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Little Tikes Wagon Review

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We were so lucky this year that Santa brought son a Little Tikes Wagon! He knew it would be hard to fit in the car to come home from Grandma’s so he brought it to our house a day early. He is so considerate!

Mom and Dad made good use of the wagon and filled it with presents needed for the 2 1/2 hour car ride to Grandma and Grandpa’s.

It was obvious what the favorite thing was right from the beginning! Throw all the other presents out and let’s get to business!

He found the wagon to be useful for a myriad of activities…
bunker for shooting the ball gun…

a place to rest and have a snack…

or a nice seat to relax and watch a Christmas special.

After Christmas break at Grandma and Papa’s the wagon made a nice vehicle for delivering treats to a neighbor on Sunday.

It even assisted in a move, at which I could not be bothered to take pics at the risk of looking as if I wasn’t carrying my weight. ha ha…get it. My sis was moving from one apartment to another and this was a fantastically quick way to get items to the stairs.

So after some good use, here is the final verdict on the Little Tikes Green Adventure Wagon.

Pros:

  • Tons of creative uses
  • Perfect size for toddlers
  • Handle is a good length for both hubs and I
  • Really Heavy Duty Plastic that will not wear out even with a boy who is REALLY hard on things
  • Removable sides for boxes that are too big to fit
  • Comes with a huge box for hours of fun

Cons:

  • No words on instructions-hard to understand and took longer than I thought to put together
  • Front wheels seem to get stuck in place sometimes-may be a result of the cryptic instructions

Overall, the wagon has brought us some good times so far. I can’t wait to try it out at the zoo!

The Little Tikes wagon was provided for review by swingsetsandmore.com a CSN Store with selections of swing sets, lawn games and ride on toys.

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Feature Friday-Sassy Scoops

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Today I am so excited to be featuring Sassy Scoops!

They are a group of 8 fabulous women dishing out the scoop on Utah’s local businesses. (Sorry kids, this one is local). Oh, did I mention that I am one of those women?! ha ha Does that mean I am featuring myself? uh, er, Anyway…

I have a blast with these ladies and I think you will just love them too! So here we go with the one minute interview:

What is your favorite crafting tool or secret weapon?

vanessasassyVanessa: I like to BUY others crafting genius products the only crafting I really do besides that is crafting with my kids. My secret weapon for this is Mod Podge, boy do they love slather that stuff on and make things all shiny and sparkly!

profile_QuinnQuinn: I’m not much of a crafter either. I do love to do art projects with my kids, whipping out paints and brushes, markers, crayons, scissors and construction paper just about every day.

camilleCamille: There is no creativity in my bones – I can’t even think of something creative in how to answer your question! 🙂 Pretty much around our house, glue sticks and glitter are the extent of my creative brilliance.

farnsworth_150x150Emily: Um, I don’t craft so my secret weapon is Etsy.

sell-075eeEvonne:My only crafting tool that I use whether I am scrapbooking or not would be my big ol’ paper cutter…or what I like to call my “slicer-dicer”!

Kalli Profile 003Kalli:My secret craft weapon is google. But now it’s not so much a secret now anymore is it? Geez…

stephanieaStephanie: I am probably the least crafty person in existence. But I do love hot glue guns. The 2 semi crafty things I do a year require a hot glue gun and I can seriously RAWK it.

Righty oh, probably why these ladies are reviewers, not craft bloggers. 😉 But, we do have a fabulous time together. Sometimes, we bring along the kiddos and the hubs and sometimes it’s just us girls.

Last time, we had a big girl’s tea party (my very first!) sponsored by Dippidees. You have got to see this cake! It was all gold and shimmery!

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They also made cookies to match everyone’s blogs! See the cookies up close here. See mine on the right below. So fun!

Jump on over to see the full review. Oh, and did I mention the giveaway (closes Friday, Jan 15th)?! Win a dozen of their yummy cupcakes!

This review was definitely the little guy’s favorite! Dinosaurs, bugs, and goo, what could be better?!






And how could this review be complete without sharing the Sassies favorite local distractions!

Vanessa: Whole Foods in Sugarhouse, Beehive Bazaar and Cafe Madrid

Quinn: I’m a HUGE Zupas fan – give me panini and chocolate fondue any day and I’m your BFF for life! I also love Gardner Village, especially Anastasia’s Attic.

Emily: Five Guys Burgers & Fries followed by a trip to Anthropologie followed by dessert at Frogurt

Camille: Cupcake Chic, Sweet Tooth Fairy, Down East Basics, Thanksgiving Point

Evonne: The Philadelphian, El Paisa Grill, and a trip to any mall!!

Kalli: JCW’s, Shade Clothing, Aristo’s

Stephanie: La Frontera, any pet store, Butterfield Park, and American Fork Canyon

Me: Lunch at Zupas and a trip to DownEast Outfitters followed by a big mug of Stephens Hot Cocoa

Be sure to check out Sassy Scoops for all the latest deets on Utah’s local businesses! You can also find us on Twitter @Sassyscoops.

