Wednesday 30 September 2015

More Hearty Lunches

 More simple hearts for my loves <3

Miss M too yoghurt, strawberries, sandwich and cheerios with tomato sauce in the little container.
Honey took ham & cheese layered heart, sandwich, strawberries, yoghurt and cheerios which hadn't quite thawed out so didn't end up being cut. Oh well!


Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Tuesday 29 September 2015

Illooms Balloons Review

**Brought to you by Nuffnang and Illooms**

Have you heard about the latest trend to hit the party scene? Illooms are more than your average balloon, with a small LED light attached at the top which illuminates when activated, so you can literally light up your celebration!

There's something for everyone in the Illooms range which includes mixed colours, mixed girls colours, happy birthday, faces, multi-coloured marble, pink marble, flashing alien and flashing gnome. I was lucky enough to receive samples of all but have't tried them all out as yet. The girls have been happy enough with the few I've they've played with and these balloons last! The yellow one in this photo was inflated 4 days prior and while the light is now out, the balloon is still kicking along!


^That's where the light is! Thanks Honey for showing us :-)






That's what the Illooms plain mixed balloons are like. Cool, right? And easy enough to blow up which was good news for me!
The lights are meant to last up to 15 hours, but the first one I had seemed to turn off after a few hours.  Every other one has been fine so I'm blaming gremlins!

These flashing gnomes were a little more difficult to inflate and the one I tried didn't flash. Perhaps it has to do with how they are sitting?

Miss M shows us how big they inflate to.

Loving:
  • The easy-pull tab for activating the LED light
  • LED light lasts for up to 15 hours!
  • Available in a variety of themes to help make your celebration memorable
  • The plain mixed Illooms were relatively easy to inflate. I would love to see how they go with machine inflation or helium!
  • They last inflated! So much longer than the regular balloons I have purchased in the past.
  • Available a major retailers Big W, Kmart and Woolworths
  • Illooms comply with global safety regulations and requirements
Loving a little less, but liveable:
  • My flashing gnome didn't flash, but it lit quite well and was still entertaining. I didn't try sitting it different positions too much etc. It was too quickly snavelled away by the munchkins!
  • The odd shaped gnome was difficult to inflate myself, as I find all odd shaped balloons. I'd love to see how these go with machine inflation or helium!
  • I'm not sure if the lights meant to react being tapped. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. Good for conserving battery life or toning down the light, but bad if you're in a mosh-pit and want a steady light ;-).
  • Price point could be a deterrent.
Overall:
I would certainly buy these for a special occasion, they are rather fun! I've already saved some of my samples for Miss M to have a day-time-disco with the best Aunty in the World for school holidays. I really Really want to see how these go with helium!!

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Monday 28 September 2015

Oddball Lunch

 Miss M was treated to a trip to the cinema at her holiday care and they went to see Oddball so I made her an Oddball lunch :-)

Yoghurt, sandwich made with Lunch Punch and food picks.
And an apple penguin.


Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Friday 25 September 2015

July on Instagram

Oops - I missed a month!

