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Toca Boca — the developer of a multitude of popular kids' apps that parents all over the world love so much — just launched a brand new service called Toca TV! Toca TV is a video streaming service for kids that delivers […]

Here's what's new: Enter to win a $100 iTunes gift card from Toca TV! WORKING MOMS: Let’s hang out this week! This Week’s Menu Plan + My Freezer Cooking Plan Enter to win a $100 iTunes gift card from Toca TV! Toca Boca — the developer of a multitude of popular kids’ apps that parents all over the world love so much — just launched a brand new service called Toca TV! Toca TV is a video streaming service for kids that delivers thousands of curated videos in a 100% ad-free, safe, and fun environment. Like all Toca Boca apps, Toca TV was designed from the kid's perspective by testing it with hundreds of kids globally and is designed specifically with kids ages 5 to 9 in mind. When you download the Toca TV app, you’ll have access to a catalog of thousands of videos — and there are new videos being added every single week. My kids were especially excited about the Minecraft gameplay videos and the DIY crafts and recipes! Plus, Toca TV offers exclusive Toca Boca videos only available on Toca TV — brand new kid-hosted shows, animated originals and videos featuring the Toca Boca characters kids love. And, if your kids are anything like mine, they will love that Toca TV offers kids options to get in on the fun and film their own videos with the Toca TV recording tool and silly animated filters. We try to be so careful at our house what we let our kids watch and what apps we let them access, but to be honest, there are so many different apps and videos out there and sometimes it can feel overwhelming. And, as you know, I’ve been incredibly frustrated in the past, that my kids have been exposed to inappropriate content and commercials while watching family-friendly channels on YouTube. I love that Toca Boca’s desire is to make sure parents don’t have to worry about kids being exposed to inappropriate content. They don’t rely on algorithms and they curate all of their content using a scorecard. Each video is watched by a member of the Toca TV team to make sure it's right for kids. Best of all, there is no third-party advertising or sponsored content! They only stream videos that will make your child laugh, be inspired, and simply have fun! Since this service says that it’s for 5 to 9-year-olds, I didn’t expect my girls would like it. But I was wrong. I let Silas check it out and he was almost instantly engaged with it. Soon, I heard him laughing and have a blast watching the videos. And then, I hear him say, “There are nail art videos!! Kaitlynn will love these!” That’s all it took for Kaitlynn to come running over to check it out. And pretty soon, Kathrynne was right there with them and they were all gathered around the iPhone watching the videos and laughing together. I was surprised and excited! It’s becoming harder and harder to find videos that all three kids really enjoy together, so I’ve been so impressed with how much they are loving Toca TV. I especially love that it’s basically an endless supply of new videos — so they have lots and lots and lots of videos they can check out during their iPhone/iPad time every week! And I love that they can enjoy them together! Want to Try Out Toca TV For FREE? You can try 3 free sessions of Toca TV when you download it from the App store for iPad or iPhone. After that, it’s $4.99 per month (you have the ability to cancel your monthly subscription at any time). Win a $100 iTunes Gift Card!! Toca Boca is giving away a $100 iTunes gift card to one of my readers — enough to buy all of the Toca Boca apps + get a one-year subscription to Toca TV! Use the box below to enter the giveaway. a Rafflecopter giveaway (Note: This post was sponsored Toca Boca, in partnership with MediaKix. Read our disclosure policy here.)        WORKING MOMS: Let’s hang out this week! Many of you have come to me over the years and pled with me for more resources to help you get more organized, stay sane, and stop feeling so overwhelmed. So this week, we’re doing something special just for you working moms! I’ll be doing a special Facebook Live every evening at 8 p.m. CT to discuss the struggles and stresses you face and to give you some tips, tactics, and strategies that have really helped me as a full-time working mom. Whether you work part-time or full-time and whether you work at-home or outside-the-home, these conversations should encourage and inspire you! Come join us tonight at 8 p.m. CT (9 p.m. ET) on Facebook. Tonight, I’ll be talking about 3 Systems That Help Us Keep Our Home Orderly. You can watch live and interact in the comments — and I’ll even answer some of your questions live, too! I hope you can join us every evening this week at 8 p.m. on Facebook! Just go here and the video will pop up when I go live! Have you signed up for this FREE video series for working moms by my friend, Jessica Turner? If not, go sign up here.        