Silicon Valley Peeps: Join the Speck-ster Case Hunt!

Guess where I'll be on Friday morning? Down on my hands and knees, scrambling through the grass and marching through the shrubbery at our local park -- because iPhone and Blackberry case maker Speck is hosting an Easter hunt that grownups will be hopping up and down for! The Easter Bunny will be hiding 350 Speck iPhone 3G/3GS and BlackBerry Cases...

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Join the#gno #timetoplay Twitter Party Tuesday to Get Kids’ Party Planning Tips

Here's a photo from the Bakugan-themed birthday party I hosted for 3Po and Jammy at the end of January. We had Bakugan-themed games, crafts, food, decor and goody bags! Alfie says I can get overly anal about planning themed-birthday parties (there was that time I actually squeezed myself into a tutu for The Pea's 6th birthday), but honestly, I have...

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Win a Flatscreen tv from NoBetterDeal.com

Come join NoBetterDeal.com in celebrating the Twitter Meme they started in December (“There’s #NoBetterDeal Than____”) and you could win a 32” Television. For details and to enter, go tohttp://www.nobetterdeal.com/StoreCatalog/ctl4057/sitecontent/NBDcontest/NBDcontest?=cnbdHurry, this contest ends tomorrow, 3/30/2010!Disclosure: I did not receive...

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Tide Plus Febreze Freshness™ Sport -- Win a $10 Target GiftCard

Over the past 6 months or so, I've been increasingly surprised/amazed/disgusted by the state of my sons' jeans, cargo pants and sweatpants when they come home from kindergarten. The number of tears, holes, grass stains and mud stains they bring home are out of this world! It's all that running on the soccer field, and now that the weather is warmer,...

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Taylor Swift Singing Doll

My daughter fell in love with Taylor Swift even before she knew who she was. Last year she got a Kids Bop cd which featured "Teardrops on My Guitar", and she went crazy over the song. She and all her friends know it and love to sing it, so much so that 3Po and Jammy have learned to like the song! So when I told her that I would be reviewing a doll...

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Disneyland Resort Deals for Spring/Summer 2010

Spring break is coming up, and summer isn't far behind! We've got a trip to Europe planned this summer, but we didn't really have anything planned for Spring Break until I got invited to the Child's Play Bloggers Brunch down in LA. Then the wheels in my head started turning and now it looks like we might be taking a little detour to one of my favorite...

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Bonggamom Finds Facebook Giveaway: How to Train Your Dragon Game for PS3

At last, the movie How to Train Your Dragon is out in movie theaters today! We've been waiting to watch this movie ever since we saw the trailer last month. The kids are especially eager to see it because yesterday we received samples of the How To Train Your Dragon videogame by Activision, which was released on March 23rd for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii...

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Leapfrog Literacy Twitter Party -- win 5 Tag Readers, plus one more here!

There's just a week left to celebrate March into Literacy Month, and Leapfrog is sending the month off with a bang! They're hosting their first-ever Literacy Luncheon Twitter Party, next Wednesday, March 31, from 10-11 AM PDT. LeapFrog’s reading expert, Dr. Carolyn Jaynes—a former classroom teacher and University Professor of Education—will host....

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

Welcome to Bonggamom's Friday Finds! 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 get...

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Zippity Doo Review and Giveaway

Here's a multiple-choice question: What's the worst thing about sending your kid to school?a) Waking up early in the morningb) Helping your kid with homework (or doing it for them)c) Junky cafeteria foodd) Having to buy 10 rolls of wrapping paper for your kid's fundraiser3) LiceFor me, it's no contest. I can set my alarm clock, force (or bribe)...

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How Green are you? Take the CURLS survey and save 15%

April is Earth Month, and a great way to celebrate it is to look at our lifestyles and see whether there are any ways we can reduce our consumption and carbon footprint. So to aid you in your own paths to eco-awareness, I'm helping CURLS haircare products conduct an informal survey about the ways in which us Curlies contribute to the demise of the...