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Circus Theme Birthday Party

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This year for my son’s 2 year old birthday party we decided to go with a Circus theme. I had a grandiose vision of a giant rainbow parachute, a clown making balloon animals, and pony rides. Then, I realized that my son’s birthday falls between Thanksgiving and Christmas and frankly, I wanted to take the easy way out. And let me tell you, I don’t regret it one bit!

Edit* Here is the invite I sent out with some selective info left out. 😉 I made it using some free digital scrapbooking supplies found online. I could not find where they were from, please tell me if you know! I printed them on 4×6 photo paper.

I decided I would take them to Bouncin’ Off the Walls (a bounce house near our house) for a couple of hours. This place is as fun for the parents as it is for the kids and you get a serious work out chasing around the rug rats! What kind of circus would it be if we didn’t have a bunch of “animals” running around?! All the kids loved it and I loved the price!

To rent it out for a private birthday party with the works it is $200. I was not about to spend that on my 2 year old’s party so I called and said I wanted to do his party there, but could not afford it. After talking for a few minutes, they offered to let me have it for $100 ($10 per kid with a minimum of 10 kids) if I brought my own stuff (cake, favors, etc)! What a deal! It never hurts to ask for a deal! But, when I realized the size of our guest list (9 if every guest showed, which they never do) I still couldn’t justify it.

So, lucky for me, they have a Mom n Me bounce for 5 years and under that is only $5 per kid and parents are free! I had been to this with my friend a few times and the most that were ever there were two other mom and kid duos. I decided this semi-private time would be just the ticket. Funny thing is another mom thought the exact same thing on the same day for her 2 year old son so we had a ring full of 2 year olds! It cost me $30 for everyone to bounce and play for 2 hours. There is no way I could have done a party at home with decor, cake, games, for that much!

I also chose this place because it is really close to the hubs office. He and another guest’s daddy were able to swing over during lunch to have some fun. Turns out we did have some clowns show up. 😉

Since I did not rent the party room, there was obviously no cake allowed, that makes it super easy one me! I just whipped up some party favors with some toys, stickers, and a snack to eat on the way home. It cost just over $2 each for the favors. I got the stuff at Zurchers (box, toy), Target (dough, crackers), and Shopko (stickers). The little guy would just open the presents as people came to get their party favor. Super easy, super fun!

Circus box, Circus stickers, Animal crackers, Play dough with stamp, Animal toy

Find your local kid fun spot and check out their deals. Most of them have a discount day. My sis had her little girl’s party at Classic Fun Center (skating, bounce house, jungle playground) on the $2 night. Usually all the activities are $7. She had her party with pizza, etc for like $50.

Seriously, let yourself take the easy, low stress road for once!


This little friend just moved to Denmark.
They will be great pen pals. We’ll miss you guys!!
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Feature Friday-Melissa & Doug Toys (giveaway)

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This giveaway is now closed. 🙂

Are you making your list and checking it twice? Today’s Feature Friday is a great line of toys just in time for the holidays. Melissa & Doug makes such wonderful things, I could not help but share! For the feature I will be reviewing one particular toy set, the cutting fruit crate. But, there are so many options, they have something for everyone!

I was asked by All Children’s Furniture to do a review and I knew right away that my little guy would just love this Melissa & Doug cutting fruit play set. He is very analytical and loves toys that he can manipulate, besides the fact that it means he gets to play with a knife.

Here it is straight out of the box. It was a success right away, but I wondered if the initial excitement would last. Sorry the video is so poor, I was lazy and took it with my camera.

It lasted all right! He played with it for an hour straight, which is unheard of for my active 2 year old! Usually, he doesn’t play with anything for more than five minutes. Here he is an hour later.

He would have played with it longer, but I made him put it away for dinner time.

I have now had this set for a little over a month and it is holding up like a champ with a boy that is not gentle on anything. He knows all the fruits and can put the pieces back together by himself. It is solid wood, so he cannot break it. He has chipped the paint slightly on a few corners when he throws it across the hardwood in the kitchen, but the velcro is still in great shape and he still loves playing with it. I am looking forward to collecting more Melissa & Doug products! We may just have to tell Santa about them!!

And guess what?! Santa has come early for you! I am giving away a Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit Crate to one lucky reader! I do what I can to help those Recession Christmas budgets. 😉

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To enter:

Visit All ChildrensFurniture.com for fun brands like Melissa & Doug, KidKraft, Little Tikes and more. Come back and leave a comment on this post including what item, besides the fruit crate, your little one would like under the tree. Also, please leave an email if you do not have one on your profile.

Leave only one comment including all entries.

Extra entries:

  • 2 extra: Tweet about the giveaway including @LittleTipsyblog so I can see you did.
  • 2 extra: Blog or facebook about it and include the link in your comment

Giveaway closes on Wednesday the 25th so you will know if you won by Black Friday.

Oh, and All ChildrensFurniture.com is offering 10% off all orders until Sunday. Bonus!


All Children’s Furniture provided the product for review and is providing the product for the giveaway. I was not paid for my comments, I only rave about things I am truly impressed with.

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