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Cooking With Kids – Birthday Rainbow Cake
Hey there lovely readers. Recently my darling niece had a first birthday party and she happened to visit her favorite aunt for the occasion. So we used it as a great time to try out one of the amazing kid friendly birthday cake recipes I found on Pinterest. Rainbow Birthday Cake. It is super easy and fun. This is the link to the pin of the original that gave me the idea. It didn’t look exactly as in the pin, but here you go. http://pinterest.com/inkscrblr/cooking-with-children-linky/# So take your basic cake mix and mix it up. I used Betty Crocker, then divide batter into three or four bowls. Using food colouring that…
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Everyone Is A Winner With Priya Means Love Cosmetics
Remember this? A few short weeks ago, I ran a post about Priya Means Love, a giveaway of sinus balm and a background on Priya’s amazing mostly organic products. I still adore her and her site on Etsy. I chose the lucky winner some time ago. But, lovely Priya was so pleased with the post that she contacted me about giving everyone of my readers a substantial discount at her store. Priya lives in Toronto and handcrafts her products in The Annex. So right now if you buy any one of her products you can save 20 % off purchase at checkout. Use the code THRIFTYMOMMASTIPS (enter at checkout) and…
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Wordless Wednesday: Fun With My Scooter Girl
Wordless Wednesday is a linkup hosted on several blogs. Linkup over here at http://www.tarasviewoftheworld.com/
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The Ultimate Blog Party 2012
For the first year ever I am taking part in Janice and Susan’s Ultimate Blog Party 2012. If you haven’t heard of Janice and Susan, founders and publishers over at Five Minutes For Mom, well I will just assume that you are new to the blogging world. Five Minutes For Mom is one of those on line destinations where all the cool Moms hang out. This year the dynamic team has gathered over $21,000 in prizes to be given away on line this week. Say What? No, that is not a typo. I couldn’t believe it myself. Anyways, there are numerous events happening this week as part of the blog party.…
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My Worry Box – A PTPA Winner for Children #Giveaway
Does your child worry? Chances are good, if they are preschoolers on up, there are times their little minds won’t turn off the busy actions of the day. Or times their thoughts are racing. Sensitive children, gifted children, children with special needs, perfectionists, or simply children who spend a lot of time thinking. All children at one time or another handle worry, or anxiety. That’s just part of life. These days, worry and anxiety seems to be more prevalent among children than ever before. Healthy adults handle worries and anxieties every day. But most healthy adults have a toolkit of skills to deal with their worries as they appear, before…
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Monday Mingle: Speed, Happiness and Health
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Disneynature #Chimpanzee Preview – Earth Day Edutainment with a side of #Adoption
The gorgeous latest Disneynature film Chimpanzee hits theatres on April 20th, just in time for Earth Day. But my daughter and I were invited by Disney to attend an exclusive early preview in Waterloo Saturday. I knew enough to expect brilliant cinematography as in all the Disneynature series. These incredible voyages and educational glimpses into life in a particular habitat are remarkable always. Chimpanzee, narrated by Tim Allen, is every bit as spectacular as Planet Earth in its film sequences, close ups and fast speed transition scenes. I didn’t expect the adoption theme that caught me off guard. Now adoption themes in family movies often go one of two ways…
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Adult Essentials Gummies and #ShesConnected Ambassador
True Confession time: I steal my kids IronKids gummy vitamins. All. The. Time. I love them. So how happy was I when I discovered that Life Science Nutritionals, the Canadian company that makes IronKids had started making Adult Essentials Gummies. Oh I was over the moon, doing happy handsprings in the aisles of the grocery store where I get them. (Well not literally, but I might be by the time I finish this three month stint on the full regimen) I am an ambassador for Adult Essentials Gummy vitamins with ShesConnected. This is the first of my posts about my experiences with Adult Essentials. My faithful readers already know a…
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CouponTrade.com and the Ultimate Baby Shower $200 Paypal #Giveaway
You have literally HUNDREDS of chances to win $200 Paypal cash from CouponTrade.com and The Ultimate Baby Shower! CouponTrade.com is the newest and the hottest way to save because now, you can combine coupon savings with discounted gift cards for the same stores, plus sell all those unused gift cards and redeem whats yours, all in one place!!! The Ultimate Baby Shower will offer MONTHLY diaper and Formula giveaways, as well as a seasonal NURSERY giveaway! That’s right- you can win the entire nursery, furniture, bedding, and all the baby gear you could need. Entry is so simple, just fill out the Rafflecopter form below. You have literally HUNDREDS of…
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Cooking With Kids – Ham Glaze
Well as it is Thursday here I am again cooking with my kids. We did a ton of cooking at Easter and little one helped like mad. She loves to be in the kitchen, blending, cracking, stirring and reading the recipe directions. This year I was the Easter hostess and we needed a little help, so I began hunting like mad and found a great glaze for my ham. Now it looks nasty when making it, but my daughter loved, loved, loved knowing she had made such a perfect part of the meal. This glaze is not my own recipe. I found it on allrecipes.com I loved it for a…