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1 Week Away ’til Brandcation Blog Cabin #Brandcation #PigeonForge

Posted by html404 on September 27, 2012
in Blog Stuff, Travel, Uncategorized

Brandcation Blog Cabin…it seems like just yesterday that I was coming home from my very first blogger conference, Brandcation Bloggers Gone Coastal, and here I am a week away from attending my second Brandcation! I can’t believe how fast time has flown by. It has been an incredibly busy two weeks and I know the next two weeks are going to be the same.

Brandcation Blog Cabin

I will be traveling down to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee with two fellow bloggers, Kim and Paula. These two ladies snagged us a Kia Optima Hybrid to drive down in. I am the “lucky” lady who gets to check it out first since I am farthest north. It’s arriving on Tuesday at 10 am and I am very excited. At this point it’s sad to say, but I am more excited about test driving a hybrid car than Brandcation…it’ll come, but first things first though, right? Can’t wait to tell you all about the Kia Optima Hybrid and Brandcation on my return!

Doesn’t it look slick? I have no idea what color it will be or anything, but I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures!

Brandcation Blog Cabin Sponsors

Brandcation Blog Cabin is being hosted in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee October 4-7. We, as in me and 33 other bloggers, will be visiting some area attractions, many of whom are sponsoring us to attend their events. So a huge pre-Brandcation shout out to them for hosting 34 bloggers!

Those attractions include, in case you missed my last post:

Cabin Fever Vacations (accommodations)
Dollywood
Dixie Stampede show
Country Tonight
Lumberjack Feud
Titanic Museum
Climb Works for Ziplining
Wax museum
Flashy Blinky Lights

Be sure to hop on over to A Daily Dose of Tony to see who I’ll be sharing the big, beautiful blog cabin with…my cabin mates. She’s done a great video in honor of our 80’s theme party, which I found an outfit for…two actually. Just have to wash them up and try them on, hoping at least one of them will fit me! I think I’ll be rather boring and “tame” compared to some others…at least from the discussions I saw about their 80’s costumes!

Thanks again to Trisha, Lynsey, Kim, and Blondie and to the sponsors for making this event possible!!

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Play MG Think Christmas and Pre-Order!

Posted by html404 on September 26, 2012
in Techie Stuff, Technology/Electronics, Uncategorized

Technology continues to amaze me. MG (more game) is a portable WiFi gaming system. It eliminates the need for packaged games or data plans that are required for the ever popular smartphone. It allows kids to enter the world of freemium Wi-Fi App gaming safely and affordably. Sounds like a gamers delight.

There is a new feature in The MG Family Collaboration System called “Digital Wallet” and “Remote Trust” notification functions:

The “Digital Wallet”: Parents can offer “game allowances” through a reloadable BillMyParents SpendSmart prepaid MasterCard. This is a creative way to teach pre-teens or Teens about budget and learning spend with in a budget.

“Remote Trust”: Parents can choose to receive email or text updates on MG account activity.

Here’s how it works:

When an MG gamer enters her BillMyParents account number into the MG’s Family Collaboration System app, she can see her SpendSmart prepaid MasterCard balance right on her device. The BillMyParents SpendSmart system allows parents to remotely observe how their teens are spending their game allowances via text, email or by going online, and encourages family dialogue about smart spending habits. Parents can even lock or unlock the card with a text message if necessary. MG is the first to include a BillMyParents SpendSmart prepaid MasterCard directly into the MG device, giving parents an easy, safe way to moderate teen gaming purchases, while reinforcing the concepts of budgeting and making smart spending choices.

These are features sound like they are more for a parent’s peace of mind, but I am sure kids will enjoy the freedom it allows them to experience. Plus, it is the 1st portable Android gaming system with BillMyParents SpendSmart MasterCard. I haven’t used the MG system, but have been told, “It’s a dedicated device for app gaming using the Android platform so your kids can play any game they’d download on your iPhone on their very own portable gaming system and you don’t have to worry about paying for a data plan or buying game cartridges like you would with a Nintendo DS.”

Play MG Think Christmas and Pre-Order!

