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Round 1 was a blast and we have a lot of great stuff to give away for kids now! With summer break looming we need all the help we can get keeping the kids entertained and safe at the same time. Below you’ll find some fantastic products to help us out!

To Enter:

To enter, simply leave a comment in this entry. That’s it!

Each prize or prize pack (as specified) will have one winner unless otherwise stated, and your one entry will make you eligible to win any below items!

This giveaway will run until midnight PDT Saturday, June 7th, and winners will be chosen randomly and announced on Sunday, June 8th.

One entry per household, please! We actually had one person from the last round who was chosen as a winner until we discovered she’d entered seven times. WE DO CHECK!

Please make sure you leave a valid email address in the email field so I can contact you if you win.

The Prizes:

In no particular order, here’s what you can win!

Prize #1

Exergen TemporalScanner™

The Exergen TemporalScanner is a a battery-operated infrared thermometer that is transforming the way parents take temperature—without resorting to rectal thermometers or waking sleeping infants. The Exergen TemporalScanner gives a temperature reading with accuracy comparable to a rectal thermometer, but is so gentle, even sleeping babies won’t be awakened. An easy, two-second “swipe” across the forehead is the only action needed to measure temperature. With two dozen studies attesting to its accuracy and reliability, almost 30 percent of hospitals and physicians are currently using the Exergen TemporalScanner and recommending it to their patients.

Prize #2

Funky Monkey Snacks

New Funky Monkey Snacks are freeze dried fruit – all natural, with no added sugar, preservatives, colors or flavors. They are gluten-free, wheat-free and dairy-free. They come in four delicious flavors: Bananamon (banana and cinnamon), Carnaval Mix (banana, pineapple, apple, papaya and raisins), Jivealime (pineapple and lime juice) and Purple Funk (banana and acai berries). (Açai, a berry from the Brazilian rainforest, is considered to be one of nature’s true superfoods and is loaded with antioxidants, amino acids, essential omegas, fibers and protein.)

Prize #3

Mom’s Summer Survival Pack from CVS/pharmacy

The “Mom’s Summer Survival Pack” from CVS/pharmacy can help mom survive the summer! The pack contains:

~ PLAYSKOOL Wash or Toss Sippy Cups: Great to throw in a bag for wherever your travels take you – restaurants, the playground, family parties and everywhere in between. Plus, you can wash ‘em or toss ‘em without guilt since you can pick up a 6-pack for $4.49!

~ CVS/pharmacy Hand Sanitizing Spray Pen for Kids: If you have an active kid, you never know what they are going to get into – make sure they are prepared for every potentially sticky situation with this kid-friendly solution that is alcohol-free and kills 99% of germs instantly. Plus, its cool design makes it easy to fit into a purse, backpacks, lunchboxes, or even to be clipped onto a kid’s pocket.

~ PLAYSKOOL Cottony Cloths: All moms know that baby wipes aren’t just for babies! Keep a travel pack of Cottony Cloths handy and be prepared for those inevitable spills and messes.

~ CVS/pharmacy Continuous Clear Spray Sunscreen SPF 30: This clear, no-rub spray goes on kids quickly and comes in a 3oz bottle that’s easy to tote. CVS/pharmacy carries additional strengths and formulas to suit the needs of the entire family!

~ CVS/pharmacy Instant Itch Relief Spray: Bug bites are bound to happen in the summertime – be prepared to relieve pain and itching with this Instant Itch Relief Spray for insect bites, scrapes, and even poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac.

Prize #4

SafeEyes Parental Control Software

“Jenna was just beginning to learn how to use the internet and thought it might be fun to see if there was a jenna.com website. When she typed it in, Jenna Jameson’s adult-rated website popped onto her screen.” What parent hasn’t worried about this happening?

Even the most savvy internet parents can have a hard time protecting children from internet dangers such as inappropriate material and cyber bullying. A new software called SafeEyes, (winner of a 2008 Parent’s Choice award and rated #1 in Consumer Reports) can help parents protect their kids by monitoring chatting programs and limiting time spent online!

Prize #5

MEAD Products

Mom’s School Organizer: A new school year isn’t just an organizational challenge for students. A return to school often means added stress on mom, as she has to keep track of everything from soccer games to parent teacher conferences to the days the school cafeteria serves pizza. That’s why this academic-year calendar features 18 months (July ’08-December ’09) of calendar pages incorporating extra-large grids. No more squeezing the day’s events into a tiny space! Plus, the wall calendar is packed with 448 miniature scheduling stickers that incorporate words like assembly, dance, pack, buy, spring break, no school, lesson, game, dentist, doctor and more. An organizing sleeve holds the stickers and other scheduling documents the family needs to stow.

