And, now it’s time for me to announce the winner of our Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten book giveaway. I know those of you that entered and blogged(thank you!) about the contest are anxiously awaiting winner status.

And the winner is Tsoniki of Me Being Crafty. Tsoniki, if you are out there, please email me. Thanks to everyone who entered. We will be reviewing Let’s Get Ready For First Grade in a couple of days and we will have an extra copy to giveaway also so make sure you stop by and enter that giveaway too!

Tomorrow we will be hosting a stop on the MotherTalk Blogging book tour for the book, The Dangerous Book For Boys. Please stop by for the review and ANOTHER contest to win this book! 100 copies are being given away! WOW!

And if you haven’t already please stop by our sister site, ContestFormoms.com, to enter to win a HP Printing Mailbox & Presto Service as part of our month of May Mother’s Day Giveaway! And, you have a couple more hours to enter to win the gorgeous and super stylish Metromamma Metrowrap (that I would have loved to have had when I had my two boys).

Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday and there are so many contests going around online for moms so I thought I’d put a few of them in one place for all the moms & families out there to enter. Maybe you can win your Mom a really nice FREE gift for Mothers Day! I hope you will take a few moments and browse through all of these contests and enter all of them for more chances at winning!
Metromamma Metrowrap Giveaway with ContestForMoms.com Deadline to enter is Monday May 14, 2007 11:59 EST.

Win an HP Printing Mailbox & Presto.com service with ContestForMoms.com Deadline to enter is May 31, 2007 11:59 EST.

Win an iPod at Real Mom Truths [sorry, I kept mine ;)]
Win an iPod at Five Minutes For Moms

All Five Minutes For Moms  Mothers Day Contests
Modern Mom Fruity Cheerios Giveaway. You could win $500 cash & more!

ABC Family Spa-tacular Mothers Day Sweepstakes

Sarah Jessica Parker Mothers Day Giveaway! Wow! Lots of Stuff!

Celebration of Today’s Moms Sweepstakes at LightIris.com Over $3,000 in gift cards to be given away.

Design Mom Mothers Day Giveaway: Kitchen Collection

Today is the last day to enter our Let’s Get Ready For Kindergarten Giveaway. Entries are due tonight before midnight EST. If you want to enter to win, leave a comment on that post and if you want two entries then link to this contest from your blog and let me know. We will announce a winner tomorow.

Mother’s Day is coming up really soon. In fact, it’s only one week away. And, what better gift to give than technology & chocolate ! Chances are that if you are reading this review you are already a blogging mama or papa, and the Ipod & Chocolate gift set would be a perfect gift! If your not a techie then this gift will get you started! The Apple Ipod is perfect for listening to your favorite “grown up” music on the go, while washing dishes, folding clothes, and all the things that us mommies do! So, Dads and kids, this would be a great gift for Moms this Mother’s Day. Surprise your Mom this Mother’s Day with Best Buys Apple Ipod nano & chocolate gift set! The Apple Ipod nano comes in a super cute gift box that Moms will love and you can do so much with this tiny thing!

This gift set will be available exclusively in Best Buy Stores starting May 6th, 2007.
You can also win this Apple Ipod Nano & chocolate gift set for yourself (if you are a mom) or for your mom by entering the contests below!
Here is a list of sites that are giving away an Apple Ipod nano gift set for Mother’s Day to one lucky winner:

Five Minutes For Moms Contest

Real Mom Truths Contest

The Fun Book For Moms by Melina Gerosa Bellows,editor of National Geographic kids, was sent to me for review. The Fun Book For Moms offers 102 ways to celebrate family.
While reading through the book, I found myself laughing at some parts and giving a silent “me too” at some of the truthful feelings presented by the author in the beginning of the book. The fun book for moms gives readers fun ways to celebrate their day to day life with kids. There are many simple activities as well as extravagant activities from watching a thunderstorm to taking your child shoe shopping in Paris.

One of my favorite ideas from the book is on page 69. It says:

“Regard Your Children as Buddhas sent here to teach you the lessons you need to learn in life. Lessons kids are Zen Masters at:

Living in the moment, trying everything, never holding a grudge, never judging, and being curious about the world”

I’m glad I was given the opportunity to read and review this beautiful book. You can order the hardcover book from National Geographic for $12.95. I give this book a big thumbs up! Additionally, I think it would make an excellent Mother’s Day gift.

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon so I thought I’d go ahead and give you a simple review on one of my favorite choice’s for Valentine’s Day cards for kids age 4 and up. My soon to be 6 year old son LOVES Spongebob and as we were grocery shopping yesterday I came across a cute selection of Valentines Cards for kids. You know the little packages that your child gives out to other kids. Anyway, they were only $1.50 so we picked up a box of them. Specifically, they are Nickelodeon Spongebob Squarepants Valentines. 32 valentines come in a box plus stickers. The only complaint I have is that no envelopes were included and envelopes are usually included with these kinds of cards. hmmm…

Each Christmas season I get greeting cards with my kids photos on them. Every year I choose the Wal-mart photo center mainly because it is the most accessible (the only) store to me. I can upload my photos online and pick up my order within an hour at my local wal-mart that is just five minutes away. The wal-mart photo greeting cards are also inexpensive and have lots of cute and professional looking designs to choose from. We chose the Charlie Brown one this year and everyone adored it.

Maybe next year I’ll venture out and try a different service or maybe not. Why change something that works for me even if everyone else is hating on Wal-mart right now?