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Here are some gorgeous tees for your little miss!
1. Tee Rose T-Shirt $35.00 by A Little Pocket
2. Littlehorn Fly With Me Tee $34.95 from Milt & Joe
3. Littlehorn Alice Tee $34.95 from Cradle Rock
4. Anchor Tee $39.95 by Petite DeNimes
5. Prudence Peasant Tee $40.00 from Heavenly Creatures
6. Flower Tee $29.95 from Ouch Clothing
7. Rock Your Baby Cat Girl Tee $35.00 from Hummingbird 60
8. Love bird Tee $29.85 by Monstar Kids
9. Oobi Anna Pink Apple Pip Tee $34.95 from Spindleberry
Whilst on holidays recently at the Gold Coast, my two little ones were fascinated with the surf lifesavers everytime we went to the beach. My 4yr old daughter had lots of questions, “who are those people?”, “what do they do?”, “why are THEY allowed to drive on beach?”, “why are the flags red & yellow, this is Australia, they should be green & yellow?” (she is very patriotic :)).
Imagine their delight when I was given the opportunity to review the new “Sammy Sea Patrol” toy.
The new toy from WOW, Sammy Sea Patrol is a lifesavers jeep, that comes with all the kit required to help in any emergencies including two figures dressed as Australian lifesavers (aptly named Cody & Summer), a rotating watch tower and a life ring that is attached to a retractable pull cord, so that children can re-enact a rescue mission. This toy is suitable for children as young as 18 months and comes with a 10-year warranty from WOW Toys.
This toy is ideal for role play and teaching children about the importance of water safety.
My two quickly began acting out a scenario where one of them was a naughty shark named “Bruce” (they love Finding Nemo), while the other was the lifesaver that had to save a swimmer in the water.
They’ve since gone on to rescue each other from a naughty whale (they also love Pinocchio) and a crazy octopus called “purpley” (no idea where he comes from….).
They are both having so much fun with the toy and can’t wait to get back to the beach to see the lifesavers again.
Hubby and I have also sat down with them to join in on the fun and we’ve been discussing the importance of being safe, both at the beach and in a swimming pool.
For more information on water safety, please visit Life Saving Victoria. If you’re interested in learning more, you should also check out Life Saving Victoria’s Meet a Lifeguard program, you can also download some great colouring in sheets for the kids.
If you would like to purchase this toy for your little ones, it is available now from www.kidstuff.com.au.
To help spread the water safety message, I have one Sammy Sea Patrol toy for someone to win.
How to Enter!
Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.
To enter the draw all you need to do is comment on this post and tell me what you love most about summer.
You can earn EXTRA entries by:
Giveaway starts Sunday 4 November 2012 and ends midnight (AEST) Sunday 11 November 2012. Winner will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 12 November. Winner will be announced on this blog.
Entry is open to Australian residents only.
Last weekend we celebrated my daughter’s 5th birthday. I still can’t believe that my baby girl has turned 5 and will be heading off to school next year. Sometimes I wish I could just stop time and enjoy these early years just a little longer.
Last year my daughter chose a Rainbow theme, so I was curious to see what she wanted this year. I figure that since she’s old enough to say what she wants (which she does often), I wanted to get her involved with choosing a theme and helping get everything ready.
This year she chose a butterfly party.
Last year I heard about a company that brings live butterflies for birthday parties and thought that would be perfect. When I spoke to Marie-Claire at Butterfly Adventures, I knew that my daughter was going to love it.
I wanted to make some decorations for the table, so I purchased some gorgeous milk glass plates from Petite Portions and borrowed some glasses domes from my lovely friend Daisy at Leo & Bella. I then grabbed some twigs from the local park and cut out some butterfly clipart that I printed from the internet and made two of these table decorations.
I also wanted something to hang above the table and had seen some butterfly lanterns on Pinterest that I knew would be perfect. I bought some white paper lanterns from the local $2 shop and attached some more butterflies that I had printed.
I saw some amazing edible butterfly decorations on Etsy awhile ago and knew they would also be perfect (and an easy way) to decorate the cake. I made a two tiered buttercake with vanilla buttercream icing and decorated it with the butterflies. My daughter gasped when she saw the cake for the first time, so I know that she loved it.
I finished off the table with fruit cups, butterfly fairy bread, cupcakes, coconut ice, marshmallows, musk sticks and pink milk in glass bottles with gorgeous paper straws.
The butterflies were amazing and all of the children enjoyed learning about butterflies, colouring butterfly pictures and going in the tent to feed them (who would have guessed that they love to drink gatorade).
My daughter said it “was the best birthday ever Mummy” and I think I have to agree with her 🙂
Here are some fabulous tees to help your little mister look cool during summer!
1. Wave Royalty T-Shirt $39.95 from Oishi-m
2. Little Red Car Tee $28.00 from Lucas Loves Cars
3. Garment Dye Polo $39.99 by Kiniki
4. Snow Globe Tee $32.95 by Furious Kingston
5. The Bat Tee $24.95 from Hootkid
6. Sosooki Etsy Neck Rocket Car Tee $32.95 from Oranges and Lemons Boutique
7. Baobab Black Stripe Polo Tee $26.00 from Outlet Shop for Kids
8. Mini Munster Pencil Ride Tee $29.95 from Tinywardobe
9. No Added Sugar Too Cool to Fool Tee $44.99 from Kids Revolution
Melbourne Mamma is excited to be joining with 10 fabulous local mum run businesses to offer one lucky person the opportunity to WIN a Tiffany Heart Toggle Bracelet valued at $475.
How to Enter!
Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.
In order to have a valid entry you will need to “LIKE” the Facebook page of the ALL the contributing businesses. Each LIKE will give you 1 point and you must have a minimum of 11 points for your entry to be valid.
You can earn EXTRA points (entries) by:
Giveaway starts Thursday 18 October 2012 and ends Sunday 28 October 2012. Winner will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 29 October 2012. Winners will be announced on this blog.
Entry is open to Australian residents only.
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