Thank you to everyone who entered the contest on PlayLibrary this week to win a LEGO Pink Brick Box toy.  The contest ended last night, and the randomly selected winner is Tammy Litke. Congratulations, Tammy!
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Thank you to everyone who entered the contest on PlayLibrary this week to win a Melissa and Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake toy.  The contest ended last night, and the randomly selected winner is Kyra Jacobson. 
Congratulations, Kyra!
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Just a reminder, today is the last day of the two contests going on at PlayLibrary this week.  You have until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) to leave a comment on the original contest posts (links below) to be entered into the random drawings to win:

Melissa and Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake toy
LEGO Pink Brick Box toy

You might also be interested in entering the contests I’m hosting on my children’s book blog, One Book Two Book, and my Disney blog, The Disney Traveler, which end tonight at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) as well.  You can follow the links to get the rules …read more

Earlier this week we posted a list of our first round of giveaways here on the b5media Lifestyles Channel.  Those giveaways aren’t even over and here comes wave Two!  How fun is that?
If you haven’t signed up for the first round of giveaways, check out a complete list of first round contest prizes and then the new list of prizes below…

Cooking Gadgets – Yum Yum Dishes
Babylune – Shutterfly Designer Cards – Swaddling Blanket – Crocodile Dentist Game
Supernanny Rules – Precious Note Gift Set – Fruit Roll-Ups
Inside Fatherhood – Yoplait Yogurt for Kids – Customizable Fruit Roll-Ups – Portable Hard Drive
Simply Thrifty …read more

LEGO Group is sponsoring a contest on PlayLibrary this week and one lucky winner will receive a LEGO Pink Brick Box toy (retail value of $14.99). 

Here are some details from LEGO about the LEGO Pink Brick Box:
LEGO Pink Brick Box – Now builders can expand their creativity with this new tub featuring a multi-colored assortment of bricks, perfect for building an adorable ice cream parlor, animals, flowers, people, cars and more. Includes building instructions for three models and photo inspiration for more. New storage case allows for quick and easy clean-up. Recommended for ages 4+.
Here’s how to enter into the contest to receive …read more

What a fun week we have on tap here at b5media! Especially in the Lifestyles Channel! Many of our bloggers have worked on putting together some awesome prizes just waiting on you to win them! Here are some of the giveaways going on right now!
There will be more giveaways going on throughout the week, so you may wish to sign up for our channel feed.

Tree Hugging Family is conducting multiple giveaways Mothering Magazine Subscriptions – Big Green Purse
Mother Earth’s Garden – Let it Rot! The Gardener’s Guide to Composting – Leapin Lemur and Penguin Puffs
Simply Thrifty – Coupon Organizer
Offbeat Homes …read more

I hope that you all had a great weekend, and a good holiday weekend for all of you celebrating Labor Day. I usually like to feature a few posts from the Carnival of Family Life when mentioning it, but we’ve just come back from a weekend Road Trip and I’m wiped out! So, feel free to head on over to Down with the Kids for this week’s edition. I’ll join you as soon as I catch a few zzzzzzzz’s.
To participate in next week’s carnival, head on over here.

Wow, I’m so late getting to this this week! I’ve actually slipped and forgotten to submit to the carnival the past couple of weeks, so here’s hoping my brain saves a little space for remembering from now on.
This week’s Carnival of Family Life is hosted at Sandier Pastures. Here are a few posts that I enjoyed:
Head over to play2relax to read gameguy’s description of his son’s love of play. It brought a smile to my face more than once, and the last line of the post almost made me cry. Fantastic.
DownWithTheKids shared a …read more

This week’s Carnival of Family Life is being hosted at Write from Karen. It brought in a record 76 entries! Here are a few posts that I thought you might appreciate.
Check out Babies and the Sun at Let’s Talk Babies for some tips on keeping the littlest of the family members safe and sound during the hot summer days.
Expat Chef hypothesizes on The Incredible Shrinking Brain posted at The Expatriate’s Kitchen. I could add a few to that list as well!
Get good and dirty in Good Clean Dirt posted at The Common Room. A good muddiness …read more

Hey all! The Carnival of Family Life is posted now at An Island Life. I haven’t had time to peruse all of the great posts, but will do that soon and feature a few out here. In the meantime, you can look for a few favorites yourself!