Terracycle takes waste ranging from candy bar wrappers, drink pouches, old circuit boards to Aveeno lotion containers and create NEW products out of them. Not only can you make money by sending in your waste to them, you can buy sweet products in return! It also looks like this would be a great fundraiser opportunity for an organization to collect drink pouches and other materials Terracycle recycles. I am thoroughly pleased when looking at companies such as Terracycle, who are obviously committed to the environment. They really have an endless amount of products, please check out there website! Oh and PLEASE, PLEASE watch the video(s) on the site. They are simple amazing.

And if you really want to learn more about this company, check out many more TerraCycle videos on YouTube.

Once again, I’m trying not to gush, but I get terribly excited to see not only sustainable companies but sustainable products that unite communities and allow each one of us to make a step in the Greater Good of being Green! What makes me excited is that we all get to take steps, whether big or small, to take an initiative in being better citizens to this planet.

I’m going to quote part of the first video titles, “What is Garbage” from the Terracycle site.

“…It’s easy to see everything you buy as garbage because 99% of everything you buy will be in the dump in one year. But the problem with seeing everything as garbage is that before long everything, I mean everything, including the whole planet, will be trash. We’re producing billions of tons of garbage a year and the problem is just growing…And that is the big idea behind Terracycle, we don’t see garbage. We see valuable raw materials to make amazing new products that are cooler, cheaper and way more sustainable. Millions of people, top manufactures, and major retailers are joining us to trash the whole idea of garbage and SAVE THE PLANET! I hope you’ll join us too.”

How much more raw and honest can you get? Check out the TerraCycle website to see and hear more vids.

For this review I received a lunch box from juice pouches ($7.99), a tote bag made from juice pouches ($8.99) and coasters made from circuit boards ($12.99). The construction of the tote and pouches is nice and sturdy. I just love that someone else’s garbage has been given another life! I feel like I can pack my lunch and go back-to-school or grocery shop knowing I’m doing Mother Earth good!

My husband was crazy excited to see the circuit board coasters, saying “I’ve always wanted these!”, and had them out on our coffee table in a flash! Oh, aren’t men funny!

TerraCycle is also teaming up with Colgate to reuse those pesky toothpaste tubes!

TerraCycle, Inc. joins Colgate-Palmolive Company in announcing the “Colgate Brigade,” TerraCycle’s first collection program for oral care products. The Colgate Brigade represents TerraCycle’s first initiative that empowers consumers to collect and reuse oral care products and packaging on a national scale. TerraCycle’s Colgate Brigade accepts specific Colgate® products including used toothpaste tubes, certain toothbrushes and even product packaging. For every Colgate® oral care item submitted, Colgate-Palmolive will make a two-cent contribution to support the causes designated by local collection teams.

Buy it:

All these items and so many more, including items you’d never guess were recycled like fences and fire logs can be found on the TerraCycle website. Simply click on the Buy Now to find a retailer!

{ GIVEAWAY }

TerraCycle would like to give two of my readers their choice of two the products from this list!

• tote bag made from juice pouches
• pencil case made from juice pouches
• lunch box from juice pouches
• drink coasters made from circuit boards
• picture frame made from circuit board

MAIN ENTRY: Tell me your thoughts on TerraCycle. What do you think of this kind of recycling?

Want more entries? (I have no doubt!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like TerraCycle on Facebook
-Post on the TerraCycle Facebook wall what you think of their products, referencing this post
-Follow TerraCycle on twitter
-Enter any of my other current giveaways and tell me which one (leave a comment for each)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win two cool @TerraCycle recycled products which put our waste to good use! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/9mwxkw #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 30 words) with a link back here and to TerraCycle (3 entries)

This contest will end on 9/16/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received samples for the purpose of this review. This has no bearing on my completely honest thoughts above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared are 100% my own.

I know that my boys are a bit addicted to books. And for the longest time I think I was a bit addicted to buying them for them. That is, until my huge bookcase became overflowing and they starting to infiltrate the nearby dresser. I’ve since weeded some of them out and now I’m a bit more selective about what I choose to add to their library. After seeing the adorable cover and synopsis of the children’s book, Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue by bestselling author Molly Coxe I thought it was a perfect time to add a new book into the mix! With real photos an adorable mouse and elephant heroes, how could I resist?

Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue is a truly unique picture book that delivers a pint sized view of a larger than life adventure. Photographs of incredibly detailed dioramas and a story chock-full of ingenious plans, humorous situations and surprising twists make this endearing tale of Benjamin, a fuzzy mouse and Bumper, his true-blue elephant friend, an instant bedtime classic. Skillfully photographed by Olivier Toppin, Coxe’s uncommonly endearing felted wool characters are wonderfully alive, and her carefully gathered props of buttons, antique toys and cracked dishes are perfect for kids who delight in searching the illustrations for all of the tiny details that reveal themselves at the turn of every page.

Check out this video to get a closeup look at this fun adventure!

Both my boys were captured by Benjamin and Bumper. I wasn’t sure what they would make of the wool characters and if they would see them as heroes or simply stuffed animals. I needn’t have worried. Warren has a favorite stuffed elephant that he must sleep with each night so he loved being able to imagine him as Bumper. I think both of them enjoyed the story even more knowing they could imagine their own adventure using their stock of animal friends.

It is a longer story but one that easily kept my boy’s attention, with their interest engrossed in both the adventure and detailed photographs.  This sweet tale is sure to be a hit with your children as it was mine.

In order to add to the fun, I’ve got a giveaway that not only includes a copy of the book but also a Make a Mouse Kit, which will make two mouse friends for your child! (Don’t worry if you aren’t crafty, sewing is optional and I will send you instructional video!)

