Citrus Lane August 2013

This is the unboxing and review of Citrus Lane August 2013!  Eli is 3 going on 4.  :)  He LOVES this box!  :)  He waits for it every month!  The best part is if you sign up for longer subscriptions, the price goes down!  :)  Citrus Lane is $25.00 a month if you go month to month and the price goes down if you subscribe for 3, 6, 12 months from there.  :)

We have been CL customers for over a year now and have had very few things that we have been disappointed in!  It really is a great box!  Now on to the fun stuff!  :)

They always include a little card that talks about each item in the box!

All the great Citrus Lane goodies! 

CleanWell All-Natural Hand Sanitizing Wipes ($3.49)  Love these!  Who couldn't use some in the house or car?  :)

Annie's Cheddar Bunnies ($0.56)  These are a favorite in our house!  They were gone at snack time!  :)

Barefoot Books Driving My Tractor Puzzle ($14.99)  Eli is starting to like puzzles and really enjoyed this one!  Plus there
                                                                                       are two different puzzles in this box!  So cool! 

Ouchies Bandages ($3.49)  Cute for Eli when he has a boo boo!

ARTivity Book Construction ($3.99)  Eli loves this!  It is great that the markers have 2 ends and are stored right on it!  :)

FabKids Discount code ($39.95)  This is ok...  But we won't use it.  I have heard hard things about trying to cancel.  :(


Paid $18.75
Value $26.52 W/O FabKids, $66.47 W/ FabKids

I loved this box!  Infact, it was possibly the best box we have recieved lately!  :)  Woo hoo!

Citrus Lane July 2013

 

 

Eli's favorite time of the month has come!  He anxiously awaits his Citrus Lane box for days after I say it's been shipped!  :)  And he knows that yellow stripe!  lol.

 

Citrus Lane is my favorite kids box so far.  It's changed a little over the last few months (they are now for newborn to 5 years old, and they don't have themes each month) but it is still a great box!  We have subscribed for over a year now and have only had 3 boxes that just weren't up our ally!  So over all it's been great!  :) 

 

Citrus lane is $25 a month, or less if you sub for 3, 6 or 12 months.  :)  Also, if you use my link you will get $10 off your first box!  :)

 

 

The first look is always yellow paper and a cute sticker!  Then you open it up to see all the goodies!  :)

 

 

Melissa and Doug Create-a-Car ($5.02) Eli has been wanting to build a race car all summer! 

Postagram App credit ($10.00)  Cool app!  You can send postcards to anyone right from your phone!

 

 



Cool It Buddy ($4.99) With the way that Eli has been hurting himself, these will come in handy!

Goodbyn Bento Box ($9.50) This will come in handy!
Goodbyn Dishwasher Safe Stickers ($3.50)  Fun for Eli!

Just Strawberries ($1.25) Eli might like these...  If not, Jack loves dried fruit!  lol

Paid: $18.75 (annual subscription with a discount!)
Value: $34.26

Eli loved the car!  He can't wait to make it!  :)

Loot Crate Unboxing- June 2013

So for Father's Day my hubby got a 3 month subscription to Loot Crate!  :)  He wasn't sure, but when you talk geeky-ness and gamer-ness you have my hubby!  And for only $19.37 a month (less if you sign up for 3, 6 or 12 months) you can't really go wrong!  :)

 

They include this card to tell you about each product in the box!  Awesome!

 

Some awesome stickers (Value about $2.00) Eli loves the Ninja Turtle sticker!  :)
Loot Crate Wall Tangrams (Value about $1.00)

8-Bit Glasses (Value $6.00)  Rick OBVIOUSLY loved these...  lol

Dead Pool-Aid t-shirt (Value $15.00)  This shirt is to small for Rick so I am going to use it to make a pillowcase for him!  :)
War Heads candy (Value about $0.30)  A blast from the past!  Used to love these! 

 

 

Bic Tech Stylus 2 in 1 Pen (Value $6.00) This is something Rick will actually use.  :) 

 

Overall, this was a fun box!  Since Rick is getting his own office this year, it will be fun to have some of these little things to decorate with!  :)

 

Paid: $17.37

Value: $30.30 (Well worth it for my geek!)

End of the year gifts and snack



So I am a little late...  But Eli's end of the school year party was 2 weeks ago and he was so excited!  At the end of the year, I always try to get each of the kids a little treat as well as the teachers.  :)

So this year each of the teachers got a collage of pictures from throughout the year and a little clip board for at the school.

Each of the kids got a piece of chalk with a little note that said, "I "chalk" this up to a great year! Love Eli"

 

 

And for the end of the year party, I made Super Hero Kababs!  Eli loves super heros, ham and cheese so I combined all 3!  :)

 

 

Over all, I think they were all a hit!  All the kabob's got eaten and the chalk went home with the kids.  The teachers loved the pictures and Eli had a great school year!  :)



Cirtus Lane Unboxing! (May 2013, 3.5 year old boy!)

Woot woot!  We finally got our May Citrus Lane box!  (Our postmen are having some difficulty finding our house for packages!)  But as always, Eli was super excited about this!  He loves to see the yellow box waiting for him!  :)

I think this months unofficial theme was Spring time.  :)



               


The Gigantic Turnip from Barefoot Books...  It has a CD with it too!  $9.99
Melissa and Doug garden gloves  $4.80
Planting Kit from Green Toys  $5.99
Clean Well Disinfectant wipes about $2.19
Deep Steep Moisture Stick  $3.70
Snackimals Cereal Cinnamon Crunch  about $3.50

This box was great.  :)  We paid about $21.00 for the box (a yearly subscription) and the products were worth about $30.17.  Most of the time Citrus Lane has a higher return on the value, but it was still a good box.  The book is great and the moisture stick for mom smells wonderful!  :)

                              

                             

 

And as always, Eli loved opening this box to see all the goodies! 

The cereal was actually lunch today!  :)

Smiley360 Mission-- BIC Mark-It Markers

I am really digging Smiley360!  They are choosing me to try out all kinds of great products!  Most recently Eli and I were chosen for a CRAFTING mission with BIC Mark-It Markers!  Woot woot!  We were sent a box with a FREE 36 count pack of BIC Mark-It Markers, 3 magnetic photo frames, 3 glitter glue tubes and some gem stickers.  We couldn't wait to get to town and make our photo frames for the fridge! 



 

So apparently today was the PERFECT day to do some crafting!  :)  It poured all afternoon here in "sunny" South Florida.  lol.  So out came the crafts to do something fun.  :)

Eli all ready for a project!

Eli had a great time helping decorate the frames!

We ended up making 3 frames...  One for Eli, one for Jack and one that said Family so we can have the different pictures up.  :)

The BIC Mark-It Markers were AWESOME!  They were great colors!  Eli, right now, is in love with the color pink and there were at least 4 different shades of pink in the 36 colors!  :)  So he was really excited.  The markers were really bright, easy to use and fun. :)

Over all, the BIC Mark-It Markers were great!  Great colors, smooth writing, fun to use!  I can see using these for many crafts in the future!