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    The Looneyspoons Collection #giveaway – Canada and US

    I love me some fun cookbooks. And I tend to gravitate lately towards those people who embrace their funny. Hear that @chickymara and @Housetalkn? So this cookbook, The Looneyspoons Collection, fits the bill for me. Because if I am going to cook, I might as well have fun at the same time. I am all kinds of multi-tasking spectacular that way. So first things first, Janet and Greta Podleski are the two FAB sisters I first heard about many many years ago when I was living in Kitchener and they hit the big time with, a teeny bit of help…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…