Ballet Beautiful Total Body Workout DVD

photo source: Ballet Beautiful website Everyone loves the lean, toned bodies of ballet dancers, and many people look at them and think, they're so lucky.  Except luck has nothing to do with it.  Okay, luck has a little bit to do with it (i.e. the dancers who get into the top companies have the right point, and are naturally flexible,...

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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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Back-to-School sale on Disney Learning Apps

Now that school is back in session, parents are looking for some educational apps to challenge their preschoolers.  It comes as no surprise to me that Disney apps are some of the most popular kids' apps, because kids love to interact with Disney characters, and parents love to see their kids learning as they play.   But it gets better:  Disney...

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Betty Crocker Shake-N-Pour review and giveaway

I love cupcakes.  And The Pea and I make pretty good ones from scratch, if I do say so myself!  But there are still times when I rely on a mix:  when I have to make 4 dozen cupcakes for the class baking sale the next day, when The Pea had a cupcake decorating party, basically any time I need to come up with a lot of cupcakes in a...

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How to dress your American Girl doll like Caroline Abbott

On September 4 American Girl will introduce Caroline Abbott through her book series and her collection of dolls, clothes, accessories and playsets.  Girls will be able to recreate Caroline's world and relive that period through Caroline and her friends. Unlike some AG historical dolls like Julie/Ivy, Kit/Ruthie or Cecile/Marie-Grace, none...

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Alice in Wonderland costume ideas from Eden Fantasys

Every year my kids' school hosts an auction fundraiser in October.  It's a parents-only night, and it's always a lot of fun because the event has a theme that varies from year to year -- pirates, pajama party, Greek and Roman gods, and so on. This year the theme for the auction is Alice in Wonderland, and I'm so excited because Tim Burton's...

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First photos of Caroline

American Girl fans are waiting with bated breath for the release of their newest historical character, Caroline Abbott.  The Caroline doll, books, clothes and accessories will be available at American Girl stores and American Girl online starting September 4, 2012. No doubt you've already seen photos of Caroline around the web -- they were...

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LeapPad 2 Giveaway

Now that the LeapPad is firmly established as the #1 learning tablet on the market (if all those awards they've won won't convince you, then all the glowing reviews on Amazon, Target, and product review sites should,and if those don't , then my own LeapPad review will definitely do it!), what can they possibly do to top it?  Well, for starters,...

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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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Nukotoys launches Monsterology & Animal Planet card games for the iPad

Kids love trading cards.  They love collecting cards, arranging them in neat stacks, organizing them into categories, checking their cards off a master list, and just looking at them.  They love comparing their collections with friends, trading their doubles, and bartering life and limb (or maybe a week's allowance and a lucky pebble)...

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Funny Face Dried Cranberries

Now that school is back in session, I'm back on my age-old quest to find healthy food for my kids' lunchboxes -- that won't come home uneaten.  Dried fruit is one of my lunchbox staples, because it's not too messy, my kids like it, and it's healthy.  But my kids like variety, so I can't rely on the same raisins/cranberries/apricots/fruit...

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