Getting in shape in style with Old Navy Acitve-wear.

  As a Member of Crowdtap I am so excited to be able to answer questions about what I think of upcoming styles.  

Since I love shopping at Old Navy for the hottest new trends, I was selected to participate in Old Navy’s dresses sample share!  I also choose one of my friends to come with me to Old Navy to pick out our favorite Active-wear outfit. 

Old Navy’s selection of Active-wear this season is more stylish that ever! There are so many styles to choose from.

First, I took a look at the Active-wear at Old Navy's website to see what shirts, shorts and pants I thought might fit my style.  It was until I went to an Old Navy store with my friend and tried on some outfits and check out the styles that I realized picking out just one outfit was going to be a hard task.

I try on many different Active-wear styles.  I already have Old Navy Active wear pants and really like how airy and comfortable they feel.  One the top row is my favorite Old Navy shirt, Women's Active by Old Navy Bubble-Mesh tank in neon yellow.  They are my favorite Old Navy Active-Wear.  They hid my stomach fat, and give me the freedom to move.  The are made of  100% polyester with mesh all over and a micro stripping print.   Most of the shirts are fitted throughout body.  On the bottom row I am wearing one of my favorite colors Icy Aqua.  The bottom right shirt is Women's Active by Old Navy mesh tops.  I like t these tops because they are 100% polyester with soft moister-wicking pique mesh designed to keep you cool and dry when you  are working out.  

This is my friend Lola also tried on the same Old Navy Active-Wear shirt, Women's Active by Old Navy Bubble-Mesh tank  and  Women's Active by Old Navy mesh tops.  She dedied to pair them with Active-Wear pants and Capri.

Above is some photos of me and my friend showing off some of the Old Navy Active Wear styles.

Click here to watch my video of me describing Old Navy Active-Wear outfits on YouTube. 

We had so much fun trying on different Old Navy Active-Wear shirts and shorts and pairing them with our favorite Old Navy accessories.  You don't have to wait to find the perfect Active-wear outfit, call a few of your gal pal and head over to Old Navy for your own fashion show. 

   Now you have seen our favorite Old Navy Active-Wear head over to your local Old Navy store,or check out Old Navy.com and find your perfect workout outfit.

 Disclosure:  My friends and I received a free  Activewear shirt and short courteous of Old Navy through crowdtap.  However the opinions expressed here are my own

Flourish, empowering moms one product at a time

As the mom of a child that is "differently abled".  I am always looking for products and companies that goal is to help children of all abilities to become more independent.  like most moms I want (all) my children to be as independent as possible.  When I do find products that help facilitate their independence I get so excited I want to tell the world.  

World have you hear about Flourish?

It is a revolutionary new company about moms supporting moms in business.   Flourish takes products invented my mommy entrepreneurs and puts them in the hands of consumers like you.  They are cutting edge products moms have invented to come up with solutions to everyday problems.  That is what we do as mom, we see a problem and we come up with a solution for that problem.  Now you don't have to do all the dirty work, it has been done for you (yea). 

I will be sharing these products with you this month.  Each week I will feature at least one product I think moms would not want to be without.  But for those of you that cannot wait I will give you a little preview of some of my favorite Flourish products I have tried so far. 

These are the kinds of products you really need to see inaction to really understand their usefulness, so I will also be making some video too! 




To learn more about these product  click here. 

Disclosure:  I am a independent consultant of Flourish

Can you get a real clean with just toilet paper? Cottonelle Clean Care system:

Cottonelle is not just a toilet paper, it is a Clean Care system.  You cannot use just toilet paper alone, it does not get the job done.  Click here to learn more about Cottonelle. 

If you have not had a chance to check out the new Test your cleaning logic video you are missing out.  I think they are so true and that is what makes them funny.  I wash my hair everyday, so my favorite video is "The Salon":  Can you wash your hair without water?

So now you have seen the video and  you are now convinced you need the Cottonelle Clean Care system.   So how does it work?  It is a two part system.  1st you use the Cottonelle Clean Care toilet paper, next you follow up with the Cottonelle Fresh Care Flushable Moist wipes.  It's that simple. 

Why Cottonelle?

My family have been brand loyal to Cottonelle for longer than I can remember.  I have tried the cheaper brands, but they just don't get the job done.  We ended up using more toilet paper and it clogged up our toilets.  Cottonelle is safe for sewers and septic systems.  When it come to toilet paper, I think less is more. Cottonelle is one-ply, but it can get the job done.  I also want a toilet paper that is soft, I mean I am a girl.  I think Cottonell is the softest, thickest and most absorbent toilet paper I have used.  

