HOPPING DEAD FACEBOOK HOP

YEEEEEE!
Halloween is almost here!
You know how much I and my friends love Halloween!
Well let me tell you, we love it so much that we used this opportunity to create a Facebook Hop!

What is a Facebook Hop?
A Facebook Hop is a great way to win prizes from various bloggers all in one place!
You can start here on my Facebook fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/gettasgottohaveits
All you have to do is like my page, like my Facebook post with this picture, leave a comment answering the question ("What is your favorite Halloween Movie?)
then hop on over to the next blog by clicking on the link in the post.
Let me tell you, there are some really cool prizes up for grabs!

This contest started on October 24th and runs until October 31st at 12pm CST.
So what are you waiting for? Get your hopping on!
If you win, please come back and share by leaving a comment!

Happy Friday & Mr. Beams Spotlight Review

WOO HOO!

HAPPY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH!!

Hey folks, TGIF! October is now officially half over. Wow, is time going by fast or what? I have been busy, busy, busy, but still I haven't seemed to complete anything 100%. This is a huge pet peeve for me, as I am somewhat OCD. The past few nights I have waken up in the middle of the night thinking about things that need done. I have promised myself I will do it this weekend but I remembered we have my brothers family coming to stay the weekend. It's going to be hectic.Sometimes I feel as if I need an extra 8 hours a day.

Anyone having any Halloween parties coming up? Have you got your costumes yet? Do you even know what you want to be? Have kids? What are they going as? My oldest (17) is going to be a princess. I think its great, compared to last year when she tried to go as a Victoria's Secret Angel.

My 12 year old is a horror freak like me. Don't worry, she can handle it. Every Halloween she tries to go above and beyond in the "scariness". This year we have decided to go with "Annabelle" . We tried a make up tutorial we saw on YouTube last weekend, she is going to look awesome! I have linked the video to my Google+ page.

My youngest hasn't completely decided on his costume. We are either going to go Angry Birds or Ninja. It will be decided on this weekend. The day after Halloween is also his birthday. He will be 7. 

Don't judge me, but I haven't even got his party together. I'm thinking pizza party or McDonald's. Hopefully they still have some available spots for his actual birthday. No worries, it will be handled this weekend.

Anyone have any cool plans for this weekend? Want to bring me a Mojito? I could definitely use one!

Sooo, with all that being said, please tune in Saturday & Sunday.  I will be sharing a few Halloween safety tips for families as well as pets. along with a few Halloween items I been playing with. 

Like board games? I will also be showing you a cool new game I was introduced to that can work your memory.

OK, I am off. Have a great weekend folks! Be sure to check in with me this weekend!

GLOW STICK BRACELETS-100 GLOW BRACELETS REVIEW

GLOW BRACELET REVIEW 

One of my favorite things about blogging is sometimes we get perks. We get to try an item in exchange for our honest thorough review. I considered myself pretty lucky when I got to try and test 100 Glow Stick Bracelets. I knew it was going to be fun because I got to involve my kids. After all, kids are sometimes our best and honest reviewers.

You can order 

Super Bright Longest Lasting Glow Stick 100 Premium Quality Glow Stick Bracelets by SuperBright from http://www.amazon.com/

They shipped pretty fast, I think we received them in about 10 days so there is still definitely time to order them for Halloween. They come in a hard canister hat keeps them safe.

100 Glow Bracelets Come Beautifully Packaged

I pop the lid and this is the inside view

They include colors like blueish purple, hot pink, neon yellow and green. They also come with plastic fasteners so you can make bracelets, rings or necklaces out of them.

100 Glow Bracelets and bracelet fasteners

When it comes to using glow sticks the possibilities are really endless.  They are 8 inches long and non toxic. They are also CPSIA compliant.

My Son Loved Making Some Bling Bling

My Little Flower Girl

Having Fun

They are really starting to shine

We decided to take the canister with us to a community event that my town was putting on called Movies On Main Street. You can find out more about that event in my previous blog post: http://gettasgottohaveits.blogspot.com/2014/10/movie-on-main-street.html
We had thought it would be fun to share with all the other kids and add some color to the night. My kids took turns passing out one glow stick bracelet and fastener to all their peers. It was really cute to see my 6 year old son passing these out, especially to girls his age.
The other kids and their parents seemed quite thrilled to receive these.
Once the sun set, you could see neon colors popping everywhere.
Most of the time the colors were very bright but I did notice a few colors starting to fade quickly. I also got a few complaints that the bracelets actually leaked a few times, you could see evidence of this on the grass and sidewalk, however the colors were beautiful.
It seemed as if the bracelets lasted only about 5 or 6 hours before completely dying out.
For the most part, it was a lot of fun and the kids really appreciated it.
If you check them out on Amazon, you will see they have a really good deal going for 100 of them.
Most of the time we buy these from our dollar stores and they are $1.00 Each.
These would be great for school carnivals, class parties or even to pass out to Trick or Treaters.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.