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...

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Nielsen-Massey Pure Vanilla Extracts -- my favorite flavoring!

Now that we've found the perfect mixer and the perfect recipe, we never make cakes or cupcakes with boxed mixes.  There's just no substitute for a dessert that's made from scratch!  But you have to have good ingredients:  real butter, raw sugar, real cream, and really, really good vanilla.  I discovered Nielsen Massey vanilla...

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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...

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Capture summer memories with Mosaic photo books

If you're like me, you've been snapping photos all summer long.  I have photos of each summer vacation, road trip, party, or campout we enjoyed -- but for the most part, they're just sitting on my phone or computer.  What's the point of going to a place like this: If you can't even remember what it looked like, or what you did there?...

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Back to School with Balance Bar mini energy bars (review and giveaway)

Want some tips on ways to balance your Back to School routine?  Balance Bar has them! August is winding down and families are officially in “Back to School” mode, which includes packing lunches, soccer games, play-dates, homework and so much more! Balance Bar® in partnership with the Macaroni Kid parent network surveyed more than 5,000 parents...

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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...

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Back to School with Camelbak eddy water bottle

I received a sample for review School has started today, and it's back to the daily grind of packing books and lunches.  One item that goes into my kids' backpack every day is a refillable water bottle, and it's usually a Camelbak.  Our kitchen cabinets are filled with Camelbak bottles -- the kids take them everywhere, from school to...

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Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two on Playstation Vita

If you've read this blog for any length of time, you'll know that I'm a big Disney fan - not the kind who gets married in the Magic Kingdom or names their kid Pluto, but the kind that will happily visit Disneyland any day of the year with Minnie ears, Mickey shirt, and lanyard full of pins.  The kind that will let their kids watch practically...

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Emotions and spirits soar in Disney's Planes movie

If you haven't watched Disney's new animated movie, Planes, yet, I suggest you fly over to the nearest movie theatre and buy a ticket.  Sure, you could wait for the DVD, but you really shouldn't -- director Klay Hall has given viewers a unique look into the world above Cars that you just can't replicate at home, even in the best of home theater...

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Introducing new Bratz Action Heroez dolls

I've always been averse to Bratz dolls because in my mind, they glorify empty-headed, self-entitled girls who think of nothing but clothes and hair -- I mean, come on, with a name like Bratz, what other sort of image are they trying to project? But the latest crop of Bratz dolls might be changing my my mind.  This time around, Yasmin,...

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