When my kids are little I use wipes to clean there bottom, and I am not sure how or when, but along the way we stop using wipes and just use toilet paper.  WHY?  I do not know, but that is about to change.  Cottonelle Fresh Care Flushable Moist Wipe are more than a wipe they wash the area and keep it clean.  I like that they are flushable and break up after flushing.  They are also  safe for sewers and septic systems.  They are Alcohol-free.  The One touch dispensing tub makes them easy to use for the whole family!

As a member of Crowdtap I was chosen to do a Cottonelle Sample Share.  I was able to recieve a free sample of Cottonelle Clean Care toilet paper pack and a package of Cottonelle Flushable Moist Wipes.  I also received two additional samples to give to two of my friends.  

Crowdtap wanted me to show my creative side and share with them some ways we add the Cottonelle Clean Care system to our bathroom routine.  Here is what we did: 

My friend Winta and my Little Man stocking up on Cottonelle toilet paper for their big indoor camping adventure. 

This is Grams, or should I say Her Majesty the Queen of Clean.  "Cottonelle Clean Care system is fit for a Queen." 

 This of course is the potty fairy  She comes and changes the Cottonelle toilet paper roll when ever it is empty and refills the Cottonelle Flushable Moist Wipes too.  (don't you wish she was real!)

Go a head and show off your creative side and share with Cottonelle Facebooksome ways you add the Cottonelle Clean Care system to our bathroom routine. 

Disclosure:  The samples, prize pack and information were provided by cottonelle through crowdtap.  I received a sample of product to review.  All opinions expressed her are my own and were not swayed by receiving products.  

Combat: My houses little secret and giveaway

Does you house have a dirty little secret?  Do you have unwanted guest that refuse to leave.  Ants and Roaches like to come out when the weather gets warmer and they invade your house wreaking havoc.    What is a girl to do.  You need the kind of help only Combat can give.   Now you can keep your pest problem a secret with new Combat^® Ant Killing Bait Strips.  They are little and discrete  but have a big powerful punch when it comes to killing bugs. 

 How does it work:
Combat^® Ant Killing Bait Strips help get rid of ants. They are formulated to attract ants quickly – acting as a necessary food and water supply for ants. Its fast-acting insecticide, Fipronil, one of the most powerful ant killers, starts to exterminate ants in hours. Worker ants return to the colony and feed the bait to the larvae and to the queen, eliminating the entire ant colony.

Combat® Ant Killing Bait Strips are easy to use so you can apply the new discreet design in hard-to-reach places.

Combat® Killing Bait Strips is effective against Argentine, Cornfield, Odorous House, Thief, Pavement, White Footed, and Little Black Ants.

Benefits of Combat® Killing Bait Strips :

• One of the fastest active ingredients you can buy to kill ants.
• Insect nerve poison kills ants by contact or ingestion.
• New discreet design starts killing ants in hours so you can see immediate results.
• High secondary colony kill. Kills ants in a domino effect, eliminating the source of the infestation.
• Easy-to-apply to hard-to-reach areas.

What I think: 
I put up the Combat Ant killing bait strips in my kitchen and bathroom.  Here in Texas the warm weather caused ants to come inside, and by this time last year we had problems with ants.  I can tell you since I put up the strips I have not see any ants in my house.  This is one product that you know it is working when you forget it is even there!  

Combat^® Killing Bait strips can be found at many major retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Family Dollar, Dollar General and Publix. Please call ahead to check product availability.

You can also enter the COMBAT Sweepstakes online for your chance to win up to  $1,000 in Visa gift cards.  Click here and watch the short video, then you will be able to enter the sweepstakes.  I already entered, you should too!

Now for what you have been waiting for....

The giveaway is 

Your Prize Pack will contain:

Closed the winner is TJandbcd

• (1) one a FREE Ant killing bait strip or Roach killing bait strip from Combat. 

Here is how you enter:  

Mandatory:

•  Follow me on Google and leave a comment stating you are following me.

Additional entrees: 

• Additional entrees: 
  • Share this Giveaway on your facebook page and leave a comment.
  • "Like" Nowamomof3's Facebook page and leave comment.   
  • follow Nowamomof3's Facebook page and leave comment.
  • Follow Nowamomof3 on Twitter and leave a comment
  • Leave a comment on any other story on my blog for one additional entree. 
  • Post a link to Combat website on your facebook page and leave a commet. 
  • Tweet the link to Combat website  and leave a comment. 

