Trudeau Mother's and Father's Day Gifts Review

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Mother's Day and Father's Day is coming up and Trudeau has some fabulous products that I love and they are great gifts for mothers and fathers of all sorts. I have picked some of my three favorites from their innovative kitchen tools, gadgets and other houseware products that would be perfect to wrap up for mom or dad on their special day. Their products are perfect to gift to those that love cooking, baking, and entertaining guests as well.

Trudeau Silicone Tea Infuser With Lid. Comes in Red, Orange, and Yellow randomly picked colors.

Silicone Tea Infuser With Lid: This cheerful Silicone Tea Infuser from Trudeau is in the shape of a cute strawberry. The inside of the "berry" infuser basket holds the loose leaf tea. After filling and sealing, drop the "berry" infuser into the hot water hooking the leaf and stem over the side of the cup. Place the included silicone lid over the top of the cup to let the tea steep and keep it hot while brewing. You can also use the lid as a saucer to rest the infuser after the tea has finished steeping and to catch drips. The flexible stem and leaf doubles as a handle so you can lift the tea out of the cup after infusing is completed. It is heat resistant to 428°F/220°C. It is microwave and dishwasher safe. Comes in three randomly chosen colors: orange, yellow, and red. I received the orange one and even though I was hoping for the red one because it looks more like a strawberry it is the perfect infuser for my individual cups of loose leaf tea. The orange one reminds my girls of a oddly shaped pumpkin. I love how portable this is and that it can go with me traveling. Just be sure to use high quality loose leaf tea in this infuser because if you use more powdery stuff it will leave tea bits in your water because the holes are a bit big. It is wonderful to use this with my loose leaf tea to wind down after a long day. Great for a tea enthusiast! 5-year warranty. MSRP $6.99

Trudeau Herb and Garden Snips, Great for Rosemary!

Herb and Garden Snips: These herb scissors are wonderful for cutting twine, trimming flowers, herbs, vegetables and stripping the leaves/needles from herbs with tough stems. These have both a stainless steel scissor with micro-serrated blades and an herb stripper integrated in. These kitchen and garden shears are ergonomic with green soft grip handles made of polypropylene for a nice fit in the hand. Blades can be taken apart for effortless cleaning and never need sharpening. These are also dishwasher safe. I love using these both in and out of the kitchen. They are an essential implement for an herb garden, making floral arrangements, or a recipe that incorporates the savory flavors of herbs. I love using the Herb and Garden Snips in my herb garden to cut sprigs of herbs. They are very sharp and I have found that the herb stripper is fabulous for rosemary as well as thyme. 5-year warranty. MSRP $12.99

Trudeau Strawberry Huller at work.

Strawberry Huller: In one swift motion you can eliminate the bitter core and stem of the strawberry to enhance the natural sweet flavors of this yummy spring fruit. The easy, innovative design effectively removes the unwanted parts. Just insert from the base of the strawberry and press upwards through the center towards the stem, popping it out the top. This wonderful kitchen tool is indispensable in my kitchen when I have harvested my strawberries out of my garden and works splendidly for when I am making jam, freezing them, or using them to make yummy recipes. The strawberries really do taste better and this gadget is an easier and safer alternative to using a knife for hulling and coring. Made of BPA free silicone and stainless steel that is built to last. The red bulb comes off for easy cleaning. 5-year warranty. MSRP $8.99

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Celebrating National Strawberry Day with Welch's Strawberry Fruit Snacks Review and Giveaway

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Did you know that my absolute favorite berry is the strawberry? Well it is! I have them growing in my yard and two of the plants I planted last year now fill a whole garden bed that each year gets these luscious, juicy fruit all over them. Strawberries are such a wonderful fruit! National Strawberry Day is coming up on February 27th and to celebrate I received 2 boxes of Welch's® Strawberry Fruit Snacks to share with my family and my readers who win in the giveaway below!

Welch's® Fruit Snacks are Fat Free, Gluten Free, and contain No Preservatives.  They provide 100% of the recommended daily value of Vitamin C and 25% of Vitamins A and E. Welch's® Fruit Snacks have 11 different varieties.

The Welch's® Fruit Snacks are great on-the-go or after school/homeschool snacks! We love to take them everywhere because they store and travel well. I also love serving my kids these healthier snacks for a tasty treat because they are better than some of the alternatives out there.

My kids and I love how the Welch's® Strawberry Fruit Snacks taste and the bonus vitamins are a plus! They are gummy and chewy, but not overly so. I do wish that they didn't have Red dye number 40 and modified ingredients in them though. The strawberry flavor is made from actual fruit puree (strawberry and grape) and it tastes much like the strawberry fruit.

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My Mother's Day and Birthday Gifts

This year my Birthday and Mother's Day fell on the same day, May 10th. My Mother's Day gifts consisted of blueberry pancakes and french toast made by my oldest son in the morning, a beautiful handmade card and newly planted Marigold from Teela, and 6 garden beds full of new soil, herbs, tomatoes, vegetables, and strawberry plants from my husband. We had to majorly upscale the garden this year because we found last year that two beds don't really feed a family of 6 very well. We are also planning on putting in 6 more if we get around to it. The orchard we planted last year is in the background along with some chopped wood we are going to sell. Isn't it pretty!

We have raised bed gardens! Yay!

The card Teela handmade was absolutely adorable. The front had a heart glued on and on the inside she drew a forest scene with trees, nests of baby birds, mama and daddy birds, bees buzzing around a hive, butterflies, a sun, ladybug, bunnies, a deer, squirrel, and flowers. On the back she drew a heart filled with smaller hearts and three people holding it at the bottom, one person swinging off of it, and another climbing a ladder that goes to the top where you can apparently slide down a rainbow on the other side. Very clever :)

My Marigold plant and Mother's Day & Birthday Card from Teela.

My husband also took me to Burgerville in Kelso Washington so that I could participate in their annual free Mother's Day Strawberry Treat. They had a sundae and a shortcake you could pick from. I got the sundae this year. Yummy!

My Free Mother's Day Burgerville Strawberry Sundae. Yummy!

After I got my sundae and brought it home we ate my favorite Extreme Veggie artichoke pizza from our local Hometown Pizza and sang some My Little Karaoke with my family. I am really thankful for my family and grateful for everything they do for me.

How was your Mother's Day??

Pepperidge Farm Strawberry Milano Cookies Review

I am a Milano Maven :) What is that, you ask? Well, I have been given the opportunity to review for free Pepperidge Farm's new Strawberry Milano cookies and tell you about their Facebook sweepstakes, "Share Your Milano Moment".

New Strawberry Milano cookies are heavenly and very irresistible! They pair scrumptious strawberry filling with rich, dark chocolate to create the perfect cookie. Milano cookies are one of my absolute favorite cookies! They always satisfy my sweet tooth right away!

Are you a fan of Milano cookies? To celebrate the yummy new treat, Pepperidge Farm wants fans to share their favorite "Milano Moment" on their Facebook page to enter to win the Grand Prize of a "bushel" (case) of irresistibly delectable new Strawberry Milano cookies! You could be one of 1,000 winners!

Here is what I entered on their wall as my Milano moment: I am a mom of 3 kids plus we are expecting in October. I homeschool and am a stay at home homemaker and wife. My jobs are expansive and exhausting! I love to have "me time" and Milano cookies are my absolute favorite to snack on while I am relaxing.

Also, for being a fan of the Milano cookie on Facebook you can get a coupon for 55¢ off a bag of the new Pepperidge Farm Strawberry Milano cookies OR your favorite Milano cookies. Just click on the coupon tab.

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DISCLOSURE: Thanks to DeVries Public Relations and Pepperidge Farm for giving me a free sample of Strawberry Milano cookies and information about the "Share Your Milano Moment" Sweepstakes. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.

Victorian Station Review

Victorian Station is an Etsy store I came across when looking for items to review for my daughter Teela's 2nd birthday party. This wonderful shop has lovely things that center around vintage, Victorian, shabby chic, French, and cottage style. They have homemade albums, magnets, journals, notebooks, gift tags, cards, vintage photos, shadow boxes, burlap and collage art, purses and handbags, sachets and pillows.

I received a free set of 3 heart shape sachets filled with 1 cup of lavender buds from France and a touch of flax seed to review for the Princess Tea Party Birthday Blog Carnival that I hosted for my daughter, Teela, on my blog in April. The flannel material has cupcakes, strawberries and flowers on it and I love the fabric. They were great substitutes for bean bags to play games with at the party. They were all tied up with pretty pink satin ribbon when they arrived and smelled absolutely divine! These are perfect size for Teela to hold and she also loved how they smelled. They will go nicely anywhere there needs to be the soothing and relaxing fragrance of lavender. I think we might tuck ours in a: pillow case with a pillow at night, chest full of linens, and room that needs refreshing. I also love the Cupcake bag with vintage pompoms that matches the sachets that I received from her shop.

DISCLAIMER: Thanks to Victorian Station for participating in the the Princess Tea Party Birthday Blog Carnival on my blog and for providing me with the 3 heart shape sachets for free to test and review. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.