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JBL’s Flip 3: All Weather Speaker Companion

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JBL’s Flip 3: All Weather Speaker Companion is a title that fits this powerful little speaker to a tee. Spring Break is here, summer is around the corner, and this equals BEACH TIME!!!! Who doesn’t love the beach? The sun to tan your skin, ocean water to cool your skin, and sand to wiggle your toes in, but wait! There’s more!! JBL Flip 3 is a powerful speaker that will blast out your favorite tunes. Bluetooth, battery life up to 10 hours of play time and did I mention it’s splashproof and waterproof? That’s right SPLASHPROOF and WATERPROOF!

Why Should You Get A JBL Flip3?

• 10 hours of playtime. Ideal for when you’re by the pool or at the beach.
• Don’t have to worry about batteries! It charges up with a USB cable to you can either stick in an adaptor in the wall or a computer or your vehicle!
• Splashproof! Meaning if you get this lovely speaker wet, you don’t have to fret! It’s also waterproof! Hold it under running water, and it will not hurt the speaker! Awesome!
• Bluetooth compatible
• You’re able to take phone calls from your Flip3 and hear the other person crystal clear!
• Wireless connection: Will be able to link up to devices, being Smartphones or tablets

All these reasons are perfect; you couldn’t ask for anything better, right? I know this Spring Break my family is heading to Myrtle Beach. Soaking up the rays of the sun while trying not to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost! Yes, this little Irish girl is white! But I will be able to listen to my favorite music while I tan or turn into a human lobster. I will not have to worry about bringing batteries, water or sand ruining my speaker.

 

Colors that Are Available:

If black isn’t your color, don’t worry! Flip3 has 8 color options for you to choose from Red, Blue, Yellow, Grey, Black, Pink, Orange and a lightish Green. Perfect for anyone and their tastes! I like black. To me, it is sleek and goes with anything.

 

Flip3 Quality:

JBL Flip 3 hasn’t disappointed me at all. The quality of sound blasting from the Flip3 speaker is mind-blowing.  Remember the old style boombox back in the day? I know I am telling on myself, but to me, it is like a boombox that you can fit in your hand!

The JBL Flip3 is sturdy and well made. As you can see, it fits in the palm of your hand and is very portable. Wherever you take it, you’ll be able to throw it in your bag and run. The sound quality will make you think you have a full system in your yard, beach or beside the pool.

 

Water Proof:

Yes, the JBL Flip3 speaker is waterproof and splash-proof. Being by the pool, beach or your yard and the Flip3 gets wet it will not pop, sizzle and snap at you. It’ll keep playing like nothing ever happened! I love this! I know me and I know I’m a clutz, so this is a perfect feature.

You know what it is like when you’re around a pool, accidents always happen. I don’t have to worry! JBL Flip3 has me covered on that.

 

Sound Quality of the Flip3:

The sound quality of the Flip3 is magnificent. The bass is on the spot. The subs are located on the sides of the speaker for maximum Boom Boom. I love a little bass! Remember “It’s all about da bass.”

Flip 3 also features a built-in noise and echo canceling speakerphone for crystal clear conference calls, or just listening to your favorite bands. JBL Connect technology that can wirelessly link multiple JBL Connect enabled speakers together to amplify the listening experience. So if you are having a group of friends over and they have a Flip3 speaker, you’ll be able to link them together. How cool is that? The sounds are crisp and lovely. I was pleased.

 

How To Charge Your Flip3:

Charging your Flip3 is incredibly simple. There is an adapter to plug-in a USB cable. You can use a USB adaptor and plug it into the wall or plus the USB right into your computer. Let it charge, and you are ready for more long hours of jamming out to your favorite bands! It takes a tiny amount of time to get fully charged. JBL provides you a USB cable connector, so you will be able to charge up the Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery.

All the music control buttons you need are located on the top near the USB connection. Linking to Bluetooth and making a connection is easy. I was able to listen to my music the way it’s supposed to be heard. It’s a pleasure when I was able to listen to the deeper bases and richer fuller sounds of the music. I have enjoyed every aspect of this speaker.

I have been a fan of JBL in the past, and as always they don’t disappoint. I’m thinking about grabbing one of these speakers for my son’s birthday. I believe it would make a great gift.

Cons of Owning A Flip3:

This only con that I have about the Flip3 is that it will roll if you are not careful. I ended up putting something behind it to make sure it was steady. However, it does come with a hand loop, so when you’re walking with the Flip3, you can slide it over your wrist and be fine. I love this speaker and wished I had many of them.

They are great speakers to have, and the battery life on them are amazing! I can sync it up with my smart phone and listen to my music or talk with someone while hearing them come in crystal clear. I don’t think you could ask for something better than the Flip3.

