Blogging vs Parenting

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This is not geared towards anyone.

I wrote this because I even struggle with this problem.

Blogging is my hobby and I love it. I get a lot of fun out of it and I try to bring fun to everyone else. If you’ve noticed though my blogging time has been cut down tremendously.    I blog a lot when kids are sleeping, but hubby complains.

  I realized that I was spending too much time on the computer and not enough time with my children, or husband. Now I am home all day with my kids, but I do go on the computer  occasionally.  My children are never unattended, and my laptop follows them.

Family is always first. Money, free products, free trips, etc. is nice, but if it doesn’t involve my family it’s not worth it.

Contest 12-14-09

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An island life-curious george a very monkey christmas/12/15/09

An island life-prep and landing plushie/12/16/09

An island life-16gb i pod and 15 i tunes g.c./12/17/09

An island life-xbox guitar hero 5 game/12/17/09

Pure natural diva-everyday minerals makeup/12/19/09

Pure natural diva-couture cotton pajamas/12/19/09

Pure natural diva-green toy dish set/12/19/09

Mom knows it all-$50 g.c. to 1800 baskets/12/20/09

Vals kitchen-peppridge farms cookie mix/12/20/09

Here and there-crayola timer light toothbrush/12/20/09

Rockin mama-$30 brownie sampler from cheryl and co./12/23/09

Rockin mama-hanny manny fix it motorcycle/12/23/09 12pm

Melinda Joy-$25 g.c. to ecostore/1/5/09 12pm

contests 12-11-09

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A frugal friend-barneys tee riffic holiday collection/12/12/09

The creative junkie-$35 sheer cuteness from tiddlywinks/12/13/09

A frugal friend-thomas and friends holiday collection/12/14/09

Here and there-sesame street bath playables/12/15/09

Everything up close-daddy diaper changing tool box/12/17/09

Sahm reviews-dove self esteem prize pack/12/17/09

5 minutes for mom-$50 g.c. to sears/12/18/09

5 minutes for mom-curious george prize pack/12/18/09

Here and there-corel painter 4 essential/12/18/09

5 minutes for mom-$50 amex card/12/18/09

Mom knows it all-$100 g.c. to jc penny/12/20/09

Everything up close-avery gift basket/12/20/09

Here and there-corel digital studio 2010/12/20/09

Mom knows it all-guitar hero 5/12/20/09

Holiday Gift Guide:V Tech V motion system

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Here are some great tips from V Tech Voices:

Get organized. Bins marked for ornaments and decorations make things easy to find, so more time can be spent enjoying decorating.

Be thrifty and creative. Spend time with your kids making homemade decorations and teachers gifts.

Let the kids help. Bake cookies, wrap presents and make holiday cards together. The kids are kept busy and get a sense of accomplishment and pride for helping the parents out

Get in the holiday spirit. Think about how to be your best from the moment you get up, almost like a mantra you’d use in yoga, to tackle your holiday “to-do’s” calmly.

Take advantage of online shopping. Avoid the stress of the mall by shopping online. Great for relatives who live out-of-state, the convenience of direct shipping is priceless.

I got to work with V Tech recently and they sent a V Motion active learning system.

From site: Put your child in motion while driving home lessons in math, reading, science, spelling and more with V.Smile Motion™ TV Learning System! V.Smile Motion™ is a breakthrough gaming console that combines wireless, motion-activated play, web connectivity and educational gaming into a system that plugs directly into your TV!

Plus they have some of the best games for it your kids will love including Cars, Tinkerbell, Dora, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Winnie the Pooh and more.

****This is so much fun and gets your kids up and moving.  The game is very easy to ise and great for preschoolers. I went out and got Monsters vs. Aliens, Cars, and Tinkerbell. My children enjoyed this system so much, and it is so much more child friendly then my Playstation.  What I really love about this system is it gets your child up and moving rather than sitting on the couch. 

Retail:$59.99 on sale for $36.00 on V Tech Kids Website

Games: $24.99

Rating:10

Disclosure: I did recieve this product free of charge from V Tech Kids in exchange for my review.

Cheerios 100,000 book review(closed)

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Cheerios has teamed up with author Jon Scieszka to donate 100,000 books to community based programs serving children. Such as daycare, head start and more. The average middle-income neighborhood has a 13-1 ratio of age appropriate books for children. While a low-income neighborhood has 1 age appropriate book for every 300 children.