MG is available to pre-order right now at a savings of $70 off the suggested retail price of $169 when it launches later this year. The first 2000 early adopters who visit Kickstarter.com (search PlayMG) will be rewarded with an MG at cost for this holiday season. Other supporters will be able to order their MG for $20 off ($149).

Sounds like gamer parents might like to pre-order this now just for the savings offered. I believe this promotion is coming to an end soon so be sure to take advantage of it now rather than later.

Disclaimer: Posted courtesy of MG and in turn I may receive a promotional item.

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Ringya iPhone App

Posted by html404 on September 25, 2012
in Organization, Reviews, Techie Stuff, Uncategorized

You all are aware of the businesses we have. A couple of our businesses have more contact lists than the others and it is time consuming to keep track of everything, to update things manually etc. So I am all for time savers…like the Ringya iPhone App.

The thing is this app isn’t just for businesses, but for coaches, PTAs, Girl/Boy Scouts, teachers and whoever has contact lists.

Ringya transforms contact lists (class lists, work contacts, sport teams) into organized, sharable, digital lists. Just snap a picture of a paper list or email the app a digital version and…voila…you’ve got it handy on your phone!

Ringya iPhone App Review

Ok, this was written on 8/3 and I just downloaded the Ringya iPhone app. It was very easy to set up. Just follow the prompts. I took a photo of a list that I wanted to be able to import to email and phone numbers so I could do follow up to a snail mail mailing via phone or email, but didn’t want to have to do the data entry for it. If this app does what I think it will do, I am excited as this could potentially be a huge time saver! It did exactly what I thought it would do. It uploaded all the contact info of about 35 contacts – name, phone number, and mailing address. Almost wish there had been email addresses on the list and my work would have been complete. Since the emails were not listed, all I have to do is go into the “edit” feature and manually add the emails of the contacts.

Easy peasy! What a neat little app! The only issue I foresee is if you do not have enough data space on your phone and have a tone of contacts. Otherwise the Ringya iPhone App receives two thumbs up from me.

You may download the Ringya for free on iTunes.

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Crest Video Review #CrestSponsored

Posted by html404 on September 24, 2012
in Health, Personal Care Products, Uncategorized

Trying new product through video or vlog post, which isn’t something I normally do but thought I should start doing. In the video below I tested out products.

Crest Video Review

I wanted to start this review by saying that when our family buys any personal care products we read the labels for ingredients. If we do not recognize the ingredients we look them up on ewg.org.

Now onto the review…

Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control Review

I thought my husband would enjoy reviewing these products, but he’s been sick so I ended up reviewing them myself.

The Crest Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control products includes:

Toothpaste: The toothpaste is mint flavor, which isn’t my favorite, but it does leave my mouth feeling fresh and clean. As far as noticing a long term difference, not enough time has passed to determine any significant difference in my oral health.

Mouthwash: I did not like the mouthwash. It doesn’t smell good or taste good. Shiver.

Glide Dental Floss: We have used Glide for several years and it is by far our favorite dental floss. True to it’s name it glides between teeth without fraying or getting stuck.

Pro-Flex Oral-B Toothbrush: I really like the soft head Pro-Flex Oral-B toothbrush. I liked how it brushed and felt on my teeth and gum lines.

3 out of 4 isn’t bad, right?

To learn more visit the Crest and Oral-B Pro-Health Clinical Plaque Control website.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blogger review campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Crest and received product samples to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central Consulting sent me a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

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Our Awesome Avengers Party #MarvelAvengersWMT #CBias

Posted by html404 on September 23, 2012
in DVDs & CDs, Family Stuff, Fun Stuff, Kids Stuff, Movies, Uncategorized

Last Tuesday night our family was able to enjoy a very fun evening, except my husband who has been struggling with cold/flu like symptoms the last few weeks – found mold behind our washer. Anyhoo, the children and I all headed out to Walmart to shop for supplies for our Avengers party! Did you know The Avengers Blu-ray/DVD release is this week? Yes it is! I haven’t watched any of the new Marvel movies but my husband has watched a few of them with the children, including The Avengers. They get excited about all things Avengers and super heros. My goal was to enjoy an evening of fun with my family.

