Party Pack from BirthdayExpress.com Review

My daughter's birthday is at the end of this month. So we are super happy that we got an opportunity to review a Party Pack from BirthdayExpress.com

Of course she wanted a Hello Kitty party pack. Because she really loves Hello Kitty! We looked over the selection and we were able to receive the Deluxe Party Pack for 8.

This included the following:

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• 8 Dinner & Dessert Plates
• 8 Cups, Forks & Spoons
• 16 Lunch Napkins
• 1 Tablecover, Foil Balloon & Centerpiece
• 18 Balloons (3 colors)
• 3 Curling Ribbon Rolls & Crepe Paper (3 colors each)
• 16 Cake Candles
• 8 Thank You Notes
• 8 Cone Hats
• 1 Personalized Banner

She can't wait until her party when she can decorate with all this Hello Kitty stuff! And I have been informed that she will do all the decorating. I am not supposed to touch it!

We opened up the personalized banner it came with to get a preview of it. Here she is demonstrating what it looks like:

Since her birthday is the last day of the month - I'm not sure exactly when we are having her party yet. But I will be sure to take lots of pictures. And post then when we get all the decorations up! 

Visit BirthdayExpress.com for a huge selection of party supplies. I'm sure you will find something your kids will like!

Disclosure: 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.

Update: Weight Loss So Far

Hey guys. I'm here to update you on my weight loss. Do you remember my post on this? If not then go read this post:  My Weight Loss Plan - 90 Day Challenge

Anyway, I will give you a  brief run down of events, as I see it. I received the African Mango 1200 from Creative Bioscience  about 6 weeks ago.

So you think I would be on my second bottle of the pills right? Well not exactly. I have about a weeks worth left of the 1st bottle. You are supposed to take two a day in the morning. And well a lot of times I forget. I also don't always take them in the morning sometimes it is late afternoon if I remember to take them.

Mostly because, I just have never been much of a pill taker so that is why I forget, and I have always had a hard time swallowing pills. And these are no exception. I find them kinda hard to swallow. Well that could be just my hang up. You may do better with them - it's probably just me.

Well to get back on track of this post - I basically just want to update you on my weight loss so far. I want to mention that when I do take the African Mango pills it does stave off my hunger. Like it says in the product description:

African Mango reduces hunger by stimulating Leptin, which tells your body it has had enough to eat.

You know that famished feeling  you might get? Well taking these pill really curbs my appetite.

So drum roll please.....my total weight loss so far it 6 pounds!

I am really happy with this, because I can't even remember the last time I lost any weight whatsover.

I will give you another update soon. And should be having a giveaway for this product soon too!

If you would like to purchase a Creative Bioscience product for yourself I have a coupon code for you. Use SAHM at checkout and you will get an additional 15% off.

Disclosure: I received a 90 day supply of the above product from Creative Bioscience to sponsor my weight loss challenge. No other compensation was given and my opinions are my own. 

Progress Cards Review

I have a fun and helpful review for you guys. If you are a parent then I think you will be interested in this product.

Here is a description of the product:



Progress Cards help children manage and express difficult feelings, learn tips to improve behaviors, and learn effective coping skills to deal with divorce, death, bullies, and much more. Here at the beginning of the new year, many adults and children are making resolutions and creating goals. Unfortunately, many are not successful for 2 reasons. First, they know what they want to stop doing, but they often don't know exactly what to practice instead. Progress Cards provide specific behaviors for 60 different goals-from study skills, friendship skills, to making and saving money. Second, everyone needs support when they are learning new behaviors since it takes so much extra energy and effort to develop new habits. Parent Passes are 60 different rewards to use after you sort them with your child to determine what motivates your child a little and a lot. 


My review:

I received 60 Progress cards and 60 parent passes recently, and a Progress Book. My daughter seemed eager to give this a try. She is getting to the teenage years and could use a little help with her behavior sometimes. 

One card, I came across is Improve Your Self Discipline. A few points from that are:

1. Think about what you say before you say it
2. Control Your Temper
3. Keep a good attitude. Fight the Temptation to complain, give up, or tune out. Follow the rules.

Those are a few (on that card) that stood out to me. My daughter is getting close to 13  and could learn from this. She can have a temper and sometimes complains too much. This is something she could really work on.

Another card that she found interesting was some suggestions for Healthy Meals. Fruits, vegetables, whole grain foods, etc. What kid couldn't use some help with eating healthier?

And there are so many more cards for all kinds of situations.

And It also includes Parent Passes. Which is sort of like a reward system. There are 60 different rewards that you can sort through with your child and determine what would motivate your child a little or a lot. You can divide them into small rewards and large rewards. 

So after they exhibit and practice a few good behaviors, etc. or whatever card you may be working on you could give them a reward. Depending on how many things they have done you could give them either a small reward or a big reward.

An example of one of the rewards (which my daughter deemed as a small reward) is: This coupon is redeemable for us to go on a bike ride together.

An other example she thinks is a large reward was: This is redeemable for us to go roller skating (which she likes doing and we haven't done in a long time)

So this seems like a great system, and a way to really motivate your children. I personally have got to get going on this more. Maybe even with my son. I saw some ones for study skills in here - I've got to look over, because he could use some help with that!


The generous makers of these card (developed by Scott Erlt - an elementary school consoler for 16 years) are offering my readers a link for you to print all 60 Parent Passes for free: 

http://www.progresscards.com/Free-Parent-Passes.html

There is also a Progress book in which children can rate themselves in 60 different areas. This can help them find their strengths and weaknesses and ways to improve.

Here is a link for you to download a free Progress book:

http://www.progresscards.com/Free-Progress-Book.html

You can also purchase the "Parent Pack" which includes the complete set of 60 Progress Cards, 60 Parent Passes and Progress book for $16.99 (+S&H)

For more information visit these links:

Progress Cards Website
Progress Cards on Facebook

Disclosure: I received the above described products for free to facilitate my review. No other compensations was given, and my opinions are my own.