Chocolate Cheerios Review and Giveaway

If Alfie and The Pea had their way, they would have chocolate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. One of these days I'm going to throw caution to the winds and serve chocolate cake for breakfast, but for now we're sticking to cereal. MyBlogSpark and General Mills recently sent us a gift box with their new Cheerios variety, Chocolate Cheerios. It may...

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

Bonggamom's Friday Finds is back for 2010! I'm glad so many of you are finding this to be a useful way to get more traffic to your giveaways. And as a person who loves entering giveaways, I have to admit it's a great, easy way to find out where all the best giveaways are.So feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone. And don't forget to...

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Join the Conversation and "Rethink What Matters"

Mineral makeup brand Bare Escentuals has launched a fun new campaign called Rethink What Matters, designed to get women to look beyond the skin deep, redefine beauty and get some honest conversations going on topics like going bare in public and what freedom really is.Sound interesting? Stop by RethinkWhatMatters.com every Friday for a new discussion...

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Get a Free Picture Gift Bag

You know what they say: it's all in the presentation. That's why people make a big deal about gift wrapping. When you give someone a beautifully-wrapped present it elevates gift giving and receiving to a whole new level, because the recipient begins enjoying their present from the moment they set eyes on it. I recently received a coupon for a FREE...

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The Care and Feeding of your ActiveIon Pro

A couple of weeks ago we noticed a greenish tinge at the bottom of our ActiveIon Pro. I suppose leaving water in the unit's reservoir for 3 weeks while on vacation was not such a great idea. Obviously the tank had to be cleaned (The ActiveIon Pro is supposed to clean things, not spray them with algae) but I didn't know how. Since we use the ActiveIon...

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Stay Put Socks Giveaway

Today is laundry day, and I swear I'm still finding odd socks from when the boys were babies. Okay, maybe not infants but size 2 socks are still showing up in closet corners and behind heavy furniture from time to time. The point is, short of chaining your baby's socks to their feet, parents have resigned themselves to buying a gazillion pairs of...

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Help Zooni Help Haiti

There are so many reasons to buy a hat for your child -- because it's cold in January, because you don't want your kid's ears to fall off, because you want to show those moms at the playground that even though your baby crawled a month later than their little brats, yours has impeccable style and taste.And if you buy a Zooni hat this month, you'll...

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Skin MD Valentine Giveaway

Here's a great giveaway featuring SkinMD, a product I've enjoyed and reviewed on this blog. It's a Valentine' themed prize basket valued at $100 , containing the following:- Bottle of Skin MD Natural shielding lotion- Bottle of Skin MD Natural + SPF 15 shielding lotion- One pound of See's dark assorted chocolates- Pack of Starbucks VIA Ready brew...

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

Bonggamom's Friday Finds is back for 2010! I'm glad so many of you are finding this to be a useful way to get more traffic to your giveaways. And as a person who loves entering giveaways, I have to admit it's a great, easy way to find out where all the best giveaways are.So feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone. And don't forget to...

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It's Not Too Late for your Flu Shots

National Influenza Vaccination Week has just ended, but the fight to prevent the flu -- and the Be A Flu Free Family campaign, a project of Families Fighting Flu (FFF) -- has just begun. The campaign's goal is to educate people about the seriousness of influenza and the importance of getting the flu vaccine, especially for children, babies, pregnant...

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Win a Triaminic Prize Pack

Colds and flu are no fun, so I'll do anything I can to prevent them from taking over my household. Except, it seems, for getting flu shots. When my kids' pediatrician's office held their annual flu shot clinic last October, the lines were so long and we were late for a soccer game, so I decided to schedule a separate appointment with a nurse for...

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Qlubb.com's Busy Moms 2010 Resolution Contest (and a Giveaway!)

Is one of your 2010 Resolutions as a parent: "Be more efficient with my time"? Or "Volunteer at the Kids' School More"? Or "Be more like our Super-Type-A-Mom PTA President"? My advice to you is, Don't do it alone -- get help. Even Super-Type-A-Mom PTA Presidents need help: they' get things done because they know the right tools to help them...

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Help Paper Culture Help Haiti

Valentine's Day is just around the corner; like you haven't noticed, what with all the flowers and candy and cards on display at your local drugstore, supermarket, stationery store and superstore. If you're planning to buy Valentine cards, here's a way to warm the hearts of more than just the person you send it to: Paper Culture is donating 100%...

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Help provide clean drinking water, Win a PUR water pitcher

A few days ago I posted about the celebrity climb to Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of the need for clean drinking water around the globe. The good new is, they're reached the top! The bad news is, the need is greater than ever, what with catastrophes like the Haiti earthquake cutting access to clean drinking water for thousands of people. ...

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WiggleTime.com Review and Giveaway

Now that my kids are older, Alfie and I are beginning to allow them more freedom to play on online sites for kids. I do have to approve the site, of course, but once I give the okay, I no longer sit with them while they're online; they're free to play on the site for the allotted screen time they're given for the day. It gives me more freedom as...

