One-derful Birthday Bash! Noah's Ark Shape Sorter Giveaway

It's the fourth day of My Life According to Pinterest's "One-derful" Birthday Bash!
In case you missed it earlier, here is the list of all the "One-derful" Birthday Bash open giveaways!

Today's giveaway is a Noah's Ark Shape Sorter from KidKraft.

   KidKraft is one of the leading creators, manufacturer, and distributor of children's toys and furniture.  Having been around since 1968, they take great pride in making superior quality wooden toys.  Their goal is to inspire kids to use their imaginations with their creative wooden toys and play furnishings.  They have everything from kitchen sets to dollhouses.  We absolutely loved our Noah's Ark Shape Sorter.  It's such high quality, fun, and colorful too! You can check out My Life According to Pinterest's full review here.

The set includes 17 pieces including Noah, his wife, and multiple sets of animals. Sure to inspire imaginative play for your little one!

Giveaway is open to U.S only and ends 9/18 at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T.

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Disclosure: The winner will have their prize sent to them by KidKraft.  My Life According to Pinterest, Just Me and the Boys and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize shipment.

What's eating your acorn?

A tale of how gross your child's acorn collection could be...

Unless you are me, then you find it rather interesting and share your passion with your preschooler!

  Have you ever been picking up acorns and noticed a small hole in the shell of the nut? 

These holes are made from emerging larvae of the acorn weevil.

We were at the park, Squirrel (4) was picking up and collecting acorns. He was reluctant to play because he didn't want to loose his collection. So I let him put them in my purse (it is small, not much in it), knowing full well that some of them had these grubs in them.

We got home (just before noon) and I threw my purse on the counter, forgetting about the acorns. Later that evening I was making dinner, using ground hamburger. I stepped on something squishy on the floor, thinking I had lost some burger from the pan I quickly bent down to pick it up. As I was about to toss it in the sink I realized it was a grub! I looked at the kitchen floor and saw another. After tossing the second one out I grabbed my purse, took out my wallet and the few loose coupons I had.

I dumped the the acorns out on to a plate and turned my purse inside out. I found two more grubs.  

Basically, once they were out of the acorn they were finding their way out of my purse and onto the floor. I bet they weren't too happy to find linoleum rather than soil. When these guys leave the acorn they dig their way into the soil where they live for 1-2 years before emerging as an adult weevil. 

Here is one in the process of emergence and the perfect hole left behind.

This is what you find if you crack one open. You'll find the galleries (holes in nut) from the grub, to poo it has left behind and if it hasn't escaped yet, you'll also find the grub. One acorn can have multiple grubs. This one here had three of them.

Squirrel has really enjoyed watching and taunting the grubs. Maybe he'll grow up to be an entomologist!

After I got my degree I thought about going back for entomology, but decided against it. 

We love bugs (grubs, insects, arachnids etc)!

If you are not the bug lovers we are... take caution and tell your child to leave their acorns outside and not in your purse!

Safari Ltd. Giveaway ($30 Merch. Credit)

It's the third day of My Life According to Pinterest's "One-derful" Birthday Bash!
In case you missed it earlier, here is the list of all the "One-derful" Birthday Bash open giveaways!

Today's giveaway is $30 of your choice of products from Safari Ltd.

 Safari Ltd. is a wonderful company who makes amazingly authentic, scale-model figures of many different animals, dinosaurs, and even fantasy figures.  They come in a variety of sizes from the miniatures (found in the Toob collections) to their Jumbo Replicas.  Safari Ltd. replicas are intricately hand painted with great detail- they look identical to the real thing! Children of many ages love the lively colors and textures, making these toys ideal for imaginative play.  No matter your child's interests, Safari Ltd. has the perfect educational toy for your them!  You little one will love to play with these replicas for many years to come!  You can check out My Life According to Pinterest's full review here.

Giveaway is open to U.S only and ends 9/17 at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T.

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Disclosure: The winner will have their prize sent to them by Tiny Love.  My Life According to Pinterest, Just Me and the Boys and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize shipment.

Tiny Love Musical Ball and Stack Game Giveaway!

It's the second day of My Life According to Pinterest's "One-derful" Birthday Bash!  If you missed the kick off yesterday we started the Birthday Bash with a review and giveaway of the Combi USA Coccoro Convertible Car Seat!  Click here to enter. 

Today we're giving away an Elephant Musical Stack & Ball Game from Tiny Love.

This is a perfect present to celebrate the first birthday of any little one in your life!  This toy is one your baby will love starting around 6 months.  It's an all-in-one toy with a ring stacking element, rattles and ball dropping!  Not to mention it is super cute and colorful and makes fun music as well as lights up when your little one gets the balls in the opening.  My son absolutely loves this toy!  It can help your little guy or girl develop fine motor skills and cognition. You can check out my full review of the Elephant Musical Stack & Ball Game here.

Click here for a list of all of the "One-derful" Birthday Bash Giveaways!

Giveaway is open to US & Canada and ends 9/16 at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T.

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Disclosure: The winner will have their prize sent to them by Tiny Love.  My Life According to Pinterest, Just Me and the Boys and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize shipment.

