Disney Frozen: The Songs CD review and giveaway

It has been almost a year since the movie was released, but Disney's Frozen shows no signs of stopping! It's the fifth highest grossing film of all time and the highest grossing animated film, earning more than $1.27 billion globally. Every household with kids under age 10 has seen the movie, and I'm sure that the most popular Halloween costumes...

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Dessert just got better with Dannon Creamery

Every single member of my family is a big yogurt eater.  Yogurt is a staple in our home, and we eat it morning, noon, and night!  Yes, even for dessert.  If the thought of yogurt for dessert seems difficult to swallow, check out Dannon's new line of dairy desserts, Dannon Creamery.  This new line tastes super rich and super indulgent,...

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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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School lunches are easy and fun with Glad's Designer Series TMNT Mini Rounds

I pack lunch for my kids and husband every single weekday (okay, I do let them buy lunch on Pizza Fridays now and then, but the overwhelming majority of their school lunches come from home). I try to minimize the amount of disposable packaging we use, so we have a ton of reusable food containers on hand,  My favorite ones are the plastic Glad...

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Major Misconceptions about Solar Power

We've always been interested in solar energy for our home.  We live in California, the land of almost eternal sunshine, so how could it not make sense?  Ten years ago we considered having solar panels installed when we had a second floor built onto our ranch house, but the cost at the time was a deal breaker.  On top of all our...

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Fitness made fun with Leapfrog's new LeapBand

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview soccer star Mia Hamm. We talked about her involvement with Fit Made Fun Day and her tips to get kids more active (soooo important at a time when a third of kids or teens in the US is overweight or obese!).  We spoke about LeapFrog's new activity tracker, the LeapBand,...

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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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Vote for your Fall Faves at Ross Dress for Less and enter to win a $150 Ross gift card

Autumn has arrived, and it's time to update your wardrobe with some fall fashion staples from Ross!  I love how Ross has all the clothes and accessories anyone could ever want, no matter what their style -- at fantastic prices!  Ross sent me $25 to start my fall wardrobe, and here are 2 outfits I came up with: Do the colors of my outfit...

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Happy 30th birthday Snuggle Bear! (and a giveaway for you!)

Update: this post now has a Snuggle prize pack giveaway! I came of age in the 80's, but when I look back at that decade, I cringe.  Mullets, perms, acid wash, neon, high waisted pants.... cullottes??  Some things are best left in the past! To be fair, there were a few good things that came out of the 80's that endure to this day....

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K'NEX Giveaway: Super Mario 3D World Cat Mario playset

Remember that post I did at the beginning of the month announcing K'NEX's latest Super Mario playsets?  If you don't, go check out that post and see how awesome the Super Mario 3D World Cat playset is..... because I'm giving one away today! That's right, K'NEX is giving one lucky Bonggamom Finds reader a Super Mario 3D World Cat Mario playset...

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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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Room on the Broom DVD giveaway

Halloween can be really scary, so when you have little kids it's important to focus on the fun side of Halloween.  Witches and black cats don't have to be scary!  Last year I discovered a delightful children's Halloween book called "Room on the Broom", and the witch in this book is actually generous and kind. Just in time for Halloween,...

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Making fitness fun for kids: an interview with Mia Hamm (and a LeapBand giveaway for you!)

My kids have led active lives all their lives.  The Pea started ballet at age 3, and 10 years later, she's on a competitive dance team, taking multiple dance classes 4 days out of 7.  3Po and Jammy are crazy about soccer; they practice 3 days a week and spend their weekends playing league games and tournaments. They walk and bike to school....

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