Mead Writing Fundamentals: Developing writing skills is half the battle of literacy, but while it is equally important to develop writing skills as it is to develop reading skills, writing isn’t always sufficiently covered in school. In fact, as little as 10 minutes a day is spent on the subject and typically no instruction is provided past the third grade, leaving as many as 20 percent of children struggling with handwriting.

To help bridge the gap, the experts behind Mead®, one of the most trusted names in school supplies, developed Mead Writing Fundamentals, a line of 15 products guiding parents how to best introduce and develop fundamental writing skills at all handwriting stages. Developed with and endorsed by a pediatric occupational therapist who specializes in handwriting, the Writing Fundamentals products feature proven techniques to ensure success, whether used at home or at school, with fun, engaging, multi-sensory activities for children.

Prize #6

Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s “Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden”

Kimberly Williams-Paisley, actress and wife of country music star Brad Paisley, has written a children’s book called “Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden.”

It tells the story of a city kid who learns to love his veggies while on a visit to his aunt and uncle’s farm. It was written in support of the Love Your Veggies Nationwide School Lunch Campaign from the makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings that gave $10,000 nutrition grants to 51 elementary schools across the U.S. this month to help increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

Prize #7

The Ladybug Game

Once upon a time in a beautiful rose garden there were four ladybug friends who flew among the leaves, exploring their sweet-smelling home. Although they loved the rosebushes, sometimes they wondered what lay beyond their world. Each ladybug had a different wing color with spots, Ella Yellow, Rickie Red, Tommy Teal, and Olivia Orange.

The Ladybug Game is a game created by a six-year-old girl for her 1st grade science project and is flying off the shelves at Target right now (they sold 25,000 in one week!)!

Prize #8

My Fruit Roll-Ups and Yoplait Kids yogurt coupons

My Fruit Roll-Ups are customizable Fruit Roll-Ups that you can create online with your own text and over 400 images to choose from and are then sent to you in the mail! Yoplait Kids offers drink-able and spoon-able yogurt that now contains the nutrient Omega-3 DHA, an important nutrient to help support healthy brain development. Yoplait Kids also has no artificial flavors or sweeteners and has 25% less sugar than the leading kid’s yogurt.

(NOTE: the Yoplait Kids yogurt coupons are not valid in CA, ID, LA, NV, NJ, ND and TN as they are for a free package of yogurt and those states have a law against free dairy.)

Prize #9

Balloon Time Helium Balloon Kit

Balloon Time Helium Balloon Kits are a great party planning product that includes a helium-filled tank, balloons and ribbon all in one box that you can easily transport and store (the box is a little smaller than the average car seat)!

Prize #10

Iron Man Pen Walkie Talkies

Iron Man Pen Walkie Talkies: Keep in touch with your crime fighting team and write down important information with these dual purpose walkie talkie pens!

Prize #11

Shrek the Third Projection Flashlight

Shrek the Third Projection Flashlight: Stay out of the dark with some of your favorite Shrek characters, like Princess Fiona, Donkey, and Shrek! These bright lights have interchanging faceplates that allow your favorite characters to be projected in the room.

Prize #12

Munchkin Products

Bath Squirters: Give your little squirt a SpongeBob™, Dora the Explorer™, or Go, Diego, Go!™ squirter. Moms like to keep their little ones busy in the tub and the pool…so let these fun characters entertain them. They suck up the water and give a gentle squirt that brings lots of giggles. They’re also a gas for making bubbles under the water.

Twisty Fish™: Little bathers love to splash around with our funny, friendly fish. This ingenious new bath toy has fascinating tumble beads and a spinner wheel in the belly that twists and turns as water drains out from holes in the tail. The handle makes it easy to scoop in water from the mouth. The head and tail even rotate around a full 360 degrees to keep small hands even busier while you get your little one sparkling clean!

Caterpillar Spillers™: Your child will love to inspect this friendly insect that links up 7 numbered cups. These brightly colored cups pour and strain water in the bath for endless spilling and scooping fun. The cups also stack up to form a towering paddle wheel. And when bath or pool time are over, they nest compactly to stow away for next time.

