Award Winning DieHappy App Connects & Strengthens the Relationships that Mean the Most!

* This post is brought to you by DieHappy. All opinions are mine. *

In a world of constant social media and endless sharing of personal info, sometimes I wish I could share my children's special moments and pictures with just the ones I know care the most - my close friends and family. If you feel like me and you are tired of the world seeing every move you make, then check out DieHappy, a personal social media app that helps you make plans and privately group share photos with your most important people!

DieHappy launched in early 2016 and is the only app that combines the ability to make plans with friends and privately group photo share, encouraging users to be more intentional in planning and sharing life’s moments. It is the brainchild of Boyer, the founder of Snagajob who was named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Person of the Year in 2008.

DieHappy is designed to help users strengthen the relationships that matter most by bringing back true sharing of both the mundane and special moments. This is done in 3 ways.

1. Make plans with loved ones through an easy to use date polling feature that syncs to your calendar and keeps details related to those plans in one place.
2. Photos taken from these moments can be uploaded as a group and shared with the people you choose, with the ability to like, comment, etc.
3. You now have a calendar photo timeline of all of your moments, which also includes reminders of your loved ones special dates and wishlists for advance notification. Users can also create those “someday” and “bucket list” plans in the app.

I really like that DieHappy encourages me and others to be intentional in who we share our special moments with and it helps me connect with those I love most! It makes it so easy for me to plan birthday parties, get togethers and so much more!

And some really exciting news - DieHappy has recently been named one of the best apps of 2016!!! The Best Mobile App Awards honored DieHappy with the Silver Award in the highly competitive Best Overall App of 2016 category.

If you are looking for a way to get organized, connect with family and friends and share special moments with only loved ones that truly care, then try out DieHappy today!

Buy It:

You can get the DieHappy app from the iTunes store.

* This post is brought to you by DieHappy. All opinions are mine. *

NEW Must Have Parenting App: Milestones from @lyfeline_corp

This post is brought to you by Lyfeline Corporation. All opinions are mine. This really is a great parenting app!

Even as a parent of three children, I still worry sometimes if my children are developmentally where they need to be, especially when my children are babies!

If you are like me and need a little reassurance or help knowing how your baby is doing in their development, then you have got to check out one of my new favorite apps, Milestones! I have been on it every day since I downloaded it learning new things about my little guy, getting advice how I can help him develop appropriately and learning lots of great parenting tips!

Milestones provides a first ever opportunity for parents to track their child’s development directly on a smartphone. Working with researchers and pediatricians from Stanford and USCF, Lyfeline Corporation has developed a solution that enables parents to analyze, track, and promote their child's development through their smartphone. In the 2 months since the invite-only soft launch, over 10,000 parents are using Milestones to realize their child’s full potential.

Utilizing an American Academy of Pediatrics recommended series of development questions, parents gain an in-depth look into their child’s fine and gross motor, language, social and self-help progression. Parents also receive percentile benchmarking relative to the child’s age group.

It was really interesting to see the results for my 19 month old son. He was right on track in some areas, ahead in others and a little behind in areas like verbal and small motor. But what's great is that the app then gives me great activities and tips on how to help my son develop more in these areas.

Utilizing assessment results, Milestones creates a targeted program tailored to the child’s developmental needs and forthcoming milestones. Derived from leading edge research and proven medical practice, parents are provided fun activities and information cards that encourage healthy growth.

I really enjoyed learning about and trying the hundreds of fun, age-appropriate activities created by pediatricians that were specifically targeted at promoting healthy development in my son. I have already seen them working and I love watching my son learn new things!

Plus, Milestones offers some FUN regular weekly contests where users can win Amazon and Target Gift Cards, just for using the app! So not only do you get to learn about your child and help them, but you get to have some fun doing it! :)

There's no denying it, Lyfeline's Milestones is a true parenting game changer. Make sure to head to your app store and check it out! It is FREE and is one of the only pediatrician recommended parenting apps that offers Personalized Child Development Assessments! Find out how your child is doing and even get the tools to help them!

Buy It:

You can purchase the Milestones app for FREE from the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store ; in-app Monthly Subscription Premium feature package available

* This post is brought to you by Milestones. All opinions are mine. This really is a great parenting app!*

Encourage Exploration & Fun in Safari Tales

This post is brought to you by Safari Tales. All opinions are mine!

Looking for an app game that is both educational and fun for your kids? 

Then let me introduce you to Safari Tales, a game that is truly unique as it encourages exploration in reading and vocabulary skills by engaging kids in a fantastic 3D game which casts the player as both adventurer and storyteller.