Buy it:

You can purchase Benjamin and Bumper to the rescue at a list price of $16.95. It is currently available for a reduced price with free super saver shipping on Amazon and can be purchased from Barnes and Noble or try your local bookstore. If the mouse kit is just what you are looking for, you can purchase it from Brave Mouse Books for $14.95 (plus $3 s/h) or as a set with the book for $28.44 (plus $4 s/h).

{ GIVEAWAY }

One of my readers will win a hardcover copy of Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue and the Make-A -Mouse Craft Kit, a $28.44 value!

MAIN ENTRY: Tell me why you’d love to win and who the book would be for!

Want more entries? (I have no doubt!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Brave Mouse Books on Facebook
-Give a little comment love on the Brave Mouse Books Facebook wall & reference this post
-Enter any of my other current giveaways and tell me which one (leave a comment for each)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win an adorable Benjamin & Bumper to the Rescue Book & Mouse Craft Kit $28 value! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/bgnCzi #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 30 words) with a link back here and to Brave Mouse Books (3 entries)

This contest will end on 9/15/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. & Canada residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review.  This has no bearing on my completely honest thoughts above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared are 100% my own.

I love Sundays with warm cinnamon rolls baking in the oven. Nothing beats the smell and sharing the warm, gooey rolls with my family. You might have even seen my recent post from Oh My! Sugar High where I featured this Pillsbury Cinnamon French Toast Bake which utilizes Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls.

It was so delicious and extremely easy. It worked perfectly for our Sunday birthday celebration for our just turned 4 year old!

And I’m very familiar with the Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls which I featured with my Wilton UltraGold review early this year.

What? You didn’t think I made these bad boys homemade did you? Nah….but they sure look goooood don’t they? They have me craving some right now! Just place and bake and they are ready for you to indulge in no time.

In an effort to recapture Sunday mornings as the ideal occasion to reconnect with family and loved ones, Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls is teaming up with Melissa Joan Hart, star of the new ABC Family sitcom “Melissa & Joey,” for the My Sweet Sunday Moment contest, where you and your family have a chance to win a seven-day “week of Sundays” vacation to California, including a visit to area theme parks and Melissa Joan Hart’s sweet shop, SweetHarts! Enter today by visiting Pillsbury.com/SweetSunday and telling Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls why your family loves Sunday and why you want more of them for a chance to win.

I also have a fun giveaway to help you celebrate your own sweet Sunday. Aren’t you just itching to press the Doughboy’s tummy?
Be sure to enter the Pillsbury My Sweet Sunday Moment Contest. But hurry, it ends September 2nd! All entrants will receive a printable coupon for Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls! Don’t forget to follow Pillsbury on Twitter and like them on Facebook for extra chances to win this giveaway and  for contest news and great tips, recipes and more from Melissa Joan Hart.

{ GIVEAWAY }

One of my readers will win a Pillsbury “My Sweet Sunday Moment” prize pack which includes a coupon for Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, Pillsbury Doughboy Giggle Doll, blue silicon spatula, blue silicon pot holder and dishcloths (shown above).

MAIN ENTRY: What Sunday traditions to do you wish to bring to your family?

Want more entries? (I have no doubt!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Pillsbury on Facebook
-Post on the Pillsbury wall what you think of their My Sweet Sunday Moment Contest or their cinnamon roll products, referencing this post
-Follow Pillsbury on twitter
-Enter any of my other current giveaways and tell me which one (leave a comment for each)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls Prize Pack & My Sweet Sunday Moment @pillsburytreats @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/a6J5uQ #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 30 words) with a link back here and to Pillsbury (3 entries)

This contest will end on 9/14/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received the same prize pack as up for giveaway for the purpose of this review. The coupons, review and giveaway was provided by Pillsbury through MyBlogSpark. This has no bearing on my completely honest thoughts above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared are 100% my own.

What would you do with a million dollars? Is it hard for you to imagine? After receiving treatments from over 300 filmmakers, four short-films have made it to the final round of the Discover Card Film Challenge which is in support of Discover Card’s Everyday Giveaway where one lucky card user will win $1,000,000. The films range from funny, to inspirational to dramatic, but most importantly original and entertaining. Check out the video descriptions below.

Cash or Credit

This film employs an ingenious “split-screen” storytelling technique to simultaneously show what one man’s future would or would not be like if he used his Discover card to win $1 Million. The two narratives inventively intertwine to present a curious, compelling fable that makes the case for using your Discover card on purchases, big and small.

Clouds

In this dialogue-driven short, a dad and his two sons lie on their backs staring up at the clouds passing by while they daydream about what they would each do with one million dollars. In the process, the three watch the clouds assume the very shapes of their dreams, and a father is able to view the world through the eyes of his children.

Good Fortune

One man’s misfortune becomes a blessing in disguise, as his life takes a turn for the worse, and then a sudden turn for the better. In all this commotion, our main character discovers a poetic way to honor his friends and share his newfound wealth. He anonymously hands out sums of money folded into origami cranes and develops an important new relationship and a new life’s work.

Genie

A mysterious stranger approaches John late at night in a lonely diner, and our protagonist must make a difficult, life-changing choice. The once-in-a-lifetime offer: a stranger gets to meet his or her true love and live happily ever after–or John can keep the suitcase holding $1 Million. This allegory explores the themes of generosity, selflessness and desire.

After watching the wonderful finalists I found it hard to decide on a favorite. I love the split story telling of Cash or Credit which answers the question what if I did this or that simultaneously then merges the two realities at the conclusion. Clouds reminds me of my own husband and boys and I can completely relate to how quick I am to be practical as an adult instead of letting my imagination go wild. My two very favorite though were Good Fortune and Genie, both of which show selfless choices. I think Good Fortune flows better but in this end I have to go with the love story of Genie which doesn’t rely on money to make a person happy. Check it out and see for yourself.