Prize #13

WallPops

WallPops are manufactured by Brewster Wallcovering Company, a family-owned and operated fourth generation company. WallPops feature a bright and colorful selection of patterns and solid colors in the form of wall art that are simple, fun and repositionable. Great for tweens, teens, college students, young adults and homeowners alike, these forms of wall art are fun for everyone. WallPops add pizzazz to walls, headboards, picture or poster frames, message boards and almost anything else you want to dress up creatively.

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Giveaway Round 2: Lots of Great Stuff for Kids!

The response to this giveaway was amazing! Thank you everyone who took the time to stop by and left a note to enter.

Below are the winners of the round 1 giveaway for moms. Congrats to everyone!

Prize #1: Pearl Tile Pendant
~ Kristinia

Prize #2: Lierac Laboratories Phytolastil
~ Sarah

Prize #3: TrimWater
~ Theresa Caton

Prize #4: Dirt Devil KRUZ Vacuum
~ Teresa Hoyt

Prize #5: Billion Dollar Brows Babe Kit
~ Marion Burgess

Prize #6: WaterWeek
~ Julieh

Prize #7: Coupons for CVS Personalized Photo Books
~ Linda Purvis

Prize #8: 1000 Best Baby Bargains
~ Betty N

Prize #9: BookSwim 3 month membership
~ Cami

Prize #10: 21 Day Meditation course
~ Phyllis

Make sure you stick around for Round 2!

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Round 1 Giveaway Winners!

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I love giveaways! I love finding and learning about new products, or discovering fun and beautiful things. I recently put out a request for giveaway prizes and the response was nothing short of amazing!

For this first round we have a great selection of items for mom to be won! The next round will be more kid-centric — you’ve got to put yourself first once in a while, right?

To Enter:

To enter, simply leave a comment in this entry. That’s it!

Each item will have one winner unless otherwise specified, and your one entry will make you eligible to win any below items!

This giveaway will run until Friday, May 30th, and winners will be chosen randomly and announced on Saturday, May 31. One entry per person, and make sure you leave a valid email address in the email field so I can contact you if you win.

The Prizes:

In no particular order, here’s what you can win!

Prize #1

Pearl Tile Pendant
(chain not included)

This beautiful pendant is provided by ILovePhotoGifts.com. It is created from pearl white tile which offers just a slight shimmer that makes your image pop! Tile measures approximately 3/4″ x 1″ and can be created in a vertical or horizontal format. The tile is fired clay with your black & white or color photo showcased in it. This is a special product that is only available with one image that will be reproduced on both sides of the tile. (Chain not included.)

Prize #2

Lierac Laboratories Phytolastil

Lierac Paris’ has been committed to healthy and radiant skin for nearly 30 years. Combining botanical expertise with precise scientific procedures, Lierac’s innovative skincare products were designed to restore and treat the skin’s physiological balance.

Lierac Laboratories developed Phytolastil, a product that employs the active tannoids and flavonoids in alchemilla, ivy and horsetail to stimulate the production of the collagen and elastin. Lierac utilizes this powerful plant synergy in two clinically proven formulas: a gel for preventing stretch marks and solution for reducing them. Unscented and non-greasy, Phytolastil products are easy and pleasant to use.

When applied daily to areas prone to stretch marks (stomach, breast, hips and thighs) from the beginning of the second trimester to the return of regular menstrual flow, Phytolastil gel is 92% effective in preventing stretch marks. (35% alchemilla, horsetail, and ivy.) With unparalleled efficacy, Phytolastil solution offers a cosmetic solution to existing stretch marks. When used for the entire course of treatment (8 weeks), clinical studies show positive results in 86% of cases. (80% alchemilla, horsetail, and ivy)

Prize #3

TrimWater

TrimWater is great for moms looking to shed baby weight, stay in shape and not have to sacrifice something that tastes great!

TrimWater is the ultimate diet drink, with only 10 calories and 3 grams of sugar per bottle, and nutritionally enhanced to help with weight maintenance. TrimWater comes in a myriad of flavors and has no artificial colors, flavors, aspartame, preservatives, or carbonation, but it tastes great with no funky ‘diet aftertaste’.

One winner will win a multipack containing all of the great TrimWater flavors: Pomegranate-Cranberry, Pink Grapefruit-Honey, Peach-Mango, Lemon-Citrus, Blueberry-Pear, Raspberry-Vanilla, Black Cherry-Blackberry, and Passionfruit-Berry.

Prize #4

Dirt Devil KRUZ Vacuum

Dirt Devil’s KRUZ vacuum from the Karim Rashid design series is a great gift for moms everywhere—allowing moms to look stylish while cleaning!

