Otrio the fun family game for all ages!

Otrio combines critical -thinking, tactile play and strategy into a fast-paced exciting game for all!

Win Otrio for YOUR home! Giveaway details are at the bottom! 

Our favorite thing to do as a family is play games. My kids have always loved playing games and as they got older I wondered if that would change. To be honest, they like to play games even MORE now that they are older. This Christmas my gift-giving strategy for them is GAMES. I have been on the hunt for great games. Spin Master contacted me and gave me some information about their Otrio game and I knew it would be a game ALL of my kids would love.

You all know tic-tac-toe. It’s a fun game to play. It’s fast and it’s all about strategy. Take tic-tac-toe and bump it up about 50 notches and you have Otrio! Instead of only two players like tic-tac-toe, Otrio lets up to FOUR players compete. And instead of having only one way to win like tic-tac-toe, Otrio gives players THREE ways to win. There are three ways to get three-in-a-row —  three of the same size, three of ascending or descending size, three in the same space.

You add in more players and more ways to win and you have a really quick game that is super fun to play and it’s engaging and challenging so it keeps you on your toes! There are so many ways to win that it makes being sneaky easy.

Otrio the fun family game for all ages!

The first thing I was drawn to when I opened the Otrio game was the big beautiful wood game board and colorful rings. The board is made out of thick bamboo with grooves for the pieces. It gives the game a nice tactile element. There are four different colored rings that fit in the grooves. The colors are nice and can complement a variety of rooms in your home. You could leave Otrio out on your coffee table as a stylish decoration instead of a coffee table book. That way it’s always out and ready for quick games. The game board is sturdy and large too – 11.38 x 11.5 x 2.0. The overall look of the game has a nice, simple Scandinavian feel which I love.

We played with two players and with four. It took us less than ten minutes to play with two players. It makes things exciting when the game goes fast! My mom was in town and she played with us too. We also had a nine-year-old, teens and adults playing together and everyone had a great time. My kids are all going to be home during the holidays and I am so excited to sit around in our jammies and play games all Christmas break!

Replace Your Coffee Table Books with Otrio – A Stylish + Interactive Coffee Table Game

Otrio would make a wonderful family gift. I love that anyone six and up can understand and enjoy playing this game. It’s the perfect family game! Replace those coffee table books with this beautiful, interactive game instead!

To win: 

Just leave a comment on this post! 

I will pick a winner on Saturday 12/23, midnight MST and post the name here! 

Have a Beautiful Day! 

xoxo

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Our Christmas Tradition 15-minute Microwave Caramel Corn Recipe

I love the holidays! One of my favorite parts about Christmas are traditions!! It’s so fun to have family traditions that have been passed down through the generations. And I also love making new traditions that we incorporate into our family!

One of the traditions that we look forward to every year is our annual movie night watching our all-time favorite film — It’s a Wonderful Life! It’s a Wonderful Life is a classic movie showing how one person makes a difference on all of the people in their life.

If you have never seen the film – here is a little synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes and it has a 96% rating on there which is amazing:

This is director Frank Capra’s classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. As the film opens, it’s Christmas Eve, 1946, and George, who has long considered himself a failure, faces financial ruin and arrest and is seriously contemplating suicide. High above Bedford Falls, two celestial voices discuss Bailey’s dilemma and decide to send down eternally bumbling angel Clarence Oddbody (Henry Travers), who after 200 years has yet to earn his wings, to help George out. But first, Clarence is given a crash course on George’s life, and the multitude of selfless acts he has performed: rescuing his younger brother from drowning, losing the hearing in his left ear in the process; enduring a beating rather than allow a grieving druggist (H.B. Warner) to deliver poison by mistake to an ailing child; foregoing college and a long-planned trip to Europe to keep the Bailey Building and Loan from letting its Depression-era customers down; and, most important, preventing town despot Potter (Lionel Barrymore) from taking over Bedford Mills and reducing its inhabitants to penury. Along the way, George has married his childhood sweetheart Mary (Donna Reed), who has stuck by him through thick and thin. But even the love of Mary and his children are insufficient when George, faced with an $8000 shortage in his books, becomes a likely candidate for prison thanks to the vengeful Potter. Bitterly, George declares that he wishes that he had never been born, and Clarence, hoping to teach George a lesson, shows him how different life would have been had he in fact never been born. After a nightmarish odyssey through a George Bailey-less Bedford Falls (now a glorified slum called Potterville), wherein none of his friends or family recognize him, George is made to realize how many lives he has touched, and helped, through his existence; and, just as Clarence had planned, George awakens to the fact that, despite all its deprivations, he has truly had a wonderful life. Capra’s first production through his newly-formed Liberty Films, It’s a Wonderful Life lost money in its original run, when it was percieved as a fairly downbeat view of small-town life. Only after it lapsed into the public domain in 1973 and became a Christmastime TV perennial did it don the mantle of a holiday classic. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

 

I love the quote from the angel in the movie to the main character – he says, “no man is a failure who has friends”. It shows the importance of doing the right thing and being a good person.  It’s a wonderful film to bring in the spirit of the holidays. We usually watch it the week before Christmas. Sometimes we will wrap presents while we watch the movie and enjoy our caramel corn and  Coke®. It really gets us in the mood of the holidays!