In the spirit of giving, in finding your head in the clouds with your kids and living life to the fullest, I have four tickets to Six Flags to give to one of you! It may not be a million dollars but the memories can last forever, courtesy of Discover.

Be sure to check out all the finalists and rate the videos at www.discovermillion.com. Don’t forget to use your Discover Card for the chance at one of the 75 prizes every day, all year long—plus a $1 Million Grand Prize at the end of 2010. It’s is their way to thank you for making Discover your card of choice.

{ GIVEAWAY }

One of my lucky readers will walk away with a set of four tickets to any Six Flags amusement park in the U.S. through 1/15/11 with no blackouts! This is over a $200 value!

MAIN ENTRY: I’d love to know which of these Discover videos is your favorite!

Want more entries? (Of course you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Post the million dollar giveaway to your Facebook profile
-Tweet about the million dollar videos with this link
-Enter any of my other current giveaways and tell me which one (leave a comment for each)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win 4 tickets to any Six Flags Theme Park, courtesy of Discover Card! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/br6UQZ #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 30 words) with a link back here and to the Discover Everyday Giveaway (3 entries)

This contest will end on 9/13/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a DVD as a thank you for posting this giveaway for my readers but no other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest thoughts above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared are 100% my own.

Eucerin is on a mission to make people think about their skin and take care of this important organ year round.  With the Eucerin Daily Skin line you can maintain skin health instead of simply solve an issue. When your skin is healthy it is beautiful and confidence is sure to follow.  With that mission in mind, here is this month’s Eurcerin Amassador message regarding the importance of balance sun exposure!

While basking in the sun can feel replenishing and bring us a sense of both mental and physical renewal, the amount of vitamin D our bodies need on a daily basis can absorbed in just the first 15 minutes of our exposure to the sun. Understanding the factors affecting our skin’s reaction to the sun can help us plan our time in the sun.

FACTOR #1 – SUNLIGHT

The strength of sunlight is the main factor for the quantity of UV radiation your skin can be exposed to. Latitude, altitude, time of day, season and cloud coverage can all have a dramatic effect on the sun’s impact on our skin. Even reflected sunlight from windows, pavement, water, snow and sand can raise the risk of overexposure.

FACTOR #2 – SKIN COLOR.

As skin color is determined by the amount of melanin present in the skin, ethnicity can also play a large role in sun exposure. Often a result of a group’s distance from the equator (and its stronger sunlight), darker skins are more resistant to the effects of sunlight than fairer skins. African-Americans, for example, are 20 times less likely to develop melanoma than those with white skin. Conversely, one study found that African-American women aged 15 to 49 have more than 20 times the risk of vitamin D deficiency than Caucasians. Different skin colors will react to UV rays at different speeds. So one should be mindful of her skin’s susceptibilities when considering her exposure time or adding protection.

FACTOR #3 – SUNSCREEN.

The strength of sunscreen is determined by its Sun Protection Factor (SPF), a number that measures the amount of UV radiation required to sunburn with the sunscreen on, relative to the amount that would burn skin without it. For example, SPF-15 allows about 1/15 (about 6%) of the UV rays that would penetrate the skin without the sunscreen on. SPF-30 would allow 1/30 (about 3%) and so on.

The Eucerin Skin First campaign focuses on taking a pledge to protect our skin and keep it healthy, to make skincare a priority and to treat skincare more like health care.  I encourage you to stop by the Skin First website, take the pledge and learn more!

After spending a week in the scorching heat of Texas while visiting family, it became even more obvious why protecting our skin is important. With a long day at Sea World in the water park it became obvious that our skin protection at a whopping 90 SPF still wasn’t enough to protect all of us. Thankfully my kids held up well with just a bit of color but I was kicking myself for being so foolish.  While making sure they were well covered I forgot a few parts of myself and paid the price.  I certainly felt the affects on my chest where I burned this sensitive skin badly. We also should have been reapplying often but we got caught up in moving from one thing to the next and accessing the locker holding our sunblock was not convenient. Someone slap my hand, would you?

To help you with balancing sun exposure, I would like to introduce you to Eucerin Everyday Protection Lotion 15 & 30; Face & Body which I have been enjoying these past few weeks.  These products make it easy to keep yourself protected at all times without the typical sunscreen smell and as part of a daily moisturizing routine!

For this month,  I have a fun skin care giveaway to help you balance your sun exposure this summer! And if you stop by and take the pledge at the Eucerin Facebook page on the SkinFirst tab you will receive complimentary product, while supplies last!

{ Giveaway }

I have a Eucerin Gift Bag for one of my lucky readers which includes a $50 gift certificate to Sunglass Hut and Eucerin Everyday Protection Lotion in SPF 15 and SPF 30.

MAIN ENTRY: Take the pledge to put the health of your skin FIRST. (If you have already done this, just tell me below!)

Want more entries? (You should!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Watch a Eucerin video in my upper right sidebar & tell me something you found interesting (2 entries)
-Like Eucerin on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall with a link to this contest & how you feel about skincare
-Follow Eucerin on twitter
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a Eucerin Gift Bag w/ $50 Sunglass Hut GC & lotion with SPF from @EucerinUS @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/chfK0B  #giveaway #skinfirst

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Eucerin Skin First (3 entries)

This contest will end on 9/8/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received this same Eucerin gift bag for sharing this with my readers. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

WordWorld is a creative yet educational show that can be found on PBS KIDS. Their world is made of letters that spell the word they represent and words come alive! You will find silly characters along with phonics, spelling and letter recognition!

Both my boys ages 2 and just turned 4 love WordWorld but often miss it on PBS because the timing of the show hits their nap time on our local PBS channel. Anytime we get a DVD we are thrilled for the opportunity to watch it anytime we like! The newest World World DVD: Pirate Sheep was no exception. Pirate Sheep was their favorite from this collection because they love the treasure hunt where they follow clues and rhyme! I love to watch them interact with WordWorld as they watch. With sounding out words and the letters they recognize, I know they are learning!

