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Calming the Cough – V CLEAR EPs7630

September 19, 2016 By: Nanette

This post contains affiliate links. It is not a sponsored posted. I really believe in this product and know it works well for us and wanted to share it with you as well just in case you need it but hoping you stay healthy enough not to.

I don’t get sick often. When I say often I mean, maybe once or twice every 8 years or so. My kids used to get sick more often but thankfully they don’t anymore. Of course, with the start of the new school year and lots of germs, my daughter managed to bring home just enough germs to pass along a cold to me. It all starts with a dry or funny feeling in the throat then boom! I’ve got a cold.

But thankfully, several years ago our naturaupathic doctor’s office recommended V CLEAR EPs 7630. It’s an upper respiratory treatment. Cherry flavor so my kids don’t fuss about taking it. In fact, if they feel something coming on they’ll ask for it or ask me to purchase some if we’re out. It used to be easy to get, I’d just drive over the our doctor’s office and pick some up but we can’t do that now. So my next option is to pick it up on Amazon and just have it shipped straight to me.

I’m not one for taking prescription or over the counter medicines but V CLEAR really works. When even my husband says it works and asks for it when he’s having upper respiratory issues, then I know it works.

The active ingredient in it is Pelargonium sidoides 1X which shortens the duration and reduces the severity of upper respratory symptoms including congeston, hoarseness, cough, sore throat and headache. I’m just glad I had a new bottle in the cabinet. I recommend it to my friends and family when they are in need of something to help with upper respiratory issues. If you are looking for something with winter coming up, you might want to give it a try. It’s the only thing we’ve ever found that really works.

Finding Dory A “Different” View

June 21, 2016 By: Nanette

We were super excited to see Finding Dory when it came out. Seems like we’ve been waiting for it for such a long time. Well, I guess it has been hasn’t it. It’s been 13 years.

I thought baby Dory was just adorable, I mean really, just look at this face? Oh and her voice (Sloane Murray), watch the video below and you’ll see what I mean.

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How can you not smile at that? How does your heart not just melt?

Cuteness aside, there were so many angles and emotions to Finding Dory. As a special needs mom, I look at FINDING DORY and I love that almost every character has something that makes them “different”. Nemo has his little fin, Dory has her memory issue, Destiny is nearsighted and Hank has only seven tentacles. Yet each character is endearing and loved for who they are.

Dory – learned about herself, who she was, where she came from, who her family and her friends were. And a rush of emtions come through as she remembers little details about her life, her parents and friends. And that moment when she is going to meet her family, you feel all the emotions, anticipation and excitement just like she does.

Jenny & Charlie, Dory’s parents – as a special needs parent, the first thing I could relate to was Dory’s parents. When Jenny cries into her husband’s chest (well, he’s a fish so it’s probably not called a chest but you know what I mean) because she is worried for Dory’s future. I just wanted to cry right then and there. Because every special needs mom feels that way. We all worry and cry because of all the questions swirling around in our minds about the what ifs, how will they survive, what will they do questions. It’s kind of a unspoken thing that Dory has special needs even though she makes it quite clear that she does when she says, “I suffer from short term remembery loss”.

Nemo & Marlin – It broke my heart to hear Nemo ask his dad if they would have to say good-bye to Dory. But I loved how Nemo spoke up, how he made his dad see how Dory’s way of thinking was a brilliant way to look at life. While Dory’s thinking may have seemed a bit off, it didn’t make it wrong, it just made Dory who she was and they had come to love who she was.

Hank – A not so friendly, only out for himself Octopus or as Dory likes to point out a Septopus (he has seven tentacles not eight) learns a lot from Dory. Mainly he learns how to feel compassion and kindness with one of those three hearts he’s got. He turns out to not be as tough as he makes himself out to be.

It’s great seeing old favorites like Nemo, Marlin, Crush, Squirt and Mr. Ray and getting to meet some new ones. Destiny, a nearsighted Whale Shark (in case you were wondering where Dory learned to speak whale and yes that’s why Dory’s understanding of the language is a bit limited) and Destiny’s friend Bailey, a beluga whale with a bit of an echolocation problem or so he thinks.

FINDING DORY is so full of emotions – love, hope, understanding, anticipation and excitement.

FINDING DORY is now playing in theatres everywhere! Go see it with your family. It is really good. I’m hoping we can all go see it again.

Check out these other fun posts with free FINDING DORY printables:

FINDING DORY Free printable Memory Game & Activities

FINDING DORY Free Printable Coloring Pages

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Make A Splash at Wet’n’Wild SplashTown

May 16, 2016 By: Nanette

I received complimentary tickets to Wet’n’Wild SplashTown for myself and my family in order to facilitate this review. This review is 100% my own thoughts.

