Disney Family.com Travel Kit {Giveaway CLOSED!}

It’s summer time, and that means one of my favorite things — TRAVEL!  We travel so often with Little AG that she has gotten used to our travel routine – and she loves it almost as much as we do.  However, most of us know that traveling with a child is nothing if not challenging, so I’m really excited to be giving away a Travel Kit to make your summer travels even easier.

Disney Family.com is offering an “On the Road With Family.com”  kit to one lucky CSC reader! The kit promises to keep children well entertained during car or plane trips this summer and will put an end to the dreaded “Are we there yet?” questions while allowing families to share their favorite family vacation destinations.

Also, make sure to visit Disney Family.com Travel to help with all your vacation planning needs as the site provides a unique resource for parents providing a combination of expert reviews, parent recommendations, and age-appropriate points of interest for family-friendly destinations on any budget.

One of the many great features on the site is a list of “Cities on a Shoestring” where parents can find inexpensive or free activities to do in cities around the country. The site also includes tips for hassle free air travel, videos of popular family destinations, and safety travel tips.

The travel kit includes a plush kid size travel pillow, a copy of Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Map in My Lap, a travel game kit, notepad and pen and adorable tote bag (a $30 value).  To enter, please leave a comment below sharing your favorite family vacation destination spot; a winner will be chosen at random.  This contest will run through July 2nd, 2009 at 5 pm CST.

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A big thank you to the wonderful women over at Mom Generations for offering Chic Shopper Chick readers this awesome giveaway!

Mutsy Grow-Up!

I remember when we first bought Little AG a high-chair.  It was one of the items I didn’t receive at my baby shower, and it didn’t feel like it was that pressing of a purchase to make since I much preferred to feed her while she was sitting in my lap.  We did eventually take the plunge and purchase one, and I’ll never forget how excited she was just to have the independence to sit on her own and watch us.  I took a coupla stabs at cooking while Little AG sat in her high chair and munched on a teething biscuit, watching me with unmasked curiosity (wondering why she’d never seen me cook before, I’m guessing…).  Sadly, those days are long gone, and by that I mean my attempts at cooking.

Oh, ok.  The days of me trying to coax her to sit in a high chair are long gone as well.

Every time I try to sit her in the highchair, I hear loud protests of “Mommy, ouff!  Ouff!” (Translation: Out…or off.  I’m not sure, but I know it means she’s not happy in there!)  I figured out pretty quickly that our highchair days were over – it was time for a big girl seat.  When I began my quest for a booster seat, I discovered that not all boosters are created equal.  I mean, they all have the same basic functions, but you know — some of them are just not that cute.  Apart from safety and functionality, I’ll just be honest in saying that the aesthetics of things are important to me.  If it’s not cute, I’m probably not buying it.  Just sayin’.

Mutsy was kind enough to send Little AG a Mutsy Grow-Up Booster – and I couldn’t get it out of the box fast enough.  It straps down safely to any “grownup” chair, and has a really cool harness that goes over the shoulders as well as around the waist to keep my squirmy worm of a daughter securely in place.  You can use the Grow-Up as soon as your child can sit unaided – which means you can skip the highchair altogether and just buy a booster.  I wish I had realized that before I purchased our highchair, since our love affair with it is clearly over!  Plus um, did I mention how COOL it looks?  My favorite part, apart from the fact that it looks like a booster seat you would have found the Jetson’s using, is that the molded seat is soft and squishy, and very comfortable.  And yes, I do know this firsthand.  Curiousity killed the cat, and almost broke the booster, because I sat in it myself!  Ok, it didn’t seem like it was breaking, but considering that it’s for use only for kids up to 4 years of age…well…I’m sure it wasn’t meant for my adult frame.  But, like I said…very comfy!

Mutsy makes some really cool products, all of which I find asthetically pleasing.  The Mutsy Grow-Up retails for $60, and you can get 10% off any Mutsy order if you use the code “cscmu”.

Sur La Table

Looking for some fun ways to beat the heat indoors this summer?  Try some of these fun kitchen projects and tools from Sur La Table (french translation:  On The Table) that I stumbled across today.  I’m thinking this will make for great summer fun, and Little AG is so excited about helping mommy to “cook” that I’m pretty sure any of these things would cause that adorable little grin that I love to spread across her sweet face.

I love these fun cookie making kits – the wizard version and the princess version.  Both sell for $16.99.

How adorable are these fun kitchen utensils? They’re sure to make any kiddo giggle uncontrollably!  Called “Head Chef” – they retail for $10 each.

And how perfect is this Sous Chef Baking Kit – perfect for any of the budding culinary professionals in your life!  This 25 piece set retails for $30.

Pretty Pretty Princess

I was in Target yesterday and I wandered past this adorable princess bedding set in the kids section.  Little AG has recently made the transition to a toddler bed, so it’s got me thinking about her next round of bedding.  Though I swore I’d never make my little girl into a princess, I couldn’t resist this adorable set.  My favorite was the tuffed pink quilt with strategically-placed rhinestones.  I also love the pillow with the crown on it in rhinestones.  I can’t help it, if I was a little girl, I’d covet this set for myself.  Too bad I have to act like a grown up. *pout*

All of these pieces are actually reasonable priced, and some of them are actually on sale this weekend.  Isn’t that chandelier nightlight adorable? Oh, and that bedskirt is tulle — how sweet is that? I’m so tempted to go back and buy the set for when Little AG finally transitions to a real big girl bed, but by then — who knows.  She may be vocal enough to tell me just how much she doesn’t like it – and I’d be fine with that.  But until she can say such things?  I really like it.