Our Christmas Tradition 15-minute Microwave Caramel Corn Recipe

We love making caramel corn to eat while we watch our favorite Christmas movie. It’s a tradition that we having been keeping for a long time. A few years ago I discovered that I can make our caramel corn so much faster in the microwave, and it’s just as delicious as the traditional caramel corn recipe I’ve been making all these years.

We pair our yummy caramel corn with ice-cold Coke® for the perfect pairing. We get our  Coke® at Sam’s Club and it’s so convenient! We add it to our cart and get everything we need for holiday celebrations!

Here’s the recipe for 15-Minute Microwave Caramel Corn. Cook up a batch for the holidays at YOUR home. It’s the perfect easy salty treat to pair with your ice-cold  Coke®!

Our Christmas Tradition 15-minute Microwave Caramel Corn Recipe

Our Christmas Tradition 15-minute Microwave Caramel Corn Recipe

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Here’s how to win:

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What are YOUR family traditions?

Share them with us in the comments!!

xoxo

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The Secret Society of Bubblers

(and its Christmas Adventure Set)

It’s a kids’ Christmas Adventure that teaches kids about the power, importance and magic of kindness.

I’ll show you more about this awesome new holiday kit — how you can save 30% — plus how you can enter to win a Canon DSLR camera from The Secret Society of Bubblers!

This new Christmas adventure for kids instills belief in the Magic of Kindness. What does that mean? Well, the Secret Society of Bubblers teaches kids that being “good” is not about “not being naughty” — it’s about being kind. It’s not about avoiding doing the wrong things — it’s about doing the right things and being kind to others!

Here’s how it works:

• You (the loving, kind parent) get your box in the mail. You’ll remove the magnifying glass and letter — and address the letter to your child– which is from Ozzie, the Great Grand Elf (of the Microscopic Elves!). Stash the rest of the supplies.
• Once you read the letter with your child — delivered as if it were straight from the North Pole — your child will work to do kind things for others. Your child will be able to adopt his or her very own Microscopic Elf, even naming the elf!

• When you notice your child has done kind things, you can leave “B KIND” tokens from the Microscopic Elves — there are 5, and 5 stickers included with the letter so your child can track progress
• Once the five tokens are given to your child — hidden in a clever way as if they were from the Microscopic Elves themselves — on Christmas Eve, the Microscopic Elves will leave the special bubble wand and certificate of achievement so that your child’s Microscopic Elf can return to Santa and share your child’s kindness with the whole world.

Trust me, the package explains it better than I do! This is a quality package, with beautifully printed materials (and adorable illustrations).

Ella has already adopted her Microscopic Elf!
As a mom, I also appreciate how the Secret Society of Bubblers not only promotes kindness in young children but also does it to combat the bullying trend in schools.

You can order your own Secret Society of Bubblers Christmas Adventure Kit 

and save 30%!

Just use this code at checkout: kindmoms

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Good luck and be kind!

xoxo

This post was sponsored by The Secret Society of Bubblers; however, I love this idea and

the opinions are all mine. See my disclosures.

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My family’s ancestor’s are from Denmark and one of the traditions that have been passed down through the generations is making Rice Pudding on Christmas Eve. I remember as a child the excitement as my mom made Rice Pudding and inserted that ONE almond into the pudding. Whoever got the almond in their dish that night received a special Christmas gift!!

I have loved passing this tradition down to my children. We do it every year. I hope they will continue making Danish Rice Pudding with THEIR children and continue this tradition!

My mom made a special recipe book for all of her children about 10 years ago. It contains all of our childhood favorite recipes. I know that if there was a fire, I would grab that book – I use it all the time. Our Danish Rice Pudding Recipe is in that book. (and I love making it throughout the year). It’s yummy to have warmed up for breakfast too!

Danish Rice Pudding:

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 t. salt

2 cups milk, scalded

1/2 t. vanilla

1 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. nutmeg

1/2 cup raisins (optional)

2 cups cooked rice

Directions:

Heat oven to 350-degrees. Beat eggs, sugar and salt slightly to mix. Stir in scalded milk (cook in microwave about 2 minutes). Then add spices and vanilla, plus the raisins and cooked rice. Stir.

Put the dish in another dish filled with hot water. Insert into oven for 45-55 minutes, or until a knife can be inserted into the pudding and come out clean. Take out of oven and let cool. Then serve.

We love making it and serving it for our Christmas Eve Dessert each year.

Tell me — what are YOUR Christmas Traditions?

I would love to know what YOU do to celebrate the season with YOUR family each year!!

Let us know in the comments and you will be entered to win a $200 Target gift card. AWESOME!!!

Another Holiday Tradition we love — making Gingerbread Houses!

Share your favorite holiday tradition for a chance to win a $200 Gift Card from target. One of our family’s favorite holiday traditions is making — and enjoying — rice pudding. It’s been passed down through the generations. My kids love seeing who will get the one almond in the pudding. Whoever gets the almond gets a special Christmas prize!

I am sharing more about our Christmas Tradition and the recipe on my blog.

Tell International Delight what your favorite holiday tradition is for a chance to win a $200 Target gift card from BlogFrog.

Add some cheer to your coffee or baking this season with International Delight’s holiday flavors. Enjoy the taste of Peppermint Mocha, Pumpkin Pie Spice, White Chocolate Raspberry, Vanilla Spiced Rum or Gingerbread Latte and stir up a moment of sweet inspiration.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of International Delight. The opinions expressed by me do not necessarily reflect the view of the International Delight Brand.

xoxo

Three more days!!

Are you ready???

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