Sweet Treat Swapping Ideas The Kids (and You) Will Love

I will be receiving a healthy treat package to try for myself. Giveaway is sponsored by Puritan’s Pride.

Kids love sweets, there’s no way around it. Heck I love sweets but as parents we know that too much just isn’t good for a multitude of reasons. My kids actually have a dentist appoint the same day the trick or treat happens so I’ll get that happy reminder too. My kids honestly do love healthy treats but they don’t get a lot of that during trick or treat. They eat what they get . I try to limit them to one or two pieces a day but I know even that can get to be a bit much.

So here’s some ideas for healthier treat swaps:

–You want to hand out something sweet but don’t want to go the candy route. Try dried fruit like dried pineapple or organic sweetened banana chips

—pumpkin seeds are a favorite seasonal treat full of zinc and fiber

–For mom and dads craving chocolate, consider a chocolate protein shake

–Looking for something to warm up after a chilly night of trick or treating? How about a mug of spiced apple cider or organic peppermint tea with raw manuka honey

You can find all these treat swap items and many more at Puritan’s Pride. Use code TREAT10 to save 10% off valid until 11/30/15. Free shipping on orders over $19.95. You can automatically get the discount applied by using this link

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a package of healthy treats from Puritan’s Pride

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Pillowcase To Fit That Toddler Size Pillow – Luv Saving Money

I received the below mentioned product in order to complete an honest review. Any opinions expressed are my own. This post also contains affiliate links. Regardless I only post legitimate offers from trusted sites.

A little while back I got a toddler pillow to review. I was more excited than one might think I was about that. My daughter (who is 2) wanted a pillow but I didn’t like the idea of having a big pillow in bed with her. A toddler pillow was the perfect answer in my opinion. She uses it often. The only issue was I kinda wanted a pillow case for it. I looked in my local Walmart, mall, and Bed, Bath and Beyond but no pillow cases that were appropriate for my daughter’s toddler size pillow.

Angel Baby offers toddler pillows AND toddler pillow cases. They offer them in several different colors too. Just moving into our new house about a month ago, I worked very hard to match and coordinate things the best I could. I loved being able to have colors to choose from to blend in with my daughter’s room.

Available in: White, Blue, Ivory, and Pink

My daughter’s room is white, pink, and purple with butterflies. I chose the pink pillow case to accent in her room. The toddler pillow and pillow case works nice as a decorative pillow on her bed too.

The Angel Baby toddler pillow case is very well made. It fits her toddler pillow nice even though her toddler pillow is not an Angel Baby brand toddler pillow. It’s is washable of course. It’s 100% cotton precale and made in the US. 400 thread count.

This was just the pillow case I was looking for. These pillow cases would also be good for travel pillows and smaller decorative pillows. You can find more details and purchase on Amazon use coupon code 30TMSN15 to save 30% off:

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First and Only 100% Natural Gum Pop Right Here!

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This week little ghosts, goblins, princesses, and storm troopers will descend upon your neighborhood going door to door asking for candy. Are you ready?

If you’re still trying to decide what kind of treat to hand out to the trick or treaters might I suggest a 100% natural Gum Pop. Actually it’s the first and only 100% natural gum pop and it’s from GLEE Gum. GLEE Gum Pops are aspartame-free, no artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, or preservatives. They are made with plastic-free natural chicle gum base, and are Allergy-Friendly & Gluten-Free. GLEE Gum is also all of these great things and none of the bad.

If you are participating in the teal pumpkin trick or treat, GLEE Gum Pops or GLEE Gum would be a good choice to hand out. If you didn’t know, if you put a teal pumpkin on your porch it let’s parents/trick or treaters know that you’re handing out allergy friendly treats for those that might have allergies to things like peanuts or chocolate.

GLEE Gum pops come in the flavors: Juicy Orange, Crisp Green Apple, and Sweet Strawberry. GLEE gum comes in LOTS of flavors: peppermint, cinnamon, spearmint, tangerine, bubblegum, triple berry, wild watermelon, lemon-lime, and refresh-mint.

You can find GLEE Gum pops and other GLEE Gum products at Whole Foods Markets across the country, GLEEgum.com, and other specialty retailers. You can look here for a store locator. Save 15% off anything you buy at GLEEgum.com with Coupon code: HW5B2GA expires 10/31/15 at 11:59 PM EST

The flavors of the lollipops were truly tasty. My kids enjoyed them. I only got one, the kids got all the rest!

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a bag of GLEE Gum Pops

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Halloween GLEE Gum Pops

What is Your Child Dressing as for Halloween?

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What is your costume this year? What are your kids dressing as? Well if you’re still not sure you might want to check out this post. I’ve seen so many cool costumes I would have loved for myself but buying a new house and not having the old one on the market yet calls for some tightening of the purse straps (more than usual). So no costume for me this year but the kids still get theirs. It’s a good think Wholesale Halloween Costumes has great prices!

One type of costume that always seems to be relevant are Star Wars costumes. People of all ages know Star Wars. With the new Star Wars movie coming up I’m betting we’ll see a lot of futuristic space creatures roaming the streets on Halloween. Of all the costumes my son could have picked from Wholesale Halloween Costumes, he liked this storm trooper costume the best.

I love the details of the Stormtrooper costume. The boots on the bottom have velcro so they stay with the costume. It fit my son well. My son loves it. He wanted to wear it all day. Which he did, then spilled chocolate milk on it. It’s ok though, it’s washable and the chocolate milk came right out. I’m still trying to decide on a costume for my 2.5 year old daughter. There are so many on Wholesale Halloween Costumes I’d love to see her in. I’m thinking of maybe keeping the Star Wars theme and make her Princess Leia or on a different note, maybe a garden gnome. What do you think?

Will a Window Mounted Cat Bed Work for My Sumo Cat?

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We have 2 cats. Sisters from the same litter. They’re approaching 7.5 years old now. They’re also quite spoiled. They lay around everywhere but particularly like the windows. We recently moved. Most the window sills in our new house are a bit wider than the ones at our old house so they could sit comfortably. I’ve seen those cat window seats though and always wondered if our cats would like them.

I received this Window Mounted Cat Bed to review with my cats. When I first took it out of the box, it seemed kinda flimsy. Both of our cats have a few extra pounds on them and the one is quite big. I thought there is no way these plastic bars and suction cups are holding up my sumo cat. Though it does say it holds up to 50 lbs.

The instructions lefts something to be desired. The instructions were moderate quality black and white pictures. It was written in broken English so it was hard to follow. In the end I did get it together within about 10 minutes but I still wasn’t convinced it was going to hold my cats weight. There is also a YouTube video you can watch for instructions which is a little better.

There are large suctions cups that attach to the window in 4 different points. Helpful tips: clean the window and allow to dry then slightly dampen the suctions cups to get them to stick better. It doesn’t say this in the directions but I’ve used that trick before to get suction cups to stick better.

The cables are thin metal cables that, in itself, are pretty strong. It’s just the frame of the cat bed itself that seems like it could be sturdier. When I was getting ready for bed, I walked through the house and found this.

She seems to like it. She slept there for quite a while. I did notice this morning that one of the white pipes became detached from the one suction cup. There’s a nub on the big suction cup that slides into the pipes of the frames on both sides. It’s been up for about 2 days now. In fact, the one cat is sleeping on it again as I type this post.

This particular Window Mounted Cat Bed comes in gray and blue. You can order it in single bed or double bed packs. I honestly felt like $17 was a bit much for these cat beds, I would have been more comfortable with a $10-$12 price point. It has been working and my cats have been enjoying it. In the end, I got the end result.