Thursday Thirteen things to get dad for Father’s Day – A gift guide

So I get e-mails all the time asking if I’m making a Father’s Day Gift Guide. Hmm. So here is my gift guide. In no particular order upon request I’ll link to a review if I have one but most of these I have never seen or touched.

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clip_image002The HEXBUG Ant is an autonomous, high-speed micro robotic creature with probing, tactile antennas and hooked claws.  The industrious critter features front and rear touch sensors, which allow it to maneuver around objects in its path, and wheel-legs that propel it forwards, backwards and over small obstacles with furious speed.  The HEXBUG Ant has an inner body loaded with robotic intelligence, protected by a hard, transparent exoskeleton casing.

Best yet, with a retail price of $9.99, this gift is economically friendly and can be found at www.hexbug.com and at RadioShack stores nationwide.

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With so many families on a limited budget, it’s smart to give the “Mr. Fix It” in your life a Father’s Day gift he will really love AND use. CarMD (www.CarMD.com) is an award-winning handheld diagnostic tool that instantly diagnoses the health of a vehicle using the same technology used by repair shops. Additionally, Studies show that the number of Americans choosing to take driving vacations within the U.S. is likely to approach all-time highs this summer. Give your car a clean bill of health before embarking on summer road tripsCarMD retails for $98.99 (less than the typical trip to the mechanic), www.CarMD.com.

 

 

 

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Daddy Diaper Bag -  The latest addition to the Storksak collection, this canvas diaper bag is stylish and functional. Water resistant canvas with faux leather patent trim. Roomy pockets, wipe clean lining, padded changing mat, separate insulated bottle holder, and adjustable shoulder strap. detachable key holder, inner detachable make-up bag, padded changing mat, wipe-clean lining and leather trim. This Diaper Bag retails for 158.00.

 

 

 

4) i465

At only $129.99 the Clutch i465 can be used with Boost Mobile’s Monthly Unlimited plan which provides UNLIMITED talk, text messaging and Walkie-Talkie, all for one flat rate of $50 per month, taxes included! Boost Mobile’s $50 Monthly Unlimited Plan can save families up to $695/year in comparison to similar prepaid plans. In addition, with no contracts or credit checks, dads and grads will have an easy, reliable and inexpensive way to keep tabs on family and loved ones.

The Clutch i465 is available online at www.BoostMobile.com with NO CONTRACT and at select retail stores, including RadioShack, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Sprint stores

 

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Walletbe designs and manufactures high quality yet inexpensive wallets for men that are small, thin, slim, zippered, non-zippered, and handcrafted with 100% Italian leather. Each men’s wallet is designed to fit comfortably and conveniently in the front pocket of your shirt, pants or jeans. If carried in your back jeans pocket, the slimness and thinness of the design does not leave the creases of larger bulkier wallets Our wide selection of men’s wallets is fun, smart, functional and fashionable and is priced under $30. Each designer wallet has a sturdy construction for durability, can withstand the rigors of your busy lifestyle and accommodate your needs: thin design, plenty of space for credit cards, easy access identification sleeves and a secure yet convenient cash holder.

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Keurig Coffee Brewer – Every Keurig single-cup brewing system makes a perfect cup of coffee every time. Coffee enthusiasts simply insert the no mess K-Cup® Portion Pack into the brewer and hit the brew button. K-Cups brew a cup one-at-a- time and quickly, in under a minute.The Platinum Brewing System is Keurig’s best single-cup brewing system for your home. This premium model offers discerning coffee drinkers the widest range of five cup size options for brewing.

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Fish for some gift-giving compliments from your fave angler with Bottle Cap Lures ($40/6), lures made from soda and beer bottle caps – that really work. Keeps the caps out of landfills, new materials out of production, and Dad out on the water reeling ‘em in. Give it. 

 

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http://cache.gifts.com/photos/X/Q/2/5/XQ255JTQHAJULTGFFEGY_L.jpgGive the gift of movies the fast and fun way with Fandango Bucks via e-mail. It’s easy! Choose the design, amount and personalize the message. They’ll instantly receive your Fandango Bucks – redeemable for any movie, any time, at any Fandango partner theater!

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Clairsonic Skincare System

New! Free Father’s Day Gift
Purchase any Clarisonic Skin Care System and receive a free gift valued at $50. Includes a Normal Brush Head and full-size Gentle Hydro Cleanser. Offer ends Sunday, June 21.

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10)halo wars

Get your hands dirty in the early stages of the epic battle between UNSC and Covenant. Developed by Ensemble Studios, Halo Wars for Xbox 360 brings all the drama of a real-time strategy game to the popular Halo Universe. Set in the year 2531, before the initial Halo first-person shooter game, this game lets you control the human armies of UNSC in a whole new way.