Expisodes included in this 60 minute DVD:

Pirate Sheep – Sheep, Duck, and Shark fins a message in a bottle at the beach which leads them to a special treasure! Like hearty pirates, the trio follows clues to rhyme their way across the sea!

Superhearo Sheep – Sheep becomes WordWorld’s first superhero, saving the day with the letter “S”!

Mail Mix Up – Duck offers to help Kangaroo deliver the mail to his Wordfriends, and causes chaos when he accidently delivers the wrong letters to everyone.

Wee Little Whale – Sheep rescues a tiny whale and brings her home to live in her haystack. But what happens when Whale starts to grow?

Bonus Features:

• “Wee Little Whale” Behind the Scenes
• Includes 4 Build-A-Word Songs
• “Take the Stage” Music Video

Another fun DVD from N Circle Entertainment is Dive Olly Dive! Under Pressure.

In Dive Olly Dive! Under Pressure you will find underwater adventures in world with bright and vivid colors and stories that teach children about working together as a team!

In one adventure, Olly and his friend Skid have trouble getting along when working with a powerful magnetic device. Suddenly, the two quarreling friends find themselves literally stuck together, which forces them to cooperate with each other and solve the problem.

Working together is also the theme of another sub-tastic adventure when Olly and his friends go on a daring rescue mission. The gang teams up to spring an old lobster, Grandpa Claude, from a lobster trap so he can celebrate his 100th birthday. Can they do it?

Whether they’re rescuing and old friend or helping return some lost jellyfish to their proper homes, Olly and his friends demonstrate how to successfully work together as a team.

Expisodes included in this 55 minute DVD:

• Sub Magnet
• Pressures’s On!
• Grandpa Claude
• Doug’s Apprentices
• A Jelly Old Time

Buy It:

Word World: Pirate Sheep and Dive Olly Dive! Under Pressure can be purchased from Amazon or directly from the NCircle Entertainment website.

{ GIVEAWAY }

N Circle Entertainment would like to offer one of my lucky readers a copy of both Word World: Pirate Sheep and Dive Olly Dive! Under Pressure DVDs!

MAIN ENTRY: Visit N Circle Entertainment and tell me another DVD not featured that you would love to purchase for your family!

Want more entries? (Of course you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like NCircle Entertainment (DVDs Kids Love) on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall telling them what you think of this giveaway
-Follow NCircle Entertaiment on twitter
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win the fun WordWorld: Pirate Sheep & Dive Olly Dive: Under Pressure DVDs @babylovingmama @ncircle http://bit.ly/8XrePI #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest with a link back here & to NCircle Entertainment (3 entries)

.This contest will end on 9/7/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received samples for the purpose of this review but no other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest review above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

Eating at the table and eating healthy are a must in our house. I love when eating healthy (and at the table) can be a fun time. When I was growing up, my mother had all sorts of various educational placemats we ate on. It is a fond memory to me. I also grew up eating really healthy, as my mother is one of the originating people back in the 70’s to embrace what today is our local Co-op. Eating Tofu Brownies was a regular treat…and yes, I may be starting to make more sense to you all now!

All this reminiscing to present Blue Apple Books and Dwell Studio and their creative and GREEN dining accessories. For this review I received a copy of Are You Eating Something Green?, a tear-off paper placemat pad (retail $9.99); Bibs to Go, tear-off pad of bibs (retail $12.99); and EAT, a board book (retail $6.99). How can I not think of my childhood when I see these? Along with the gift of health these parents using these products are giving their children.

Blue Apple Books, well-known for their smart, creative products has “cooked” up a terrific giveaway that will make mealtime a happy, healthy and chic affair! This giveaway has everything parent and baby needs to dine in style, including:

• Are You Eating Something Green? – 36 colorful placemats that help kids learn colors and discover which foods are delicious AND nutritious! Flip the placemat over and kids can keep themselves busy coloring in the fruit or veggie while Mom and Dad get to eat in peace!

• Bibs to Go – Sporting designs from the high-concept brand DwellStudio, this pad of mod, take a long bibs will keep baby clean AND looking good!

• EAT – Also featuring the signature clean and funky look synonymous with DwellStudio, EAT is the perfect marriage of uber-cool board book and all things that make baby go YUM!

Truly, these products are a stylish and healthy in a way of presenting an educational and eco mealtime to our little ones. The placemats are really enticing, each one is a little different in featuring a different fruits and vegetables by color. It was fun for my daughter to identify the fruits and vegetables on each of the placemats.

With all the junk and unhealthy food out there, these products really reinforce healthy behavior at a young age with our children. It’s cool to eat well! It’s cool to take care of our bodies by putting good fruits and veggies in them!

The second and really important aspect behind the bib, book, and placemats is the convenience. They are all on a tear-off pad and ready to go.

I love that with the placemats are printed color on one side and ready for coloring on the other side. I do wish, however, that they had some re-usability (maybe an acrylic coating of some kind?) to them because they are just so neat and to preserve them for a little longer life. I also have a hard time throwing things away after one use. I see myself using the placemats on more than one occasion, even on the go. The bibs are also ready for the go and really for traveling in my mind. In those instances, it’s really is nice to not keep a bucket full of wet bibs, towels etc. along. These are healthy, chic and creative on the go. Not to mention the contemporary designs and illustrations! The art geek I am really appreciates the aesthetically pleasing visual elements to these three products.

Buy it:

Are You Eating Something Green (retail $9.99); Bibs to Go (retail $12.99); and EAT,(retail $6.99) can all be purchased from the Blue Apple Books distributor, Chronicle Books where you will get free shipping on orders of $35 or more!