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POM Wonderful

One classic New Year's Resolution that people make is to eat healthier, but unfortunately it's the kind of resolution that's all too easy to break. One great superfood that can help you stick to your resolution is the pomegranate. I recently received several bottles of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice to try out, which was great since Alfie...

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Help Vanessa De Lacy Help Haiti

Artist Vanessa De Lacy is donating 50% of the proceeds from the sale of art in her Etsy store towards relief efforts in Haiti.I did not receive a sample or monetary compensation for this po...

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Help Baby Star Help Haiti

With all the devastation and suffering going on in Haiti right now, I am heartened to see so many individuals and companies rallying around them and trying to help. I've decided to feature on my blog any business donating a portion of their sales to relief efforts, or any organization dedicated to relief efforts. By doing so, I hope to recognize...

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

Bonggamom's Friday Finds is back for 2010! I'm glad so many of you are finding this to be a useful way to get more traffic to your giveaways. And as a person who loves entering giveaways, I have to admit it's a great, easy way to find out where all the best giveaways are.So feel free to leave links to your giveaways, everyone. And don't forget to...

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Label Out Loud! with Mabel's Labels

It's 2010, and Mabel's Labels has started the year in a burst of color! They sent me samples of their newest product -- their LOL Sticky Labels -- and it was like Christmas had come all over again. The BasicsMabel's Labels' new LOL, or Label Out Loud, sticky labels are just like their popular Classic Sticky Labels: same size, same durability (they're...

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One More Day to win $100

I just wanted to remind everyone that my Tom's of Maine $100 Visa giftcard giveaway ends tomorrow, January 15th. There have been so many giveaways posted since then that the original post has long been pushed off my blog homepage; even though I've got a link to it on the sidebar, it's such a great prize that I wanted to make sure it gets the attention...

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Raising Awareness for Clean Drinking Water

The photo below shows one of the many rivers we passed during our travels around the Philippine countryside. It's tranquil and lush... just don't drink the water. The sad truth of the matter is that much of the "drinking" water in developing countries like the Philippines is unsafe, and every day 4,000 children in these countries die from illness...

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The cheapest ice cream ever

Happy January, everyone! I've been away on vacation so I haven't posted in a few days, but rest assured I've got lots of reviews, deals and giveaways lined up for 2010. For now, here's a fun photo of one of the best deals I found in 2009: Unfortunately you'll have to travel to Kalibo, a small town in the Philippines, to enjoy it. We found an ice...

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Imagia and the Magic Pearls

Disney's The Princess and The Frog opened in theaters earlier this month, and everyone is lauding Disney for featuring their very first African American princess and bringing African American culture to the forefront. Over in the literary field, author Monroe S. Tarver is also breaking new ground: his new children's book, Imagia and the Magic Pearls,...

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On the twelfth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Yo! Gabba Gabba cd

My, the holiday season has just flown by -- and that includes our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways event. Our final giveaway is for the younger set: a Yo! Gabba Gabba cd! Music Is Awesome is their first cd release and a must for fans of the tv series. When I reviewed this cd in October of last year, I was happy to see it contained all of my kids'...

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On the eleventh day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Petz Nursery game for Nintendo DS

Awwwwww...... I'm not an animal person, but even I can't resist the baby animals that players take care of in Ubisoft's Petz Nursery game. Kids get to feed, clean and play with the cutest newborn animals ever. They use the stylus to stir milk in a saucepan or tip a bottle of milk into a hungry baby puppy's mouth (getting him to suck and drink properly...

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On the tenth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Century of Flavor cookbook

A couple of months ago I held a giveway for A Century of Flavor, a wonderful cookbook by the Nielsen-Massey vanilla company. The recipes in the book all have vanilla or some other Nielsen-Massey extract in it, even appetizers! If you didn't win (or didn't get around to entering: shame on you!), now's your chance: Nielsen-Massey has generously provided...

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On the ninth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Battle of Giants Dinosaurs game for Nintendo DS

I've been giving away quite a few girly games for the Nintendo DS lately, so for those parents of rough-and-tumble boys, this giveaway is for you. Day 9 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways event features Ubisoft's Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs game for Nintendo DS. I reviewed this game a couple of months ago and found it to be an entertaining battle...

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On the eighth day of Christmas, Bonggamom gives to thee... a Scrapblog calendar or photobook

Happy New Year! It's the beginning of a new year (and a new decade!), and at this point in time, it's always nice to look back on the year that's passed, as well as look forward to the year ahead. What better way to do that than with a photo book or calendar from Scrapblog! Scrapblog is an online site that lets ordinary users create beautiful multimedia...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- the Bestest Giveaways around the blogosphere

Happy 2010, all! It's a new year, new decade, and that means lots of new giveaways, so feel free to leave links to all of yours. If you don't have any giveaways to post, no worries: use the links below to find lots of great giveaways to ent...

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