Chilling out at the ReSPECKed Suite (enter to win a Speck DuraFolio!)

Anyone with kids knows that you need military-grade protection for all your devices.  If you don't surround your phones, tablets and laptops with industrial-strength padding, you're running a real risk of scratching your device's finish, cracking the screen, denting the body, or worse, completely wrecking it.  Unfortunately, in most cases...

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Giveaway: Back to School with BIC

The start of a new school year is almost here!  The kids are already groaning about how much work they're going to have to do, but fortunately all 3 of them do well at school and enjoy learning.  They've always loved math, but last year Po and Jammy actually began to love reading and writing.  They've immersed themselves in chapter...

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Help Schools in Need with Schoola's 20 Days of School program

This post is brought to you by Schoola, the best place to buy discounted kids clothes all while give back to schools in need. Click here to learn more about Schoola. Click here to see what people are saying. Last year I had the honor of serving my sons' elementary school as PTA president.  I've always known that committed and generous...

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Get your Team USA gear at TheFlagShirt.com

It hasn't even been three weeks since the World Cup ended, and already I'm missing all the excitement that comes with watching great soccer and supporting your favorite team.  While I have a soft spot for Germany (who won the cup) and the Netherlands (who placed third), the team we really went all out for was Team USA.  The USMNT had an...

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Giveaway: Happy National Milk Chocolate Day! Celebrate with a Balance Bar chocolate giveaway!

Today, July 28, is National Milk Chocolate Day! Although dark chocolate is all the rage nowadays, milk chocolate is still the most popular kind of eating chocolate.  And although everyone in my family now prefers dark chocolate, that doesn't stop us from eating and loving milk chocolate :)  After all, we all started out eating milk chocolate,...

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Hello Oral Care

Is it time for your school-aged kids to graduate from bubblegum-flavored baby toothpastes?  Are you having a hard time finding a "grownup" toothpaste that doesn't make their mouths feel like they're on fire?  Check out new Hello Oral Care!  We received a sample of their Pink Grapefruit Mint toothpaste, Supermint mouthwash, and Mojito...

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Bonggamom's Friday Finds: list your giveaway 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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Oloves: Olives you'll love

Olives are a staple in our home.  We love their salty, tangy flavor!  When our love affair with olives began, we mostly stuck with plain black olives from a can, but over the years our tastes have broadened.  Nowadays, I head to our grocery's olive bar about once a week and stock up on kalamata olives, haldiki olives, manzanilla...

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Budsies: Turn Kids Drawings into Adorable Stuffed Friends

3Po and Jammy love to draw.  Some kids act out scenes in their imagination through LEGOs.  Others use Playmobil.  Other use action figures, stuffed toys, dolls.  3Po and Jammy do all of those, but the way they love best is to draw.  They literally spend hours drawing, and talking to each other as they draw, explaining the...

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Hot Designs

The Pea loves nail art.  She's constantly designing and painting all kinds of cool things onto her (and my) nails!  She's always on the lookout for new colors and new tools to help her create her nail art, and I'm only too happy to support her in her artistic endeavors.  We were at Hamley's Toy Store in London last month, and we saw...

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