The Spirit of Giving: Quick Ideas to Give and Brighten Someone's Day

 

People talk a lot about Christmas in July, you have probably heard it mentioned at some point.  Mompact has teamed up Boogie Wipes, Spin Kindness, and Kandoo for a Summer Spirit of Giving event that is sure to bring a little cheer to all who participate!  There are lots of ways to join in - virtual giving tree, huge sales and community kindness projects.

Speaking of community kindness projects, there are tons of great ideas for you to jump start your kindness now.  Why wait for December?  Here are a few ideas: volunteer, gather cans for your local food bank, read at a nursing home or set up a winter volunteer project during the summer handing out socks, make welcome packs for new teachers, have a mini summer toy drive, have your kids make cards with messages of hope and hand them out wherever you go....

It is fairly hot in the summers here in Texas.  The kids and I decided to hand out water bottles during a hot day for our Summer Kindness project.  We printed out labels and the girls made pictures to give them a personal touch.  We attached them to 24 water bottles and we plan to give them out this week as we are out and about.  We hope to bless people as we distribute these bottles!

 The labels B made.

 Water bottles ready to hand out.

 A close up view...

Please join Mompact for a Twitter party next week on Thursday, August 13th.  You will get to discuss the spirit of giving and ways that you can be involved and more!  They will be giving out lots of prizes from their sponsors so be sure to show up and participate, use #SSofGiving.  I hope to see you there!

Oh, and be sure to enter the awesome #SSGiving Giveaway going on now.  Support the event sponsors and awesome mom business owners by following them on social media and gaining entries into the giveaway, a win-win.

Toopy and Binoo

Disclosure:  I received Toopy and Binoo products in exchange for a post about the show.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Have you heard of Toopy and Binoo?  It is a fun animated series that follows the adventures of Toopy (a tall and friendly mouse) and his best friend, Binoo (a tiny and lovable white cat).  This series inspires preschoolers ages 2 to 6 to expand their creativity while reinforcing positive values such as friendship, good manners, creative thinking and humor (even my older kids enjoyed watching Toopy and Binoo).  Already a hit in Canada, Toopy and Binoo is now available for the first time ever to US audiences exclusively through their official YouTube channel:  http://www.youtube.com/user/toopyandbinootv.  This channel features more than 100 full, five-minute episodes, each with laughs and stories the whole family will enjoy. 

 E with our Toopy and Binoo plush dolls.

Binoo, always logical and perceptive, is the perfect sidekick for Toopy and his vivid imagination and spontaneous zest for life.  Talkative Toopy loves to chat about the duo's fun adventures.  Thoughtful Binoo keeps his lips zipped but gets his point across with playful gestures and actions.  My kids loved that Toopy understands Binoo without him having to say a word!  And Toopy's imagination is stellar.  One of our favorite episodes is Pet Palace.  D loved all the imaginary pets, especially the Turtle Bird.  The kids and I enjoyed watching it together and laughed through most of it!  We look forward to watching more of the episodes together.

You can connect with Toopy and Binoo on their YouTube Channel here, twitter here and find them on facebook here.

And later today you can join Toopy and Binoo for a fun Twitter Party to learn more about the show and win wonderful prizes!!  The party is today, Thursday, February 20^th at 1:00PM and is hosted by @ResourcefulMom.  Follow #ToopyandBinoo to participate.  I hope to see you there!

Nuby Twitter Party Tonight

Join Nuby tonight for their #nubycomfort twitter party!  The party is from 9-10pm EST so from 8-9pm around my neck of the woods.  There will be prizes and fun to be had.  Hope to see you there!  And be sure to follow me on twitter here (I will follow back of course :)).