Toy Review & Give Away!!!!

Picking toys is not an easy task, so ebeanstalk was created to provide access to good, safe, toys for kids of all ages.   They need Moms (like me) to help pick toys.  A while back, the generous folks at ebeanstalk sent me a card game to review, Reiner Knizia’s Baker’s Dozen from Playroom Entertainment.
This [...]

Betty Crocker’s New Gluten Free Baking Mix… Win a Prize Pack!

The PolkaDot Household is sampling new creations made with Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free Baking Mixes.  Today we made banana cupcakes with browned butter frosting (recipe from the BC GF website).  Yummy!
These baking mixes look and taste just like their glutenoid counterparts.  Prices are about $4.00-$5.00 at our local Fred Meyer store.
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What I’m Reading

I’ve started reading a new book and I just can’t put it down.  It is on loan from Nikki (who just started her very own blog, so jump over and give her some love and bloggy tips).
The book?  Created To Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl.  This book is a must read for every [...]

Natural Holiday Gifts We Love

Piggy Paints Nail Polish… these suckas ROCK. I’ve got pretty purple toes right now. Little Critter doesn’t have the patience to sit through the drying time (about 5 minutes before they can go running) so she may have to wait a bit longer for pretty piggies. (Keep in mind L.C. is a [...]

Free Stuff in Time for the Holidays!!!!!

Jump on over to Eco Child’s Play where we are giving away a LunchSense System. Simply comment to win.
Since this will ship from the company, even those with secret blogs can enter to win!!!!!
LunchSense is a brand new company based in Eugene, Oregon (which isn’t that far from me!). I’m helping to get [...]

Squeaky Clean

Remember to enter to win the Back To School Package. Contest Ends 12:01 AM PST August 1, 2008.
Over the last couple of months, I have been lusting after the method omop ALL FLOOR CARE KIT at Target. I often find myself staring at the lovely compostable, bamboo + recycled fiber packaging and [...]

Things I Love- Stretch Island Fruit Co.

Oregon Dad came through the door around 5PM this evening. I looked up from the stove where I was preparing our dinner and noticed he was carrying a rather large box with him. My first thought was, “yay, our Soccer stuff came from Swoosh”. On closer inspection I realized the box contained [...]

Lovely Girl

Another adorable hair bob from Oopsie Dazie. K2 is constantly asking for a side pony. Normally, I tell her they look silly and we do a regular pony. So when I did this one without her begging for it, she was a bit skeptical. “But Mom, you said side ponies look [...]

Too Cute For Words

Our adorable new hair clips and button ponies arrived in the mail today from Oopsie Dazie, “Clips so cute you’ll buy outfits to match!”
I’m loving them… and as you can see, Little Critter enjoyed showing off one of her pretty new bows. The prices are really reasonable, the gator clips have a non-slip [...]