Swerve. Twist. Pivot. Coast. Dirt Devil’s KRUZ cordless floor vac offers easy maneuverability to address your hard surface cleaning needs. The KRUZ’s Soft Glide Technology delivers effortless cleaning of dry hard floor surfaces. This cordless vacuum sweeper’s Soft Touch Bumper maneuvers gently around furniture and along baseboards to quickly and safely clean even hard to reach areas. Designed by Karim Rashid, you can feel comfortable leaving this sleek, modern vac out in any room. KRUZ – The New Shape of Clean.

Prize #5

Billion Dollar Brows Babe Kit

Mother’s love the gift of beauty! Now with Billion Dollar Brows babe kit, mother’s can feel their absolute best! The Brow Babe Kit contains an exclusive mix of Brow Boost, Brow Powder, and Gel.

Brow Boost helps to strengthen and condition brows. The smooth, easy to apply brow powder enhances the brow line, giving brows a beautiful, natural finish. Lock in the look and set brow hairs with the silky Brow Gel. Plus, the angled brush easily applies and blends the brow powder to perfection.

Prize #6

WaterWeek

WaterWeek is a set of five reusable bottles for every day of the work week designed to make it “cool” and safe for people to reuse water bottles while contributing to the reduction of the more 25 millions plastic bottles thrown away each day. Available in five colors and patterns, WaterWeek is made of a BPA-free plastic that his highly durable and ideal for a variety of everyday activities where Moms would typically take a water bottle like the office, gym, play date or sporting events. The set fits in the refrigerator in a specially-designed tray that holds the set securely in place – without taking up a lot of space.

With WaterWeek, Moms can bottle their own tap water – and stop buying huge cases of water at their local grocery or club store! This is just one seamless, economical way to incorporate environmental sustainability into your family’s lifestyle.

Prize #7

Coupons for CVS Personalized Photo Books

CVS/pharmacy, the retail leader in digital imaging services and products now offers high quality hard cover, bound photo books that can be created within minutes and picked up that same day. In-Store Photo Books are available nationwide exclusively at CVS/pharmacy Photo Centers.

Personalized photo books are quick—and easy—to create. Consumers bring digital media such as a memory card, CD or USB flash drive to their local CVS/pharmacy’s photo kiosk and select the “photo book” option, which automatically populates a book template with the selected photos. Pages are customizable by rearranging the pictures, changing the size of the photos, adding text and choosing from a variety of available backgrounds. Each book is ten pages long and beyond the cover page, can feature up to six pictures per page for a total of up to 54 pictures in a 6” x 8” book. Up to ten additional pages also can be purchased and pricing for all sizes are as follows: 4” x 6” holds 36 pictures – $5.99; 6” x 8” holds 54 pictures – $12.99; 8” x 10” holds 72 pictures – $14.99

In-store photo books are printed on premium Kodak paper and are the perfect solution to those last minute gift-giving occasions and holiday parties. From holidays to birthdays, thank you gifts to hostess gifts, photo books from CVS/pharmacy are an ideal choice for any occasion.

Prize #8

1000 Best Baby Bargains

Kimberly Danger is the author of 1000 Best Baby Bargains and the founder and editor of mommysavers.com, an online community for savvy moms. 1000 Best Baby Bargains includes hundreds of tips inspired by the Mommysavers.com newsletter and hints that have appeared on the website over the course of the past several years. It also includes many creative new tips that mothers of kids under two will want to read about!

Prize #9

BookSwim

BookSwim.com, the nation’s first and only hardcover/ paperback book rental club (similar to a “netflix for books”) mails books out with no due dates, no late fees, and unlimited rentals per month. A free three-month membership will be provided for one lucky winner!

Prize #10

21 Day Meditation

The ultimate makeover for your mind! Experience inner peace, joy and increased energy with meditation. 21 day live meditation instruction from the comfort of your own home to help you develop the habit of meditation!

Moms are busy and stressed out and meditation helps combat this stress! Yet most mom’s don’t have time to meditate or learn to meditate. This is a live 21 day meditation instruction for 15 minutes a day that can be done from the comfort of one’s own home. The 21 day program shows moms (and others) how to incorporate meditation into their daily life and form a habit of it! The 21 day program shows moms how to convert waiting time into meditating time! And how to meditate while doing daily activities. Other moms have participated in these calls in the past!

(Please note that while the $197 fee to join the meditation circle will be waived, the participant will be responsible for applicable long distance charges for the 21 days unless they have a carrier that provides free long distance).

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