Archive for May, 2009

May 30 2009

Do you love kids designer jeans? Quick… hurry!

Published by Elizabeth under Kids and Fashion

~ TikiBoo Kids ~

Featured Blog/Business

Do you want TikiBoo Kids to revamp your old jeans and create a designer jeans for your little one?  have you entered?

eiffeljeans

oooh   you must hurry!  You have til midnight to get your entry in.

See here for full details.

This is a great project to turn your old jeans into a designer creation… c’mon… you can do it!  Look through that pile of clothes you are about to turf or giveaway….   got a great old clothing that’s too small for your little one… but love it still?  use it to create these gorgeous designer jeans.   Even better is… it can be classed as your own designer label too!

Are you like me… not good with the creativity or sewing?   Enter into the blog comments and you could be a winner!

Tikiboo kids will notify us after closing date who the lucky one is!!   oooh so exciting!

warmly

elizabeth xx

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May 29 2009

KooL KidZ – A Winter Wonder

Published by Elizabeth under KooL KidZ

Hi there,
 Here is a picture of my two kidlets, showing off their winter LaToriana purchases and out in style in Castlemaine and Bendigo recently!
(Ruben loves the Lambykins Urban set of cap and blanket  and loves wearing and playing with his Cheeky Little  Soles shoes as you can see above)
Skye is 4 and Ruben is 8 months old. People keep stopping me everywhere to ask about her Three Little Trees duffel coat  (below) and her warm pink Tea Princess hat.
 
Skye loves practical comfy clothes, going out for hot chocolates, is an apple eating freak, does colouring and puzzles and loves riding her scooter around our kitchen. Her favourite foods are roast anything with veges and gravy. Ruben loves his ball with holes in it for easy holding and a squeaky monkey and adores his Aussie rules footy. He is the only boy in our families so he has to! They adore each
other. Ruben seems to love white fish blended with any vege.
A funny story recently:
Whilst eating an icecream, Skye started to politely giggle when a man came and sat down behind me. She tried so hard to stop but the harder she tried the worse it got! I turned and saw a poor man with an enlarged eyeball. She concentrated on her icecream and was very polite but we got up to leave anyway. I asked her to talk to me about it, about why she found it funny. After clearly feeling uncomfortable she stated “that man back there, I think he was playing Eye Spy with my Big Eye!!”
Our favourite recipe is french toast or

This MEATLOAF

which satisfies all: Blend for Ruben, tomato sauce for Skye and veges for us:

500g lean mince
1 cup lowfat cottage cheese
1/2 cup oatbran
1 beaten egg
1 medium onion

1/4 cup of finely chopped capsicumIf YOU have a great tip, recession buster, saving money advice or a great recipe… send it in. 

2 stalks chopped celery

2 tbsp flax seeds

1 crushed garlic clove

1/2 teaspoon salt

pepper to taste

SIMPLY

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl, spread into a baking dish so about

2 inches high, spray with olive oil and place in pre-heated oven at 180 degrees.

Play for 45 minutes!!!

Enjoy being out and about this Winter!

Kym Skye and Ruben

 Thanks Kym….   had a laugh about Skye containing herself!!   I am not too sure Tiana would do the same… lol

 

Thanks so much for the recipe..   versatile for ALL the family! 

I am going to give it a go…..   I especially love the  instructions   “Play” for 45 mins.   

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 Just email a pic of the kids, names and ages, a tip, recipe, some advice and what your kids love wearing and playing with

If we publish it we will post out a gift just for you, so dont forget your address!

am looking forward to seeing them all.

Every mum loves stylish baby clothes, and buying quality baby wear online these days is so much easier!  Pop into La Toriana for the latest in baby clothing and fashions for kids! Buying childrens clothes online has never been more convenient.  we look forward to welcoming you

Warmly

Elizabeth xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 28 2009

Countdown to kids fashion Quest… are you ready?

Published by Elizabeth under Uncategorized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not a lot happens on a Wednesday….

its mid week..  just so so… boring

 pretty wacky really ….

 

BUT NOT ANY MORE!

 

The La Toriana Quest starts next Wednesday…

Are YOU up for the challenge?

Do you want free baby gifts? 

Want  designer kids clothes at 20 -60% off?

Want free postage too?

You can!!  

but you have to be the first to find them!!!

all revealed next Wednesday….  get your running shoes on… be the first to find the love angel symbol…. find the bargain within it… and its yours… all you will need is the code!

 

 

ahhh… the code….  where’s the code….??

 

 

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May 27 2009

Kool Kids … “Ivy” is May’s 2009 Year of the Blood Donor Embassador

Published by Elizabeth under KooL KidZ, Premature Baby

 IVY… an inspiration

  2009  Year Of The Blood Donor 

 

 

  Ivy is the ambassador of the Australian Red Cross (during the month of May) to help promote blood donation.  This is how Ivy gets about whilst she is in hospital.  I must say… she is  stunningly beautiful… gorgeous!!

 Ivy is one of our KooL KidZ and Tiff her mum has been a great supporter of our website since we started.  We are urging you all to read the story, visit the websites below and give blood… it may help save the lives of all our loved ones.  Love the Tea Princess outfits!

