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on November 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment

This Year’s Number One Non-Toy Gift For Your Christmas List

The number one non-toy Christmas gift for your Christmas list this year.

This post is sponsored by Bookroo. All opinions are my own.

Every year when the Holidays come around I go into this crazy organizing mode. I don’t know if it’s because I get this burst of energy from Holiday joy or because I am anticipating all the fun filled chaos that is to come. Maybe it’s the latter.

My kids’ have no shortage of toys. Now that I have both a boy and a girl, the toys just seem to be multiplying. All the little girl things, all the little boy things, and everything in between. Not to mention we are still having babies over here so I can’t get rid of all the baby toys just yet. If you haven’t painted yourself a picture yet allow me to help you. Minefield…of toys…pink toys…blue toys…every kind of toys….everywhere. That about sums it up.

So, when Christmas comes around I now that getting new toys is definitely going to happen. But, if I can help it in any way, I like to ask for a few non-toy gifts or experiences for my children that can last all year long.

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One of the things on our kid’s Christmas lists for their grandparents this year was a Bookroo’s. We have had Bookroo’s in the past, but in efforts to knock off debt as fast as we can, we cut costs where we could. Sadly, Bookroo was one of those things we let go. BUT our love for Bookroo hasn’t gone anywhere which is exactly why I knew it had to be on our Christmas list this year.

Bookroo is a monthly subscription box full of some of the best books you can find. I have loved every book that we have received in our monthly boxes and they are all book I have never heard of before. You can sign up for month-to-month subscriptions, or buy multiple months subscriptions at a time. We put a multi-month subscription on our Christmas list because it’s like the gift that keeps on giving!

Cyber Monday is today and it’s the perfect time to sign up for a multi-month subscription for your family. Using code TREATYOSELF you can receive 25% off any multi-month subscription and TODAY is your last chance, so you don’t want to miss it!
Bookroo goal is to send the hidden gems that you don’t already own and are not easy to be found online or in stores. Their books are extensively reviewed by a panel of 12 families attending Stanford University and their combined 22 kids!

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They believe, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did that:

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”

Bookroo’s mission is to enable and empower parents to build their children’s book collections in an affordable and exciting way through curated monthly book deliveries. They believe in the power and impact of the written word in the life of a child, and believe it’s never too early to start reading to children!

So don’t miss out and sign up for your multi month subscription today! I am also giving away a one month subscription to one of you! So head on over to Instagram to enter!

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