Gumdrops & Lollipops: 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010

January Giveaways!

Win a Charging Station and up to 3 receivers from Powermat at Dirty Truth Reviews!

Win a pair of children's shoes from Rileyroos at Natural Mama!

Win a gourmet hamper from Dorset Cereals at The Bewitchin' Kitchen!

Win 4 tickets to ONE of the Disney Live! Ontario, Canada Productions of Mickey’s Rockin’ Roadshow at The Beautiful Side of Hectic!

Win 4 tickets to ONE of the Disney Live! Toronto, Ontario, Canada Productions of Mickey’s Rockin’ Roadshow at Multi-Testing Mommy!

Win a Spinning Seesaw from Hearthsong at Aubut Family!

Win a Snack Gift Basket Classic from Gourmet Gift Baskets at Dirty Truth Reviews!

Win Alphie the Robot from Playskool at One Savvy Mom!

Win a Flip UltraHD from Flip Video at One Savvy Mom!

Win a Happy Light 6000 from Verilux at One Savvy Mom!

Win a copy of Sesame Street: Elmo's A To Zoo Adventure for Nintendo Wii at One Savvy Mom!

Win a Classic Snack Gift Basket from GourmetGiftBaskets.com at One Savvy Mom!

Win a Junior Quest Activity Centre from Maclaren at Take It From Me!

Win a Wireless eReader from Literati at Two Of A Kind, Working On A Full House!

Win a $75 gc from Tea Collection at Giveaways 4 Mommy!

Win the item of your choice from the new arrivals section of DownEast Basics at Our Loonyverse!

Win an Arrojo Styling Iron from Izunami at Networking Witches!

Win an adorable girl's dress from Pink Chicken at The Twinners Reviews & Giveaways!

Win a $268 Coach handbag at Posh On A Budget!

Win an Arrojo S125 Styling Iron from Izunami at Survey Junkie!

Win an Avanti Ultra Professional Ceramic Hair Dryer – VIZIO from Flat Iron Experts at Leslie Loves Veggies!

Win a Pawparazzi Set and a Dress Up Set from Pawparazzi at The Life of Rylie...and Bryce, Too!

Win 2 Thomas & Friends Apps of your choice for the iPad,1 Dinopedia App by National Geographic, and 2 Sesame Street books for your choice from the Scrollmotion Iceberg kids series as well as the O Magazine App for the iPad from Scrollmotion at Mommy Moment!

Win a $75 gc from Zutano at Annies Home!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Rainebrooke Laptop Bag Giveaway @ My Organized Chaos!

Until December 19th, 2010, you can get your entries in for a chance to win an Allie Laptop Bag from Rainebrooke at My Organized Chaos!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Body Shop Giveaway @ My Organized Chaos!

Until December 20th, 2010, Canadians can get their entries in for their chance to win a gift basket from The Body Shop Canada at My Organized Chaos!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

M&M Meat Shops Giveaway @ My Organized Chaos!

Until December 18th, 2010, Canadians can get their entries in for their chance to win a $100.00 gift card from M&M Meat Shops at My Organized Chaos!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Christmas Giveaway at 5 Minutes For Mom!

5 Minutes For Mom is having an awesome series of giveaways going on right now and you can visit their site either from clicking on the banner above or on the button under my special blog events tab on the right sidebar! Some of the great giveaways include prizes from Little Tikes, Keurig and Bissell just to name a very few! So head on over, grab a cup of coffee and take 5 minutes for yourself at 5 Minutes For Mom!

GoGo My Walkin' Pup Giveaway @ My Organized Chaos!

Until December 18th, 2010, you can get your entries in for your chance to win a FurReal GoGo My Walkin’ Pup from Hasbro at My Organized Chaos!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Bargain Mom's Ring In The New Year Event!

Oh my goodness - when I saw this giveaway I just had to enter it right away and I know you will too! Bargain Mom is hosting a Ring In The New Year event from now until December 31st, 2010 and the winner will be announced on January 1st, 2011.

In this giveaway, you can celebrate the new year with a great prize pack including a $500 DeluxeCard Visa and vacation to Cancun that adds up to over $2,000 in cash and prizes! This giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada and the other great news is that during the month of December she will also have giveaways lined up each and every week of the event!

So hurry on over and check out the incredible RITNY Event at http://www.bargainmom.net/2010/12/ritny-500-visa-gift-card-1500-in-prizes.html

Friday, November 26, 2010

AXE Giveaway @ My Organized Chaos!

Until November 30th, 2010, you can get your entries in for your chance to win a hair care products for men gift basket from Axe at My Organized Chaos!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Snack Pack - Share A Smile Blog Tour!