RULES: Maximum of 7 entries per person. The giveaway will end on May 7th at midnight.  I will randomly pick a winner at random.org on May 8th.  I will notify the winner by e-mail and posted winners first name or user name on my blog.  The winner with have 48 hours to contact me or another winner will be chosen.  You must be 18 years or older and a US resident to enter.  

Disclosure: Combat brand provided me with a sample of Combat killing bait strips in exchange for a product review.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own.   

New Soft Scrub 4-in-1 toilet care review and giveaway

Soft Scrub introduces another innovative bathroom care product, New Soft Scrub 4-in-1 toilet care.

New Soft Scrub 4-in-1 toilet care is made to  hangs over the rim of your toilet bowl as it:

• Cleans toilets
• Prevents future buildup on toilet bowl 
• Fights toilet ring
• Freshens up to 4 weeks

I received the Sapphire Waters fragrance with bleach.  If you do not want bleach they also have an Alpine Fresh without bleach.  

I goes on the side of your toilet.  It provides long lasting cleaning working for up to four weeks, and can you believe it costs less than $2. 

Here is what Think:

My New Soft Scrub 4-in-1 toilet care went into the kids bathroom.  So I could get a real since of how it would work.  Unlike other toilet bowl rim hangers, it stayed in place for many weeks.  It left my bathroom with a fresh clean scent.   Look how clean my toilet looks, I am not afraid to show you a photo. It made cleaning m bathroom easier.  Now I can have people stop by and I will not have to apologize for the way my bathroom toilet looks and smells.  

Brighter Bowl Sweepstakes: 

 Brighter Bowl Sweepstakes: One lucky winner will receive $1,000, while 250 second place winners get to try NEW Soft Scrub® 4-in-1 Toilet care for FREE!

Now for what you have been waiting for....

The giveaway is 
for three different winner

Your Prize Pack will contain:

Closed the winners are Colleen, Latanya, Amanda

• (1) one coupon for a FREE bottle of Soft Scrub product up to 3.39  (expires 12/31/2014)

Here is how you enter:  

Mandatory:

•  Follow me on Google and leave a comment stating you are following me.

Additional entrees: 

• Additional entrees: 
  • Share this Giveaway on your facebook page and leave a comment.
  • "Like" Nowamomof3's Facebook page and leave comment.   
  • follow Nowamomof3's Facebook page and leave comment.
  • Follow Nowamomof3 on Twitter and leave a comment
  • Leave a comment on any other story on my blog for one additional entree. 

RULES: Maximum of 7 entries per person. The giveaway will end on April 30th at midnight.  I will randomly pick a winner at random.org on May 1st.  I will notify the winner by e-mail and posted winners first name or user name on my blog.  The winner with have 48 hours to contact me or another winner will be chosen.  You must be 18 years or older and a US resident to enter.  

Disclosure: Purex provided a free sample of Soft Scrub for me to review. However, all opinions expressed are my own.

Splish Splash: Dial kids body and hair wash 6+ and giveaway

My little girl loves her bath time, she splashes so hard there is water all over the floor. I don't mind so much since she is having fun and giggling. 

Fun time is over when it is time to wash her hair.  She has a very sensitive head (maybe it is from all the EEG she has had over the years).  She also has eczema and her skin can become very itchy.   Anything I can do to make her bath time a more fun experience without leaving her scalp and skin itchy and dry, I am up to trying.    


   
So the other day I washed her hair with Dial^®  kids body and hair wash, Watery Melon scent.  One of the reason I chose it is because Dial^®  kids body and hair wash has a mild cleansing without drying our her delicate skin.  She loved the Watery Melon scent, it like the smell of a cool summer breeze and fresh cool watermelon in the bath.


   
About  Dial^®  kids body and hair wash:

• Available in Watery Melon or Berry Cool scent. 
• Make especially for children ages six and older.
• Specially formulated to keep young skin soft and healthy. 
• Developed with pediatric dermatologist
• Tear Free
• Hypoallergenic
• No artificial dyes or added parabens
• Ph balanced
• Has a mild cleansing without drying our children's delicate skin.

I think her face in the photo says it all.  She has a sqeeky clean look and she smelled of  fresh watery melon scent.  Her eyes sparkle  because her dial kids body and hair wash, is tear free so no harsh painful soap stung them.  Look at her soft smooth skin, since Dial is Hypoallergenic her skin did not itch.  I was impressed with the overall quality of Dial^®  kids body and hair wash.  Don't take my word for it go and try it for yourself, your child will be glad you did.  

