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What is Your Happy Haven?

As most of you know, when I found out that I was going to be a mom, I started moving towards a cleaner, greener, lifestyle… I didn’t do this to be trendy. I didn’t do it to be cool. I did it, behind the scenes, imperfectly, to try and learn how to make changes that would keep us safer and healthier, without causing me to make totally drastic lifestyle changes. We’re still far from perfect, but I feel like we’ve moved miles away from the way we used to live! So, to help me along my way, I’m also always on the lookout for cool tools and resources that can help me make changes, without being extreme. A recent favorite of mine is HappyHavens.com. Learn why…

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Who Wants a $100 Shopping Spree at 88hours.com??

Like it, Share it, Buy it, Love it!… So, what’s the first thing you do when you find a totally sweet deal online? You share it with your friends, right? And you hope that they’ll return the favor when they find awesome stuff on the web too. Paying it forward and all that. So – I think you’re gonna love this new site that I found, that is totally build around the idea of sharing cool finds with your friends. It’s called 88hours.com – and I think you’re definitely going to “Like” it.

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Enter to win the Mompact Ladies Night Out Giveaway!! #MompactLNO

Mompact LNO Great mom solution products invented by moms

 Enter to win the Mompact Ladies Night Out Giveaway!!

Moms all over the country have been gathering this month to host Mompact Ladies Night Out parties, with a theme of “Tricks AND Treats” – sharing our best busy mom tricks for simplifying life, and then sharing treats like these awesome problem-solving solutions. Boogie Wipes are an absolute must-have in our house, the Twooth Timer really helps me keep the kids brushing without a fuss, Tidy Tots have been a huge help to me the past few months, to make potty training less messy, and I’m trying out the new Penalty Pal from Parking Pal right now, and will let you know soon how it’s working out in my house. [Read more…]

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Teaching Kids Safety on Mobile Phones – $50 Visa Gift Card Giveaway!

There are real issues that kids face today when it comes to mobile phones: bullying, privacy, over-usage, texting while driving and more. AT&T has made a commitment to be a leader in providing education, resources and tools to help families better manage mobile safety. If you are interested in learning more, AT&T is offering the opportunity for one of my readers to attend a virtual Mobile Safety School session – along with a $50 VISA gift card. You’ll be joining me, some of my favorite bloggers, and their reader winners too. Fun, right?

The virtual Mobile Safety School schedule is as follows:

  • Oct. 23 at 1p ET – mobile safety for kids 8-11
  • Oct. 24 at 1p ET – mobile safety for kids 12-14
  • Oct. 25 at 1p ET – mobile safety for kids 15-17

To enter this giveaway, use the easy peasy Rafflecopter form below. You can do as few – or as many! – entries as you like. The first is mandatory, so that I know which session you’ll want to attend. Please let me know in the comments section which session you would like to attend. I will choose a winner on Saturday, October 20th, and they will have only 24 hours to email back to verify, since this is a quick giveaway, and I’ll need to forward their info and get them registered to join us at this event.

Free $50 Visa Gift Card

Good Luck – And if you’re feelin’ lucky, make sure to check out my sidebar & enter to win all of the other prizes I’m giving away this month too!

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Simplify Breakfast – Win a $50 IHOP Gift Card! #BreakfastLove

For most of us, IHOP is one of those restaurants that you remember from being a kid. I was always so excited to go there with my grandpa when I was a little girl – I felt so grown up. We’d go, and I’d get to pick anything that I wanted – I loved it. And I love their new additions to the menu – the Simple & Fit choices. You can learn more about them in my post here – How to Make Choosing a Healthy Breakfast Simple & Delicious – and then enter to WIN a gift card to check them out with your own family. Keep reading to learn how to enter!

IHOP new Simple & Fit Breakfast - get a free $50 IHOP gift card!

Enter to WIN a Free $50 Family Gift Certificate to IHOP!

Entering to win is as simple as finding the perfect healthy menu option on the new Simple & Fit menu at IHOP! Simply use the Rafflecopter form to do as few – or as many! – entry options as you want to do. Easy peasy. Then stay tuned next week to see if you’re the lucky winner. The winner will be announced here on the blog, and will get an email from me too. Have fun – and good luck!

Feelin’ lucky? Scroll down the sidebar to enter to win all of the other prizes I’m giving away this month too!

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Calling Princess Lovers: Win the Mega Bloks 3-Story Enchanted Castle Playset!

