Bringing Sexy Bag

Yazan: CanCan | 04 January 2009 | 69 Comments
Categories: Mom stuff, Uncategorized, bags and luggage, giveaways, green, reviews

I thought reusable shopping totes were pretty much all the same, but then I was introduced to its-las-tik!
Sue Princiotto has designed a fashionable,flexible and socially responsible reusable shopping bag!
Its-las-tik are glamorous shopping bags made from a stretchy, flexible nylon and lycra blend. Besides a sleek look, these bags are superior to cotton or plastic [...]

Help Your Child Turn Green

Yazan: CanCan | 03 January 2009 | 28 Comments
Categories: books for children, educational products, giveaways, green, reviews

Children have a strong sense of justice, and they love to rally behind a worthy cause (just think of all those kiddie movies where friends band together to save something from an evil grown-up).
The Little Environmentalists aim to arm children with facts to inspire them to go green! I’m Turning Green is the [...]

Thomas and Friends: Special Delivery

Yazan: CanCan | 01 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: educational products, games, reviews

Jojo has been happily playing Thomas And Friends: Special Delivery, a computer game from Brighter Minds Media that I gave him for Christmas.
He is actually playing it right now on the desk top computer as I type on the laptop.
The premise of Thomas And Friends: Special Delivery follows a story, as James (the red train, [...]

Our Potty Training Journey

Yazan: CanCan | 30 December 2008 | 65 Comments
Categories: China, baby care, giveaways, reviews

The year before I gave birth to Jojo, we lived in China. In China, many babies don’t wear diapers. They wear special pants that look like chaps.

Audio Recorder 2.0 Deluxe

Yazan: CanCan | 29 December 2008 | 113 Comments
Categories: giveaways, reviews, soundtrack

My father was a deejay all of my life (and even before my life got started).
Audio, captured in a variety of mediums, has been an ever-present fixture in the backdrop of my life.
My father used to put a tape recorder near to my brother and I while we played, talked, and sang songs. It is [...]

Livin’ The Dream

Yazan: CanCan | 28 December 2008 | 75 Comments
Categories: Mom stuff, giveaways, reviews

Moms have moments where we wonder, “Is this really how things are supposed to be?”
Is this my dream of motherhood? One child wrapped around my leg, another calling for assistance from the bathroom, when all I wanted was a simple drink of water?
As a matter of survival, I find it is best to laugh [...]

Qwirky Books

Yazan: CanCan | 23 December 2008 | 126 Comments
Categories: Mom stuff, giveaways, reviews

Have you ever wanted to create your very own Audrey Hepburn or Jimi Hendrix?
Of course! Who hasn’t?

With Knitted Icons: 25 Celebrity Doll Patterns you can fashion pop icons that will make fun gifts for just about anyone.
Knitted Icons: 25 Celebrity Doll Patterns provides instructions and a pattern for a simple knitted doll.
Each character [...]

Life’s Building Blocks

Yazan: CanCan | 22 December 2008 | 130 Comments
Categories: books for children, coupon codes, educational products, giveaways, reviews

Did you know that children retain 10% of what you tell them, 40% if you add a story, 60% if you add pictures, 90% if you add music?
I really want my children to learn what it means to be of strong character. I am finding it challenging to teach my preschooler and toddler about [...]

Digital Scrapbooking with Serif

Yazan: CanCan | 19 December 2008 | 142 Comments
Categories: Mom stuff, giveaways, reviews

I always have high hopes of making special scrapbooks for important occasions. Do you have a plan for your Christmas memories from 2008?
Believe it or not, I have never done scrapbooking before, but I am excited to share with you this brand new digital scrapbooking software that is not yet available in stores!
Since scrapbooking is [...]

Great Blocks from Parents

Yazan: CanCan | 19 December 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: educational products, reviews, toys

I love to surround my children with “traditional” natural toys, but once your toddler enters the “throwing stage”, you start to see your basket of wooden blocks as potential glass-shattering projectiles.
Parents has a great new set of soft blocks called Architecture ABC.
I see these as an improvement over the already wonderful Parents Counting Pal [...]