Shopping at Walmart

Before we went shopping, I downloaded The Avengers Augmented Reality App. There is a quiz, a place to join The Avengers, a game, a place to scan product. The kids love the game and music on it. I watched a video first to help me understand how it worked. The problem is we were only able to get it to work on the Marketside pizza boxes because there were barely any displays were up in promotion for the movie.

On the pizza boxes The app basically provided a 3D scene from The Avengers, my kids are pretty tech savvy and loved it.

Due to the lack of promotional signage available, we were unable to find any of the app’s trigger points so we could participate in earning points. We tried scanning the sign at the deli counter as well as the video display they had there for other Marvel movies but nothing happened. The sign at one of the entrance’s didn’t work, nor did any of the tags on the apparel we looked at.

I was hoping our Walmart had everything I had in mind to create an awesome Avengers party and you should see what I found!

We bought The Avengers party plates, cups, napkins, balloons, candy (not something I normally buy but this was a special occasion so we indulged), masks, a punching ball, prize ribbon and tattoos. We even purchased a couple of packages of super hero figures for the children to share and play with. These were part of the prizes I got for our game time. I was trying budget my money wisely because costumes were $9.99 and up, I couldn’t afford to get them each their own individual costumes, so we settled on them each having a mask which worked out great and it was so fun – I even wore one.

The children were so excited in the toy section, another section we usually avoid so we keep the gimmees at bay. There were lots of Avenger toys, figures and Legos to choose from….gave me a couple of ideas for Christmas. They were too expensive to get on a normal day out, that’s why we settled on the inexpensive action figures, plus more children could play with them than they could one big action figure/or toy that cost $15-$25 each.

Our Awesome Avengers Party

We purchased Marketside pizza for dinner. It’s very good. We were pleasantly surprised as it is very filling compared to other pizza we have tried. We enjoyed our meal together before heading down to our basement family/playroom for an evening of games showing super power strength and agility.

I divided us into teams and we played three games: whose team could keep a balloon in the air the longest, who could do the punching ball the longest and who could make the most words out of the word Avengers in two minutes. Then I handed out prizes to the winning team, the child who did the punching ball the longest and then each of the younger children received tattoos and super hero figures.

We ended our evening by watching half of Captain America since it was 9pm when we started it. We finished it the next day.

The Avengers Graphic Novel

Our children also enjoyed getting The Avengers Graphic Novel, though my daughters did report a couple of inappropriate/swear words, which was unexpected and disappointing for something geared towards children.

The Avengers Blu-Ray/DVD/Graphic Novel Combo Pack

The Avengers Blu-Ray/DVD/Graphic Novel Combo Pack was not in our Walmart store when we shopped last week but I can see how it will be a nice gift to super hero fans. It retails for $24.95 and will also be available on September 25.

To learn more about The Avengers visit Marvel.com Fans will want to follow Marvel on Twitter (use hashtag #MarvelAvengersWMT) or Facebook .

Overall our Avengers party was very memorable and the children told me how much fun they had that evening and again the next day. Guess it was a success!

“I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Marvel. #MarvelAvengersWMT #CBias #SocialFabric. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

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A Day at the Spa for The 2nd Talk #PoiseFab5 #CBias

Posted by html404 on September 21, 2012
in Personal Care Products, Uncategorized

Last week I had the opportunity to invite one of my friends, Linda, to experience a spa day with me. She and her husband are the owner of the horse barn where we board Blaze. She’s a hard worker, most of what she does is very physical so I thought she would benefit greatly from being pampered a little. Plus she’s been so good to our horse and has taught the girls a lot about horse care and horses, it was nice to give back to her for a change. Little did I know that Linda has been having some arm pain/issues so it was perfect timing. Neither of us had ever gone to a spa. Linda had a massage a couple of years ago and I had a Raindrop (lighter massage with the use of essential oils along the spine), but that’s it.

I had no idea where to go, so I tried rounding up a few recommendations and it took calling four different places, coordinating our schedules with appointment availability (who knew these places were so popular!) and going to two different spas to receive the services we desired.

Massages

On Wednesday we went to a natural wellness center to receive 90 minute massages. When I initially made the appointment I wondered how on earth I was going to make it through a 90 minute massage, it seemed so long. But boy did it go fast! I just got an upper body massage and it loosened up my tight muscles, but I was surprised at how much my body hurt later in the day and even into the next day. I really wasn’t expecting that, though I should have been since I have been sore after my husband has tried rubbing out knots in my back. I agreed to a medium to deep massage though since I am prone to muscle spasms in between my shoulder blades and spine.

