Monthly Archives: September 2007

iPhone review coming soon!

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We (the mommy insider) are lucky enough to have been chosen to receive an iPhone to review on The Mommy Insider!  I am so excited. I am an extreme tech geek so this is like the best thing ever!!  I can’t wait to share my review with you.  A few things I am looking forward to checking out in detail are:

  • the digital camera feature
  • the maps
  • text messaging
  • Internet surfing
  • email
  • and… the phone.

Don’t worry, I am not going to get too excited before I actually get to review it. I will publish an honest review.

My Mom Rocks lap tee

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For those that don’t already know that I ROCK… Madelyn now makes sure that the world is aware of that when she wears her super cute ‘my mom rocks’ lap tee from The French Chihuahua.

This long sleeve lap tee comes in four colors. PINK and TURQUOISE for a Girl. Chocolate can be UNISEX for either a Boy or Girl and ARMY GREEN for the Boys.

If your baby doesn’t think you rock, don’t worry, you can choose from several other fun, unique designs including Big Sister, Sweet Pea and Social Butterfly.

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Kajeet cell phone service for kids

Skins The Kajeet cell phone service and our Sanyo KANTARA cell phone have been SO FUN to review!  I’ve had a blast using all of the features including the digital camera, downloading fun wallpapers and ring tones, and setting the alarm to wake Sebastian up bright and early in the morning!  Besides all of these features, the Kajeet cell phone service gives parents the opportunity to set which features your child is allowed to use, when your child can make and/or receive phone calls and from whom.

Below is a screen shot of my contact manager page on the Kajeet.com website for Sebastian’s cell phone.  On this page, I can add contacts, state if he is allowed call/text these contacts and I can even assign which ‘wallet’ these calls and text messages are paid from.  I can log on to this page and edit contacts, what’s allowed and wallet information 24/7.

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Both parent and child can have their own Kajeet ‘wallet’ accessible on the kajeet.com website 24/7.   If you want your child to pay for calls he/she makes to friends, you can require that they pay for those calls out of their wallet.  If you want to pay for calls your child makes to you or receives from you, those minutes are paid for out of the parents wallet.  The ‘wallet’ feature is one of my favorite features.

The digital camera quality is great… better than my cell phone as a matter of fact!  The photograph to the right was taken from Sebastian’s kajeet cell phone but keep in mind that the quality isn’t going to be the same being transfered from the phone to this website. The actual quality was quite a bit better than this.

Like other cell phone plans for kids, the kajeet phone plans are paid by minute. I think this is a great way to teach kids how to save and spend money. When Sebastian first started using his kajeet phone, he wouldn’t talk for more than about 30 seconds at a time before he would tell the person on the other end of the line that he didn’t want to use all of his minutes and he better get off the phone in a hurry! That is so great!

Other notable features –

Favorites – When Sebastian opens his Sanyo cell phone, one of the first things he see’s is the "favorites" button in the bottom left corner of the screen. When he pushes this button, he is taken to a list of his favorite contacts AS WELL AS other favorites including one of my favorite features of the phone which is the Google Maps Application. Oh my gosh.. I can’t tell you how much I love this feature. Simply enter a business name or type of business and the phone finds the businesses in YOUR area (based on the zip code entered when you sign up for a phone number) so you can quickly find a place to eat or shop right from your car!

Alarm – You can set up to five alarms. I set one to wake Sebastian up nice and early in the morning.

There are so many other features including security and media features.  You can visit the website to learn about all of the cool kajeet features and to view the four kajeet compatible phones currently available.

Here you go: https://www.kajeet.com.

Cupcake pettiskirt

Hoenshelcouture_skirt1 Madelyn LOVES her pettiskirt from Hoenshel Couture. Watching her walk around the house in her pettiskirt is the cutest thing.  I thought she might be bothered by all the fluff, but she loves it. She smiles so big when she runs her hands through her pettiskirt and spins around to see the ruffles go up and down.

The Cupcake pettiskirt is made of 50 yards of super soft fluff.  Think cloud..you know when your on an airplane and you fly through a cloud?  The pettiskirt fabric doesn’t irritate Madelyn’s sensitive baby skin,or snag on everything she walks by like some fabrics we’ve had experience with.

I can totally see Madelyn wearing her pettiskirt at Sebastian’s baseball game practice! How cute would that be?  This gorgeous petticoat ruffle skirt would work great for costume, photo portrait prop, birthdays, special event, pageant wear, sports wear or casual wear, or dress-up.

Your princess deserves her own pettiskirt from Hoenshel Couture.  Sizes range from newborn all the way up to size 10.  If only I could get away with wearing one of these!

If you aren’t thrilled about the colors of this pettiskirt, Jamie will work with you to design a custom 50 yard pettiskirt that has the colors that you or your child prefer.  I am really enjoying the Cupcake style because there are so many colors in it.. Madelyn can wear her pettiskirt with just about any color baby tee and she has lots of baby leggings that top of the look!

After Madelyn wore her pettiskirt in the yard last week, naturally it got a few specs of dirt on it and I freaked. Much to my surprise, it’s maching washable.  That’s the icing on top of the cupcake!!  Ha ha!

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Congratulations Halle Berry!

Halle Berry Is Pregnant | Halle BerryThe 41-year-old actress revealed the news in an e-mail to Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell on Tuesday that she is three months pregnant with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry’s baby.

“Yes, I am three months pregnant! Gabriel and I are beyond excited, and I’ve waited a long time for this moment in life. Now the next seven months will be the longest of my life!” she wrote to Nancy. “Can’t wait to see you and give you a squeeze and see a pic of your little sweetie. Until then, you heard it from ME first!”

I’m sure we will hear about the great ‘swag’ Halle gets over the next year or so. I will keep you updated so you to can have the cool maternity and baby gear Halle will have!

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