 

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Beat the Summer Heat with Capri Sun

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Beat the Summer Heat with Capri Sun and enjoy all the flavors this wonderful company has to offer! Though these drinks are perfect for all year round, kids and adults can enjoy Capri Sun in the heat of the summer while BBQ’ing and soaking up the sun by the pool. Rehydrated yourself with a great flavor all with a simple push of a straw! Yum!!!

Five Different Varieties of Juice Drinks That Come In Many Delicious Flavors:

 

·         Capri Sun Organic: Certified USDA organic juice drink with no added sugar

·         Capri Sun Juice Drink: Classic juice drink with real fruit juice and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives

·         Capri Sun Roarin’ Waters: Lightly fruit-flavored water beverage to make hydration fun for kids

·         Capri Sun Super V: Refreshing fruit and vegetable juice beverage with a kid-approved taste

·         Capri Sun 100% Juice: 100% juice blend with 1 ½ servings of fruit in every pouch

Capri Sun sent me, Wendy, and my family 10 cases full of many flavors of deliciousness. Oh, My!

As you can see, my niece is happy about the Capri Sun’s.  She is giving the camera a huge smile! Between her, her brother and my son, Capri Sun doesn’t stand a chance surviving my household!

The first flavor was Capri Sun’s Strawberry Kiwi. It was a hit! Not overpowering but had enough flavor for you to savor every drop. The only complaint Ivy had, to her, there wasn’t a sufficient amount of drink in the pouch! Silly kid! She wants to take some of these with her to her track meets.

As kids, we grew up drinking Capri Sun’s in our lunches. That was my favorite part of the day! I’m a huge fan! Tasting the different flavors that were sent, man, I wished we had some of these when I was a kid. They were great! My favorite is the Super Punch Fruit Punch. It’s not overly sweet and hits that spot when you are thirsty!

Great taste, Great drink = Kid Approved

 

The great part about having Capri Sun drinks in the pantry is that they are so easy to throw in the kid’s backpack. It is a healthier choice of drinks, and you can dispose of the packaging quickly.

Just look at her smiling face! Plus with summer coming around, I don’t want the kids drinking too many sugary drinks. It’s not good for them in the sun and heat. With no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and only 30 calories, these are a perfect for the kiddos.

Capri Sun’s are also giving the kid’s a juice drink with 1 combined serving of fruit and vegetables in every pouch. They say it’s an excellent source of fiber and antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E. Which is very nice to hear, if you are a parent.

*Each pouch provides ½ cup fruit and vegetable juice, which is one combined serving of fruits and vegetables according to the U.S Dietary Guidelines (3/4 from fruit juice and ¼ from vegetable juice). *

As a parent, I would still want my children to eat a balanced meal and stay healthy. However, I do love Capri Sun!  As a snack and something to enjoy with my son, niece, and nephew, you couldn’t ask for a better little drink! So beat the heat this summer enjoying a tasty treat from Capri Sun! I know we will!

 

Check out Capri Sun on their Social Media: Facebook and YouTube

 

 

 

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Afraid of the Dark? No More With RunLites Gloves

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Afraid of the Dark? No More With RunLites Gloves! As March 12th rolls around and Daylights Saving Time hits us again, RunLite gloves will be able to light the way for you! If you are a little kid waiting for the school bus and happen to be a bit afraid of the dark, your child will be able to wear these to light up the way. For that runner, jogger or biker rider that likes to hit the trail before dawn and come in after dusk, these are also for you! For those of us who love to hunt when deer season rolls around, RunLites gloves come in a half glove or a full glove to keep fingers warm and toasty when needed.

The new RunLites half-length gloves ($24.95) feature fingerless gloves in a lightweight, breathable fabric in fresh colors and funky patterns. They come in different sizes to fit anywhere from SX to LG. The great thing about RunLites the also provide them in mittens and full fingered gloves! They’ll be able to meet your needs where ever you are!

Features include:

• Reflective strips on palm and around the LED light pocket
• Convenient palm pocket for items such as money and keys
• Sleek and snug LED light pocket to prevent the light from wiggling
• Special opening for rechargeable cable; no need to remove lights from pocket before charging
• Extended middle finger fabric pull for easy glove removal
• Terry cloth thumb for wiping away moisture
• RunLites LED light units are sold separately

My Thoughts:

I love them. When I received RunLites gloves in the mail, I was thrilled! I loved the unique, unusual patterns and loved the light. Word to the wise, be careful when you turn them on, the lights are brilliant!

As some of you are aware, I live in Alabama on 50 acres that’s a beautiful area, hot and has a lot of creepy crawlies. During the summer months, we have a lot of wild blackberry bushes that grow all over the property. These cute little things will be coming in handy when I go out early in the morning before is gets so humid you stick to your clothing!

