Weekend Mornings (Win a $100 Visa gift card!)

With such hectic morning weekdays, you'd think we'd be glad to take it easy and relax on the weekends. But no, we had to be the family with the daughter who takes skating lessons, whose class had to be on Saturday mornings at 8:45. So we have to be out of the house by 8:20.Saturday mornings have become an extension of weekday mornings where...

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Take the Lands' End Holiday Survey and enter to win a Lands' End Gift Card

Here's a great chance to win some extra cash for the holiday season -- and who doesn't need extra shopping money? Take the Lands' End/Every Day with Rachael Ray 2010 Holiday Survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/landsendrachaelrayholiday2010 .Participants who complete the survey by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 5th will be entered into a drawing...

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Halloween Chills and Thrills at the Disneyland Resort

I was told that Fall is a special time at the Disneyland Resort, and now I know first-hand that it's true. Disney works their magic on Disneyland to transform it into a pumpkin-filled, haunted paradise, with special decor and attractions themed to the season. You can click here for a detailed description of the decorations, events and attractions...

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Deliver Birthday Smiles with 1-800-Flowers.com

What do McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, actress Kate Winslet, musician Sir Bob Geldof, basketball player Grant Hill, and famous-for-being-famous heiress Nicky Hilton have in common? They were all born on October 5! In fact, 1-800-Flowers.com tells me that October 5 is actually the most common birthday of the year. Sounds strange? Consider that October...

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Olivia toys from SpinMaster

Olivia has always been one of my favorite modern children's characters. She's quite a character -- spirited, yet sweet, with an imagination that literally transforms her world and sends her up and away into worlds of fantasy. And each book is like a work of art -- I think Ian Falconer's delicate, retro illustrations are so refreshing in a world...

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Hexbug Nano Party

Something small is making big news in the toy world: Hexbug Nanos! You wouldn't think that such a small, simple toy could offer so many possibilities for play, but these vibrating bugs seem to be all the rage. I've seen them at retail outlets like Target or Walmart, in individual test tube packs or as part of a bigger set containing bug(s) and...

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Welch's Fruit Snacks Review

Ever since I was a little girl, I've associated the Welch's brand with real fruit and good nutrition. We love Welch's juices, jellies and jams, and any day that I give the kids Welch's Fruit Snacks is a happy day for them. We recently received a few samples of Welch's Fruit to Snacks to review -- and you can bet that was a happy day!The BasicsWelch’s...

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McDonald's Angus Snack Wrap Giveaway

Having been a guest at the McDonald's Family Time Getaway in June, I felt almost like an insider when I stopped by the McDonald's booth at BlogHer 2010. Not only did I already know some of the people manning the booth, they were also handing out samples of the new McDonald's menu items we had tasted at the McDonald's campus.I actually ditched the...

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Join Leapfrog's "Tag. Give. Read" program

One of the highlights of my blogging adventures last year was getting to donate Leapfrog Tag reading kits to several schools around Silicon Valley. It was so heartwarming to know that kids, especially underprivileged kids whose first language may not even be English, were using the Tag to get their reading skills up to grade level. And ever since...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List your Giveaways Here

Guess what -- it's the first anniversay of Bonggamom's Friday Finds! I can't believe it has been one whole year since I started sharing this linky with everyone. I posted my first giveaway roundup on September 24, 2009 and forty-one kind souls took pity on me and left links that day. The number of links has dwindled to as few as eight in a week,...

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Audrey's Giveaways

My review blog, Bonggamom Finds, is today's Featured Blog on Audrey's Giveaways, a popular review and giveaway blog. Audrey was kind enough to include my blog button and links to a couple of my ongoing giveaways. Thanks, Audrey, for the linky love! I hope you get lots of good karma for doing th...

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K'nex Toys Review

After my last 2 K'nex reviews , I figure you guys all know by now that we're huge K'nex fans. You can read. You get it. We love K'nex.So when K'nex sent me a bunch of their latest models to review, I told myself that I would NOT gush. I would not go on and on about how you can't have too big a collection of K'nex, how kids of both sexes and all...

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P.F. Chang's Home Menu Review and Giveaway.

When it comes to American-style Chinese food, no one can beat P.F. Chang's. Their food is Good with a capital G! We're lucky enough to have a P.F. Chang's not 5 minutes from our house, but it's one of those places we can't get to as often as we want due to budget constraints. Thanks to my visit to the Unilever Product Suite during BlogHer, I found...

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Fall Decorating Tips from Chip Wade

October is almost here, and I'm panicking -- this year, I'm too busy to decorate! You know how much I love dressing up the house for Halloween, but it takes a scary amount of time, something in very short commodity this year. So I've decided to ask for some advice from the experts! I recently had the opportunity to interview designer/contractor...

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Mickey's Halloween Party at the Disneyland Resort

Moving to Disneyland this year with a new name, Mickey’s Halloween Party is a separate-ticket event that invites adults and children to dress up in costume and trick-or-treat at the resort. This nighttime celebration is scheduled for Tuesdays and Fridays in October (1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26 and 29) plus Halloween night itself, Sunday, Oct. 31.As...

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