Dip Stix Extreme Bubbles

I haven’t met a child yet who doesn’t love to blow bubbles.  I buy my kids bubbles for almost every holiday as I’m sure a lot of parents do.  Bubbles are easy and entertaining.. two things I love!

We own automated bubble blowing machines, tiny bubble wands, big bubble wands, and spill-proof bubbles.  We recently added a new kind of bubble product to our bubble blowing collection called Dip Stix from award winning company Extreme Bubbles and the kids love them.  Not only can you make the biggest bubbles EVER but the bubbles last for a long time in the air.

Little kids, Big kids, Parents, and Grandparents all have fun together playing with our bubble products. Extreme bubbles add excitement and fun to parties, picnics, the park, or in your own backyard. Our motto is “Get outside and play,” and we truly believe that bubbles can make the world a better place.

Dip Stix Giant Bubble Maker Kit is a small package that contains everything you need to blow big bubbles anywhere; a set of Dip Stix, concentrated big bubble solution and a very sturdy bag with a zip enclosure to hold the big bubble solution.  Madelyn loves watching the bubbles float way up high.. the bubbles last a long time before popping.

Dip Stix are so easy my 4 year old can us them and my 10 year old loves them.   As you can imagine.. getting them to share is fun!  :(  Sebastian is working on perfecting a few bubble tricks featured in this Dip Stix bubble tricks video on the Extreme Bubbles website.

Here are some photographs of my kids, 10 and 4, playing with their Dip Stix bubble kit from Extreme Bubbles.

Visit Extreme Bubbles’ website to learn more about Dip Stix and their other great bubble products and ‘Like’ Extreme Bubbles’ Facebook page here.

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Backyard Safari Outfitters

Sebastian loves to be outside.   He’ll easily spend over an hour poking around the yard with a stick.  I don’t know what he’s looking for when he pokes around.. I’m just glad he’s occupying himself and is not in front of the TV.   I love watching him tiddle around in the yard whether he’s poking around with a stick or looking for mysterious bugs in the flower garden.  Madelyn, on the other hand.. she’s not a big ‘tiddler’.. she likes to run around and jump on the trampoline but she’s not into searching for cool bugs and ‘treasures’ (cool rocks) like Sebastian is.

Sebastian was really excited when he got a Bug Wrangler’s Extreme Suction Bug Vacuum and Essential Field Gear Cargo Vest from Backyard Safari Outfitters.

The Essential Field Gear Cargo Vest is geared for kids a little smaller/younger than Sebastian (he’s 10..it’s for kids ages 5 & up) but he romps around in it just the same.   He loves that the cargo vest has a gazillion pockets to hold things including his compas, a small flashlight, a granola bar, binoculars, a multi-tool.. and the list goes on.  As you can see in one of the photographs below, Sebastian was really excited about the pop-up field guide and was nice enough to share the second one he got, with the bug vacum, with Madelyn.  They walk around with their Backyard Safari Outfitters pop-up field guides like they rule the backyard!

Essential Field Gear Cargo Vest Features:

• It’s durable – Rugged poly-twill fabric with reinforced detail
• 4 cargo pockets with velcro closures
• 1 two inch deep zipper pocket with mesh-net outer pocket
• 6 D-RINGS
• 2 over-sized mesh-net cargo pockets in rear

Bug Wrangler’s Extreme Suction Bug Vacuum Features:

Sneak up on bugs and suck them up.. in a nice and gentle way of course! There are THOUSANDS of crawling, flying, buzzing bugs in your backyard – catch them LIVE with your Bug Vac! Look at bugs UP-CLOSE with built-in magnifying glass!

• 2 catch & release capture cores with built in magnifying glass
• An extra cone for the really big bugs like the one Sebastian tried to catch in the video below

About Backyard Safari Outfitters

Children can now get up-close and personal with nature right in their own backyard or nearby park. BackyardSafari Outfitters equips young explorers with all the essential field gear they could possibly need for scoping out local “wildlife,” from insects in the grass to birds in the sky to frogs in a pond — and more!  Kids can choose from a broad array of fun gear and tools, including the practical and very snappy looking Cargo Vest, as well as the cool Bug Vacuum, Mega View Periscope – among dozens of other choices.

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To learn more about these and other Backyard Safari Outfitters products, visit Backyard Safari online.

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Kids love playing the water and what’s better than swimming and splashing in the summer?  How about sliding down a curving slide to shoot out into the cool waters of a splash pool?  Sounds fun, doesn’t it?  It is!  I can tell you first hand and that’s because despite the fact that I am in my 30′s, and not in the recommended ages range of 5-10 years old, I’ve been down the slide more than once.  There is a weight limit of around 300lbs so I felt OK about enjoying the Slam n’ Curve Slide with my kids.  We had a blast!