Something funny I just found out is that when asked "What makes you smile?" just thinking of that question actually made me smile! I know you're trying it yourself now and I am asking you "What makes you smile?" Bet you're smiling! Weird, I know!!! And I hadn't even thought of anything in particular yet.

But now that everyone is all happy, I am thinking of what makes me happy and now I'm crying - Wow! Clearly this is an emotional day! My daughter makes me smile. Your children make you smile too! Her toes make me smile, her giggle makes me grin and her hugs make me ecstatic. My family makes me happy. Happiness makes us all smile. Our health, our home, our dogs, our little life in a little town with our little girl - that makes me smile! As most of my readers know, I have a 21 month old daughter and she did the cutest thing today at her gymnastics class so now that I'm writing this post, I get to share. It wasn't some spectacular tumble or anything but her and another classmate decided they liked each other best. As Moms, we all make playdates and kind of force the you're going to play with these kids and like them cause I say they're your friends but today she picked her own friend. They walked around together, they gave each other kisses. The other girl is slightly older and more fearless than my daughter but when she tried something my angel tried it too! They even climbed onto the balance beam and walked across together! That made me smile! Hopefully you've smiled today too!

And speaking of things to be happy about, what's better than making someone else happy and seeing the smile on their face! So right now there is something called the Snack Pack Smile Campaign and they are trying to reach a goal of $20,000.00. Sounds like a big number but with all of your help, it should be pretty easy to do because we're all just good people like that!

Here’s how it works. Log onto Facebook, visit the Snack Pack Canada page, Like the page, Share a Smile and:
• A $1 donation will be made on your behalf to Food Banks Canada. You can also opt to Share a Smile and Snack Pack will make the donation on behalf of one of your Facebook friends.
• You’ll receive a ballot into their weekly prize draw (for those who have registered for the contest)
• PLUS You’ll earn a point towards one of the fun Smile badges!
Remember, the more often you smile, the more donations, ballots and badge points you’ll collect. It’s no surprise that Smiling everyday would have its perks.

To find out more about Snack Pack products (including Juicy Gels and low-fat puddings), visit them at Snack Pack Canada

Also, if you're interested in spreading the word about this great campaign on Twitter, you can always do so by using the hashtag #SnackPackSmile

Disclosure - I am participating in the Snack Pack program by Mom Central on behalf of Conagra Foods Canada. I received a gift card as a thank you for my participation. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Quaker Journey to Wellness Blog Tour!

What does wellness mean to you? These days that seems like a loaded question of sorts as people have so many varying opinions on health and wellness. They range from the free-spirited people who approach life without hesitation and basically play it day by day to those devout people who obsess over organic products, calories, fat counts and gym memberships.

As part of the Quaker Journey to Wellness, I was asked to write a post and comment on my family's lifestyle and the changes I would like to see all of us make in a quest to become healthier. Well, I'm a self-confessed health junkie, I do workout, I do practice yoga as though it were a religion and I do like raw foods and trail mix. I even like broccoli! I'm healthy and active, both indoors and out and I like to think that I'm doing a pretty good job transferring that message and lifestyle to my daughter who is almost 21 months old. Hubby on the other hand, well that's a different story. He doesn't like food that is green. He only recently started incorporating foods he considers out of the ordinary into his diet. And really, they're not so out of the ordinary at all, they're just items his meat and potatoes family never ate while he was growing up.

So what's a girl to do? Every day, I try to get him to try something new and to make a commitment to our family so that we will be around to see our daughter grow. I've recently gotten him hooked on the Quaker Weight Control oatmeal that not only tastes fantastic, but also helps you stay fuller longer, excellent for those looking to shed a few extra pounds! So really I suppose what my ideal for my family is would be that we experiment with food, good healthy food, that we spend as much active quality time together as possible and that we get outside and do stuff to take part in nature and just enjoy life and each other!

Quaker realizes that wellness is a goal for many families, which is why they’ve invited Lynn from Walking With Scissors to document her family’s journey as they challenge themselves to make lifestyle improvements.

For the past month Lynn has been blogging from her new home at Quaker Journey. The Quaker Journey to Wellness blog follows Lynn and her family as they make simple changes in a quest to live a healthier lifestyle. And the awesome thing is that when you visit this site, you have the chance to take part in a lot of different ways and even have the chance to win some terrific prized! Some examples of ways you can get in on the action when you visit Quaker Journey are comment on the blog, vote in weekly polls, engage with the blog or even suggest a tip for Lynn. In addition to the weekly prizes, there are even bigger monthly prizes to be won by voting on the challenges that you’d like Lynn to take on.

You can even visit Quaker Journey to Wellness on Facebook - I'm sure they would love you to stop by, like their page and even leave a comment!

Disclosure - I am participating in the Quaker Journey to Wellness program by Mom Central on behalf of Pepsi Co. I received a gift card as a thank you for my participation. The opinions on this blog are my own.