Little Monkey turns 6 today!!! Birthdays are always a big celebration at our place but the kids’ birthdays definitely draw the most attention. Grandparents who live in Nova Scotia and grandparents who live in Niagara on the Lake will all be arriving to our place this afternoon for a weekday celebration as Little Monkey had quite a few requests for her 6th birthday celebration. We’ll share with you her birthday plans and she has a Pie Face giveaway for you as well!
Instead of ONE big birthday party, she wanted to have a couple celebrations (she really is her mother’s child!). Today we will have a few kids, who live in our building, join the grandparents for some “My Little Pony” cake and dinner but she’s most excited for the Friday “game night” (we haven’t hosted too many play dates!). She wants to have 5 of her girlfriends over because she often sees me having my friends over when the hubs goes off for his monthly game night. We couldn’t say no to her request, now could we?
Disclosure : I am part of the PTPA Brand Ambassador Program with Gay Lea and I receive compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog, as always, are TOTALLY ours!
Over the weekend we pulled out the Pie Face game (remember how we used it for stress relief last year?) and had a good laugh because Little Monkey wanted to ensure that the game will be in working condition for her game night this Friday. I personally think she just wanted an excuse to eat some delicious Gay Lea Real Whipped Cream. I really can’t blame her because that stuff is absolutely delicious and I take comfort in knowing that it is locally made. On Friday we’ll most likely be using the Gay Lea Real Coconut Whipped Cream because it is not only made from pure coconut cream, but is also nut free, lactose free, dairy free and gluten free…a few things we have to keep in mind when hosting kids!
My mom is baking a My Little Pony Cake and there’s going to be loads of treats and candy this evening so I thought I’d start her day with something special. The balloons were blown, the doors were decorated and a special “treat” breakfast was awaiting her this morning. What she doesn’t know is that her breakfast was really a healthy smoothie bowl with a lovely dollop of real whipped cream! Total mom win!
I love it when I can sneak in healthy dishes as treats! Remember this cottage cheese Mousse? Smoothie bowls are all the rage and they’re simple to make. I use the rule of 2 fruits, 1 nut, 1 veggie, 1 protein and a dollop of dairy for my recipes. Adding cottage cheese or protein powder really helps to provide a great start to the day, especially since her lunchbox has been coming home full these days (“too busy to eat” I was informed). Below is what we made today!
Peanut Butter Banana Avocado Smoothie Bowl
INGREDIENTS
1 large banana, sliced
1 avocado peeled
handful of steamed kale or spinache
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 cup of Nordica Smooth plain cottage cheese
1 cup milk
Toppings : Gay Lea Real coconut whipped cream and Concord Grapes
PREPARATION
Blend the banana, avocado, peanut butter, cottage cheese, leafy greens and maple syrup until chunky and then add in the milk before blending further. Blend until it’s a smooth velvety paste. Keep in mind that you want to blend your fruits and veggies on low and then slowly add in the milk. This way you’ll get a soft serve like consistency. Transfer to a bowl and top with your favourite toppings. You can totally have fun with the toppings but Little Monkey loves blue concord grapes and the Gay Lea whipped cream was a special treat because of her birthday!
While I go stuff myself on the leftover smoothie bowl, why don’t you enter below for your chance to win 1 of 10 Hasbro and Gay Lea prize packs? Good Luck!
PTPA & Gay Lea Pie Face
Giveaway
Amy Heffernan
October 17, 2017 at 8:19 amOh my gosh!!! My boys would have so much fun with this!! Thanks!!
Michelle W
October 17, 2017 at 9:49 amHappy Birthday to your Little Monkey! ? This would be great fun for parties and family game nights! ?
Yashy
October 17, 2017 at 2:49 pmThank you very much!
Erin W
October 17, 2017 at 3:29 pmThis looks like so much fun, my daughter has it on her Christmas list! Thanks for the chance to win!
loucheryl
October 17, 2017 at 6:17 pmI would love to win any of these board games for my boys. 🙂 They love whipped cream too. 🙂
ivy pluchinsky
October 17, 2017 at 6:56 pmThis giveaway is awesome, sure would love to win this!
Sarah Letendre
October 17, 2017 at 8:57 pmthis prize prize pack would make for some fun family times !