You can help them donate books. Just go online with your child and test your combined knowledge of children´s books by answering trivia questions related to “Trucktown” and other great children´s books.

For every trivia question answered, you can vote for a state you would like to receive books. 5 states that have the most votes will get 20,000 books each. Wouldn’t that be so great for your state.

All you have to do to participate is go to www.FirstBook.org/Scieszka

We love Cheerios and the frosted Cheerios taste so good, please support this great cause.

 

 

In honor of this great opportunity I’m holding a giveaway with My blog Spark.

You can win a prize pack of Cheerios cereal(i received frosted Cheerios), 5 books, a $25 Barnes and noble gift card.(pictured above)

To enter leave me a comment with your favorite Cheerios cereal(fruity, frosted, multigrain etc.

CHANGE TO CONTEST: DUE TO SPAMMING

Extra entries:

subscribe to my feed-7 entries

follow me on twitter-7 entries

blog about this-7 entries

tweet this-7 entries done daily for 3 entries only(PLEASE ONLY ONCE A DAY)

Contest ends-1/10/09

I received the cereal, information, prize pack and giveaway from Cheerios through My Blog Spark.

YooHoo and Friends Giveaway(closed)

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YooHoo and friends are big eyed loveable plush animals, with more than 50 styles they are geared to kids ages 5-11.  You can even get them in themes (Valentines, Easter and more).

Would you like to have one of these cuddly cuties.

I am giving away 2 random 5 inch plush YooHoo and friends along with a key chain version.

To enter visit Aurora Gifts and tell me your favorite plush YooHoo and friends

Unlimited entries-tweet blog subscribe follow-7 entries first time. But you can still enter daily anyway for 1 entry

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, the representing  Pr company is offering one of my readers a product.

Contest ends 1/13/09

Mom Select Holiday Preview Pak

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Mom select recently sent me a package of their holiday preview pak.

 

 

 

I received 2 Boz Green Bear Next door DVDs(one includes a toothbrush), Holly and Hal Moose,Holly and Hal book, Temple Touch Thermometer, Coupon for sun laundry detergent, California olive ranch olive oil, playmobil advent calendar.

Holly Moose- is from build a bear workshop, and you can dress her any way you wish. My kids absolutely loved her, shes so cute and cuddly

Hal moose-also from Build a Bear he is Holly sister and only wishes to fly with Santa. his antlers light up like Christmas lights. My kids loved his antlers and how soft he was.

California Olive ranch Olive oil-This high-quality olive oil will come in handy when preparing special holiday dishes. Experience the fresh taste of California Olive Ranch’s award-winning, certified extra virgin olive oil. This is so good, but very fattening with 14g of fat.

Playmobil advent calendar-My daughter was so excited to put this together. There are a lot of very small parts and it is big and bulky. It was destroyed in less than 5 hours. Very fun at first.

Disclosure-Mom Select provided me with all these products for free in exchange for my thoughts on the products. No other compensation was received.

Kmart Blue Light Specials 12/12-12/13

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Here are the Kmart Blue Light specials for this weekend

Essential Home Snug Sack 50% off (reg. $19.99)

Jaclyn Smith Today Cashmere Blend Throw $12.99 (reg. $29.99)

 Kodak 7” digital frame $49.99 (reg. $79.99)

All day offers:

Saturday-

Mens Boxed Gifts $5 (reg. 16.99-19.99)

Die Hard Battery Bank BOGO Free (reg. $9.99)

Sunday:

Fisher Price Fashion Separates $4.99 (Infant/Toddler) reg. $10.99-$18.99

Hershey Snack size jumbo bags $3.50 (reg. $5.99)

follow @KmartDealsnNews and use the #KmartBLS hashtag for a chance to win every day!  For more info & rules: http://tr.im/KmartBLS.

contests 12-9-09

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A frugal friend-who was there on christmas night board book/12/11/09

Just a moms take on things-$20 g.c. to marili jeans/12/17/09

Mom knows it all– the origins of everyday things that change the world/12/18/09

Just a moms take on things-my little pony twinkle wish adventure/12/18/09

Here and there-hallmark gift cards/12/18/09

Mom knows it all-i use to know that stuff you forgot from school/12/18/09

Here and there-travel charger, mouse and laptop case/12/18/09

Focus organic-delicious giftbox/12/19/09

Melinda joy-$100 g.c. to jcpenny/12/22/09

Rockin  mama-1800 baskets gift basket/12/22/09 10 pm

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