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Amazon Kindle – A copy of every book you purchased from the Kindle Store is backed up online at Amazon.com in case you ever need to download it again. You can wirelessly re-download books for free any time. This allows you to make room for new titles on your Kindle, knowing that Amazon is storing your personal library of Kindle books. We even back up your last page read and annotations, so you’ll never lose those, either. Think of the Kindle as a bookshelf in your attic–even though you don’t see it, you know your books are there.

12)Remington R-3130 Flex 360 Corded Rotary Shaver

Remington makes great products for women and for men, from hair care products to personal grooming products there is a Remington product for you. Featuring slick designs, great functionality, user friendly options, and affordable prices, Remington offers something for everyone in the family.

 

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Motorola MOTONAV™ TN30 GPSFor those who can’t live without a personal navigation system and their mobile phone when on the go, the advanced MOTONAV TN30 enhances all the great features of a standard GPS with added bonuses. MOTONAV TN30 is an ultra-durable Bluetooth® enabled, portable GPS navigation system that combines the confidence of finding destinations with a speaker for hands-free cell phone connectivity on the road.”

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Number 7 and 8 were taken from Ideal Bite. They have an eco Father’s Day Gift Guide

For the full bite visit www.idealbite.com.

Leap Frog is finally making a NEW DVD

 

Leap Frog Fridge MagnetLeap Frog is so wonderful. My kids are learning their abc’s with our Leap Frog Fridge Magnet. We also have the Fridge Words Magnetic Word builder.

Miles loves to push the ABC button over and over again. He’s trying to say them too. Zoe can say every letter, not necessarily as the alphabet or in order but she knows her letter fairly well. Esp, for a two year old.

 

And we have this DVD to look forward to..

This new trailer is from Lionsgate’s Fall DVD release LeapFrog Let’s Go To School. It’s really cute and the best, most exciting part is that it’s NEW and not a re-release! It has been FOUR Years since they made a new one.

 

She loves holding hands and giving out kisses

 

kiss My daughter is all love. She wants to give out kisses like candy. She sat down by her friend the other day and gave him a kiss. We couldn’t get the cameras out fast enough because they started talking and squirming.

She gets intimidated in large crowds but when it’s one or two friends and only one other mom then she makes connections.

zoeandfoxI think her friend made a connection too, because a little later when we were back at the Experience Music Project looking around he left his mom and came back to where I was with my kids and he grabbed her hand and then they just held hands for the rest of the afternoon. It was absolutely adorable.

 

In just 10 more years it’s not going to be cute it’s going to be scary!!!!

I love the BOB stroller and you can win one!

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It’s good for storing everything you need when out and about.

 

 

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It’s good for sleeping in!

 

 

 

 

 

BOB-Revolution-Duallie-Jogging-StrollerI live in the woods with roads made of dirt and rocks. When we were looking for strollers we were looking for a stroller with rugged wheels. I mean, i did not want plastic wheels. They would just wear out too fast. So when my daughter was born we found the Jeep jogging stroller. I hated it. Absolutely hated it. The front wheel was stationary. It was locked in place. So turning it was a nightmare and I had issues getting in doors. It was heavy and I would always smash my finger when trying to lock it open or closed.

So when my son was born we decided to upgrade. We needed a double stroller, one that would still be rugged for our neighborhood and on that has a wheel that isn’t locked. Now, when jogging or going fast you need a locked wheel so that you don’t lose control. So we found the BOB Duallie and purchased it.

This thing is lighter than my other stroller was, it folds up even smaller than my other stroller did. Folding it up is a snap. The wheels can come off if you need them to and it takes seconds to disassemble to throw into the trunk of a car. You read that correctly. It will fit in the trunk of a car.

The engineers at BOB are so smart because it fits through single doors. People always think I need double doors opened for me or that I need to go in the door at an angle but nope, it fits perfectly through doorways. I love the pivotal wheel on the front. It does lock in place for jogging or if I need to lift it up stairs, which I have done with my children in it. After having a stroller I really wonder how people that are in a wheel chairs get around. So many places are not handicap inclined.

The kids can sit up straight or the seats recline for napping. The covers extend to cover a great amount of the child from the sun, but there are accessories that you can purchase to keep children safe from sun or from the rain. We have the rain guard because here in Washington it rains all the time. It has the five point harness so we put our newborn in it and felt that he was safe. We just absolutely love this stroller.

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Tiny Prints $50.00 #Giveaway

Tiny PrintsTiny Prints – is a card and invitation company that provides cards, invitations and announcements that can be personalized with your own message and photos. I have never used their cards yet but I have hard lots of great things about them. They are easy to personalize and have lots of options.

Sitewide Summer SaleTiny Prints is now on Facebook – and to help celebrate, they are holding an Open House Contest! All you have to do for a chance to win one of twelve $50 gift certificates, is become a fan of their Facebook pages:

Eco-Friendly Cards:

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Holiday Cards:

Wedding Invitations:

Once each page reaches 400 fans, they will be drawing 3 random fans’ names to receive gift certificates – for a total of 12 gift certificates all together!