Stuck On You $25 Gift Card Giveaway {4 Winners!}

Stuck On You offers a great deal of adorable personalized children's items. Including tons of school supplies and accessories such as, backpacks and lunchoxes that can be personalized, clothing and shoes name labels also drinking bottles, sports bags and pencil cases! Definitely a great back to school shopping spot! They also have personalized wooden name puzzles and teddy bears as well as other stationary items and personalized children's clothing.

How adorable is that backpack?! Stuck on You's Backpack and Lunchbox are definitely durable and I see no reason as to why it would not last through out the school year and into the next. The clothing labels are also a must have the school year, camps through out the summer and even for the little ones whom are in day care. Jedilynn loves her backpack and lunchbox and is quite excited to begin her adventure in 2nd Grade!

Read Mami's 3 Little Monkeys full review here.

Don't worry about your child's things getting mixed up with that of another child's. Stay organized and make it easy for your child to identify what s/he brought with them to school, the park, a play date, the church nursery or Sunday School. Cute and fun for children of all ages!

GIVEAWAY!

Four lucky readers will win a $25 Gift Card each to Stuck on You! This giveaway is open Worldwide, entrants must be at least 18 years of age at the time of entrance. enter through the Giveaway Tools form below from now until Sept. 16th at 11:59pm CST when the giveaway will be closed. Winning entries will be verified, if entry was not fulfilled (including verifying email subscriptions) a new winner will be chosen. Winners will be chosen at random and notified via email. If no response is received from the winner with in 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. Good Luck! 

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Disclosure: Just Me and the Boys and all other participating blogs are not responsible for the fulfillment of the above prize(s). I received no monetary compensation for this publication. If you have any questions or if your a brand and would like to see your product(s) in a similar event please contact Sarh at mamis3littlemonkeys@yahoo.com. Thank you. 

Combi USA Coccoro Convertible Car Seat Giveaway

Welcome to the One-derful Birthday Bash!

A celebration by My Life According to Pinterest

It's the start of the giveaway event that I've been waiting and preparing for for months- the One-derful Birthday Bash in honor of my son's first birthday this month!  My Life According to Pinterest is holding 8 great giveaways over the next week and a half to celebrate!  All these giveaways will be perfect for your one year old!  I'm so excited to start off this awesome event with a great giveaway from Combi USA!

Today we're giving away a Combi USA Coccoro Convertible Car Seat!

The Combi Coccoro is lightweight and compact to fit perfectly in smaller vehicles.  The Coccoro accommodates children rear facing from 3 to 33 lbs and forward facing from 1 year and 20 lbs up to 40 lbs.

 Some of the awesome features of the Coccoro include:

• Combi Tru-Safe® Side Impact Protection offers deep side walls and a layer of energy-absorbing foam to distribute crash energy away from your child's head, neck and spine
• Tether connector strap for rear-face tethering
• Buckle with indicator provides a visual cue that the harness is securely buckled
• Compact design accommodates 3 seats across the rear seat of most vehicles and great for smaller vehicles
• Removable infant insert to provide proper positioning and comfort for smaller children
• One-pull front harness adjuster and four harness heights
• Built-in lock-offs for rear- and forward-facing installation
• Premium, push button LATCH connectors
• Washable and removable cover and harness pads 

Giveaway is open to the U.S. only.  Ends 9/15 at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T.

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Disclosure:  The winner will receive their prize from Combi USA.  My Life According to Pinterest, Just Me and the Boys and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize shipment.

 

 

Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil Giveaway #readytopop

We've decided to celebrate Labor Day this year in a totally fun way – by celebrating those Mamas and Babies who have done some of the hardest labor out there!  Welcome to the Ready to POP! {a Labor Day Giveaway Hop} hosted by So Easy Being Green, According to Jenny, and Viva Veltoro!

Each blogger in this Hop has a fabulous Mama or Baby prize for you to enter to win – so be sure to hop around to them all, including the Grand Prize!

Just Me and the Boys has partnered with Tropical Traditions to offer one lucky reader a 32 oz. jar of their famous Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil.

This product is great for the pregnant mama, the postpartum mama and her newborn baby. I include coconut oil in all my gift packages at baby showers. Mama can use this on her stretching belly to moisturize, soothe itch and hopefully reduce the chance of stretch marks. Just as it is good for the stretching belly, it is also good for the postpartum belly (as well as the rest of the body).

More importantly it is the best moisturizer for your newborn baby. Newborns have a hard time regulating their body temperature. Lotions are cooling and can lower your baby's body temperature, where as oils are warming.  Sure, there are commercial baby oils out there, but many aren't natural and contain chemicals. Coconut oil also works great as a diaper rash cream and is safe to use with cloth diapers!

Tropical Traditions Gold Label Coconut Oil is certified organic, chemical free and traditionally made.
Learn more about Virgin Coconut Oil here and check out all the other uses for this product!

Check out my full review of Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil here.

Enter on the Giveaway Tools form below for your chance to win!

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Now, be sure to hop over to enter to win the amazing Grand Prize for Ready to POP!  

One lucky reader is going to win an adorable 2 Red Hens Diaper Bag, a fabulous set of Buttons Diapers – an All-in-Two Cloth Diapers System, and an absoutely beautiful CatBirdBaby Pikkolo Baby Carrier! 

What are you waiting for!?  Go Enter Now!

According to Jenny, Viva Veltoro, So Easy Being Green, the Blogging Mamas Network, Just Me and the Boys and the other Ready to POP! participating bloggers are not responsible for sponsors who do not fulfill prize obligations.