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Family Game Night: Battle Sheep By Blue Orange

August 18, 2014 by Momstart Leave a Comment

By Summer

Games have changed since I was a child. I’m sure you think the same thing. But have they really? I think it’s just that options have changed from the typical Uno, Yahtzee, Chutes and Ladders, and Candyland. My favorite “new generation” game maker is Blue Orange.

Our families owns their games like Spot It, YamSlam and TellTale. Now Blue Orange has a new game out, and it’s not just for kids, Battle Sheep. This is a game of strategy and we’ve played with our children for family game night and we’d played with only adult friends during a weekend getaway. The game is simple enough to be enjoyed by all, but it’s all about the strategy:

Battle Sheep is a designed for ages 7+ though we played with our 5 and 7 year old. I can tell that our 5 year old has no clue what he’s doing, but our 7 year old gets the game’s tactic. My husband and I don’t let our boys win, but we find ourselves trying to out whit one another and also trying to block our 7 year old from a win; in turn our 5 year old has managed to school all of us.

Not only is this game a fun challenge … but it’s cute! LOOK AT THOSE FACES!

Blue Orange knows how to make games that are appealing to children with their graphic and simple instructions, and adults because of their strategy.

Each game doesn’t take too long and is dependent upon players thought time to strategize.

From our family of four, Battle Sheep get eight thumbs up! You can get Blue Orange’s Battle Sheep at your local gaming shop or score great deals on Amazon. In fact, the price is around $30 depending on your retailer, so this is a great NEW game to add to your shopping list for birthdays and dare I say it … CHRISTMAS!

P&G Best For Me, A Lion King Family Night Out & #PGBestForMe Twitter Party 3/27

March 24, 2014 by Momstart 3 Comments

You know, I would love a date night but they are hard to come by with young children. The cost of a baby sitter is one thing but then you tack on the price of a movie and dinner and it’s just not worth it. So instead we actually had a family night at The Paramount in Seattle to see The Lion King. OH MY it was so amazing.

The sets, the actors, the dancers I was so impressed. It’s amazing how the masks were done for the lions and how the animals in the background were all done by people. The Lion King on Broadway is something that must be done was a family. It was completely magic on the screen and even though it was a late night the whole family had a great time. We even all got dressed up and I put on make up.

WHOA you may be saying. I know, I’m not big on make up but it was a special event and I received samples from P&G. I received CoverGirl Line Exact Liquid Linger, CoverGirl Outlast Stay Brilliant nail Gloss, Crest 3D White Strips, Secret Clinical Strength Light & Fresh Scent, and a few other products. So I got all dolled up for a night out with the family. I love the natural look that CoverGirl gives me covering up my imperfections easily.

Don’t forget to join us for a twitter party celebrating P&G’s Best For Me Program.

Want to get that perfect look for girls’ night out? How about finding the perfect style for date night? P&G wants to help you find the best products for your special occasion. With hundreds of awards and recognitions from leading magazines, P&G’s beauty and grooming brands and CVS Beauty Club will ensure that you’ll get the look that works for you, no matter what. Plus, we’ll be announcing all the details on our awesome upcoming P&G Pinterest sweepstakes!

The Twitter Party Details
When: Thursday, March 27, at 3 p.m. ET
Where: Twitter — follow hashtag #PGBestForMe
Brands: @PGEveryday, @CVSBeautyClub
Panelists: @LisaSamples, @Zipporahs, @awakeningaimee, @MomStart, @BrettMartin, @momspotted

P&G can help you find the best products for your special occasion. P&G’s beauty, grooming and home care brands have received hundreds of awards and recognitions from leading magazines, so know you’ll get the look that works for you, no matter what. Create the perfect look for your special occasion this spring with P&G’s award-winning products.

This is a sponsored post with SheSpeaks/P&G.

Cozy Nautica Night In With The Family

February 8, 2011 by Momstart 11 Comments

The Bishop family, that’s us, loves to play games together. We have quite a collection of games, video games, board games, kids games and adult games. No, not the dirty kind, I just mean games that our 2 and 4 year old can’t quite play yet. Like Monopoly, and you should see my wall of Monopoly games. I think I have about 80 different versions of Monopoly. So I was quite excited to buy the new Monopoly Revolution when it was on sale at Target. It’s Monopoly for an ADD generation like we all are. Just in case you’re about to fall asleep the game beeps at you and someone has to take a chance. I’ll tell you more about that later. My kids favorite games right now are Cootie, Don’t break the ice and Chutes and Ladders. For a parent it can be a LONG evening playing these games over and over again, and just finishing one game of Cootie can drive an adult nuts. I could write a post just on trying to get a two year old and a four year old to sit still and make their Cootie following the instructions and taking turns. AHHHHH!!!

So, to take a night off from the insanity of having more fun than an adult can handle, yes that is completely literal, we had a fun cozy night of ~~folding clothes~~ listening to music and dancing in the clothing hamper. Yes this was a fun night in at the Bishop house. I had five loads of laundry to get through and wasn’t about to do it all by myself you know!

We had dress up time, and lots of laughter as Zoe tried on Daddy’s button up shirts. We also had fun playing with slinky. The kids love Slinky right now. Slinky can be tied around the dog, used to capture mommy and force her to be ticked by two little munchkins, and used to just drive dad up the wall.

The Nautica Clothing pictured in these photos gave us a cozy night in and is extremely comfortable to wear. The clothing has been holding up in the washing machine to my picky standards (excellent rating, no shrinking or fading) and is cute. I received compliments on my long sweatshirt, and love how cozy I feel outside in the cold temperatures. Zoe has been very excited to wear her Nautica Active Wear to school and Miles wanted to wear it to bed, which is a statement at just how comfortable the clothing was. All of the clothing featured can be found in the Nautica Activewear collection for each sex and age group.

Apparel and activity as discussed in this post was provided by Nautica, but Nautica is not a sponsor, administrator, or involved in any other way with this post. All opinions expressed in the post are my own and not those of Nautica. All apparel as seen in this post can be purchased on Nautica.com except for the green button up shirt Zoe was wearing.