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Tiny Prints is also giving away one $50 gift certificate on Mom Start. 

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Amazon premiers Kenny Loggins with his Daughter Hana

 

KennyCover900 I’m getting really excited about the release of Kenny Loggins’ New CD All Join in on July 21st. I found out today that Amazon has a music video from the new CD Release of the song “First there is a mountain”

It’s really good. She’s really cute too. You can see the video here.

 

First there is a mountain music video.

Care Bears Tell Tale Tummies Review

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The Care Bears aren’t what they used to be. They are still charming children with their adorable tummies and rainbow making skills.

My daughter has Share Bear. Share Bear is all about sharing but that’s not why Zoe has her. Zoe has her because she’s purple. We have called her baby and Zoe dresses her and keeps her close. There is also a new bear named Oopsy Bear.

So when we were offered the chance to review Care Bears I wanted to see if she could relate to the Care Bears. The answer was yes and I get asked every day can I watch Care Bears. I’m thankful there are 8 different short episodes so we can watch something different each time.

Care Bears: Tell-Tale Tummies is all about telling the truth or finding the truth. At first my husband and I both thought it was about food, but nope. Episodes include

“The Tell-Tale Tummy,” – The tummy tells all.

“Oopsy, the Hero,” – Oopsy’s oopsy makes him a hero and he doesn’t want to admit that it was just an oopsy.

“Bumbleberry Jammed,” – Grumpy finds the best Bubleberry bush and doesn’t want to share

“Desperately Seeking Mr. Beaks,” – The Care Bears help their friend find Mr. Beaks

“King of the Gobblebugs,”

“Bad News,” – You should always tell the truth when reporting the news

“Tour De Farce” – Riding bikes and why grumpy doesn’t like too

and “No-Snow Day.” – This one is about having a bad attitude

My favorite episode is Bumbleberry Jammed with Grumpy Bear as the center character. My daughter now says, I’m not grumpy. I’m not grumpy. I love listening to her learn new phrases. Zoe likes it all over and over and over again. I think Care Bears are second to Tigger and Pooh.

The all-new Care Bears television series airs on Saturday mornings on CBS as a top 5 rated show on US network TV on Saturday mornings, and currently enjoys 98% awareness among moms of girls aged 2-5 (Fall 2007 Q-scores). A beloved brand since the 1980’s, Care Bears continues to be one of the most recognizable and top preschool properties in existence (according to Lieberman Consumer Research January 2006).

Released by Lionsgate. Retails suggested for 14.99 but found for 12.00 at Amazon.

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Norman Phartephant the elephant plush toy #giveaway

Norman PhartEphant came to live in our home a few weeks ago and has been sharing his flatulence with my family causing all kinds of raucous in our house. My son thinks this is the sound an Elephant is supposed to make. He knows how to sign the elephant so he signs it and copies the farty sound.

 

Oh Wait, let me introduce you.

This is Norman PhartEphant. He was created by Fierce Fun Toys. Norman is an African Elephant who moved to America and he doesn’t like my cooking. It just doesn’t agree with his sensitive stomach. So he farts all the time. He makes 8 different farting sounds in fact. I accidentally stepped on his tail the other night and he let one rip really loudly, I thought he was going to wake up my son. He would have been in the dog house for sure if that had happened.

He is soft and my whole family enjoys him. He does apologize for some of his slips. He makes a great children’s toy even for those kids that are over the hill if you know what I mean. My dad would get a big kick out of it.

Norman sells for $25.00.

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Hawthorne New TNT Series needs more of Michael Vartan

So this new series on TNT Hawthorn is Jada Pinkett Smith’s new series, but all I want is more Michael Vartan. I just loved him on Alias, I was so glad he was alive in the end. I knew people that quit watching when he was killed off.

Nurse Christina Hawthorne is the head nurse and putting out fires left and right while dealing with the death of her husband. It just didn’t have enough drooling factor for me, but the storyline is appealing and the characters are well developed for a pilot.

“Pilot” – Premieres Tuesday, June 16, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)

As TNT’s dynamic new series opens, Christina Hawthorne, chief nursing officer for Richmond Trinity Hospital, races to work to try to prevent a suicide attempt by David, an end-stage cancer patient and best friend to her husband.  It is the beginning of a long day for Christina, a day that happens to be the first anniversary of her husband’s death.  Putting her mourning on hold, Christina turns her focus to Ray Stein, a nurse who gets into hot water when he goes against his instincts and administers a doctor’s questionable treatment; Isabel, a homeless woman who brings a sick infant to the hospital; Camille, Christina’s rebellious daughter who has decided to take a stand for free speech in school; and Amanda, Christina’s former mother-in-law who also happens to be a member of the hospital board.

Watch a special preview here: