chicBuds JR -- as bongga as chicBuds, just smaller

Last week I reviewed chicBuds, the cute earphones with an adustable, retractable cord. The pair that chicBuds gave me to try out are white with pink Swarovski crystals on the earbuds and the cord windup thingy, so even though I wear crocs and sweats I'm feeling all Hip and Fine when I listen to music. Which probably means that I'm so Not Hip and Fine,...

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Here Comes the Sun ($250 giftcard giveaway!)

Capri-Sun Sunrise is Making Every Day Better for moms and kids -- and they're going to make one lucky reader's day even better with a $250 VISA gift card! Read on to find out how to enter.Is it morning already? Mornings are not my strong suit. My kids are up with the sun, but I stay in bed until I absolutely have to get up. I jump out of bed between...

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31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins

Heads up, everyone, it's time for some ice cream! Baskin-Robbins® is holding a 31 Cent Scoop Night on Wednesday, April 29th from 5 to 10 P.M. in honor of the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) National Junior FirefighterProgram. Participating stores will reduce prices of small ice cream scoops to 31 cents. Yum y...

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Delta Disney Umbrella Stroller review and giveaway

On our last night at the Disneyland Resort last December, 3Po contracted stomach flu. The poor kid was throwing up all night, so instead of being able to enjoy his last day at Disneyland, he was exhausted. He could barely stand up, much less walk a gazillion miles from Fantasyland to Adventureland and back again, so we had to rent a stroller for him...

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chicBuds -- the perfect earphones!

Want to win these chic earphones? Keep reading!I love the ipod that Alfie gave me for Christmas last year, but I didn't really like the standard headphones they came with. What I really wanted were earbuds with good quality sound and retractable cords. That second criteria is especially important, because tangled earphones and cables is a pet peeve...

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The Buzz on Children's Claritin

Allergy season.... ugh. We're in the midst of it, and it's hitting Alfie and me hard. Sneezing, wheezing, itchy eyes, the whole works. There's a strong history of allergy in my family -- my mother is allergic to practically everything, and every one of my siblings is allergic to something or another. I used to be allergic to chocolate (yes, it was...

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This DVD is truly a Global Wonder

As parents and world citizens, Alfie and I feel very strongly about giving our kids a global outlook and exposing them to different mindsets. We do have some natural advantages in this area because Alfie and I come from different cultures (Filipino and English), and we're raising our kids in a third (American -- but a very multicultural Silicon...

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Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerrys

It's Free Cone Day today at Ben & Jerrys! They are giving away a free cone of ice cream all day today to celebrate 31 years of cold, creamy yumminess. It couldn't come at a better time for the Bay Area, since temperatures are going to be in the high 90's today. Too bad today isn't Free Central Airconditioning Day. Oh well, I'll settle for...

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Chic, classy stamps

I recently won a Three Designing Women self-inking stamp from chic online boutique Good for the Kids and the wild, wacky women at Room 704. Self-inking stamps have been around since forever, but TDW's stamps are so, soooooo chic. As in sophisticated chic. As in Martha Stewart chic. As in my-library-books-are-alphabetized-and-labeled chic. No more freebie...

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Win a DVD from this award-winning series

Want to win a DVD of this award-winning children's show? Read on...It's so difficult to find good educational children's programs; there are so many out there that you hardly know which ones to try. So when we received the opportunity to view some episodes of Ribert and Robert's Wonderland, I was glad to know, even before I popped the DVD into the...

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Recipe for a Great TV Show

When The Travel Channel informed me that Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods show was beginning a new season this week, I was happy to take a sneak peek at the first episode. Check it out:I love food and I love travel, so shows about global cuisine are right up my alley. And two of last season's episodes were particularly close to my heart: Bizarre...

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Go bananas for Funky Monkey snacks

I'm always on the lookout for yummy, healthy snacks for me my kids, so I was psyched to win some Funky Monkey fruit snacks from Country Girl, City Life. My kids loved the Jive-A-Lime (pineapple) andPurple Funk (bananas with acai berries) -- they taste like candied fruit! But it's actually freeze-dried fruit that's 100% fruit (no sugar), 100%...

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Download Earth

Disney Download #3.... this time it's from Earth, a Disney movie opening next week, on Earth Day, April 22. In the spirit of Walt Disney's "True-Life Adventures" series, this movie tells the story of three animal families -- polar bears, elephants and whales, of course the ones most beloved by kids -- and their journey across earth. I'm expecting National...

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The tax man bringeth freebies

I got my taxes done last month, which I'm happy about since I'm still out sick with this cold and I don't have to rush and stress and line up at the post office. I can just relax in the knowledge that our tax refunds are already in the bank, yes even the California state one. And even though our refund is already gone (spent on property tax!), I can still wander around and avail of all the free Tax Day offers up today:How's this for an e-cone-nomic stimulus? Get a free scoop of Maggie Moos ice...

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Getting organized with Peter Walsh and Office Max

I love this billboard! It's Peter Walsh to a T!Hoo Boy, organization (or the lack of it) sure did strike a chord with mombloggers. Last Thursday's webcast on workplace organization, sponsored by Office Max and featuring organizer Peter Walsh from the TLC hit series Clean Sweep, took Twitter by storm. Everyone was lamenting over the state of their...

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Win an ALL HEART Family Cookbook

Today I'm teaming up with Momfluence and Sara Lee to help raise awareness of heart disease. Did you know that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States? This is why women should be maintaining a healthy weight, getting exercise, and making heart-healthy food choices every day! To support the campaign, Sara Lee Fresh Bakery is...

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Visit Disneyland for Less

Now that summer is approaching and we're making our vacation plans, my mind is turning to thoughts of..... Disney. Yes, I know we've just come from our fabulous Disney vacation last December, but I can dream, can't I? Alfie wants to go to LA to watch Chelsea play InterMilan, so I'm thinking, what am I going to do with the kids while he's there? Visit...

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Yanni finds a Voice

Last month I posted about Yanni's return to the forefront of the music scene with his new cd Yanni Voices, and 2009 tour Yanni Voices Live in Concert. Thanks to the One2One Network, I also received a copy of the cd and had the opportunity to listen to Yanni's new music myself. We've got his Nightbird cd somewhere in our collection but I haven't listened...

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What I'd like in MY Easter basket

There are some GREAT giveaways going on around the blogosphere right now! I think it's great that bloggers and companies are teaming up in such a great win-win partnership: companies get to spread the word about their products, bloggers get more visitors to their sites, readers find out about cool new products and get the chance to win great prizes. Here are some giveaways that I'd LOVE to win:* A Lucky Me Tee so I can tell the world I'm a mom of 3.* A set of Oliver's Labels to help my kids identify...

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Download Tinkerbell

Disney Photo Frame: Fairies Happy 8th birthday to The Pea! Here she is when she was just two, in her little Tinkerbell costume. *sigh*.... how time flies... as quickly as a fairy, to be exact! In honor of my little Pea's birthday, today's Disney Download is the Tinkerbell photoframe that you see above (minus The Pea's photo: feel free to insert...

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Mabels Labels Giveaway

It's The Pea's birthday today, and someone's getting a goody bag! Want to win some great clothing labels from Mabel's Labels? Keep reading.....I recently had the opportunity to try out some Classic Sticky Labels from the awesome label company Mabel's Labels. They're sturdy, big, bright, eye-catching labels that no-one can miss (so you don't have to...

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You've Got to Taste This Turtle Cake!

To enter my recently concluded Taste This! cookbook giveaway, readers had to vote for which dish I ought to try next from the Taste This! cookbook. Here are the results:Pear Walnut Salad - 2 votesBlack Bean Soup - 1 votePotato Souffle - 5 votesLinguine & Brie - 3 votesStuffed Bell Peppers - 4 votesDivine Chicken Curry - 3 votesBeef Stroganoff...

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And the winner of the Leapfrog giveaway is...

... MJ! Congratulations, you've won the LeapFrog Tag Reading System with 5 (count'em, five!) books for you-- plus an expanded-memory LeapFrog Tag Reading System, with 10 books to donate to your local library.I don't usually do this, but it was an amazing giveaway, one of my most popular ever, so I'd like to thank Leapfrog for sponsoring the giveaway...

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