In Safari Tales, kids join five baby animal friends as they explore a vast African savannah teeming with wildlife, mini games to master and artefacts and relics to discover and collect. Throughout their in-game adventures, kids learn countless facts and figures about the various environments, their inhabitants and items they encounter on their way, building knowledge and enhancing reading skills.

At the end of each play session, SAFARI TALES uses patented technology to convert children’s adventures, discoveries and achievements into an incredible interactive storybook. Each new tale can be saved and stored to be read over and again with parents and loved ones, strengthening literacy, reasoning and enquiry skills.

I don't like to have my kids play too many games but if I really need a moment of quiet or need them to sit still, this is the game I would choose! First of all, they LOVE anything to do with the jungle or jungle animals so they love all the animal characters in this game! I love watching their stories unfold and their eyes light up and they love learning new facts about animals and their environments along with their personalized storybooks at the end of their adventure!

Aimed at children aged between four and ten, SAFARI TALES has been developed in conjunction with pupils and teachers, to ensure that content is age-appropriate and gameplay fun.

Buy It:

You can purchase Safari Tales for $3.99 from these app stores:

• iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/safari-tales/id1003842599?mt=8
• Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuatostudios.safaritales&hl
• Amazon: http://www.amazon.ca/Kuato-Studios-Safari-Tales/dp/B011VCDF7A

* This post is brought to you by Safari Tales. All opinions are mine!*

Save Money & Get Organized When Shopping with @keyringapp & Giveaway

This post is brought to you by the Key Ring app. All opinions are mine and I definitely LOVE to save money!

With three children under five, when I go out shopping with all three, I tend to be a bit forgetful. I am usually happy if I can just remember my wallet! I am big on saving money and usually have gift cards, coupons and sales in mind to bring along but, sadly, I usually forget them or lose them.

So when I was recently introduced to the Key Ring app, I was in organizing and money saving heaven!

Seriously, if you like to save money, keep track of sales at your favorite and local sales, and keep track of your loyalty cards and gift cards in one place, then the Key Ring app is definitely for YOU!

Available on both Google Play and the App Store, Key Ring app is the #1 mobile app for loyalty cards and shopping. Key Ring users plan, save, and organize by digitally carrying their cards, accessing hundreds of weekly ads and coupons, and creating digital shopping lists – all in one app.

Key Ring’s mission is to make shopping less of a hassle. The app was created for utility. It makes saving money at the store effortless by having shoppers’ loyalty cards and other money saving deals right at their fingertips. No more digging through your wallet or forgetting your cards at home. With Key Ring, you always have savings in store.

This app is seriously a must-have for all money savers! It has everything you need to stay organized, keep track of gift cards and all those loyalty cards you always forget when shopping and find the sales at your favorite stores!

Let's start with all those gift cards and loyalty cards that are cluttering your wallet and making it bulky and unable to close! Key Ring quickly and easily scans in the cards, keeps track of them and you can even take a picture to remember what your gift card looks like! You will have them at a touch of a button wherever and whenever you need them!

Key Ring is used by more than 12 million shoppers who have securely stored more than 60 million loyalty cards. Loyalty cards are securely backed up in the cloud with free account creation and over 2,000 loyalty programs are housed in Key Ring’s loyalty database.

Then comes your instant access to the latest sales and coupons from your local stores! Just enter your location and in seconds it pulls up all your local ads! It is simply amazing! This app has quickly and easily helped me find great sales around me just with the touch of a button! And on top of that, I can quickly add all the items I want to buy to my grocery list so I never have to worry about forgetting that again at home or forgetting what I needed to write down (it happens more than I want to admit!).

Over 150 weekly ads are easy to browse with Key Ring’s unique page flip experience. Shoppers can seamlessly build lists in the app and items from weekly ads can be added in one click. Search feature makes finding the best prices (at the closest stores) simple. Curated coupons from hundreds of local and national retailers available in the app.

So if you are a busy person but still like to save money wherever and whenever you shop, then the Key Ring app is definitely the one for you! In seconds, you can be organized, find the best sales in your area and even create your shopping list...all in the touch of a couple buttons.

This app is definitely a must on my phone and will be recommended to all my friends and family!

Buy It: 

You can get the Key Ring app on both Google Play and the App Store for FREE! Available for: iOS (requires iOS7 or higher) and Android (requires 4.0 or higher)

Win It:

Key Ring app is generously offering (1) $50 App Store gift card to a lucky winner!

Enter here for a chance to win:

(1) $50 App Store gift card

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* This post is brought to you by the Key Ring app. All opinions are mine and I definitely LOVE to save money!*

Fulfill Every Tech Lover's Holiday Wish List‏!

A product was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.

