Announcing Energizer's 4th Annual Ultimate Photo Contest (and a giveaway for you!)

I'm in awe of this photo. To me, it looks like something straight out of Harry Potter, but it's actually a perfectly ordinary Muggle, I mean human being, riding out into a storm. Actually, I shouldn't say ordinary; you can see the grit and determination oozing out of every pixel. He's like the Energizer Bunny, he keeps going!Apparently National Geographic...

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4 Ingredients Cookbook review

When I was invited to review the 4 Ingredients cookbook by Kim McCosker and Rachael Bermingham, I knew I would love it from the title alone. When I received my review copy, my confidence was bolstered when I read the Introduction and saw this: Have you ever experienced any of the following: 1) You look at your watch and think, "Gosh, it's 6:30!...

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Ignite the Night with P.F. Chang's Home Menu

Alfie and I are not one of those couples who are joined at the hip. We recognize that we need our own space, and we are perfectly happy to let the other have it. Whether it's an evening spent doing our own thing, a girls' night out/boys' poker night, we return to each other's arms none the worse for the wear. This week, Alfie is out on a week-long...

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Pocoyo "Let's Party" DVD giveaway

Now that my birthday has come and gone, my family's birthday season has ended; the next birthday we celebrate will be the twins' 8th in December. But who needs an excuse to throw a party? Every month there's some kind of "holiday" to celebrate. There's Memorial Day on Monday, of course; in June we've got National Chocolate Ice Cream Day on June...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List Your Giveaways Here

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...

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Endangerbles review and giveaway

I love that kids are learning, even at the earliest ages, about the importance of being earth-friendly and aware of how our actions impact the planet we live in. I recently found out about a cast of characters -- The Endangerbles -- that is helping to educate kids about endangered animals. Each cute, cuddly Endangerbles character is based on, or...

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Newtons Fruit Thins

My whole family has a sweet tooth, and cookies are one of our favorite treats, but we do tend to stick to what we know. So when the One2One Network invited me to try out Nabisco's new Newtons Fruit Thins, I jumped at the opportunity to taste a potential addition to our cookie cupboard. The Basics About Newtons Fruit Thins For more than a century, Newtons has been one unique cookie - wholesome goodness made with real fruit and a taste all its own. Now, with the creation of Newtons Fruit Thins,...

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Transformers Beast Wars DVD giveaway

Transformers... More Than Meets the Eye.... I can still hear the theme song playing in my mind. I grew up with 2 Transformers-mad brothers, and we watched the original Transformers animated series religiously when we were kids. The idea of transforming robots transcends time and generations, and my kids are almost as fond of Transformers as my...

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Charlie & Lola Giveaway

The English have given the world many fine things: tea, The Beatles, Burberry raincoats, you name it. Kids all over the UK and USA would probably add another (or two more): Charlie and Lola.If you haven't watched Charlie and Lola yet, you should. Charlie and his little sister Lola are two fictional siblings created by Lauren Child; they are the...

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Alfie: Super Dad Extraordinaire

Last year I participated in a blog campaign for ABC's tv show, No Ordinary Family, and we were given this ultra-awesome family photo. I love seeing us depicted as superheroes! I'm not too sure about my own super abilities (other than being able to avoid laundry for weeks on end), but I have no doubt that Alfie's Super Parenting powers would put...

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Here, Home, Home by Kaira Rouda

She's thirty-nine. A suburban mom who stopped working after she had her kids. She's somewhat overweight. Other people's lives seem glam and fab compared to hers. She likes making lists, and she's thinking about making some major changes to her life before she turns forty.It's almost as if author Kaira Rouda was talking about me, not Kelly Johnson,...

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Five Summer Getaways Every Child Should Experience

Woo-hoo, summer is almost here! The kids have been working extra-hard all year, both at school and with their after-school activities, and they deserve a nice, long break. I've got them signed up for some fun summer camps, so we've got plenty of time to plan some fun trips together.We're saving up for another big trip to London next year for the Olympics, so we won't be taking any big trips this year -- but that doesn't mean we can't go on some fun getaways this summer. In fact, summer just...

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$100 Shutterfly gift card giveaway

I wanted to give a huge shout out to my Sprite Spark Parks giveaway, which ends on May 25. It has an unusually low number of entries -- especially for such a great prize, come on it's a $100 Shutterfly gift card, people! -- so your chances of winning are excellent.To make it even easier to enter, I've added a fifth entry option: Leave a comment...

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Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides

Avast, me hearties! Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides has landed in theatres nationwide, and to help celebrate, Disney sent me an awesome activity pack for kids! It includes face masks, coloring sheets, door hangers, mazes, etc. You can download the activity pack on my Scribd page or via the link below:Pirates Activity Pack(function()...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List Your Giveaways Here

Welcome to Bonggamom's Friday Finds! Today may be Judgment Day, but just in case you aren't one of the lucky few to be Raptured off to heaven, you might find luck of another sort -- by winning one of the fabulous giveaways listed below.And speaking of fab giveaways, I've got one for a $100 Shutterfly gift card that's ending on May 25. It's got a pretty...

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Ritz Crackerfuls review

You know the advice people used to give about avoiding snacks between meals? It turns out that snacking between meals, or even having 4-5 small meals, is actually better for you because it keeps your metabolic rate steady and helps you avoid overeating. I make it a point to get something to eat a couple of hours after having lunch, because that's...

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Pretty Woman Airbrushed Nail Kit giveaway

Today's giveaway is a godsend for the bling-lovers out there! One lucky Bonggamom Finds reader will win a Pretty Woman Airbrushed Nail Kit. They did not send me a sample, but I've purchased these kits before at our local drugstore, and I think they are a lot of fun. They have a lot of different designs so you can get your nails as outrageous...

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How email keeps me connected

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.For the past 16 years, I've lived a great distance away from the people I love. I came to the US for graduate school after living with my parents all my life. I...

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Aerobie Sprint Flying Ring review and giveaway

I love Michelle Obama for a lot of things (her intelligence, her sense of fashion, her arms) , but most of all I love her efforts to get the nation's kids exercising and active. If the raging obesity epidemic doesn't convince you that exercise is good for kids, do it for the sake of their minds: Former US Surgeon General David Satcher observes that...

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Are your kids up to no good?

I fell in love with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series as soon as my daughter brought home the first book. Sure, it's not exactly heavy reading, and the characters can be overly sarcastic, lazy and selfish -- but they are funny and very, very real. Kids can really relate to them! And so can parents. Rodrick and Greg Heffley have got to be the ultimate...

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