This Week’s Menu Plan + My Freezer Cooking Plan Here's what's on our menu plan this week: Breakfasts Breakfasts are a big deal at our house. Not necessarily because of what we eat, but because this is the one meal we've committed to eat together around the table pretty much every single day. Dinners are often somewhat grab and go or brown bagged — especially on the nights our kids have activities. But breakfast, it's a given. We eat, we talk, we read together, we pray together, and we linger around the table. It's been a beautiful addition to our schedule + a great way to start the day! Choose from: Smoothies Cereal Oatmeal Special breakfast for Presentation Day at school: Brown Sugar Biscuit Twists, scrambled eggs, bacon Lunches & Snacks Our extra refrigerator is 100% devoted to lunch items. We're making up a big batch of freezer-friendly PB&J on the weekends and, in addition, there are 4 different bins of items that the kids can choose one from — cheese sticks, snack packs, veggies, fruit, applesauce, chips, cookies, etc. Each bin has something different so that when they choose one item from each, they have a well-rounded lunch. Kathrynne helped me set this up and she took the initiative to write a board with details on how to put together the lunches. So far, I have literally done NOTHING for lunch prep other than help set the system up and make sure we had the items on hand for Kathrynne to get everything into baggies in the extra refrigerator. And then the kids have been entirely in charge of each making their own lunch every night. I haven't had to remind anyone and no one has yet to forget their lunch. I'm pretty excited at how well this has worked so far — especially because the kids seem to be loving it! Jesse and I are in charge of our own lunches and I'm going to have items on hand to choose from: fried eggs, toast, chips & salsa, yogurt, refried beans & cheese, salads, fruits, veggies, and/or leftovers. Dinners Smoked Chicken, Broccoli, Rice Crockpot Taco Soup, Muffins, Fruit Ground Pork/Onions/Potatoes Hash, Salad, Fruit Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole, Fruit Crockpot Taquitos, Fruit Salad Breakfast for dinner: Pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, fruit Dinner Out Freezer Cooking I'm doing a Freezer Cooking session on Wednesday where I'm combining dinner prep with freezer cooking. This means that I'll really only have to bake/cook one day this week. I'll be making Homemade Bread, Crockpot Taquitos, Pancakes, and Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole. Look for more details on how that goes later this week! Look for my post tomorrow with full details on what all the groceries we bought for this week plus how much we paid for everything! What's on YOUR menu plan this week? Share the link to it in the comments or tell us what you're most excited about cooking! Related Menu-Planning Posts: 3 Recipes I Made Recently Using What We Had on Hand Why I'm Back to Menu-Planning, Grocery Shopping, and Freezer Cooking Why We Stopped Making Family Dinners a Priority YEARS of Past Menu Plans We've Shared Here 6 Ways We're Keeping Our Grocery Budget Low Why We More Than Doubled Our Grocery Bill        Latest finds on Pinterest One of the BEST Ways to Start Your Day Freezer-Friendly Banana Bread -- This is the BEST banana bread recipe ever! It's delicious, fail-proof, and freezes beautifully! Wondering whether you give your children allowance or not? This post has some GREAT thoughts on why you SHOULD pay your children... and how to set up a paid and non-paid chore system. Latest finds on Pinterest One of the BEST Ways to Start Your Day Freezer-Friendly Banana Bread -- This is the BEST banana bread recipe ever! It's delicious, fail-proof, and freezes beautifully! Wondering whether you give your children allowance or not? This post has some GREAT thoughts on why you SHOULD pay your children... and how to set up a paid and non-paid chore system.     Click here to safely unsubscribe from "LITE Feed, Money Saving Mom®." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.