Linda really appreciated the massage. She chose a full body massage. We both came out feeling relaxed. She said that it really helped her arm alot and that it’s feeling better.

Special thanks to our massage therapists!

Pampering Our Hands and Feet

I have had a manicure and pedicure before. The hospital where I delivered our first five children pampered new moms with manis and pedis. I think I had one or the other with at least three of the older five kids. The thing is the two places we went to did not offer either of these services, so we chose a facial massage, which included neck and shoulders…she even did something with our feet. Linda said she even worked specifically on her sore arm and because of the pressure points she focused on Linda said her arm was relieved of the pain! Amazing.

Then we had a hand and foot treatment. Our hands were sprayed with rubbing alcohol or something, soaked in paraffin, put in plastic bags and covered with oven mitts. Then our feet were soaked in hot water bath with river stones in the bottom of the foot tub, next she lathered them with a salt and oil mixture, wrapped them in towels and soaked them again. Finally they were rinsed and dried and rubbed with cream.

With this treatment we also received a hot pad to put around our neck and while our feet were soaking the massage therapist gave a short shoulder/neck massage. Very nice.

Facials

Our facials were actually facial massages and we were surprised at how much we enjoyed it. It was very relaxing and felt very nice during and after. I had a lot of dry skin from tanning earlier in the spring, so much so that my face was starting to feel rough. Now my face feels soft again.

I couldn’t help but lay there thinking, “No wonder people treat themselves to things like this. Why don’t I do this more often?” Tucking it away for future use!

The 2nd Talk

Did you know September is Menopause Awareness month? A huge part of a day at the spa was to talk to Linda about menopause. I may not be going through it yet but my days are numbered and I realize my childbearing years are coming to an end. Linda was very accommodating and shared with me her experience, the hot flashes that go along with the aging process. Then I gifted her with some new menopause products made by Poise that just came on the market recently. Linda was very grateful because the three products I gave her should help her with some of the symptoms she’s experiencing. I bought the Poise Feminine Wellness products at Walmart (see my Google+ album of my shopping experience) the morning of our massages. The products were located in the health and beauty section for feminine products. I forgot to use the coupon though. I am terrible with coupons. Hardly ever remember them.

Overall I’d have to say we really enjoyed our pampering. Sorry the one photo one of Linda and I turned out blurry.

To learn more about the Poise Feminine Wellness products, please visit Poise on Facebook, Twitter (hashtag #PoiseFab5) and Pinterest.

“I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Poise #CBias #SocialFabric #PoiseFab5. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

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Shopping Box Tops for Education with Jingit App #CBias #Social Fabric #JingIt4Edu

Posted by html404 on September 13, 2012
in Giving Back/Charity, School, Shopping, Uncategorized

School is back in session, your children may or may not still be at home depending upon their age, and if you homeschool or not. You can now support your child’s school or the school of your choice even more by shopping Box Tops for Education with Jingit app. If you are fans of General Mills, then you can shop for specific General Mills products today through Saturday and earn Box Tops for education for your child’s school through the Jingit app. Jingit helps you earn cash from brands you love by watching videos, answering a few questions after the video and finding your favorite brands in-store.

Several years ago we actively participated in Box Tops 4 Education for missionaries friends in Mexico. They taught in a school there and were able to participate in this program and earn much needed money for their school. We know it meant a lot to them to receive the box tops. For us, it was a blessing to be a part of helping others. It was pretty easy to save box tops, put them in a bag and send a full envelope of box tops to them regularly. We stopped due to the missionaries leaving the field (Mexico).

Shopping Box Tops 4 Education with Jingit App

My daughter and I went shopping (follow link for my Google+ photo album) Box Tops for Education with Jingit app last night and purchased a few things for Box Tops 4 Education. We chose a school in Chicago, Catherine Cook, knowing that many of those public schools are in need of more support. It always amazes me that government funded schools still need more money to provide a quality education. Regardless, Box Tops 4 Education helps fill in the gap, so we picked up a few necessary things on my daughter’s list and a few extras. So much for sticking to my list! Then we made our way to the cereal aisle.