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Lands End Harbour Island Twitter Party

One of my favorite companies, Lands End, is hosting a Twitter Party tonight. I had so much fun at their last Twitter event (I even won a leather-trimmed canvas hobo bag!), I encourage everyone to attend! Here are the details:Join Lands' End and representatives from the Islands Of The Bahamas and iexplore.com for a Twitter Event to celebrate the Lands'...

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Yummie Tummie Ruffle Top

Have you seen Yummie Tummie's 2010 Spring Collection yet? My two favorite items are the Ruffle Top and the Cowlneck Tank . Unfortunately the Cowlneck Tank is all sold out but the Yummie Tummie folks must have read about how I'm slobbering all over the Ruffle Top, because they sent me one to review!Here's my attempt to recreate the photo of the...

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Phineas & Ferb Eye Buggers

Spring is here, and toy companies are coming up with fun new ways for kids to play and pass the time. Jakks Pacific recently sent me a Phineas Eye Bugger toy to review, and even though my kids don't watch the Phineas and Ferb tv show too often, they love playing with this hilarious eye-popping toy!The BasicsThe Phineas and Ferb Eye Buggers are soft...

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Klutz Fashion Origami Review and Giveaway

The Pea got started with origami when she was in first grade. Her amazing first-grade teacher realized all the educational benefits of origami -- it helps students with mathematical reasoning, spacial reasoning, following sequences, fractions, geometry, as well as enhancing fine motor skills, patience and attention to detail -- so not a week went...

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CafePress Organic Tee Review and Giveaway

April is Earth Month, and since it's just a blink of an eye away, it's time to start thinking of ways we can reduce our carbon footprint and be kinder to the earth. One easy change we can make to our lifestyles is to buy more organic clothing. With more and more clothing companies offering organic options, finding cute, affordable organic clothing...

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Shabby Apple giveaways around the blogosphere

I recently posted about how much I love Shabby Apple dresses. They are beautifully made and make any gal feel glamorous! They're also reasonably priced, with many dresses in the $70-$80 range -- but if you're feeling lucky, you could enter to win a Shabby Apple dress on any of these blogs:Shabby Apple Trunk Show giveaway -- ends March 27, 2010Just...

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Girl World Tour Ticket Giveaway

Update 3/22 -- New cities added for the giveaway! Click here to learn moreHey, Bay Area moms and daughters: Rosalind Wiseman’s Girl World event for moms and tween girls is coming to California on Monday, April 26th -- and one of the Girl World sponsors, Dove go fresh Deodorant and Body Mists, is providing tickets to one lucky adult-girl pair!Here's...

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Baby Bunch Nests Review and Giveaway

Take your cue from the animals: spring is the best time to have a baby. Signs of new life are everywhere: the grass is green again, flowers are starting to bloom, birds are starting to chirp. For those giving birth at this time of the year, I'm loving these Baby Egg Nests by The Baby Bunch. I did a review and giveaway for The Baby Bunch a couple...

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

Welcome to Bonggamom's Friday Finds! 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 get...

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Tonic Hair Care Facebook Giveaway

I've got a great giveaway today -- and I'm hosting it on my Bonggamom Finds Facebook page!To enter, go to the Bonggamom Finds FB Fan PageOne lucky Bonggamom Finds Facebook fan will win a trio of quality, organic, environmentally-friendly hair care products from The Tonic Shop. Here's what you could win:Threesome: The girlfriend approved 3-in-1Threesome...

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Creating Keepsake Photo Books with Scrapblog

Alfie thinks the word "Awesome" is sadly overused these days, to the point where it has lost it's meaning,. When you do see something truly Awesome -- like the Grand Canyon, which we visited last October -- you're at a loss to describe it because the appropriate word, Awesome, is wasted on things like delicious chocolate milkshakes or a really good...

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