{ GIVEAWAY }

One of my lucky reader will walk away with a set of these three books with a value of almost $30!

MAIN ENTRY: Search the Blue Apple Books available at Chronicle Books and tell me a book not featured above that caught your eye!

Want more entries? (Of course you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Chronicle Books on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall telling them what you think of this giveaway
-Follow Chronicle Books on twitter
-Subscribe to the Chronicle Books newsletter
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a set of 3 Healthy & Chic Dining Books for Kids from @ChronicleBooks $30 value! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/b6afpI #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Chronicle Books (3 entries)

This contest will end on 9/1/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. & Canada  residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received samples for the purpose of this review but no other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest review above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

As a parent of two little boys who love books, I know what an important part they play in their lives. From sparking their imagination to giving them the foundation to learn to read, everything about books is both fun and educational.  But I know we’ve all been there. We want to purchase a book for our child or grandchild but feel overwhelmed. We’ve been stuck while trying to pick out a gift for our best friend’s child or the birthday party from a boy at pre-school that your kid was invited to. Trying to pick through a sea of books can be daunting and even flipping through the book doesn’t always help. We’ve received books that at first glance I would have dismissed but have been fast favorites after reading them aloud to my children. Joan and Barney had the same frustration purchasing for their grandchildren so they created the online store, Little One Books.

Little One Books specializes in quality books, music and video for children from birth to five years of age. With their team of professionals they have personally reviewed and selected every single item available. You will find detailed information about why a particular product was chosen in the Why We Chose section of the product pages.

You can choose to sort by products and then by age or by age and then by product. The products are matched by the youngest appropriate age group so your selection can grow with the child. I decided that I wanted to get a new book for my almost four year old Lucian so I stared with books and narrowed it down to products for 4 years. I had a lot of fun going through all the options and reading more in depth about the books. I decided on When Dinosaurs Came with Everything because I was intrigued by the product description and my son really enjoys dinosaurs.

“Get a “WHAT?  Free WHAT? DINOSAURS?”

Just when a little boy thinks he’s going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most remarkable, the most stupendous thing happens. He discovers that on this day, and this day only, stores everywhere are giving away a very special treat with any purchase. No, not the usual lollipop or sticker. Something bigger. Much, much bigger. It’s a dream come true, except…what exactly do you do with these Jurassic treats? And how do you convince Mom to let you keep them?

I had a blast reading this story to Lucian. The story is clever, unique and created some fun conversations as we read along.  I found myself laughing along with him as we followed the characters through some silly situations. I let him look at the book again after we were finished and these are just a few of the cool shots I got as he browsed the book.

The excitement as he talked just isn’t the same through pictures so I couldn’t resist recording some of his absolute glee to share with you. See what I mean?

I highly recommend this book and the service provided by Little One Books. Taking the guesswork out of shopping for the perfect present has never been easier. If you are looking for a larger gift set, browse through their gift bundles which feature books, music and video selection with a particular theme by age. They are packaged in a silver pouch, tied with ribbon and shipped in a box with colorful tissue. It doesn’t get any easier than this!

Buy it:

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything is available at Little One Books in hardcover for $16.99.

{ GIVEAWAY }

Little One Books would like to offer one of my lucky readers a $25 gift certificate to their online store!

MAIN ENTRY: Visit Little One Books and tell me something you’d love to get with your gift certificate if you won!

Want more entries? (Of course you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Little One Books on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall telling them what you think of this giveaway
-Follow Little One Books on twitter
-Subscribe to the Little One Books Blog
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a $25 GC to @LittleOneBooks to purchase books, music & videos for your little one! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/aSnxEh #giveaway PLS RT

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Little One Books (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/24/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a sample for the purpose of this review but no other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest review above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

The Baby Bunch is a great resource for finding a practical yet beautiful baby gift. With so many options that would look great at a baby shower, hospital room or to welcome mom and baby home, the hardest part will be deciding on which one to choose!  I had the chance to check out the bright and colorful Crayon Romper Set.
This set of three onesies  is carefully rolled, secured and placed in a gift box to resemble a box of crayons. Each one-piece is made of super-soft 100% cotton and generously sized for infants 0-6 months (or up to 16 lbs). A red, great and orange romper is included, making it the perfect choice for a boy or girl.

I personally love the colors chosen for this set. It is a break from the typical pastel or gender identifying pink or blue. Instead it is a bright and colorful mix and a fabulous addition to any infant’s wardrobe.  I’m also impressed by the softness and affordability of this set!

The Baby Bunch also has some other great baby gifts including cupcake onesies and their signature baby bunch bouquets!

Buy it: The Crayon Romper Set retails for $24.95. Get FREE SHIPPING with a purchase of $50 or more with the code SUMMER at checkout.

{ Giveaway }

The Baby Bunch would like to give one of my readers a crayon romper set!

MAIN ENTRY: Visit The Baby Bunch and tell me another item besides the featured crayon romper set that you would love to purchase!

Want more entries? (Of course!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Tell me why you’d love to win this!
-Follow The Baby Bunch on twitter
-Like The Baby Bunch on Facebook & leave a comment on their wall telling them what you think of this giveaway (2 entries)
-Follow my blog publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a colorful and unisex Crayon Romper Set from @babybunch worth $25 @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/asQz1C #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (minimum 50 words) and link back here and to The Baby Bunch (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/22/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. and Canadian residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a sample of the same product being given away and was not influenced by any type of monetary compensation. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

With the growing trend of consumers making strides to be more environmentally friendly, companies are stepping up and doing their part to provide us with smart, innovative products that help us live greener lifestyles.  I am excited to tell you about yet another product on the market that may surprise you. I’m sure that you are familiar with the brand Handi-Foil, known for their aluminum bakeware. But what you might not have known is they’ve created aluminum bakeware products called Eco-Foil made from 100% recyclable materials and that can be 100% recycled after use! This is called close-looped recycling which creates a cycle of use and reuse!