The latest "smart home" appliances are sure to make every tech lover's holiday wish list this year! Check out these awesome smart home innovations below:

Crock-Pot® Smart Slow Cooker WeMo Enabled

Made for the connected consumer, the Crock-Pot® Smart Slow Cooker Enabled by WeMo brings innovation to mealtime! Now, consumers can control their slow cooker from anywhere using the free WeMo app on their smart device. This connected solution delivers enhanced control, convenience, and flexibility to consumers with even the most hectic schedules.

Enjoying a double-header at the baseball field? Simply open the WeMo app on your smart phone and extend the cooking time or adjust the temperature to warm so dinner is ready when you are. The six-quart capacity has one-touch controls and three heat setting options. Plus, the stoneware and lid are both dishwasher safe.

MSRP: $129.99

Mr. Coffee® Smart Coffee Maker WeMo Enabled

Control the coffeemaker from your bed… or anywhere! With busy, ever-changing schedules, consumers can now have their coffee ready when they are! The Mr. Coffee® Smart Coffee Maker Enabled by WeMo boasts innovative technology that allows consumers the flexibility to program individual brew times up to seven days a week.

Now, consumers can adjust the brew start time for the first cup of the day from anywhere, anytime using the WeMo app, meaning you can snooze and brew even if your schedule changes on the weekend. Use easy notifications as personal reminders so you remember to set up your coffee maker and add water or grounds so coffee is ready when you want it. The coffee maker features a 10-cup thermal carafe, a beautiful high polished finish, and a Wi-Fi symbol to confirm connectivity.

MSRP: $149.99

Holmes® Whole House Smart Humidifier WeMo Enabled

During the winter months, consumers can easily manage home humidity levels to ensure they are always at the optimum level. Programmable with the touch of a button, this humidifier provides humidity for spaces up to 2,500 square feet for whole home, whole family comfort!

With a 60-hour runtime – the longest in the industry– there’s no constant refilling of tanks during the harsh winter months. And a filter reminder conveniently reminds consumers when to reorder and even allows for easy purchase with a “buy now” app function. With five different levels for customized comfort, this smart humidifier also features an automatic shut-off, dry-out mode, plus water refill and check filter indicators.

MSRP: $199.99

* Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.*

Save Money This Fall with Shopular!

This post is brought to you by Shopular. All opinions are mine. 

If you are anything like me, you LOVE to save money whether it is with a sale price, garage sale, or coupon! These days, most people don't get the newspaper to clip coupons out like they used to. But people do have smartphones with apps and that is a great way to find and use coupons these days!

If you are looking to save money this fall, check out Shopular, a hot new mobile shopping and couponing app designed to make retail deal-hunting easier than ever before! It has the very best retail bargains – from the TOP national brands!

The Shopular app is FREE to download from both the iPhone iTunes Store and for Android. For shoppers everywhere, hurried in the rush of everyday activities, it will serve as an absolutely invaluable on-the-go mobile partner and a shopper's BFF.

Shopular, named by Time.com as one of the “50 Best iPhone Apps,” is easy to use for anyone with a smart phone device. Shopular, which now has 4 million users, connects with users via mobile alerts, while they’re on their actual shopping excursion. The app quickly tells users about savings offers, while they’re on the doorstep of their favorite retail stores – retail outlets that the consumers themselves have hand-selected as their “favorites.”

The difference from other couponing tools out there?

• No unwanted spam.
• No more sifting through hundreds of aggregated digital coupon offers that the consumer has no interest in.
• Just the best deals and top offers from the hottest retail brands that the consumer has selected.
• Shopular has offers for 40,000 retail locations across the U.S. – and from all of the top brands holiday shoppers will absolutely love.

So this fall, as the kids head back to school and money may be tight, save a little with Shopular with ease and convenience....right on your phone!

Buy It: 

The app is FREE to download from both the iPhone iTunes Store and for Android

Win It: 

Shopular is generously offering (1) $50 gift card (to any of the top-10 retailers that partner with Shopular: Target, Walmart, Kohl's, Bath and Body Works, Best Buy, Victoria's Secret, Starbucks, Macy's, Old Navy, or Walgreens) to a lucky winner!

Enter here for a chance to win:

(1) $50 Gift Card 
to any of the top-10 retailers that partner with Shopular: (Target, Walmart, Kohl's, Bath and Body Works,Best Buy, Victoria's Secret, Starbucks, Macy's, Old Navy, or Walgreens)


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* This post is brought to you by Shopular. All opinions are mine. *

Get Potty Training Help with the Me-ify Potty Star App!