The Slam n’ Curve Slide from Little Tikes is designed so parents can see all the action.   I sit on the back porch while my kids enjoy the slide and splash pool.  The splash pool is just the right depth for Madelyn (3 yrs old) to enjoy while Sebastian goes down the slide again and again and again.  It never gets old.  The Slam n’ Curve Slide is made of puncture-resistance material and includes everything you need to set it up including stakes, the blower which inflates the Slam n’ Curve Slide in about 1 minute (no kidding!), a repair kit, and storage bag. A fun inflatable rock wall is the way up to the slippery slide with an optional spray of water (turn off or don’t hook up the hose if your kids don’t want the water spraying on them) coming down from the canopy at the top of the rock wall. The curve at the end of the slides makes for nice, fun, splash into the refreshing pool.

Here’s a short video of my kids enjoying the Little Tikes Slam n’ Curve Slide.

Learn more about the Little Tikes Slam n’ Curve Slide on the Little Tikes website and check the lowest prices at Amazon.com here.

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It’s imperative that moms relax and it’s nearly impossible for a mom to have alone time.   For me, sitting outside, even with the kids, is the next best thing to having alone time.  I am usually trying to relax when I’m sitting outside, so it’s important that the kids have something to do so they will leave me alone for a few minutes (right!?).
After much trial and error, I concluded that sand is just about the coolest outdoor toy ever.  So, now I have a sandbox on both porches.  On the front porch I have a shallow, wide plastic storage bin (the kind you put under a bed to store stuff in) filled with sand while the back porch, the one I sit on more often, has the more aesthetically pleasing Little Tikes Butterfly Beach Sandbox and Wading Pool.

The Little Tikes Butterfly Beach Sandbox and Wading Pool entertains both of my kids, 9 and 3,.. at the same time! Imagine that!
The butterfly’s wings unfold with one wing becoming the pool and the other wing is the sandbox.   It sounds like magic, but it’s not.  The sunshade pops into the butterfly’s back and provides great protection from the sun.  I absolutely LOVE having the sunshade.  When Madelyn is playing in the front porch sandbox (the make-shift storage bin sandbox) I have to move it as the sun shines down on the porch which is a pain because sand isn’t light!  When the kids are done playing in the Butterfly Beach Sandbox and Wading Pool, the emptied pool side folds over the sand side doubling as a secure lid. The Little Tikes Butterfly Beach Sandbox and Wading Pool is great for kids ages 2 and up and holds enough water and sand to occupy my 9 year old for a while.

The Little Tikes Butterfly Beach Sandbox and Wading Pool is sold at Amazon.com for about $45.

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"This is awesome!" – Madelyn, 2 years old

Those were Madelyn's first words when she saw the Little Tikes Picnic n' Playhouse all put together.  While Tim was building the playhouse she couldn't stay off of it and had her share of yelling at, but now that it's built she doesn't want to come out of it.  I don't blame her.  She eats her breakfast and lunch in her playhouse when it's nice outside while I enjoy a nice peaceful meal on the back porch.  So besides being a great toy for Madelyn, the Picnic n' Playhouse from Little Tikes gives me a few minutes to myself each day that I literally didn't have before.  Who would have thought a toddler playhouse could do that for a mom?

The Little Tikes Picnic n' Playhouse is relatively easy to put together.  The only tools we needed were a mallet, a power screw driver and the playhouse was built within about 2 hours including breaks.

What Madelyn loves about the Little Tikes Picnic n' Playhouse:

• She can eat inside or outside the house with the fold-down table and pop in/out chairs
• The working light
• She likes to play princess or captain on the platform at the top of the slide and climbing wall
• She gets to call all of her friends from inside her playhouse with her very own cordless phone
• The slide is her relaxing spot when she's tuckered out from a long day on the phone

What I love about the Little Tikes Picnic n' Playhouse

• It's spacious enough for both Madelyn (2) and Sebastian (9) to fit inside and enjoy
• It's easy to move from place to place in the yard.  I like to keep her out of the sun.
• I can enjoy a snack outside the house while she's inside but were both sitting on a slide out chair.

I wish..

• The slide was a little longer
• That there could be a floor
• A doorbell would be cute!
• I had one when I was a kid.

You can buy a Little Tikes Picnic n' Playhouse right from the Little Tikes website or from Amazon.com.  I think it's shipping free from Amazon.com here.  Double check.

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Uncle Milton’s ladybug and roly poly domed habitats have colorful playground equipment, a lid that snaps shut and air holes.  One night Sebastian left a little ‘jumping bug’ in the dome overnight and to my surprise it was still alive in the morning.  It must have spend the night sliding and playing under the playground equipment to help pass the time. 

Each playground dome has playground equipment suitable for a different type of bug.  Because we don’t have many ladybugs near our home, Sebastian put other bugs in the dome and they (the bugs) enjoyed it just as well.  I favor the roly poly dome.  Roly poly’s are so cute and fun to watch.  You don’t have to put roly poly’s in the dome if you don’t have any around your home.  Pretty much any bug will do although it is probably best not to put two bugs that don’t get along, prey and predator, in the same dome.

At less than $10 each these playgrounds make great gifts.

You can learn more about the playgrounds at the Uncle Milton website and you can check current prices at Amazon.com

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