Eco-Foil offers a variety of products to choose from, including roasters, baking pans, and a broad line of favorites ranging from King Roaster® with handles (a Handi-Foil exclusive) to the Cook-N-Carry® line of pans with lids. All made from 100% recycled materials — even the plastic lids. Eco-Foil is the perfect eco-friendly choice for all your baking, roasting or grilling needs —and a great way for you to save natural resources and protect our earth, one pan at a time.

We received some samples of Eco-Foil to try for our everyday cooking needs. I certainly couldn’t resist trying them out on the grill. My husband and I made an awesome dish of kielbasa sausage and red potato wedges, tossed with olive oil, lemon juice, onion powder, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste. Typically we would have wrapped this in one huge foil wrap but this was so much easier! With the Eco-Foil pan we could easily stir throughout the grilling process which is very difficult with aluminum foil. It turned out so amazingly good! Like call my mom and brag good. (Oh yes, I did!)

The covers are perfect for a cookout or party to protect food, keep it warm and for simple transport or storage later. Seeing how much easier it was with the Eco-Foil makes me not want to go back to the old method! Thankfully I still have some more pans to use and will start thinking ahead and having some on hand. The best part is I don’t have to feel guilty for using them!

Don’t forget to “like” Eco-Foil on Facebook. With two Apple iPads to be given away in September to fans and potentially another one in August, you don’t want to miss your chance to win!

Buy it: Eco-Foil is available at major grocery chains and mass market retailers nationwide where Handi-Foil is sold. If your local retailer isn’t carrying Eco-Foil yet, encourage them to offer this eco friendly product!

{ GIVEAWAY }

Handi-Foil would like to offer THREE of my lucky readers a prize pack including a variety of six  100% Recycled Eco-Foil pans (as shown above-a $30 retail value!) and 1 Eco-Foil t-shirt.

MAIN ENTRY: Tell me your favorite retail stores to buy foil pans!

Want more entries? (Of course you do!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Eco-Foil on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall that BLM sent you & why you’d like to win
-Check out their fun facts and tell me one you found interesting!
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a Handi-Foil Eco-Foil 100% Recyclable Pans Prize Pack, $30+ value 3 winners! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/aFshqj #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Eco-Foil Pans (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/17/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a sample for the purpose of this review but no other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest review above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

Novica, which works in association with National Geographic, strives to bridge the gap between artisans around the world with customers who can appreciate their art of trade. With testimonials from customers and artist biographies, not only can you feel good and confident in your purchase, there is actually a connection made through the transaction.

We want to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity. And, we want to provide you with access to unique, hard-to-find items at great values that only the Internet infrastructure can allow.

At the deepest essence of our philosophy, we want to create a bridge between you and the many talented artisans across the globe.

We want you to know about who you’re buying from. We want you to feel that attachment to the product and to the hands that created it.

In the spirit of the Internet, let us bring you together.

Novica has such vast selection of items from home decor to apparel to sterling silver jewelry. It can be a bit overwhelming to look at all the many options but with helpful categories that are broken down into sub categories you can browse a little easier.

I instantly fell in love with this Lotus Leaf Wall Art as soon as I saw it. I’ve always been partial to artwork and photography which features leaves, water or rocks. This piece in particular strikes me as being unique and a conversation starter.

These gorgeous silver filigree drop earrings, Laurels are just my style and I knew I’d love a piece of silver jewelry for more versatility. I really thought long and hard about whether I’d love to try out a pair of earrings or necklace. In the end, the necklace won simply because I’m more apt to lose an earring than a necklace.

This simple yet elegant Silver Pendant Necklace ‘Caprice’ by Jimmy Perez of Lima caught my eye.  While so many amazing necklaces made me think twice, this one I knew would be perfect for me.

The necklace came wrapped beautifully in artisan paper within a velvet pouch, perfect for gift giving. The order also included a artisan story card which I thought was a nice touch!

I am so happy with the quality of this necklace. So often you find a beautiful pendant but on weak chain. As you can see from the pictures that is not the case with this necklace. The chain high quality and sets off the pendant beautifully. I am so pleased with my choice!

The only downside to purchasing from Novica is the added time to receive the item since it comes from overseas.  You certainly need to think ahead. In my case it took just shy of one month by choosing the standard shipping option. There are however faster (and slightly more expensive) shipping methods available.

Buy it: The Silver Pendant Necklace ‘Caprice’ can be purchased for $69.95 and has a retail value of $130.95!

{ Giveaway }

Novica would like to give one of my lucky readers a $75 gift certificate!

MAIN ENTRY: Browse Novica and tell me something you’d love to get if you won!

Want more entries? (Why do I even have to ask??) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Novica on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall that BLM sent you & why you’d like to win
-Follow Novica on twitter
-Sign up for the journal updates (right sidebar)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a $75 Novica gift certificate for jewelry, home decor & more! @babylovingmama from @novica http://bit.ly/avhMch #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Novica (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/16/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a sample for the purpose of this review but no other type of compensation was received. This has no bearing on my completely honest review above. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

I’ve been a long time customer of Gorton’s. We always have a bag of Battered Fish Fillets and Extra Crunchy Breaded Fish Sticks sitting in our freezer. (Which really are awesome because they don’t get mushy!) And my husband I love to splurge occasionally and get a box of shrimp scampi which is absolutely heavenly but requires us to make something separate for our boys since they aren’t big fans of garlic.

With lots of other products in the Gorton’s seafood line, I’m excited to try out some other products, especially the new Grilled Shrimp and Grilled Fillets. Watch out for my review next month as I share my experience cooking with these products!

But what I can’t wait to tell you is Gorton’s also has an amazing current giveaway promotion that ENDS TODAY at 5pm EST! HURRY!

