Write to Win Sweepstakes & a Giveaway

Closed: Congrats to slb3334

My oldest has been back to school for almost a month and has come home every day excited to tell me about all the projects his class is currently doing. I'm glad that he has a teacher this year who is encouraging and challenging in the classroom.

Dollar General and Procter & Gamble are celebrating teachers this month as part of their "Every Day Heroes" campaign. To join in, you can honor schools in your community by entering the "Write to Win" sweepstakes.

Customers ages 21 and over may visit Dollar General to submit an essay about why their school deserves to win. Three essays will be selected and the winning schools mentioned in those essays will win $10,000 each. Sweepstakes ends 9/23/12.  

Win It: One luck reader will win a prize pack with samples of

• Tide PODS 
• Prilosec OTC 
• Cascade Action Pacs 
• Ultra Downy 
• Scope Outlast mouthwash 
• Dollar General cosmetic bag 
• Dollar General reusable sandwich container  

Mandatory entry: To enter, tell me what school you would nominate.  

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Be sure to leave a way to contact you. Giveaway ends 9/30 at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be chosen with Random.org and notified via email. Open to US only.  

Procter & Gamble provided the prize for our consideration, as well as the giveaway prize. All opinions are our own.

August Birthdays

This past month flew by. We've celebrated Little Man's 8th birthday and Babycake's 1st. There was lots of excitement, cake, and celebration. In honor of Little Man's birthday, we decided we would go out and do eight nice things for other people.

Our (not-so) random acts of kindness:
1. Pay for someone's breakfast. (The waitress later told me that the man said his birthday was actually the next day.)
2. Take donuts for the waitresses/cooks. (We did this at the place I work part-time.)
3. Leave coloring books and crayons in the birth center's waiting room.
4. Tape change to soda and candy machines.
5. Take donuts to the mom & baby group we used to attend.
6. Make cards for people who might need cheering up.
7. Leave quarters in the grocery store toy machines for kids to find.
8. Took cold water to a family who was in an accident in front of our house. It was sweltering out when someone clipped their horse and buggy and they had to wait for a horse trailer to pick them us.


The afternoon was all about Little Man, as we hit an arcade, miniature golf, and dinner at his favorite restaurant with his best friend. The day ended with lots of smiles and a slight sugar crash.

Babycakes's 1st birthday was much more relaxed.  We shared cake (gluten & dairy free) as a family and sang "Happy Birthday."  But, it was otherwise pretty uneventful.  The mess of getting cake out of nostrils and belly buttons was enough to handle.

Freshfoods Mash & Serve Bowl Review & Giveaway

***Closed:  Congrats to Donna***

Babycakes has been eating the same foods as the rest of the family for several months now.  But, with several teeth coming in at once, there are many days where he refuses anything except purees.  Since my freezer stock of baby foods has dwindled, we often mash up fruits and veggies one serving at a time.

The Nuk Freshfoods Mash & Serve Bowl by Annabel Karmel is perfect for mashing fruits and vegetables "to order."  The bowl is designed with ridges, which allows for a chunkier puree consistency, and I love the easy to hold grips on both the bowl and masher.



The Mash & Serve Bowl is perfect for ripe, soft fruits, like peaches, bananas, and pears, or steamed veggies, such as carrots and potatoes.  Babycakes loves when we mash up a little banana with peaches and add a touch of cinnamon.

Win It: One lucky reader will receive their own Mash & Serve Bowl.

Mandatory entry: To enter, tell me what your baby's favorite meal is.

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Giveaway ends 9/18 at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be chosen with Random.org and notified via email. Open to US only.

A sample was provided for our review.  All opinions are my own.