Yashy
October 18, 2017 at 9:28 amIt sure would!
Athena
October 17, 2017 at 9:27 pmWhat a great giveaway!
Julie bolduc
October 17, 2017 at 10:49 pmThis game looks so fun
charityk
October 18, 2017 at 2:56 amthe game looks like so much fun
Elizabeth R
October 18, 2017 at 8:14 amI have been looking at Pie Face as a game to play with my nieces and nephew, so this would be great.
Yashy
October 18, 2017 at 9:28 amGood luck!!
kathy downey
October 18, 2017 at 4:39 pmI would love to win any of these board games for my grandkids,and the whip cream is so delicious!
CL Chin
October 18, 2017 at 5:16 pmthese games are great, i think my son would love pie face! now i have to find that dark chocolate caramel whipped cream too!
Judy Cowan
October 18, 2017 at 6:03 pmI can see lots of fun memories being made with Pie Face!
Stephanie LaPlante
October 18, 2017 at 9:01 pmThese games look like so much fun!
Michelle Policelli
October 19, 2017 at 10:39 amThis is such a great giveaway! i would love to win one of these board games for my nephew 🙂
Jenny Major
October 19, 2017 at 7:02 pmThis looks like fun!!
nicky
October 19, 2017 at 10:42 pmThis is awesome! We love playing games as a family like this.
Alex S.
October 20, 2017 at 7:24 amThe Pie Face is very cute.
Michelle T
October 20, 2017 at 8:12 amThat looks like a lot of fun!
Nikki H
October 20, 2017 at 8:14 amMy kids would adore this game!
Christine Topley
October 20, 2017 at 1:34 pmMy son would have a blast playing this game with his step son. I’d give it to them for Christmas to make delicious memories together. Also, any chance to eat whip cream without having to put it on pie or something is bonus!
Calvin F.
October 20, 2017 at 1:43 pmI have seen people playing this before, definitely lots of fun, thanks for sharing.
Sandy Couzens
October 20, 2017 at 8:16 pmFun !! Fun !!! Fun !!! This would be the PERFECT Game for the Holidays. Our Family would Love it. Thank you !!!
Yashy
October 23, 2017 at 5:15 pmDefinitely fun for the holidays!
Rosa Cross
October 20, 2017 at 9:11 pmLooks like a fun game.
Heather Swanson
October 20, 2017 at 9:29 pmmy grandson would love this prize!
Catherine L.
October 21, 2017 at 10:02 amThis looks like so much fun.
Marlene V
October 21, 2017 at 1:04 pmThanks for the chance to win.
Susan Stirling
October 21, 2017 at 7:23 pmOMG .. my four wild ‘n crazy grands would love this so much! (me too!)
Linda
October 23, 2017 at 1:49 amThat Pie Face game looks like a lot of fun – messy, but fun.
Holly Myke
October 24, 2017 at 12:03 amWe’d make many family memories with this bundle. Good luck to all!
Colleen
October 24, 2017 at 8:33 amLooks like fun for everyone.
Mike Gismondi
October 24, 2017 at 4:15 pmMy kids would love this game!
NormaJane
October 28, 2017 at 7:34 pmHappy Birthday to your daughter!
We just tried the Coconut Whip Cream for Thanksgiving on our Pumpkin Pie and it was delicious. I like your idea to add it to breakfast too Yum!
Yashy
October 30, 2017 at 8:59 amThank you! Glad you liked it… we do too!
Surinder gurm
October 28, 2017 at 10:13 pmGreat prize for grand nephews and nieces
kristen visser
November 2, 2017 at 7:09 pmoh my gosh talk about great family fun!! the pie in the face looks like a blast
Laura Chorney
November 3, 2017 at 12:52 pmMy daughter would love this game!!
Laurie P
November 8, 2017 at 5:49 pmSome amazing games! Perfect for the upcoming holiday!
Stephanie
November 9, 2017 at 1:28 pmWe have always wanted to play Pie Face! This would be amazing, thanks for the chance to win!
Jonnie
November 9, 2017 at 6:33 pmWe love board games. Pie Face looks hilarious!
sarah
November 12, 2017 at 4:52 pmThis would make a great addition to our family game nights! Thanks 🙂