My family and I had a fun and very wet time at Wet’n’Wild SplashTown this past weekend. I hadn’t realized that Wet’n’Wild SplashTown has been open for 32 years and that it’s the largest water park in Houston.

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Driving by I never realized Wet’n’Wild SplashTown was an 80-acre water park with 42 water slides and attractions.

“If you haven’t been to Wet ‘n’ Wild SplashTown in the last year, then you are in for a treat,” according to Rosie Shepard, director of sales and marketing.

This was our first visit and we certainly had a good time while we could. It wasn’t too hot out which was nice but oh was that water cold!

Wet’n’Wild has something for everyone in the family – thrill rides, kids rides and family rides and a water play area for the little ones too!

For younger kids, Wet ‘n’ Wild SplashTown offers three areas including:

Wet ‘n’ Wild Jr.
Blue Lagoon Activity Pool
An interactive Tree House

There is also an abundance of life jackets available for your little ones. Please make use of them.

For older kids and adults, there are thrill rides: (just to name a few)

Texas Freefall
FlowRider
Big Spin
Brain Drain

And want to keep the family togetherness going, Wet’n’Wild SplashTown has rides for that too! Cause you know, the family that plays together… 🙂

Big Kahuna
Paradise River
Runaway Rapids
Stingray Racer

We stuck to the more tammer attractions though.

And if you need a break to build your energy back up from all the excitement and fun, Wet’n’Wild SplashTown boasts 11 restaraunts including Marble Slab Creamery. Perfect for a hot summer day in Texas. In fact, Marble Slab Creamery was on our to-do list but the weather just didn’t hold out long enough for us and we got caught in a thunderstorm.

Visiting with food allergies

Because we have food intolerances and your family may as well, I want to share some information regarding that also.

THE PARK CANNOT, AND DOES NOT, MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER REGARDING THE ALLERGY-FREE CONTENTS OF ANY FOODS OR BEVERAGES. At a minimum, guests with allergy concerns should avoid any foods or beverages unless they are packaged, and you are 100% confident in the manufacturer/supplier which has provided the Park with such food or beverage. Foods that are in any way unpackaged, prepared, or handled by the Park (as opposed to packaged goods, provided to you in a sealed package), have a higher risk of contamination with other products containing allergens, so in the interests of your safety, we strongly urge you to avoid all such unpackaged products provided by the Park.

Personal Food, Beverage and Coolers – In any event, guests may bring personal foods into the park, to the extent that they are medically necessary (e.g., for diabetics, baby formula for infants, gluten-free foods, or allergy-safe foods for allergies). Please make guest relations aware of your need to do this prior to entering the park. For the safety of our guests, no glass containers are allowed and coolers will need to be checked for contents. https://www.wetnwildsplashtown.com/plan-a-visit/dining/

My daughter went on a field trip to Wet’n’Wild with her classmates recently. Due to her food allergies I baked snacks I knew she could eat. At the end of the day she called me and informed me that she was starving because the snacks I made for her were taken away from her at bag check before she even entered the water park. As you can imagine I was not happy about this. I contacted the water park and got an apology and was told they would speak to their staff.

So, when we went as a family I informed the bag check staff immediately that I understood their policy on bringing foods in the park but we had food allergies and asked who we needed to speak to. They very politely pointed us in the right direction, asked to see what foods we brought and provided us each with wristbands that made it clear to any other staff that we had food allergies.

A couple of things I’d suggest, if you are going for just one day please be sure to check the weather. We got rained out after about 2 hours in the park. They quickly got everyone out of the water which I was impressed with. However, their rain policy does not allow for rain checks. To me that’s a lot of money to be out of for only 2 hours for a family of four.

Things to know ahead of time:

Rain policy – According to one staff member you can wait 30 mins to see if they re-open the attractions But in our case, we could just tell this wasn’t going to be one of those quick showers and it wasn’t.

Parking – is $10

Locker Rental – A small locker is $10, a large locker which we used held 1 bag with 4 towels in it and a few tops and shorts was $15.

Tube rental – If you want to float down the Lazy River, you’ll need to rent a tube for $6 and carry it with you all day.

I see now why so many were in line for the season passes. It makes much more sense and in the long run comes out to be quite a money saver even if it seems a bit steep at first. And you can sometimes find deals that include a season parking pass.

So if you want a place to take the kids just to cool off from the summer heat Wet’n’Wild Splashtown might just be what you are looking for.

Calming the Cough – V CLEAR EPs7630

Finding Dory A “Different” View

Make A Splash at Wet’n’Wild SplashTown

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