 

Tiff has had a roller coaster ride with her premature babies…and tells us a little about Ivy and Noah, born at 30 weeks.

 Ivy has CVID which is  an immune deficiency. When Ivy gets sick she can’t mount a response to infection on her own. Because of all of the infection she now has long term problems with her lungs and her heart.

 Now she receives IVIG, or Intragam P, which is essentially other people’s antibodies. Every month she has an infusion in the hospital to keep her well. It’s a blood product, so we rely on people donating, so Ivy can have the medicine. David (my husband) and I started donating again this year.

 Ivy has been getting the Intragam for eight months now and it has changed her life.

She used to be in hospital once a month for about five days at a time and that would be enough to stabilise her for a few weeks before she would get too sick and need to go back into the hospital. She has not needed prolonged admission for six months now and has started to go to preschool and do other things that we would not have considered this time last year. That includes going to a shopping centre!

On top of all that, it has slowed down the lung and heart disease, which is great news.

 Noah has had a bit of a hard time coming to terms with losing his playmate to illness and then the infusions but we are pretty lucky, he is such an adaptable little guy.

 

So here are their stats;

 Noah William & Ivy Hazel 

 currently, 3 1/2 years old (born at 30 weeks).

 

Noah is easy going, lovable, talkative, expressive and sociable. Is also very very ticklish! 

Loves Thomas the tank engine, Roary and The Wiggles. Also loves dressing up. Partial to fairy outfits and his homemade super hero cape. Loves food and will choose milkshakes above anything else! He likes to cook (scones, in particular). He gets lonely easily, so it’s a good thing he has lots of family around him (we have seven kids all up). Noah loves all cars but his favourite car is his father’s black Ford Focus, which he calls ‘Roach’.

 Noah loves to wear his(Wild Things of Noosa) ’dog shorts’ from La Toriana.

 

Ivy is shy, emotional, incredibly intelligent, artistic and beautiful.

 

She honestly believes she is a princess (the world can thank her paediatrician for that) and dresses accordingly. She loves all things flouncy, pretty and sparkly.

If she is not dressed as a princess, she is dressed up as a fairy (usually the tooth fairy). At the moment she is in love with Arial from the Little Mermaid, she loves to sing and dance to any music she can find. Her passion, though, is drawing. Give her textas and some paper and she is happy.

 Ivy is a Tea Princess addict, courtesy of La Toriana.

 

The best thing we have bought from you, Elizabeth is definitely the Anamalz.

All of my kids are big on imaginative play and the anamalz have been a wonderful platform for this.

Not just Ivy and Noah but all of the children play with them. They have kept Ivy amused in hospital, they have come with us on holidays, great for inside and outside play. Perfect for little hands.

 

 Please… support many premmie babies and sick newborns, and many others in need of blood transfusions.  Contact your local Red Cross today or go to the website.  Please consider being a regular blood donor in your community.

To find out more about this amazing family… see their Blog here Three Ring Circus

 

Thank you Tiff for sharing all this with us….  you truly are an amazing mum.

warmly

Elizabeth xx

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May 26 2009

Vanchi ~ baby gift giveaway!

Published by Elizabeth under Mums and Dads

Contemporary Designer Nappy Bags & accessories

Designer baby bibs by Vanchi

Receive a VANCHI BABY BIB…… FREE

ANY order of vanchi til May 31st… you get a Free baby bib like here!

Australian baby business in stylish and contemporary nappy bags (or baby bags) as well as great baby accessories like baby bibs, large baby wraps, matching warm wraps and baby beanies…. even dads nappy bags and more.

Vanchi baby wrap and matching beanie set

Large winter warmth cotton baby wraps in stylish colors and prints with a matching contrast beanie!  all wrapped in an organza drawstring bag… ready for gift giving.  The idea baby gift!  Choose from a few different colours and prints… there is something to suit all styles.

Cosmo designer Nappy bag by Vanchi

By far one of the most popular new releases… the Cosmo doesn’t even look like a nappy bag, but still comes with all the features you get with each nappy bag in Vanchi’s collection.  A thermos, a zipped dummy safe, a change mat, a zippered wet pack, internal clips.. lots of pockets too!

Vogue dads nappy bags

Lets not forget das either!  With so many more dads  opting to stay home and be the caregiver… here is a bag that  he will be proud to take to the playground!  The Vogue dads nappy bag has been a BIG hit… and also great for lots of coporate women too!  It has a section for laptop computers plus all the other standard inclusions as mentioned above!  A  leather look nappy bag thats great for all dads!

supersized baby wraps by Vanchi

These supersized muslin baby wraps are OUR BIGGEST SELLER!  Ever since day I mums have been buying these and they LOVE hem.  Great for a baby gift as comes wrapped in an organza drawstring bag.  choose from a delicious range of colours and modern take on calssical prints.  You might like bubblegum, sorbet, or even gelato… whats your favourite?

So take advantage of this great offer by Vanchi… every order of ANYVAnchi product receives a free baby bib.  Offer only til may 31st… so grab a gift for your friends baby, the birth of your neice or nephew… or even for a baby shower gift for a friend at work.

Vanchi… stylish, modern and a definate designer baby product thats high quality!

warmly

Elizabeth xx

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