I recently had the opportunity to try out Attune probiotic bars and I am totally addicted!  they are awesome, I especially love the Strawberry Bliss, unbelievably yum!  reminds me of the nutrisystem breakfast bars which I miss so much. 

Attune bars however, are not just a delicious treat, they’re the FIRST all natural wellness bars that feature beneficial probiotics that promote digestive and immune system health!  With 5 times the live cultures of yogurt - YES that’s a good thing! Pretty good for a product that retails for little more than a dollar!  Attune Granola Probiotic Wellness Bars retail for $1.59 per 40-gram bar.  The Attune Chocolate Probiotic Wellness Bar retails for $1.19 per 20-gram bar.

Available in delicious varieties 100-calorie Mint Chocolate, Chocolate Crisp and Blueberry Vanilla varieties, as well as a new 80-calorie Dark Chocolate flavor. The 170-calorie Attune Granola Probiotic Wellness Bar has a light, yogurt-flavored coating and comes in Wild Berry, Strawberry Bliss, Lemon Crème and Mango Peach.  Please believe me when I tell you, totally worth the extra 70 calories, the  yogurt topping is frantically addicting.  I need a Strawberry Bliss every day of my life from now on seriously.

Check out your local Whole Foods or grocer and if you’d like to try one free, head over to the Attune website, they’re giving away 100 bars a day for a limited time!

Boy2001 has gone through almost all of the Kumon line.  They’ve been fun, sometimes challenging but interesting and most of all educational.    Now that I’m looking for more workbooks for girl2004 I’m getting sticker shock!  I guess that’s why I’ve been hanging out at the dollar store so much, they’ve got some great workbooks there for just a $1.  So the short of it is, I love the Kumon line but they are a bit pricey at $7 each!

I’m just now getting the newsflash that June is Junie B. Jones month.  After a full school year of seeing these books in boy2001’s hand I’ve come to accept the fact that I may not always understand his reading choices. 

Maybe I should even care if it motivates him to get through a chapter book in a few hours! He thinks they’re funny…  what do you think, is any reading good reading? 

There are some cute activities on Junie’s page.

My little girls have cute but high maitenance curls.  Basically, I HAVE to shampoo their hair in the morning if I want them to have light bouncy curls.  If I wash at night and let them sleep on it, or even if I braid it, the result is the same, flattenned out, lackluster curls in the morning.

Washing their hair almost every morning is one thing, combing through it is another.  Especially girl2004’s hair because it’s very long.  She has a lot of thin curly hair.  I’ve used grown up treatments on her with some success.  The only problem is if they were leave in, they weighed her hair down, or made it feel greasy. 

Cutie Pie Curls detangles almost on contact, it’s amazing.  It turned a 40 minute job into a 20 minute job.  No fuss or crying.

No parabens, no SLS, no DEA, no formaldehyde, no petroleum.  Also free of artifical fragrances and alcohol.

Cutie Pie Curlz’ Ingredients:

Water, aloe vera gel, lecithin (from soybeans), behentrimonium metroculfate (from canola oil), wheat amino acid, sodium PCA (an amino acid), grapefruit seed extract, allantoin (from comfrey root), panthenol (provitamin B5), honey extract, natural fragrances/essential oils of: pomegranate & lavender, alpha bisabolol (from chamomile)

Combine Cutie Pie Curlz with Kiddo Kream, read my Kiddo Kream review

oopsy Daisy! isn’t that the absolute cutest name ever?  I can’t stand it, soo adorable! 

I have been using oopsy Daisy!  beautiful baby Kiddo Kream Moisturizer on girl 2006 and girl2004 and loving it.  It is a luxurious cream that smells so good, it spreads like liquid silk and absorbs into baby’s skin fast. 

It would be good anytime but we usually do our moisturizing after bedtime bath.  Kiddo Kream has a very fresh all-natural scent smelling like lavender fields on a hot sunny day - at the same time it’s very calming and soothing.

Kiddo Kream is safe for baby too, no parabens, no SLS, no DEA, no formaldehyde, no petroleum. No artificial fragrances and dyes.  I love how soft the girls’ skin has been since using oopsy Daisy! 

FYI, the oopsy Daisy!  Kiddo Kream Ingredients:

Water, shea butter, carnauba wax (from carnauba palm), jojoba oil, carbomer (vegetable cellulose), grapeseed extract, natural fragrance/essential oils of: sweet pea, grapefruit and lavender, aloe vera leaf extract, vegetable squalene (from olive oil). 

If your babe has curly hair check out my next oopsy Daisy! review 

Boy2001 was beyond thrilled when I told him he’d be reviewing GoPets Vacation Island! on his Nintendo DS!  I guess most kids would be, right? on top of a new game he got extra time to play, usually he doesn’t get to play during the week unless there’s a day off from school.  It was a real treat. 

 At first he was totally lost with the game.  It took him about an hour to figure out what he needed to do and the concept of taking care of the pet.  He likened Vacation Island! to his Tamagochi (which he still loves off and on).  He understood the concept of collecting shells and being able to buy stuff for his pets.  He also understood the social aspect of adding friends a la Facebook, Mashable, Gather which really surprised me, guess he’s been observing more than I thought!  There is a wireless feature to the game which we didn’t have time to get into, can you believe he’s still got a week of school because of all the snow days?!

From a mom’s perspective, I like the fact that there are some little games that keep him busy for just a few minutes at a time.  I also like the idea of taking care of something and even considering the financial aspects of keeping a pet (spending shells).  Boy2001’s favorite part is cooking the food at the amusement area.  Kids choose a recipe, then they are given a virtual stovetop and wok, they have to follow the recipe as it appears on the screen.  Controlling the flame, slicing and dicing the food images and adding them to the wok with condiments but the most important part — the stirring, he really enjoyed doing that so the food wouldn’t burn (a common complaint when mommy cooks!)

He really enjoyed reviewing GoPets Vacation Island! it was a very positive experience.  The only bad thing he did mention was that he didn’t like the bow on his pets tail because it looked too girly.  I didn’t investigate how to get it off but I’m sure it can so I’m thinking it’s just slightly over his head age wise… Something tells me he’s going to get lots of summer vacay time with the GoPets and be a pro by the time school’s back in session!

*I will provide an update in a few days about the wireless feature* with a link here.

I love collecting sea glass!  It’s so much fun and good exercise too! we just came back from another stroll on the beach.  We came home early because it was just too hot!  so here I am sending out these little pics of some of my favorite sea glass pieces.  If you want to see more sea glass? be my guest.  I tried to make the pictures larger but couldn’t upload them for some reason which is unusual. 

I don’t normally wash my sea glass but maybe I will next time they get their picture taken.  There is so much sand stuck to them.  Anyway, enjoy!

Check out a site where moms can remain anonymous… sounds good to me!  Vent out your stories and feelings, cheaper than therapy for sure!  enjoy anonymous mom!!