The Box Top products we purchased were Honey Nut Cheerios, Nature Valley granola bars (ones my husband likes), Fiber One Brownies and Yoplait yogurt. Three of the four items we bought are products we’ve tried in the past, but have not been purchasing regularly due to our journey to better eating and cost factors. We tend to make homemade goodies and purchase packaged items when we are traveling.

Out of curiosity I visited Walmart.com to see if Jingit is mentioned or an option when you shop online and I couldn’t see anything while browsing General Mills products. However, if I click on shop Walmart on Jingit’s app page, it will take me to this Walmart page and allow me to shop using Jingit online.

I think the app is great, but as you will note in my Google+ story of our shopping experience, it has its quirks. Technology is amazing.

Support Your School

To support your child’s school and participate in Box Tops for Education start by signing up at Jingit . Then download the Jingit app here for your Android or iPhone.

You can also follow Jingit on Twitter use the hashtag #JingIt4Edu if you mention this app and Facebook as well.

“I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Jingit #CBias #SocialFabric. All opinions are my own.’

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Grocery Shopping Survey & Be Entered to Win a $25 VISA Gift Card

Posted by html404 on September 7, 2012
in Uncategorized

Could you use an extra $25 dollars? Take 15 minutes of your time and fill out this survey from my friends at The Motherhood and share your grocery shopping and food buying habits for a chance to win one of 20 $25 VISA gift cards!

Grocery Shopping Survey Link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G9BVBSB

They will be using the results from the survey at a conference later in September. Would you like to be an influencer of brands? By sharing your habits in the survey, you will be a huge help in influencing major food brand executives and companies as they develop product, make decisions and determine what is important to us as moms.

At the end of the survey there will be an option to enter your email address, if you want to be entered into the $25 VISA gift card drawing don’t forget to provide your email addy! Your email won’t be used for anything other than notifying you if you win. It will not be shared.

We appreciate your help and feel free to pass this along to other moms too!

I am being compensated to share this with you.

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Hello Better Mobile Phone Service #HelloBetter

Posted by html404 on September 4, 2012
in Technology/Electronics, Uncategorized

Has your mobile carrier every ticked you off? Our first cell phone was just a pay as you go. Our first mobile service provider was very dependable, service was great but they did not offer the kinds of plans we wanted so we switched. When we started with our current company it was on the recommendation of friends so you can imagine our surprise when within the first month we had trouble with my husband’s new phone. The battery had died and they could not replace it. Do you know where they sent us? Amazon. That’s right. The thing is there was no guarantee that a new battery would fix the problem, it was only what we thought might be wrong with the phone.

If I remember correctly, the customer service personnel were not clear in their instructions and it ended up taking 3x to get a phone that worked between customer service and warehouse mistakes. And of course, misunderstanding on our part. 3x shipping phones back and forth. Wouldn’t it have been easier just to have a $8 battery in stock? What bugs me about companies is when they blame you, the customer. Whatever happened to serving the customer first? Believe me I have come across more and more companies putting blame on the customer and not owning up to their own mistakes. I don’t believe consumers should just take advantage of businesses, but I still agree in “The Customer comes first,” not that they are not always right, but they should be served with respect and decency

In the case of the mobile phone, we never did complain but it has set ill with us ever since. One of those leftovers from not speaking up when we should have and it has tarnished our view of our cell phone provider. We put up with our carrier because of perks we don’t think are available with other service providers, which is probably the main reason most people who are frustrated with their wireless provider/experience stay with them.

Survey of Wireless Customers

Survey:
• A study conducted by U.S. Cellular indicates that 43 percent of individuals are in the ‘seven year itch’ phase with their wireless provider, noting they are comfortable but suspect they are missing out on something better.

• Out of the 1,208 participants polled across four regions of the country, 56 percent of the respondents admitted to being unhappy with their carrier over the past year but only 35 percent of all respondents have ever broken up with their provider.

• In spite of this overall dissatisfaction, respondents are hesitant to call it quits. More than one-third of respondents say they stick with their current provider because they believe all carriers are the same, it is too much trouble to switch carriers, or they don’t want to sign a new contract.

