On the seventh day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Squeeballs Party game for Nintendo DS

Woo hoo, tonight is New Year's Eve, and it's time to party! I recently reviewed Squeeballs Party for the Nintendo DS, and I have to say these Squeeballs are are welcome to come and spend New Year's Eve with us anytime. Who wouldn't want to party with them -- especially when you get to slice them, electrocute them, feed them to monsters, hurl them...

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On the sixth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... an Imagine game for Nintendo DS

Today on Bonggamom Finds, one lucky reader will win a copy of Imagine: Artist game for the Nintendo DS. This is one of my daughter's favorite games in Ubisoft's Imagine series. The Pea and her brothers love to draw, so this is no surprise; they spend hours working with paper and pencils and markers, just drawing and drawing and drawing. 3Po and...

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On the fifth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Rabbids Go Home game for Wii

Most of the video games I allow my kids to play have some kind of educational component (i.e. they help my kids practice their reading or math skills), or they stimulate my kids' imagination and creativity by allowing them to engage in pretend play (i.e. simulation games or role playing games like Ubisoft's Petz or Imagine series). We received a...

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On the fourth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Ribert and Robert DVD

Today, one lucky Bonggamom Finds reader will win a DVD featuring the award-winning children's television series Ribert and Robert's Wonderland. It stars an animated toad named Ribert who wants to learn about everything, and his human friend Robert. Each show has a topic like the rainforest or winter. Ribert, Robert and the audience spend their time...

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On the third day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... Skin MD Natural Lotion

Up for grabs on Day 3 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways event is a 4-oz bottle (with daily use, that's about 1 month's supply) of Skin MD Natural shielding lotion. I reviewed this lotion a couple of days ago, and I have to say, I'm really impressed. In fact, Skin MD Natural is currently Alfie's favorite lotion -- and if you knew Alfie you'd be...

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On the second day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Ninja Turtles game for XBox 360

The day after Christmas in England is called Boxing Day, and it got its name from the old English tradition of the nobility giving presents (in Christmas "boxes") to servants, slaves, postal workers and the less fortunate. So to celebrate Boxing Day, I'm giving another kind of "boxing" present --a game for the XBox 360. Boxing day... XBox... get...

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On the first day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Bosch Mixxo

Merry Christmas, and welcome to Day 1 of my 12 Days of Christmas giveaway! Today I'm giving away the best Christmas present ever to one lucky Bonggamom Finds reader: A Bosch MIXXO cordless immersion blender. I've already blogged about how much I like the Bosch MIXXO -- and my affection is growing. When I wrote about how I was reluctant to use it...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- The Bestest Giveaways Around the Blogosphere

Merry Christmas, all! Feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone. And don't forget to get cracking and enter all those giveawa...

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Funky Monkey snacks

With all the advent calendars, cookie exchanges, family dinners and holiday parties, my kids are drowning in rich food. I need to be mindful about controlling their intake of treats and giving them healthy food more than ever. Fortunately there are healthy snacks like Funky Monkey that are both healthy and delicious! We've already tried and loved...

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Skin MD Natural shielding lotion

Winter is here, and since our family has dry skin, the cold, dry Northern California climate is sucking every last bit of moisture out of our skins. My hands look like old ladies' hands, and I swear my legs look like a parched Ethiopian riverbank. Poor 3Po has suffered from eczema since birth, and keeping his little legs free of itchy, red rashes...

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Kids, Car Trips and the Holidays

There's no time like the holidays to reflect on how special and important your family is -- and there's no time like the holidays to remind everyone to keep children safe and secure while traveling in a car. Everyone knows how important car seats are for preventing injuries in children, but more often than not, car seats aren't installed correctly....

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ICEE Instant Slushy Maker

My kids go crazy for slushy, icy drinks like Slurpees and Icees. Every time they accompany me to Target they beg, beg beg for an Icee Drink. So when I was invited to review the EZ-2-Make! ICEE Instant Slushy Maker, I gladly said yes, knowing my kids would be so excited to try it out. The thought of homemade ICEE drinks had them begging me day and...

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Girl Gourmet Sweets Candy Bead Studio

One activity my kids have always loved is stringing beads to create bracelets and necklaces. They started out with big, chunky plastic beads and pipe cleaners when they were toddlers, and now their fine motor skills are good enough to handle more grownup supplies like bead wire, seed beads, pliers and crimp beads. But they still like creating kiddie...

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Myachi: The Original Hand Sack

When we were kids, we played a game called sipa. Sipa means "kick" in Filipino, and basically you use your foot to keep a metal washer or a small rattan ball in the air. You can play alone or in a team, and it's a very popular game in the Philippines. There are many versions of the game, including the Malaysian sepak takraw, and it's not an easy...

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Wati Designs

While packing for our vacation, I told The Pea she could choose only two dresses to take along with her. When she came back with her selection, I wasn't surprised: both were made by Wati, my favorite Bay Area children's designer. One was a pink spaghetti-strap dress that I bought her a couple of years ago, and the other was a fuschia cap-sleeved...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- The Bestest Giveaways Around the Blogosphere

As a giveaway blogger, I've found it's a great way to get more traffic to my giveaways. And as a person who loves entering giveaways, I've found it's a great way to find out where all the best giveaways are.So I've started a weekly giveaway roundup post that hopefully people will find useful. Feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone....

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Get Ready for 12 Days of Giveaways!

It's almost Christmas and the presents, they are a-comin'! Have you been naughty or nice? At Bonggamom Finds, it doesn't matter, because everyone gets a chance to win! My 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways event begins on December 25 and I'll be giving away one present for each of the 12 Days of Christmas:Day 1: Bosch MIXXO cordless immersion blender...

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Today is Free Shipping Day!

Today is the last day to order online and get your presents delivered in time for Christmas! Fortunately (and maybe not so coincidentally) today is also Free Shipping Day, when over 700 merchants try to convince you to buy stuff from them by dangling the shiny carrot of free shipping in your face. Not that I'm complaining -- I'm a sucker for free...

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Liv Dolls

Spinmaster's Bakugan is the hot toy for boys. But what about for girls? The Liv fashion dolls, Spinmaster's latest offering for girls, have got some unique features that really make them stand out from the crowd. We received a sample Liv Doll (Sophie, the blond hairdresser) to review; here's what we thought:The BasicsHere's a description of the...

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Nanovor Nanoscope

When I attended the Time to Play Holiday Showcase last October, my friends from Time to Play all had one thing to say about the Expo floor: You've got twin boys, right? Well, you've got to go to the Smith and Tinker table! So I did, and they were right: 3Po and Jammy would indeed love to play with all that wonderful green slime enclosed in a barrel...

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Last-minute Gift Ideas: Keepsake Books from Scrapblog

Ever since the advent of digital photography, our photo albums have fallen by the wayside. That's why every year I like to take a select group of photos and create a keepsake photo book. After all, forcing your guests to click through thousands and thousands of your photos just isn't the same as leafing through the crisp pages of a book filled with...

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