This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Me-ify Potty Star and MomSelect. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Although I have potty trained before with my first child, my daughter is very different than my son and potty training is not going as well this time around. Although my daughter LOVES to sit on the potty, she has not actually gone on the toilet yet and I feel like I have tried everything already. For now, we have stalled the potty training and I think I will try again in a month or so when she is a little older.

And when I do start again, I am going to be prepared because I have the handy, dandy Me-ify Potty Star app and my daughter is going to love doing it with me, designing a little character that looks like her, reading the potty book, and earning rewards on the app!

I really love that the Me-ify Potty Star is the all-inclusive potty training tool for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch! This comprehensive app features a personalized eBook starring your child, 5 interactive potty games, 5 original potty songs, a reusable star rewards chart and helpful potty training tips. Developed with parenting expert Julie A. Ross and created by the producers of PBS KIDS preschool television hits, Super Why! and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, this app offers a rich and engaging learning experience that is based on developmentally appropriate potty training techniques.

Check out the app in the YouTube video below:

My favorite aspects are the rewards chart and the potty training tips for parents. The rewards chart is a great way to reward my daughter when she does go potty on the toilet without having to make a reward being food, candy or anything unhealthy. The tips are so helpful even with this being my second time around potty training. I can always learn more and I loved reading these tips and refreshing my memory on great tips for potty training!

My daughter loves to listen to the story, especially since it is starring her, and the games and songs are fun and also a great reward for going potty too!

Overall, this is a great potty training app for first time parents, second or third time potty training parents! There are great tips, fun stories and games, and children will love potty training when you use this app!

Buy It: You can purchase the Me-ify Potty Star app for $1.99 from iTunes.

* "This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Me-ify Potty Star and MomSelect. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

PlayTown: My Story Maker

This is a sponsored post by PlayTown.

I can definitely say that my son is the "creative" type! He is constantly making believe, making up stories, and pretending! He has ALWAYS been a good pretender as long as I can remember and it makes for a very fun (and funny!) day everyday!

So when I saw the PlayTown: My Story Maker app, I knew it would be the perfect app to get on my phone for my son to play where he could use his full imagination! PlayTown: My Story Maker is a wonderful new app for kids, ages 3-9 and it allows kids to create, personalize and narrate stories while bringing their imagination to life!

This app has so many fun aspects to it, including the ability to create, personalize, narrate and share your own stories in Play Town using a cast of lovable characters, stages, music, props and even your own photos and drawings!

Here’s how PlayTown works:

• Begin your story by selecting an Adventure Play Set; play sets can range from traveling to playing sports to even exploring outer space!
• My Story Maker invites you to create and build adventures, select your own stages, props, accessories and cast of lovable characters—such as princesses, monsters and jungle friends—and even use personal photos and drawings!
• When completed, see your creation with the play back feature and share with family and friends within the app.

My son had so much fun dressing up his character, picking out hat to put on him and then he got to record him on stage being silly. Then we had a good laugh looking back at the video he made and I loved how creative he could be!

What's also great is there are a bunch of additional Adventure Play Sets available (for free!!) that allow you to use your imagination and share stories about travelling to different countries, playing sports and adventuring into outer space.

My son also had fun dressing up these characters:

So if you are looking for a fun new app for your imaginative child or you want to foster the imagination in your child, download PlayTown for FREE and get the laughs and fun started to day!

Buy It: You can purchase PlayTown for FREE for Android and iOS and includes 3 Adventure Play Sets from the PlayTown website. Additional play sets can be purchased for $1.99 each

* I received a promotional item in exchange for posting my review. All opinions are mine!*

Curious George's Town App & Giveaway

A product/compensation was given for review for my honest opinion. 

These days, many parents pull out an iPad or iPhone when they need their child to sit quietly at a restaurant, plane ride, or other quiet area. Why not entertain them with a game that is not only fun but also educational!

If you are looking for a new game for your iPad or iPhone, check out the new Curious George's Town! It was developed for pre-school to kindergarten-aged children and it has so many great aspects like teaching math, counting, and how to save money!

Curious George's Town aims to teach children smart saving and spending habits while engaging kids in creating a virtual world complete with roller coasters, dinosaurs and farm animals. By accomplishing real-world and in-app challenges, children earn virtual coins they can use to purchase a variety of items to create their very own town. Based on the principle of deferred gratification, the app introduces the concepts of strategic planning and careful spending in order to accomplish a goal.

The app features a unique reward chart that parents and caregivers can customize by assigning a specific coin value to a list of real-world tasks – such as cleaning up toys – incentivizing children to complete real-life responsibilities. Kids can also supplement their stockpile of virtual savings by tackling in-app educational games such as alphabetizing books at Curious George’s library and collecting the correct items at the grocery store. Guided and narrated by the convivial Man with the Yellow Hat, the fun and engaging app also reinforces concepts like spelling, reading and matching.