Hello Better Campaign

U.S. Cellular has introduced a the Hello Better campaign and is encouraging consumers to say goodbye to mediocre cell phone service and hello to respect and a better wireless experience. They are providing:

the industry’s only rewards-based program
no contract after the first contract ends
free incoming calls and texts
free overage protection
and finally, free batter swap for your phone

We’ve never used U.S. Cellular before, but from the looks of things they are gearing up to try to provide a simpler, easier wireless relationship with their customers.

Visit U.S. Cellular’s Plans and Rewards Program for more information or to take full advantage of their Hello Better campaign….and please let me know what you think of their service!

I participated in this sponsored post campaign for One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own.

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Mike the Knight

Posted by html404 on August 6, 2012
in Family Stuff, Kids Stuff, Travel, Uncategorized

We picked up our new old van yesterday. It’s big, roomy and has comfy seats! We were invited to attend the Mike the Knight show at the Renaissance Fair in Kenosha, Wisconsin for this past weekend’s shows, so we decided our first family outing in nearly 10 months would be to the Renaissance Fair. We have never been to a Renaissance Fair and were expecting something more like Medieval Times shows, rather than a fair taking place outside.

This is how my husband parked “the beast” at the hotel we stopped at to find the nearest Walgreens (Walgreens offers discounted Renaissance Fair tickets.)

The fair was very crowded and busy. Tons of people. Dusty streets, much like it would have been in the 15th century. There were little shops lining the medieval streets selling their wares. It had a air of stepping back in time. There was lots of sights to see, but due to arriving at 5pm for a 5:30pm show, we didn’t take much time to stop and look at things due to not wanting to miss the Mike the Knight show.

We arrived at The Globe Stage with nearly 15 minutes to spare. Our children sat nicely anticipating the show starting, but the younger crew did not understand what we were waiting for. There was not a huge crowd for a kids show, but we just put it off to it being one of the last shows (we later realized that there was a Joust going on at the same time which attracted a huge crowd).

The show began with an Elf coming on stage and reading a Mike the Knight story book. The Elf did not have a mic on and she/he was very hard to hear even with us sitting in the fourth row! The story took about five minutes, after which the doors of the stage opened and out stepped Mike the Knight. Our six year old questioned, “That’s a person dressed up in Mike the Knight?” We said yes.

Then the children were invited to line up to meet and greet the tall stuffed figure. None of ours wanted to. The sat quietly at our sides and still refused to go up after a couple of fair workers tried to persuade them to go up to the stage. The worker handing out the CD/DVD and coloring book was nice enough to give our children
each one even though they didn’t go up to meet Mike.

Our Impressions of Mike the Knight

That appeared to be the extent of the show. 10 minutes long and very lame. We were disappointed to be honest. This is the what we drove an hour to see. We sure hope other Renaissance Fairs are doing something different! We expected Mike the Knight to at least act out one of his stories or something. Not just stand there wave, shake hands and high five the kids.

The Fair’s Redemption

What redeemed the fair for us was the jousting match, which we only caught part of because we were at that “other” show. It was cool and all the children said that was their favorite part.

After the joust, we attended a How to Use Weapons show. It was humorous and we stayed until it was nearly over, but our little ones were asking to go home! It was starting to get late for them.

We took our time walking back through the fair, letting the children’s (or ours!) curiosity guide us. Our oldest daughter was in writer’s mode thinking and creating as she took in all the people, the costumes, sights and sounds.

It was also really interesting to note that all the rides offered at the fair were not mechanical as in gas powered or electric. They were powered by the muscles of people. That was one of the best things to witness – the historical accuracy of the rides. Of course they all cost money too.

We thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon/evening out as a whole family. It was wonderful to just do something together away from work and home. Our four year old woke up this morning asking, “Are we going on another trip, mommy?” I think that about says it all right there. Eating out, getting ice cream and going to the playground afterwards all made it an even better experience for our children.

New Yorkers

Those in New York or traveling in NY state this month, Mike the Knight and the Renaissance Fair will be your area the weekend August 18-19! Check out the details here.

Faith and Family Reviews received the four tickets to the Renaissance Fair in exchange for a feature. While we consider it a privilege to receive tickets, products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the event or product.