I’ll be able to see where I am stepping so I don’t step in a hole, ditch or worse, a snake. I despise snakes, and we have Copperheads and Cottonmouth snakes all on the property. Promise, you do not want to meet anyone of those in the wee morning hours!

 

Rechargeable Batteries:

I love the fact the LED lights are RECHARGEABLE!!! That will save you money in the long run, and all you have to do is plug it into a USB port to charge! Place the lights back into your gloves and off you go!

As you can see, the LED lights shine. I think these little gloves will be great to have for you or your kids. You will be able to slip them on and go! The crisp stripes and designs you will be setting the trend!

 

Check out RunLites on their social media sites and pick up a pair of your own!  Facebook and Twitter

 

 

 

 

 

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Developmental Stimulation with Nurture Smart Mobile

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Hey Everyone! This is Rose checking in with a baby product review! Hope you have enjoyed some of my recipes here at Spark of Southern Moms. This time I’m reviewing the Nurture Smart Mobile by More Than Play!

This Nurture Smart Mobile is for my 3-month-old, Lily, who just got to the age where she can start to enjoy toys and mobiles. She has reached the milestone where she can track moving objects. Yay for Lily! It’s such a fun age! She is really starting to interact with us, as well as all of the things around her. She has a couple of mobiles in her nursery right now, and she is really starting to enjoy watching them spin around. When I learned about this mobile from More Than Play, I couldn’t wait to set it up in the nursery and watch my little one play with it!

Nurture Smart Mobile Features:

There are some great features of this mobile that I think you will enjoy. For starters, installation is easy. Some mobiles require multiple pieces and steps to put them together. This mobile comes fully assembled, and it attaches to the crib in one step, using the piece that is already attached to it. All you have to do is loosen the giant screw with your hand, slide the green piece through the crib rails, turn it, and tighten the same screw. Done!

Secondly, there are a variety of controls so you can get a lot of play out of this one toy. For listening pleasure, you can choose from white noise, a heartbeat, waves, a lullaby, or classical music. You can also set a timer on the sound you chose (from 15 minutes up to an hour).

Now I don’t know how easy it is to get your cutie pie to sleep, but my baby takes a while to fall asleep. Some of her noisy toys that I use to put her to sleep with don’t work well, because they only stay on for 5 or 10 minutes, and I constantly have to turn them back on. With this mobile, I can set it to an hour without having to constantly push the button! Happy baby equals happy mommy!

Volume and Options:

Volume can be adjusted to 3 different settings, which is equally helpful. Sometimes, I start off with high volume if she’s a bit fussy, and turn it down to low when she’s calmer and quieter. We now turn to the sense of sight! And there are plenty of options for your viewing pleasure as well! This is no average mobile. Yes, it has 3 pieces that spin in a circle, should you choose to turn on the button to make it.

We now turn to the sense of sight! Nurture Smart Mobile offers plenty of options for your viewing pleasure as well! This isn’t the average mobile. Yes, it has 3 pieces that spin in a circle, should you choose to turn on the button to make it spin. However, those 3 pieces flip from color to black and white designs. So if you have a high-needs baby like I do, that often gets bored watching the same old thing, this is a great feature. If your baby is bored of one side of designs, you can flip the pieces over and change it up. It’s like having a brand new toy all over again.

Next, we have a large mirror smack dab in the center of the mobile so your baby can do what she loves best, look at her adorable self! My little Lily pad is just at that age where she is starting to enjoy mirrors too, so she’s having quite a bit of fun just looking at herself.

Finally, there is the nightlight, one of my favorite features of this toy. At night, touch the nightlight button on the mobile, and the ceiling illuminates with moon and stars! The first time Lily saw this, she lit right up with a huge smile!

The arm of the mobile does adjust, so you can bring it closer or farther away from your baby’s face.

 

Improvements That I Won’t Mind Seeing:

A couple of small things I believe could be improved on this mobile:  it doesn’t attach to some modern cribs.  That is my most important critique and concern would be that the Creators should provide a way to attach it to modernized cribs. In my opinion, if you are willing to spend money on a mobile of this caliber, you most likely have also bought a fancy, modernized crib for your baby.

Sadly, while the mobile arm adjusts to accommodate for different widths of crib slats, it does not accommodate for different heights of crib railings. Unfortunately, I was not able to attach this to my beautiful crib as intended because my crib railing is too high. My husband was able to jerry-rig something in order for Lily to at least still get use out of it. This mobile, after all, is such an awesome mobile and simulator, I didn’t want it to go to waste! Lily really loves it, especially the nightlight feature I mentioned above. Beautiful!