Enter the Gorton’s July Grilled Giveaway Facebok Promotion through July 30th, 2010 at 5pm EST. There will be 1,000 winners free product coupons along with the grand prize of a Apple® iPad™ Wi-Fi – 1 GHz!

{ Giveaway }

Gorton’s would like to give away two free product coupons to FIVE of my lucky readers!

MAIN ENTRY: Visit Gorton’s product page and tell me an item that you would love to buy with your free product coupon!

Want more entries? (Is there any doubt? I think not!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Become a fan of Gorton’s on Facebook
-Enter the Gorton’s July Grilled Giveaway Promotion (GOOD TODAY ONLY UNTIL 5PM EST -3 entries)
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Become a fan of Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway You can do this daily!

Win Gorton’s free product coupons. Five winners win 2 coupons each! @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/cTeMha #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (minimum of 50 words) and link back here and to Gorton’s (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/13/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received  free product coupons for the purpose of a review . This has no bearing on my completely honest thoughts above and was not influenced by any type of monetary compensation. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

With the thought of back to school season already approaching (crazy, right?) now is the perfect time to consider some of the items on your upcoming shopping list. With a new school season comes a new lunch box and Thermos has plenty of great styles to choose from that are BPA-free and PVC-free so you need not worry about safety. You can even  www.thermos.com/cpsia to download certificates proving your Thermos products meet all safety standards simply by entering the product UPC or product number. The downloadable Certificates of Compliance confirm that the children’s products meet CPSIA standards (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) as proven by testing in independent laboratories.

One of their great products for back to school is the Dual Compartment Lunch Kits. Doesn’t this Star Wars version look cool?

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Dual Compartment Lunch Kit

* 100% PVC free with PEVA linings
* Superior quality closed cell polyethylene foam insulation keeps food fresh
* Two separate storage compartments for easy storage and crushproof lunches
* Comfortable, padded carrying handle
* Includes dishwasher safe plastic container

Other designs include Hello Kitty, Spiderman, Dora The Explorer, Iron Man and iCarly. There are also plenty of other styles to choose from like this Barbie Lunch Sack or Scooby Doo Soft Mystery Machine Lunch Kit.

To celebrate the back to school season, Thermos will also be hosting a fun twitter party!

Thermos Twitter Party

Tuesday, August 10th 2010

2 to 3 pm EDT

join @ThermosBrand for a back-to-school discussion with leading product-safety and food-safety experts. Ask questions, provide tips about what matters to you and help prepare your family for a safe and healthy back-to-school season. Participate using the #ThermosBTS hashtag and you will automatically be entered to win some of the newest lunch boxes and FUNtainer products.

{ Giveaway }

I have a Star Wars: The Close Dual Compartment Lunch Kit (as shown above) for one of my lucky readers!

MAIN ENTRY: Browse the Thermos Lunch Products and tell me something you’d love to buy for back to school!

Want more entries? (You must!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Thermos on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall with a link to this contest & what you think of  this giveaway or the twitter party
-Follow Thermos on twitter & tweet about the twitter party using the #ThermosBTS hashtag. Leave me a link to your tweet (2 entries)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a Star Wars Lunch Box @babylovingmama & learn about @Thermosbrand Twitter Party 8/10 http://bit.ly/d124w0 #giveaway #ThermosBTS PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Thermos (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/9/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a mom gift bag to share this with my readers. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

My family is in love with an adorable, smart and super funny sheep. His name is Shaun and he is the central character in Shaun the Sheep. If you haven’t had a chance to see this award winning series, you simply must. With absolutely no talking but rather sounds and music, Shaun the Sheep will have you laughing out loud at the antics of these crazy characters. You may recognize them from the five minutes shorts that air on the Disney Channel.

Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind is the newest in the collection of barnyard adventures and with six episodes featuring close encounters with another kind and the usual hilarious situations found on the farm. Since we have become big fans of the series, my entire family gets excited when we receive a new DVD.

My almost four year old’s very favorite episode is Hiccups where Shirley is up to her usual tricks and drinks lemonade too fast. Shaun and his other barnyard pals try every trick you can think of to try and cure her hiccups, with the usual giggle inducing results. You can’t even guess what eventually cures her and I’m not about to spoil the surprise. I also love The Visitor and the interesting method of fuel for the alien’s spaceship. I won’t claim this to be my very favorite Shaun the Sheep DVD but it is still a great one to add to your collection!

Episodes include:

* “The Visitor” – All is quiet at night on the farm when a bright green glow and strange noises awaken the flock. A space craft crash-landed! Can Shaun and his woolly friends help its giant green occupant get air-borne again?
* “The Bull” – Shaun learns it’s not safe to wave anything red in front of a bull. But the Naughty Pigs thinks it’s funny to add red paint to the sheep’s bath. What to do with an angry charging bull and all those red sheep?
* “Hiccups” – Shirley drinks Bitzer’s lemonade too fast and gets the hiccups. Shaun tries all the usual tricks to cure her with hilarious results.
* “Bitzer Puts His Foot In It” – Even with Bitzer guarding the fresh concrete the farmer just poured, Shaun and his fearless flock of friends can’t resist treating it like their own personal “Walk of Fame”
* “Save the Tree” – The Farmer wants to turn the tree in Shaun’s field into firewood, so the flock must take desperate (and humorous) measures to stop their beloved tree from getting felled!
* “Shaun Encounters” – Two naughty alien kids land at the farm one night and run riot. Can Shaun and Bitzer stop them before they wake the Farmer?

Buy it: Shaun the Sheep: A Woolly Good Time can be purchased from Amazon currently for only $11.49 or visit Hit Entertainment!

{ Giveaway }

I have a copy of Shaun the Sheep:  One Giant Leap for Lambkind to give to one of my readers!

