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Week 2 ProSkin Update

**I was given a pair of ProSkin leggings to complete the 28 day blogger challenge. No other compensation has been received**

So it’s been just a little over 2 weeks now that I’ve been wearing the ProSkin leggings. If you’re not up to speed on what I’ve been doing, you can check out my “Starting the ProSkin 28 Day Blogger Challenge” post.

I told you I’ve been wearing them under my scrubs for work. I came home from work one day this past week. I was holding my daughter as soon as I got in the door. My son says, “Mom I’m gonna take a picture of you” I said “Wait hold on, I’m gonna show my ProSkins so I can show them I really do wear them under my scrubs” lol. That’s me, thinking about my posts.

So the question is did I lose anything from my 1 week update post? Well here’s my measurements for week two.

belly: 34″ (So I lost 1/8 ” here. Not a lot but I did lose)
Hips 39.5 (stayed the same from last week)
Top of Thigh: 23 ” (lost an inch from last week, but as you’ll see I actually gained an inch after week to so in effect I’m actually back to my starting point)
Widest part of thigh: 22″ (stayed the same)
Above knee: 15.5″ (lost an inch from last week but back to starting point)
Below knee: 12.75″ (stayed the same)
widest part of calf: 13.5 (lost 1/4 inch)

Ok so again here is the moment to see if I actually lost any weight

I only lost 0.6 of a pound. again not a big loss but I still lost.

I still like that they’re light weight. The temps starting going up to the upper 70s and low 80s here again so they are a bit warm to wear when the temps are like that. I think I’ll really be loving these in the fall and winter. I don’t mind wearing them under my scrubs though because they crank the air conditioning up at work.

Only 2 more weeks to go so we’ll see what happens.

We Went to The Crayola Experience in Easton, PA

**I was provided with free tickets for my family from the Crayola Experience in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation has been received**

The Crayola Experience in Easton, PA is a place I’ve been wanting to take my family too for a while now. It’s located here in PA. I think it appeals to everyone in my family from my husband and I too my baby girl. Crayola has been around for a long time. I think we’ve all had some type of Crayola products in our life at one time or another. The fact that Crayola makes you think of colors and imagination, well I couldn’t wait to see what was in store for us at the Crayola Experience. Even if you’ve been before, they added 18 new activities this year so it would be worth another trip.

There was a parking garage located right across the street with a reasonable rate ($2 per hour). There was also meter parking along the street. Easton itself was a very clean and beautiful town with a variety of restaurants and shops nearby. We stayed at the Comfort Inn on Nazareth Road which was only a couple minute drive from the Crayola Experience.

One of the first things we say in the Crayola Cafe was the world’s largest crayon weighing in at 1500 lbs and 15 ft long.

The Crayola Cafe had light food like sandwiches, salads, soft pretzels, and drinks available. Fairly reasonably priced for a place like this. There were bright colors every where you went.

My son is 4 and one of his favorite parts was the “Doodle in the Dark” section. The room was dimmed and there were all kinds of hands on and active stations in this room.

There were these boards in the “Doodle in the Dark” section which made glow in the dark pictures. There was also a floor the kids could go on that had different activities like games, coloring pages, and music activities. A lot of the kids of all ages had fun with this. In the picture below the game had balloons everywhere and when you stepped on the balloons they popped and you got points.

The other activity in this room included a screen with colored squares on the floor. When you stepped into one of the squares there Crayola man on the screen woke up. When you moved the crayon guy would move like you. So if you waved he would wave and so on. My son could have spent an hour there.

My husband and I both enjoyed the “Art Alive” activity. The room had a bunch of touch screen tablets. You could choose a coloring page, color it on the screen, choose an animation, and when you were done it would appear on a big screen on the wall. My son loved this too.

My diver I colored is on the bottom by the crab. My son’s fish he colored is hard to see because of the color he used. His is the fish colored in the aqua blue next to the orange fish by the crayon diver. There was a large indoor playground too with lots of levels. The parents could sit on benches or there were tables set u where you could color a picture and then turn it into a puzzle for no additional cost. Around the play area there were squares on the floor that were like pavement but soft. They had buckets of Crayola sidewalk chalk on the ground and you could draw on the floor. I took the time to make my mark.

There were 4 floors of activities. There were many projects you could work on and take home with you. The meltdown hand tables with containers of melted crayons that you could grab a card stock car and paint using a stick with melted crayons. When you first enter and buy your tickets you are given tokens to use in the machines like the Marker Maker and “Wrap it Up” which allowed you to choose certain colors of crayons and make a custom label. You could have it say whatever you wanted. I made one for each of my kids with their name on it. You could also choose a symbol to put next to the name. It dispensed a crayon and label. You could walk over to a table and it gave you simple instructions on how to wrap your crayon. I ran into an issue when we put in a token. It dispensed the wrappers but not the crayon. An attendant was available and quickly fixed it and gave us out tokens back. She was very friendly and helped a few people with different things while we were in that area.