The Volume:

My second critique would be to adjust the volume of the mobile. Even at the loudest setting, it’s fairly quiet. Overall, Lily and I really do love this mobile, and I am definitely glad we have it. It’s been one of Lily’s most used toys. The couple of things I mentioned above, I would still recommend it to a friend or family member for their little one to enjoy. Parents buying Nurture Smart Mobile for their babies, I’m certain you and your baby will get as much enjoyment out of it as we have!

Check back in soon for more reviews on other products by me, Rose! Your source for realistic reviews on products from everyday use items to unique, one-of-a-kind do-dads!

Check out More Than Play social media sites and enjoy everything they have to offer!  Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube

Until next time,

(and Lily <3)

 

 

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Adventure Lies Within The Pages of A Book

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“Adventure Lies Within The Pages of A Book,” I was always told, as kids, we were to go outside and enjoy the warmth of the sunshine or go expand our minds. Television was something we did on Saturday mornings for a couple of hours, then outside we would go.

I, however; would try to stay in my room with my nose in a book. What adventures I would go on as I turned the pages. Remember seeing the commercials about a kid under the bedsheets with a flashlight so that they could read a little bit longer? I was that kid!

I loved to read anything I could lay my hands on. Today isn’t any different. I will read anything I come across from adventure in an unknown world to biting my nails at a scary and horrific murder of some unknown to comedy, where you can’t help but laugh out loud, and people around you think you’re a bit daft. Expand my mind, my mom said, has taken me on some GRAND Adventures!

What Grand Adventure Is In-store?

I, Wendy, received 3 books to read over the last week. One book was mystery and suspenseful, the other was about murder, and the last was a teen fantasy that brought you in the middle of battles and bravery.  Nail biting good!

Fatal Option:

Fatal Option by Chris Beakley is about the mysterious death of the wife of a character named Stephen Porter. His daughter, Sara in the story shows the incredible strength that I feel in love with! For the readers out there who love a thriller, fictional suspense story that will have you one to edge of every page…this book is your sweet cake. You will eat it up! The ending is not what I excepted, and I’ll be re-reading this one again shortly!  A must read!

 

About the Author:

Chris Beakey tells stories of good people caught in bad places. He writes fiction from his homes in Washington, D.C., and Lewes, Delaware, as well as nonfiction as a ghostwriter for an organization that promotes bipartisan policies that strengthen the nation through smart investments in youth. His first, novel, Double Abduction, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

 

Justice by Another Name:

Justice by Another Name by E.C Hanes is another woven story a death, cover-ups and great action! This book, I found myself staying up throughout the night to finish. You’ll meet a strong woman named Lana who will do anything for justice and to avenge her family. A woman scorned and wanted something to be done about it. She does what she has to do to make sure the guilty party pays dearly! In this book, I could see myself in her place, and I would do what she did. You will love this book and find it hard to put down until you finish. Anyone else up for a great murder story with a little bit of revenge on the side? I know I was!!

 

A little bit about the author:

E.C. “Redge” Hanes began his business career working for the famous apparel company started by his great-grandfather after graduating from Duke University in 1967 and a tour in Viet Nam in 1969 and 1970 where he was awarded a bronze star. Hanes has served on the boards of several prestigious wildlife conservation, environmental, educational, and arts-related organizations in North Carolina. His debut novel, Billy Bowater, was based on the behind-the- scenes politics of North Carolina with a particular focus on the period dominated by the late Senator Jesse Helms. Hanes lives in Winston-Salem, NC.

 

Make sure to check out his social media: Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads

 

 

Fable Haven: Dragonwatch:

Fable Haven: Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull is the sequel to the popular Fable Haven series. A king plots to get his revenge for the wrongdoings of others against him. He sits and waits for the perfect time to reclaim the power stolen from him.

This tale has epic battles that rage with dragons, kings, wizards, enchantress and dragon slayers to help save their world from utter destruction. Of course it has the hero and heroine, Kendra and Seth. Along their journey they have to learn to trust in themselves, their skills, talents and knowledge to help save them and others.

I found this book to be all that I would want in a fantasy story. Reading about the epic fights between the good and the bad guys, and having the bad guys getting their butts handed to them! I think young teens will enjoy this to the max. I know my niece has already stolen the book from me to read. Kids, gotta love them! I’m going to have to buy the rest of the Fable Haven  series to know how the story begins!

 

 

About the Author:

Brandon Mull is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven series and Beyonders series. He travels the country visiting schools, promoting literacy, and sharing his message that “Imagination Can Take You Places.” He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his family.

 

 

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All these books can be found on Amazon! So hurry and grab a couple for yourself today! An adventure is waiting for you!

 

 

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