MAIN ENTRY: Tell me why you’d like to win and who the DVD would be for!

Want more entries? (You know you have someone who would love this!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Visit the Hit Entertainment Shop and tell me something that caught your eye!
-Follow my blog publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Become a fan of Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win the hilarious family friendly DVD Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/9uQyZp #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest and link back here  (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/6/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S. residents 18+ only. The winner will be drawn via random.org. The winner will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this DVD for the purpose of this review . This has no bearing on my completely honest thoughts above and was not influenced by any type of monetary compensation. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

Eucerin believes in year round skin healthy. When your skin is healthy then beauty and confidence will follow. Since our skin is our largest organ and clearly the most visible, it makes sense that skincare should be a priority. With that in mind, Eucerin has created a small network of approximately 15 bloggers to share valuable information, tips and of course some fun giveaways as well. I look forward to learning more about overall skin health and sharing this knowledge with you!

Part of this campaign of healthy skin includes taking a pledge to protect our skin and keep it healthy, to make skincare a priority and to treat skincare more like healthcare. For each pledge a charitable donation will be made to Healthy Women!  If this is important to you (and it certainly should be) I encourage you to stop by the Skin First website, take the pledge and learn more!

I’m not perfect. I don’t take the best care of my skin at all times. I’ll be the first to admit that I really need a better  daily skin regime. But what I am good about is trying to avoid long periods of sun exposure and when I do, I make sure that I’m wearing at minimum a SPF 15. I don’t bake my skin in a tanning bed, however tempting it is to give my skin some color. My children are not allowed to play outside without an SPF 50. Period. They have never had sunburn and it is important to me that it stay that way.

To help you with summer skin care, I would like to introduce you to Eucerin Everyday Protection Lotion 15 & 30; Face & Body. With more time spent in the hot summer sun it is important as ever to apply sunscreen, especially during the hours of 10AM-4PM when the rays are most severe . Don’t forget that  UVB rays are the main cause of sunburns, DNA damage & skin cancer so it is very important to protect our skin!

And of course I have a fun summer skin care giveaway to help protect your skin during the harsh summer heat!

{ Giveaway }

I have a Summer Skin Care Goody Bag  for one of my lucky readers which includes a beach towel,  sun hat, reusable water bottle and Eucerin Everyday Protection Lotion in SPF 15 and SPF 30.

MAIN ENTRY: Take the pledge to put the health of your skin FIRST.

Want more entries? (You should!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Enter this same giveaway at The Shopping Mama and tell me you did!
-Like Eucerin on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall with a link to this contest & how you feel about skincare
-Follow Eucerin on twitter
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a Summer Skin Care Goody Bag from @EucerinUS & take the Skin FIRST Pledge @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/958uoa #giveaway #skinfirst

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to Eucerin Skin First (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/4/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received this same summer gift bag for sharing this with my readers. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.

You may remember me mentioning the awesome new promotion at  Toys “R” Us. But just in case you haven’t, Toys R Us is opening 50 new stores nationwide between June and October 2010,and has a cool  Toys R Us Mom Promotion!

Toys “R” Us is inviting Moms (and everyone else of course) to join the I want to be a Toys R Us Mom Promotion!

Discover a Grand Opening or Re-Opening near you by visiting I Want to Be a Toys R Us Mom. Find the state you live in, download your ‘secret coupon’ and redeem it on Grand Opening/Re-Opening Weekend to reveal your shopping discount.

If that is not enough, be one of the first 100 people though the door Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. of opening weekend to receive your free gift bag valued at over $100!

Upcoming Grand Openings/Re-Openings include:

• Roanoke, VA 7/23/10
• West Mifflin, PA 8/6/10
• Fayetteville, GA 8/13/10
• Woburn, MA 8/20/10
• E. Witchita, KS 8/27/10

I unfortunately don’t have a Toys “R” Us grand opening near me but I still get to have fun with this promotion with a goodie bag!  These fun bags include such items as:

For more information visit www.iwanttobeatoysrusmom.com

How would you like to skip the long wait in line to get a goodie bag? Or perhaps you don’t have one opening near you either and would love the chance at one? Well, here is your chances since I’ve got one to give away!

{ Giveaway }

I have a Toys “R” Us Mom’s Gift Bag worth $100 for one of my lucky readers!

MAIN ENTRY: Visit the  I Want to Be a Toys R Us Mom site and locate a grand opening near you.

• If you locate one: Download the coupon for hidden savings at the store & tell me the name of the file or the coupon number! (You will receive a pdf file you can save with your name)
  
• If don’t have one opening near you: Visit Toys “R” Us and tell me something that caught your eye!

Want more entries? (You must!) After answering my question do any of the following and leave a comment telling me what you did. Each is worth one entry unless otherwise noted. Your comment is your entry so please leave the appropriate number of comments for each extra entry.

-Like Toys “R” Us on Facebook
-Leave a comment on their Facebook wall with a link to this contest & what you think of the Mom Promotion
-Follow Toys “R” Us on twitter & tweet about this promotion (2 entries)
-Like Baby Loving Mama on Facebook
-Follow Baby Loving Mama publicly
-Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email
-Follow BLM on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can do this daily!)

Win a fun mom goodie bag worth $100 from the Toys “R” Us Mom Promotion @babylovingmama http://bit.ly/9TxQp0 #giveaway PLS RT!

-Add my button to your blog
-Blog about this contest (must be at least 50 words) with a link back here and to the Toys “R” Us promotion (3 entries)

This contest will end on 8/3/10 at 11:59 pm CST. U.S.  residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and will have 72 hours to respond to winning notification email before I draw another winner or do a live giveaway.

Disclosure: I received a mom gift bag to share this with my readers. The opinions and experiences I’ve shared with these products are my own and yours may differ.