What’s on your mind when the topic is about Africa? Are you one of most people who think of the big animals like giraffes, gorillas, lions, buffalo, elephants, and many others? I must admit that I’m one of those people, until I found out that there’s something more to expect about Africa! Where there is big, there are also small ones— the smaller species, animals and plants that need attention.
Speaking of attention, the San Diego Zoo is shining the spotlight on them. It’s also good news that they’re doing their best to help in conservation, giving them a new home so they can be taken care of and populate. The Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks at the San Diego Zoo brings the superstars in front of us to show us the another side of Africa. Isn’t it exciting?
I bet it’s a must-visit place for the entire family. Not only for the kids to enjoy and learn, but also for the parents. Everyone will surely enjoy their visit seeing the Africa Rocks superstars.
And who else love penguins? You’ll be surprised that penguins also lived in Africa; they’re not just cold weather birds! I can imagine how cute these penguins are while they’re swimming and diving over their 275,000 gallon pool at the zoo. Glad to know that there are actually 2 ways for the visitors to watch them, one is from above the water and one is from below through the large underwater viewing window.
Though these cute penguins will share the pool with leopard sharks, no harm will happen to them because these sharks don’t eat penguins anyway. Since these African penguins are endangered, the pool is going to be their breeding colony where they can nest and raise their chicks, yay!
I’m almost carried away by my excitement about the African penguins that I almost forgot to mention Africa Rocks highlights 6 habitats from savanna to seashore. And these habitats are Cape Fynbos, Kopje, Acacia Woodland, Ethiopian Highlands, Madagascar Forest, and West African Forest.
- The Cape Fynbos is where the warm-weather penguins swim with small sharks through the South Africa’s rocky coastline and gives us the weird yet beautiful Protea plants.
- Kopje is boulder-strewn islands in grassland savanna where the rock living animals’ lives.
- The Acacia Woodland features thorn-bearing acacia trees with shrubs and grasses, where you can expect leopards, vervetmonkeys, and a colorful bevy of birds.
- The Ethiopian Highlands is a rugged mountain habitat made of craggy, granite peaks, and plateaus.
- The Madagascar Forest is where you can find dramatic limestone formations and spiny dry forest plants, and also a home for lemurs.
- West African Forest gets up to 80 inches of rain each year, which creates water forms like waterfalls, pools, and streams.
Whoa, that’s a lot of exciting experience at the Africa Rocks! Are you as excited as I am? Be sure to plan your visit with the kids!
While June is just a few weeks away taking over, we all know what it means for happy couples who wanted to take their relationship to a whole new level. It’s no secret that the month of June is where most wedding happened, and a lot of preparations come along with it. And since I am helping a friend with the preparations for her wedding, I’m delighted to share you with how things go handy, thanks to technology!
I have built a few sites from the past, so I know the difference. Luckily, with GoDaddy GoCentral wedding website builder, even the non-tech savvy bride-to-be or groom-to-be can make their own wedding website for their own convenience and for their guests. Some may think it’s stressful to do things that only the well-experienced ones are capable of, but there’s nothing to worry about when you have all the information for the wedding because GoCentral has got your back!
It’s impressive how GoDaddy understands people from the tech-savvy ones to the no experience at all. I can tell it by the way they made GoCentral to have everything a wedding website needs. Yes, everything! What’s more convenient when it has a contact form to collect RSVP’s, maps to lead guests to the wedding location and an email marketing features that will surely help a lot to get in touch with your guests and lets you conveniently share information on registries, bridal party, and the wedding day itself? It also has galleries where you can display your photos.
The moment I hit publish, I know I got one happy friend, she’s really happy with how their wedding website turns out. For the fact that it saves her time, she can now get back to wedding planning with her groom-to-be and enjoy more time to have her “beauty rest”.
Ah, soap… soap! Yes, I changed most of my skincare essentials since we found out we’re expecting. You know, those products that contain ingredients every pregnant mom should avoid using and soap is not an exception to that. My skin is starting to get dry, and becoming more sensitive to fragrances, which is why I switched to Tom’s of Maine unscented beauty bar for sensitive skin. It also made me feel clean and fresh despite being, uh-oh— sweaty. Well, let’s just blame those pesky pregnancy hormones, they are probably the culprits for making me sweaty than I usually do.
Just like any of their personal care and oral care products, I love that this is Tom’s of Maine unscented beauty bar for sensitive skin was made with natural ingredients. The soothing chamomile, incorporated with natural vitamin E and olive oil helps to moisturize my skin. It is my current favorite and a must-have in my skincare essentials! I always believe that caring for our skin without the use of synthetic or artificial ingredients is always possible, the Tom’s of Maine brand proves it right. And what made them more Earth-friendly is that all their product packaging are recyclable through TerraCycle®!
Okay, now, let’s talk about how I recycled the Tom’s of Maine unscented bar for sensitive skin packaging that we got from Target.
And now is your turn! Head over to the nearest Target to pick up your Tom’s of Maine products to start your pledge to the #LessWasteChallenge! I’m so excited for that and of course, to see your unique DIY project made from the product packaging!
For almost a year and a half, I’ve used 3 different diaper bags and I just realized what I have been missing for so long. I never know that there’s something better than what I’ve got until I tried a JJ Cole bag! I’m now confident knowing I found a bag that perfectly suits my needs, not to mention the over-packing.
It has space for everything I want to bring with me. It’s in my nature to always over-pack and brings anything that I think I might need in times of “the unexpected”. I love that it was made with lightweight materials; the bag itself is not heavy at all for a petite mom of my size. I won’t mind having this JJ Cole bag on my shoulder to match most of my outfits because with its design in 
Now I don’t have to feel sorry everytime I pack my baby’s stuffs and mine trying to fit them all in one bag. I’m impressed how this JJ Cole Caprice diaper bag lets me organize our things with its spacious interior, and its multiple organizational compartments are easy and accessibly wide. This bag also comes with a pair of Grips stroller attachments, an adjustable and removable shoulder strap, and a lightweight changing pad.
You see, we can now bring my 
I put my things in the front pocket together with my wallet. On the other one outer pocket is where I put my phone. But with all these stuffs, this bag still has this very inviting space which is enough for me to bring my DSLR camera and iPad. Wow, that’s really a wow because we don’t usually bring them all together given that they won’t fit anymore in my old bags. I’m so confident that it’s capable of bringing all the stuffs we have when Baby number 2 arrived.
You know, when hubby was overseas last year, and I was the only adult at home to celebrate Children’s Day (Dia Del Niño) with Baby Cody and my nieces. We enjoyed a 
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