 Dial^® also has a kids body and hair wash for ages 2 years and older in  Peachy Keen scent.  To get more information about  Dial^® kids body and hair wash Click Here. 

Click here to enter  Dial^®  Facebook sweepstakes where you could win a free bottle of Dial^®  kids body and hair wash.  

Now for what you have been waiting for....

The giveaway is  CLOSED Winners are Donna C., K port, and Brttany R.

Your Prize Pack will contain:

• (1) one coupon for a FREE Dial^® kids body and hair wash  (expires 06/30/2014)

Here is how you enter:  

Mandatory:

•  Follow me on Google and leave a comment stating you are following me.

Additional entrees: 

• Additional entrees: 
  • Share this Giveaway on your facebook page and leave a comment.
  • "Like" Nowamomof3's Facebook page and leave comment.   
  • follow Nowamomof3's Facebook page and leave comment.
  • Follow Nowamomof3 on Twitter and leave a comment
  • Leave a comment on any other story on my blog for one additional entree. 

RULES: Maximum of 7 entries per person. The giveaway will end on April 11th at midnight.  I will randomly pick a winner at random.org on April 12th.  I will notify the winner by e-mail and posted winners first name or user name on my blog.  The winner with have 48 hours to contact me or another winner will be chosen.  You must be 18 years or older and a US resident to enter.  

Disclosure: Dial provided a free sample of their Dial^®  shampoo and body wash courteous of Purex insider for me to review. However, all opinions expressed are my own.

Why we choose American heritage girls troop for our daughter

There are many reasons why we choose American Heritage Girls troop for our daughter.

One of the reason is our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

"American Heritage Girls is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of building women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country. The organization offers badge programs, service projects, girl leadership opportunities and outdoor experiences to its members."

Another reason is because we wanted a place where Marebear could belong. I did not want just any troop of girls, I wanted her to have true friends. This request can be extremely hard to achieve with all that Marebear faces (she is living with Rett syndrome.  See her page to learn more).

Last week at our meeting I had put together a troop wide event where the girls would go to stations to help them earn their "All God's Children's" badge ( it is a sort of disability awareness badge). At one of the station I spoke of Marion's battle with Rett syndrome and how it has effected her life. I informed the girls how having a friendship with a person like Marebear that cannot speak will be different than a friendship with a person that can speak. I told the girls how much any person, including Marebear, likes to have people look them in the eyes when they talk.  I helped the girls see that Marebear is more like them than she is different than them. I helped the girls to the the commonality.  Most inmportant I showed the girls how each and every one of them is cherished by God and made in his image.  No one person is more important or less important in his eye, and shouldn't be in there eyes either.    Every person has worth!

At the end of the night I was emotionally exhausted. I could not help but ask myself if what I did made any difference.

This last weekend we were set to go to American Heritage Girls Camporee at a local Boy Scout camp for the weekend. Marebear loves to camp, but I was worried about how we were going to manage. I was even more worried when I found out our campsite was the farthest away from all the activities. Marebear can walk, but not for long distances, and not on uneven ground. My hubby and I called the American Heritage Girls coordinator for the camp and the Boy Scout of America (BSA) ranger to see if we could switch with a closer troop. It took some time, but they were able to accommodate our needs. The BSA ranger found us a place to park that was closer to the activities so we would have access to our car should we need it. He also made sure we had access to electricity too. He even got down on one knee looking Marebear in the eyes as he talked to her . He could see she was excited and happy to be there.

At the campout Marebear was so excited. She loved seeing all the girls in her troop. As we were setting up our tent, many of the girls came by and talked to her. They asked her questions, and told her stories. She squealed in delight. That night we had a camp fire and she was so excited she could hardly sleep. The next day she was so tired we had to let her sleep most of the day( to insure she would not have any seizures). Many of the girls came by during the day asking where Marebear was and how she was doing. She ended up sleeping through all the stations, but it was alright, most of the stations were a little advance for her ( compass, backpacking, first aid, ect. ).

I am so thankful for an organization that sees EVERY girl as a value member of society and worthy of love and friendship. I am thankful I can share with the girls how much Christ loves each and everyone of them and how God created them in His own image and that they are perfectly and wonderfully made. This way of thinking is what leads people to value every human being.

I have to say it just warmed my heart to see how much fun she was having with the other girls. They did not see her lack of speech, leg braces, or broken down body, they just saw her as a little girl just like them. I guess the "All God's children badge really did make a difference.

Now Marebear has a bunch of friends, American Heritage Girl friends, that love to walk up to her and talk to her at the meeting and tell her all about their day.  As a mom, I am so excited to see my daughter with true friends!