We were there for 3 1/2 hours and still didn’t get to try everything they had available. The one thing I would have liked to have seen but didn’t was the crayon making demonstration. There was a lot of activities we did that would just make this post a mile long but I think you get the idea.

To find out more about the Crayola Experience in Easton, PA you can go to their website: http://www.crayolaexperience.com/

You can also find them on these social media sites:

Twitter: @VisitCrayola
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crayolaexperience

Along With Your Pregnancy Glow Show Your Glowing Personality with MaternityShirt.com

**I received a shirt from maternityshirt.com in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation has been received**

Ok so this review came a little to late for me to do a real maternity shirty review for myself BUT they do have some fun maternity shirts on MaternityShirt.com. I always loved finding cute and unique maternity shirts. Let’s face it, if you walk into most stores you’re lucky if they even have a maternity section. If they do it’s usually just a couple racks unless you have a maternity store near you.

MaternityShirt.com has some cute and funny maternity tshirts. One of my favorites on the site was the “Does this baby make me look fat?” shirt. I found thought, that they also had a few cute kids’ shirts on the site too. You know for the big brother or big sister.

I thought this shirt was really cute. It says “Chicks dig my ride” and a nice light blue color. The shirt ran a little on the small side. I got him a 5T but it fit him like most of his 4Ts do. It first him for now I just like to buy a little bigger when I can. Anyway my son loves his shirt.

Are you or someone you know expecting? What shirt from MaternityShirt.com do you like?

Eco-friendly Biodegradable Snack Bags, Wexy Bags

**I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete an honest review. No other compensation had been received. This post does contain an Amazon link**

It’s back to school. Time to start packing lunches and sending snacks in for the kiddos. There’s often so much waste when packing a lunch with sandwich bags. WEXY Lunch and Munch Snack Bags for Kids Lunch Boxes Fun (3pack) offer an eco-friendly and cute solution.

Wexy Bags are free of BPA and biodegradable making them convenient to use but not harmful to our environment or our children. Even the box the Wexy bags come in is made from 100% recycled paperboard. Wexy bags are made in the USA. They were created by two moms which I think is really cool. The 2 moms, Carie and Tracey wanted fun colorful bags for their kids to enjoy their snacks and do it safely so Wexy Bags were born.

The bags are pretty deep so they can hold a nice helping of snacks. The bags are 5″ X 6″. Use them for sandwiches, popcorn, fruits, pretzels, or whatever you like. The bags are resealable. I gave my son some fruit snacks in a bag. He thought the soccer playing monster on the bag was “cool”.

Think this will be fun to use for him since he’s starting pre-school this year.

You can find Wexy Bags on Amazon:

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Helpful Fellowes Products for Back to School Available at Shoplet.com

**I received the below reviewed products as part of the Shoplet.com blogger program. No other compensation has been received**

Before we know it our kids will be back into the swing of school including homework, studying, and reports. I’m sure they don’t want to think about that yet but that doesn’t mean you can prepare. Shoplet.com has all the office supplies you need to help your highschool, middle school, or college level scholar be organized and typing up their reports a little easier (and more comfortable I might add).

I remember when I was in highschool in my wordprocessing class having this document holder that would hold our papers up beside our computer screen which made it easy to type and read the paper we were working on. It also allowed for quicker typing. When I went to college I bought one for myself and used it to type up my papers and notes. After several moves it got lost and I really missed it. I had thought a number of times how useful it would be with my blog.

Fellowes Document lift with dry erase surface (FEL9311501) This one can stand beside your computer to hold your document you need to type. It also has 3 separate parts so if you want to just use the dry erase board part, maybe for a presentation, you could. You could also just use the clip with the dry erase board like a clipboard if you wished.

I’m actually using mine as I type this to keep try of keywords, links, etc.

While you’re kid is typing up the minimum 3 page report assigned by their English Literature teacher, why not let them type in comfort with the Fellowes Laptop Riser I-Sire Series (FEL9311201)

The Fellowes Laptop Riser allows for better viewing and typing angles. There are two small brackets at the bottome that keep your laptop from slipping off the riser. There are also rubber grips on the bottom the keep the riser from sliding on the table or desk.

Fellowes has a number of other products available on Shoplet.com to help you and your child make it through the school year.