/9 at 7pm EST.  Winner will be notified by email as well as posted here on my blog.  Winner will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.  Open to US residents ONLY!  Special thanks to Rachel and everyone over at Grand Communications for sponsoring this giveaway.  GOOD LUCK!

Disclosure- I fully comply with the FTC rules and have received no compensation for this review, only a free copy of Wubbzy Goes To School in exchange for my honest opinions.  The words expressed in this review are my own and not influenced in any way.  No purchase necessary and void where prohibited by law.