Matilda Jane giveaway! Woohoo!

We've got a Matilda Jane giveaway! Just in time for Christmas! We love Matilda Jane and we hope you'll find something you love too!! 

*Teagan is wearing the Turtledove knot top, stippling tee, and gallery leggings*

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*Matilda Jane clothing sent Teagan the clothes she is wearing in the above picture, however, all opinions are mine*

Date night. The free kind!

Free dinner + free movie + both girls in bed + couch = Daddy & Mommy date night

As parents of two littles it is really hard to find time or money to do a date night.  You know the one.  Where Mama wears her tall & sexy heels and Daddy opens the car door looking devilishly handsome.  We've had to become a little more creative when it comes to spending quality time together.  It use to be at the dinner table but now Teagan is so verbal she pretty much owns the conversation at dinner, telling us about her day.  We love hearing her wild toddler stories so we listen to her intently. 

I was contacted a little while back to see if I would like to review a new Christian-family friendly video and I jumped on it! You might have seen the advertisement for the "Woodcarver" movie. It was released on March 6th. 

I don't want to say too much about the actual movie becuase I don't want to give it away but Josh and I really liked it.  In fact, we've already lent it out to a friend!  It was definitely a family-friendly movie.  I felt like the story line was pretty in line with a lot of what families in our country are dealing with.  Separation, divorce, the affect on children, etc.  Josh and I really enjoyed it.  I know a lot of people think of Christian based family-friendly movies are going to shove Jesus in your face and they don't like that.  This movie incorporated subtle ways that we can share Jesus and increase his presence in our lives and others. 

Also, on top of the movie they sent me they offered one to one of my readers!!!  All you have to do is leave a comment about what your favorite cheap date is OR your favorite family friendly movie! This giveaway will be open until Sunday, March 18th!
I can't wait to hear everybody's ideas!!

And the winner is...

The Reich's!!

Congrats! You won the sample box of Ella's Kitchen goodies! Just e-mail me your address and I will get it sent your way! Congrats!

Wanna hear about The Reich's favorite Christmas memory?
They said "Ooh, we love Ella's Kitchen. My favorite Christmas memory is from high school, when our parents surprised us with a trip to Europe as a gift. We were jumping around and screaming like crazy!"

Giveaway!

You know how I was crazy bragging on Ella's Kitchen products the other day? Well, it's giveaway time!! They've offered one of my readers a sample box of their products! There are 10 pouches in the box! It's a great offer! I cannot wait until the winner gets the box and tells me they love Ella's Kitchen stuff as much as we do in our house!
I do have to confess...some of their products make good smoothies for Mommy's too...*smiles sheepishly*

Bet you're wondering how to win.  Just leave your favorite Christmas memory in the comments and I will randomly pick, well the computer will, a winner.  To increase your chances just got "like" them on facebook and/or follow them on Twitter (@ellaskitchen) and give us a vote on TBB for extra entries (honesty policy here peeps)!

Giveaway Winner!!

The winner of the Sadie Ryan Keepsake tile is: Adrian!
Please contact me at RiciReid@gmail.com so I can provide you with details! Congratulations!

Give away!



Have you ever wondered how you can preserve your birth announcements or wedding invitations? What about favorite picture or saying? Well, the people at Sadie Ryan Keepsake Tiles helped us out and are willing to help you out as well!

They contacted me and kindly offered to send us a sample and we loved it! All we had to do was send a picture and our saying and they sent it on it's way.  We've placed it in Teagan's room and it will be something she can keep forever.