Loving a little fun in Miss Ms @nudefoodmovers for tomorrow… #RonaldoChop - do you think she will get it? Last day of Soccer School! Juice in our #juiceinthebox from @boardwalkimports Loving a little #LittleCharleyBear in Honey's @nudefoodmovers for tomorrow… milk in our #juiceinthebox from @boardwalkimports   Mini pies with sauce. Cheese tomatoes and crackers. Charley #cheesart on a jam sandwich. Strawberry Kiwi flowers. Yoghurt. #ilo Loving realising I didn't post today's lunch… this one for Miss M in our @nudefoodmovers and #juiceinthebox from @boardwalkimports Loving my little Honey Bunny's lunch today… #repurpose the egg mold as a sandwich stamp and snack container. It's holding carrot sticks and dip. Milk in our @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox Loving the real thing… oh @hogsbreathcafe *this* is why I love you 😍! Smoked hickory lite, medium well, curlies and Caesar the only thing missing is my fruit tingle but somebody's gotta drive! #lovemylife #hogsbreath Loving that *I* get to choose the serving size with our @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox … have you entered our #giveaway yet? Details at bit.ly/lovingJIB <--- case sensitive 😊 Loving leftovers for my #mummylunch tomorrow… Loving a #photobomb… Miss M is loving her Dinosaur @nudefoodmovers for tomorrow… #iloveNFM #iloveSMASH @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox #JIB Loving Honey's dinosaur themed @nudefoodmovers for tomorrow's daycare lunch… ledtover pasta, dino sandwich, yoghurt, mandarin, lamington treat, muesli bites and milk in her @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox Loving our lunches from today… the girls both had @cutezcute cat 🐱 sandwiches in their @nudefoodmovers and juice in their @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox I used the juice in Miss M's #JIB to treat her peeled/sliced apple 🍎 Honey & I had cheats Loving my lunch for tomorrow… cheat's chicken pie and yoghurt with passionfruit 😍 Loving yours & mine @nudefoodmovers for the girls tomorrow… each has their favourite spread in a @cutezcute octopus sand which, popcorn, octo-dogs, mandarin 'tentacles' and yoghurt in a @sinchies pouch (under the sandwich). Honey has milk while Miss M ask Loving getting back into our @easylunchboxes for the first lunch of the term… we went ice skating this weekend and Miss M did really well and thoroughly enjoyed it so that's the theme here 😊❄️Pepperoni, cheese, crackers. Yoghurt with passio Loving some sweet potato & pear soup in our @kambrookau #soupsimple … how nice is it to finally feel winter!?!? ❄️😃 Loving a catch up… have been a bit off the last few days so have been making super quick and simple lunches… this sweet potato and pear soup with croutons and strawberries for me ☺️🍓 Loving Miss Ms lunch from the other day… I told her a story to help her remember all the things she did on holidays and ended up making it into a lunch 😊 A cow named Sue (name changed to protect the innocent 😉) played soccer on ice skates at da Loving Honey's lunch from the other day… she's into frogs at the moment 🐸 so I used a #lunchpunch on her sandwich and some FooDoodlers. Soup, crackers, ️Pepperoni and cheese, bunny eggy, strawberries and yoghurt and some GoGo juice in her @boardwalki Loving this @easylunchboxes I threw together this morning for Miss M… ️Pepperoni , cheese & crackers; yoghurt with passionfruit, #lunchpunch crown sandwich and strawberries 🍓👑 I'd made a double batch of Gogo juice the other day so that wa Loving this throw together @nudefoodmovers I made for Honey this morning… I'd boiled enough eggs for her for the week (this one was supposed to be crackle but didn't really work) and the pies are store bought freezer lines. The gogo juice in her @boardwal Loving an @easylunchboxes for Miss M tomorrow… she asked for #Tigress again so I got out the FooDoodlers and free handed on her sandwich 😳 Some mini lamingtons from the freezer, yoghurt with passionfruit and milk in her @boardwalkimports #juiceint Loving this simple @nudefoodmovers for Honey tomorrow… the cow #lunchpunch was already out from earlier this week so she got a purple cow, freezer mini lamingtons, freezer Cheerios, yoghurt, mandarin and grapes along with the last of the gogo juice in her Loving an easy @easylunchboxes to end the week… Miss M asked for a #Mantis lunch so I made a quick cheese art to top her Vegemite sandwich 😉. Bikkies & dip, yoghurt with passionfruit, and some mandarin. Brain break is some Gogo juice in her @boardwal Loving seeing @decoraustralia now on Instagram… and then realising I didn't post this pic from our holiday road trip in our #decoraustralia quarters 😊 with water in our @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox Easy clean up for any spills 😉. Loving bringing a #LittleBento to your World… for an in home demonstration of our most popular products email me jackie@littlebentoworld.com Loving having had such a busy weekend with the girls… and that Miss M wanted to help make her lunch for tomorrow! She did the stamping on the sandwich while I gathered everything else 😃. Have you entered our #giveaway for a @boardwalkimports #juice Loving packing lunch while serving dinner… stuffed potatoes inspired by #colesmag Haven't had one for ages! Used our old favourite filling or sour cream, onions, spinach, garlic, bacon and cheese 😍 Along side edamame, roast pumpkin, homemade ch Loving a game of peek-a-boo with Honeys @nudefoodmovers for tomorrow… chicken nuggets with sauce, peek-a-Bo sandwich, peek-a-boo beans (aka edamame), starmmtawberries, yoghurt and milk in her #juiceinthebox She was quite content to sit down and play peek- Loving easy for Miss Ms @easylunchboxes tomorrow… yoghurt, apple, sandwich with #eatme stamp from @colessupermarkets , Nutella/cashew dip and juice in her #juiceinthebox which was used to treat her apple from browning- win win! #colesmag @colesmag_team Loving comfort… nothing like a bowl of tea at lunch to make work feel more homely ☕️ Loving the lunch that goes with that previous post… breakfast for lunch today- sausages & eggs with bread for toasting 😊 Loving some easy inspiration… watching #CuriousGeorge with the girls last night and there's a Dalmatian who likes to run away- guess what ended up in Miss M's @easylunchboxes 😉? Loving simple for Honey today… spaghetti, cheese, cucumber, sandwich, juice, mandarin and grapes, yoghurt 😃 Loving some #BananasInPyjamas in the girls' lunches tomorrow… both have a banana and a @cutezcute Teddy sandwich. Yoghurt. Gogo juice in their #juiceinthebox and some of the extra corn from dinner 😊🍌🌽🐻 Loving my dodgey #Elsa in Miss M's @easylunchboxes for today… with pepperoni, cheese & crackers; snowflake strawberry & kiwi salad and milk in her #juiceinthebox from @boardwalkimports ❄️👀 Loving my lunch for tomorrow… stuffed potatoes with roast pumpkin, peas and corn along with a strawberry heart bouquet with a little cashew/Nutella dip. Potatoes inspired by @colesmag_team Box from @little_bento Loving a @cutezcute robot in our @easylunchboxes for Miss M tomorrow… with strawberries, crackers, pepperoni & cheese; yoghurt in our @sinchies and milk in our @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox Loving Honey's @nudefoodmovers for tomorrow… beetroot, strawberries, @cutezcute robot sandwich, milky #juiceinthebox , @colesmag_team inspired stuffed potato and yoghurt 😄 #iloveSMASH #iloveNFM #colesmag Loving something a little fishy in Honey's @nudefoodmovers today… Loving something a little fishy in Miss M's @easylunchboxes today… Loving yet another way to enjoy @hogsbreathcafe Smoked Hickory sauce… pumpkin muffin pizzas for my lunch today! Loving leftovers… that's lunch for tomorrow sorted! Loving a tigeriffic lunch for Miss M… are you celebrating #internationaltigerday ? We are! With @easylunchboxes @cutezcute and #juiceinthebox from @boardwalkimports Loving a belated #internationaltigerday lunch for Honey… in her @nudefoodmovers with @cutezcute and @boardwalkimports #juiceinthebox #iloveSMASH #iloveNFM #nudefoodmovers Loving the end of the week… seriously, is it wine o'clock yet? #schoollunch #easylunchboxes #easylunchbox @easylunchboxes
Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.
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