Monday, December 14, 2009

I spend my life apologizing...

to you, my readers!

I'm so sorry I've been horrible about writing lately. Tis the season for every cold, flu and possible craziness in our house.

Oh, and I just finished the holiday baking. Something like 120 dozen cookies, 5 lb of fudge, 8 loaves of bread, truffles, other candies, etc.

Now, I just have to box them all up and get them ready to give away!

Oh, and start wrapping, and find stocking stuffers for men (which in my opinion is basically impossible), and figure out what to do with the kids next week!

Good luck with your holiday fun and hopefully I'll be posting again soon!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Kidorable Review and Giveaway

I have to admit, before this year, my kids didn't have raincoats. We live in California, and frankly, we don't hang out outside in the rain much (and if we do, we use an umbrella). However, this summer Little Miss got it stuck in her head that she needed a raincoat.

I started a search for a raincoat that wasn't bright yellow, and thanks to the many blogs I read, I found Kidorable. Kidorable has a huge assortment of product lines, but I lusted after the raingear! I was contemplating trying to convince hubby that we really did need raincoats when I was offered the chance to review Kidorable's products! I jumped on it, and now both kids are ready for rain!

Kidorable was kind enough to send me two items (so the kids weren't fighting over them, which I'm eternally grateful for!)

We received the Fairy Rain Coat for Little Miss:


and the Pirate Umbrella for Bok Boy:


The kids are ecstatic, and (obviously) have been using them, even without rain!

Kidorable has done an excellent job with their products. They are extremely high quality and have tons of special touches:










The fairy raincoat comes with wings...














And a pocket for carrying fairy dust!
















The Pirate umbrella has a sword handle












And of course, a pirate flag!






And Little Miss' new favorite item, the fairy hanger! It's a gorgeous wooden hanger painted with a fairy scene (it came with the raincoat, but she mostly keeps scarves and stuff on it).


Kidorable is an adorable way to keep your kids warm this winter (and safe year-round), since they carry:
  • Umbrellas
  • Rain Coats
  • Rain Boots
  • Backpacks
  • Towels
  • Sun Hats
  • Embroidered T-Shirts
  • Knit Hats
  • Scarves
  • Knit Gloves
  • Hanger Sets
  • Bookends
Now, because Kidorable is so amazing, they've offered one reader their choice of umbrella!

The Giveaway

One winner will receive a Kidorable Umbrella of their choice.

To Enter:

1. You MUST be a follower (and follow publicly)!
2. Leave a comment on this post telling me which umbrella you'd like, AND one other product you'd love to own.

You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:

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* Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
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* Follow me on Twitter as sanity4sonya
* Twitter the following: "Win an umbrella from Kidorable and Sanity is for those without children! http://bit.ly/4uqXel @sanity4sonya" and leave me the Tweet link!
* Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
* Blog about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email publicly available on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!


Disclaimer: I received no monetary payment to write this posting.
I received a raincoat and umbrella to review and keep.
All of the opinions are strictly my own.

Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends December 9 at 11:59pm PT

Winners List for 12/2!

I have 3 new winners to announce today!

Yoplait Kids Giveaway Winners are:

#37 Nancy S

and

#32 kngmckellar


Shell Gift Card Winner is:

#173 amyd


I have emailed you all for your shipping information. Congratulations and keep reading for more giveaways!