“Don’t call me GODDESS, don’t call me QUEEN, just call me the cutest PRINCESS that you’ve ever seen.”…. As a little girl, I adored princesses – like most other little girls do. So I have been seriously SO happy that my little girl has recently been bitten by the princess bug too. {We’re even planning a big party here to celebrate the remastered release of Cinderella on DVD soon…} We like to play dress up – Yes, mommy too. We like to play princess songs and dance and sing in the kitchen while making dinner. And we love any type of toys that let us play with princesses too. So – I’m excited to share a new fave that we’ve found, and even MORE excited to give you guys a chance to win one too. Check it out…

Mega Bloks Princess Castle

Mega Bloks Lil’ Princess 3-Story Enchanted Castle

How cute is this, right? We have a few other castle-type playsets, but this one is extra cool because you are able to build it into a different castle each time you play. The towers can be detached and switched around in several different ways – With one tall as in the pic, with two tall ones, or with the tower tops used as a back piece to the bottom rooms, so that you can easily store all of the pieces. LOVE it. And there are other blocks and accessories included too, to customize things even more. We’re pretty big fans of Mega Bloks here – we have the Steer-Me Steve, a few basic building block sets, the Thomas the Train sets, and a really fun new set of alphabet blocks – watch for a post soon about the playdate party we’re having, to share more of those sets with Abby’s friends too. These are just a perfect toy for encouraging creative play for little ones who are still perfecting their motor skills. And they’re all simply adorable too.

Princess playset for toddlers

Perfect Princess Set for Toddlers

While this is sure to delight just about any little girl – It’s extra perfect for a toddler’s little hands. Unlike a lot of the princess sets we’ve seen recently, these are chunky-sized characters and accessories, making them easy for toddlers to hold. And, all of the pieces are super durable… My 2 year old is a sweetheart, but can be pretty wild – I have to be careful with the toys I give her, since she can break things quickly, leading to small {unsafe!} pieces lying around. But these are totally unbreakable. {I mean, if you ran over it with a Power Wheels, it’s probably not going to make it. But during regular toddler play, they’ll be just fine.}

Enchanted castle set

Why you’ll love this Enchated Castle Set

There are some other super cute features to this playset too – Things that are super adorable and will totally delight the kiddos. Here are some of the stuff you’ll love:

  • Princess Ivy has a magic pop-up tiara that rises when you set her on a block, or when she rides her pony Chestnut. And the plony has fun sparkling wings that are removable.
  • This adorable princess can be set atop the castle, and there’s a little switch to slide back and forth to make her twirl and spin – Abby loves to make her “dance” – so cute.
  • The set also includes two chairs, a table, a mirror and food for Chestnut.
  • You get a huge sheet of colorful stickers to decorate the enchanted castle – or your arms and legs, if you’re a two year old who steals the sheet before mommy is done with it.
  • Can be combined with other Mega Bloks Lil’ Princess buildable playsets – including additional princesses and ponies – for tons of fun.

Love it, right? And now you and the little princess in your life have a chance to win this whole playset and accessories, totally free! I always get super excited to give away great prizes like this :) Use the easy peasy Rafflecopter form below to get your entries in – and remember, you can complete as many, or few, entries as you like. The more you enter, the more chances you have to win! And if you’re feelin’ especially lucky today, scroll down my sidebar to enter to win all of the other fun prizes that I’m giving away this month! Good luck!

Don’t want to wait? You can purchase this set on the Mega Bloks site, or on Amazon.com today!

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Giant Gift Basket Giveaway!!

Welcome to the Gourmet Gift Baskets Flash Giveaway! I am such a lover of gift baskets – I love getting to try a ton of new things – and it’s fun to open and discover all of the treats inside. Love it. So BIG thanks to our sponsor, Get Moving Supplies, LLC for sponsoring this event – Two lucky readers will each win a Gourmet Gift Basket filled with some delicious eats! Awesome, right?

The first winner will receive this delicious "Home Sweet Home" Gift Basket

The first winner will receive this delicious “Home Sweet Home” Gift Basket – Looks so good, right?

Basket 1

The second winner will win this, “Call It A New Home” Gourmet Gift Basket. Perfect to keep OR give as a sweet gift!

This giveaway is hosted by Mommy’s Memorandum and Clipping Money!

Giveaway Starts: 9/25 @ 7:00 PM EST

Giveaway Ends: 9/28 @ 11:59 PM EST

US ONLY

All you have to do is enter to win using the super simple Rafflecopter below and check your email Sunday morning to see if you won!

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