They have also offered to give one of my readers the same gift they gave to our family! There are many chances to enter.  Here are the ways:

*Tell one creative thing you've done to preserve the memory of your child or children's birth?
*Follow @RiciReid on Twitter
*Follow the Teagan Tales blog
*Vote for Teagan Tales on Top Baby Blogs (this is a honesty entry guys & gals)


*The giveaway winner will be picked randomly on April 9th! Spread the word!*

I've had a lot on my mind here lately.  Life has been going in a whirlwind.  My brain is going on overdrive and to be quite honest, I wish it would stop or at least slow down for a little while.  I've lacked inspiration as of late.  Not to say I'm not in love and inspired by my love and my toddler love on a daily basis but it's, well, it's pretty hard to explain.  I don't even really know how to describe it. 
Also, the lack of posts are due to my lack of computer.  My laptop has been on the fritz but luckily my hubs has been able to fix it so that shouldn't be a problem soon!


I will wet your appetite with some upcoming things:
2 give aways!
1 book review
1 (MAYBE) What We Wore Post

I know I've been a slacker but find a little love in your heart for me and spare a vote? Thanks!!

Winner of the Kind Sign!!

And the winner is.....

Becca!

Becca said if she had a "Mommy sign" it would say: "Yes I appreciate you complimenting my daughter but I do NOT want to stand and have a 20 minute conversation with a complete stranger about her!"  Too funny, Becca! Congrats on winning your kind sign!

Have you heard of a "kind sign"?

I remember being so excited to take Teagan out to share her cuteness with the world when she got here.  I can also remember being very anxious about sweet grandma ladies wanting to touch her face and give her "sugars".  I wasn't sure how I was going to handle it then but I know how I would have handled it now.  I would have ordered and used a Mama Bears sign.  I came across this product by  Mamabears.com  called "Kind signs".  They are little rubber signs that you can attach to your stroller or your car seat that basically say "KEEP AWAY" or "Look but DO NOT touch" but in a nice way. 

Here is an example: 

 Picture via.

The nice folks over at Mamabears.com  were not only sweet enough to send Teagan's ride a sign but they are giving a lucky reader one too!
Here are the rules to enter:

If you could have a "Mommy" or "Daddy" sign, what would yours say? 

Extra entries include: 

Follow Mamabears.com (Mamabearscom) on Twitter

"Like" Mamabears.com on facebook

"Like" Teagan Tales on Facebook

Follow me (RiCiReid) on Twitter.

Vote for Teagan Tales on Top Baby Blogs by clicking the brown box to your right.  (This is an I'm trusting you entry)
Comment with each thing you do so you can be sure to get your entries in! 

The give away will be open until the 21st of January! 

Urban Munchkin give away!

About a month ago I was looking at the online goodies that the Zulily webstie was offering and stumbled across an adorable green longsleeved onesie that said "Grow". Of course I instantly clicked on it to find out who sold it along with any other little tidbit I could. Comes to find out it's made by MOM's!! These two ladies were basically fed up with the "good for you" clothes being so boring and drab and fashionably unfriendly. They decided they would come up with a line that was colorful and organinc and good for our little ones! Plus a portion of their profits go to charities focusing on children! What an incredible company! For more of their story go to their website at Urban Munchkin.

After purchasing and receiving the grow onesie I sent a big "i love you and your product" e-mail. Their product is indcredible. The material is so soft that I toted the onesie around in my pocketbook for a good week just letting people feel the fabric and see the cuteness! Teagan loves the onesie because of it's bright colors and the softness of the fabric. They e-mailed me back saying they would love to do a give away for my readers! They are generous enough to give away the Love Long Sleeve Tee from their Mandala collection!

*picture from Urban Munchkin website*

There are several ways to enter so here are your choices. After the initial entry you get extra credit (aka extra entries) for the others!

Main Entry:
Comment with your favorite "baby/kid-friendly" help the planet idea.

Extra Credit (you have to comment and let me know you did these so I can make sure your EC gets counted):
1) "follow" Teagan Tales
2) follow Urban Munchkin on Facebook
3) follow Urban Munchkin on Twitter
4) vote for Teagan Tales & comment that you did (see the brown box that says Top Baby Blogs? click it for me, please) *I'm counting on your honesty here guys*
5) follow me on Twitter

It's as simple as that! The give away will be open until October 1st. On October 1st I will do the random drawing and let you know who the lucky winner is!!