I love that this game offers real-life tasks and ideas and then rewards! This inspires a sense of achievement and confidence for every child that plays the game! I love watching my son's face light up every time he completes a task and gets rewarded! So fun! And then he feels really special when HE gets to choose how to spend his hard earned "money"!

‘Curious George’s Town’ is the latest release in a series of mobile apps featuring HMH’s iconic Curious George character. Part of the new ‘Curious About’ series, ‘Town’ was preceded by ‘Curious About Shapes & Colors’ – this month’s Children’s Technology Review Editors’ Pick - and ‘Draw with Curious George.’ The series was created by the same HMH team that developed ‘Curious George at the Zoo’, which was recently inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.

Check out this demo of ‘Curious George’s Town for an inside look into the game:

Buy It: You can purchase ‘Curious George’s Town’ for iPad and iPhone in the App Store for $3.99.

Win It: (1) Curious George gift pack (including a free app download, Curious George Builds A Home (or another paperback CG title) and the Curious George Travel Activity Kit containing: A classic book, 3 stories on CD, an activity book, a card game, stickers and double-sided crayons.)  to a lucky winner!

Enter here for a chance to win:

(1) Curious George gift pack 
(including a free app download, Curious George Builds A Home (or another paperback CG title) and the Curious George Travel Activity Kit containing: A classic book, 3 stories on CD, an activity book, a card game, stickers and double-sided crayons.) 


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*Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion. I also received compensation for posting.*

TouchDox

* This post is brought to you by TouchDox. All opinions are 100% mine. *

Do you have problem keeping track of all your important documents like passport, birth certificate, medical records, or warranty for that expensive new fridge? I know I do especially with all the moves we have made in the last 10 years! Well, join me in NEVER ever losing your important documents again!

Check out the FREE new App called TouchDox which is now available to help you save, organize and retrieve your critical life documents, whenever and wherever you need them. No more turning your house upside down, fumbling through drawer upon drawer, looking for important documents.

TouchDox serves as a virtual personal assistant—helping you to manage digital and paper documents, even providing reminders when certain documents like bills need to be addressed.

Available as a web app, mobile app for Android devices, and now the iPhone, TouchDox offers users the peace of mind that their critical documents are safe, secure and accessible at a moment’s notice.

With Touchdox, you can add the physical location of your original copy, add alerts (which can be attached to any documents) and scan documents instantly from your phone, and many other features which not only will save you time, but will help you organize and access your documents better.

Plus, they are hosting their first iPad giveaway ending August 31st for signing up for Touchdox.

So HURRY OVER to www.TouchDox.com, sign-up and get started—and organized—for FREE!
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* This post is brought to you by TouchDox. All opinions are 100% mine. *

NEW Jack Be Natural App

A gift card was given in exchange for posting. No other compensation was given.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYONE!!! 

I am so excited to celebrate this special day in our country's history by sharing exciting news from one of my favorite natural/organic online stores: Jack Be Natural! 

Their exciting news is that they are now offering a FREE App now available on iTunes & Android. This App provides access to shop at ease on JackBeNatural.com, links to social media, special deals & discounts, & more! After downloading the app, you'll be given the choice to allow "push notifications". This will allow you to get a notification directly to your app when JBN posts a message and you'll never miss a deal! And soon it will also include a Live Feed to NaturalIntuition.com & some more exciting features!!

Just click on whatever system below that you would like to download the app from: 

Apple Code:

Google Code:

As if that isn't exciting enough, Jack Be Natural is also offering a 4th of July Promotion! 

Just make a purchase of $75 or more and get a FREE gift of your choice valued up to $10! Just redeem by entering code FREEGIFT10 (Case Sensitive).

If your purchase is $175 or more choose a gift of your choice up to $25 in value. Redeem by entering code FREEGIFT25 (Case Sensitive).

Your order total must meet the minimum amount AFTER the coupon code has been redeemed as well as any Jack's Cash Rewards or store credit you wish to use on your purchase. Simply add to your cart the item you want for your free gift and when you enter the code the appropriate amount will be deducted from your total. You can choose any item in our store for your gift, the coupon code will deduct the appropriate, $10 or $25 amount, from your order total.

As always, make sure to follow Jack Be Natural on their social media sites for all their fun and exciting news and announcements:

www.facebook.com/JackBeNatural
www.twitter.com/JackBeNatural
www.pinterest.com/JackBeNatural

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* Disclosure - I received a gift card in exchange for posting. No other compensation was given.*