Last Letter is one of the newest and most fun ThinkFun games ever

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We are a big gaming type of family and I don't mean all those electronic games. Don't get me wrong....I let my child have some computer time but we have always been big on fun board games and intellectual games. My hubby and I always enjoyed them as kids and we started playing with her when she was a tiny tot. I truly credit her early reading to all the board games and learning games we have played since she was a baby.

I think my mom was the first one to discover the great games from ThinkFun a few years ago. She picked up a few of the ThinkFun travel sized games and the little one was hooked. Birthdays and other special occasions were a reason to buy a new ThinkFun game. Many of them including this new one are excellent games to play in the car or even to tote with you on the airplane. We have quite a collection and haven't been disappointed yet so I was excited to hear that they have a new fun game out called Last Letter ™. 
 

Last Letter ™ is a fun game designed for ages 8 to adult.  It is perfect for two or more players.  You can purchase it for about $12.99. This is a unique letter seek game with a twist that will make you laugh, groan and sigh loudly (especially when your child comes up with the answer faster than you!  It is very easy to learn and lots of fun. Each player is dealt 5 cards.  One card is placed into the center upside down.  The starting player calls out a word from one the objects found on the center card. Each player has to search the pictures on their own 5 cards to find a word that begins with the last letter of the card that was called out. The player that finds the card with the last letter has to show the others the object on their card.  In the next round, all the players have to race to be the first to find a card with an object that starts with last letter of the second word and so on. The first player to get rid of all his cards wins the game.

We found it really forced us to concentrate and think...you really get to work those vocabulary words too.  I found myself getting faster as we played more. It was satisfying to see all of our reflexes improve as we played over the past few days.  As we learned the games we got stricter with our rules to try to get everyone to stretch their imaginations so we didn't allow repeats of simple words like "red" or "ear." You can be as relaxed or as strict as you like...its a game so make it for your family.

Last night my little one had some of her friends over and they were laughing hysterically as they played round after round of Last Letter. I was impressed to see one of the children (who was actually younger than 8) really step up to the plate with some challenging vocabulary words too. The kids were encouraging each other and really had fun with it. All of the kids went home saying they were going to ask their parents to buy it for them.  

Last Letter is a fun game for friends and family. This is a great ice breaker game for any party too. Everyone will be laughing as they blurt out words shown by colorful, illustrated cards.  You have to remember that your word must start with the last letter of the word previously called out.  Last Letter is a fun brain trainer games that encourages creativity as you think, think think about the images on the cards to find words that work faster than the other players.  You will be surprised how much quicker your brain starts to work when you exercise it with this fun game.

We really liked the fast pace and fun combined with the educational element in Last Letter. I would definitely recommend this as a birthday present or a special gift for any child or even as a hostess gift.

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The Crowdtap Herbal Essences Body Wash Sampling #TheHerbalistas

Disclosure:  I received the a sample of Herbal Essences complimentary in order to review it.  I was not financially compensated for this post.  The opinions are my own, based on my personal experience with the product.  However, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Everyone knows Herbal Essences makes washing your hair a totally organic experience, but did you know you can now lather up all the way to you toes, with the new line of Herbal Essences bath products? I was so excited that I got to sample Herbal Essences Body Wash? I received the following:

• 1-1.2 oz Sample of new Herbal Essences Body Wash in Hello Hydration
• 1- Sampling Insert 

The Hello Hydration sample of Herbal Essences smelled great...like coconut. It totally made me feel like I was on vacation at a tropical beach resort in Fiji or something wonderful like that. You have to try it. 

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Piczzle is a personalized and special photo puzzle perfect for Mother's Day or Father's Day review {Giveaway}

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I always struggle to come up with creative gifts...I like to top myself each year but it gets harder and harder as time goes by. My mom has everything....really everything but she loves her kids and grandkids.  I was thinking about picture puzzles recently and thought that would be an idea present for Mother's Day.  I had a great picture that my hubby took last summer of us and I thought it would be cool to turn a picture into puzzle as a gift idea. Cute and fun for her to put together with my little one. It was super easy to upload the photo and order it on their website.  It came out so adorable too! Piczzle Photo Puzzles would be a great gift for Father's Day too now that I am thinking about it. We love puzzles and it is something totally different and unique.

You can find Piczzle Photo Puzzles on Facebook and follow them for updates to exclusive deals and special promotions too.  Check out their Piczzle Photo Puzzles and their YouTube videos too to get additional ideas for good photos that you can transform into a Piczzle Photo Puzzle and give as a great gift.  I am thinking this will be a great Mother's Day gift for my mother-in-law next year since I am giving one to my mom this year.

Piczzle's Cardboard Puzzles are made of outstanding materials.  You can see that they keep the original colors true with amazing print quality. My husband is an avid photographer and her was truly impressed as well with the Mother's Day gift I created through the Piczzle website.  You can see the top craftsmanship they use and and the colors are so gorgeous, you can see they are the highest print quality. All Piczzle cardboard picture puzzles are constructed of a premium grade cardboard that has been laminated with a glossy finish. It looks like the kind of puzzle that you buy at a specialty toy store. Very well made. Piczzle shared with me that their cardboard puzzles are precision press cut so that all pieces will be perfectly match one another and they are printed using an advanced digital printing technique.  That must be how they get those sharp, bright colored prints.

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Meals By The Week Meal Planning Subscription Review + Giveaway

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Are you a busy working mama like me?  It is a real challenge to get healthy meals on the table every night especially on those weeknights. Between those kids activities and squeezing in my own gym time I am so grateful for my wonderful hubby. He cooks alot of the time too and we both have our own styles. It gets hard to be creative all the time though and sometimes our meals get ho-hum. Meals by the Week is a great service that helps busy families like ours plan organized, delicious dinner menus that save time, trim the budget and make meal time fun and fresh every week. I didn't realize that Meals by the Week publishes menus for many of the big name grocery stores throughout the country so they have been around the block a few times. They know what people like and they even publish menus for two of my favorite smaller healthy grocery stores....if you look on their website you will see for yourself.  Meals by the Week knows how to make yummy meals that come together quick! They even offer diet-specific menus for people who want a Paleo, Vegetarian, or 400 Calorie Dinner menus.

There are a lot of options out there to plan your meals though. What makes Meals by the Week different? You can scale the menu to the size of your family (from 2-16 people). Even if you have a big family you can tailor Meals by the Week to exactly what you need. Also, when you remove a meal from your menu because you don't want to fix it, the ingredients are automatically removed from your printable shopping list as well.  That saves you time!

Meals by the Week makes it easy to prepare simple but tasty meals the whole family will love.  Think about how much easier shopping and cooking will be when you don't have to rack your brain for meal ideas. You can spend hours trolling on Pinterest for ideas or you can just sign up for Meals by the Week and use that time to spend with your family!

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