Weekly Giveaway – BinkiBear
By mom4life | Category: 4 Free Friday Giveaway | Posted Friday, April 29, 2011
Retail Value: $24.00 – $28.00
On sale for $19.20 – $22.40
Congratulations to Melissa, who won a Googly Goos Organic Bodysuit in the style of her choice! All Googly Goos Bodysuits are 20% off this week (until Thursday night).
Retail Value: $14.95
One lucky commenter this week will win a BinkiBear!
BinkiBear is a must-have for any parent who is struggling with chasing pacifiers! BinkiBear, is a patented, baby-safe teddy bear that securely holds baby’s pacifier. BinkiBear comes with a BPA/Phthalate Free pacifier, but also works with any brand and style of pacifier your baby prefers.
- BinkiBear helps baby to sleep better through the night, since the BinkiBear is easy to find in the crib. Baby can also replace the pacifier all by herself, so mommy and daddy sleep through the night too!
- BinkiBear helps baby travel by providing extra soothing in one easy-to-use tool.
- BinkiBear is easy to locate in case baby drops it. No more losing pacifiers
- BinkiBear is lightweight, and actually lighter than most pacifier clips currently available.
- BinkiBear helps in weaning baby off the pacifier. By only removing the pacifier from the bear, the baby isn’t left “alone”. Baby still has her bear, which provides the comfort needed to get through the weaning process. This method reduces the emotional toll on baby and the parents!
- The Task Force on Infant Sleep Position and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome sites using pacifiers as a method to reduce the risk of SIDS. If baby wakes and desires the pacifier, BinkiBear makes it easy for baby to replace without help.
How Do You Win?
“Share Your Thoughts” with us! What pacifier do you need to keep track of, and why do you want to win a BinkiBear?
You have until Tuesday night, May 3rd to enter.
Good luck!
Be still my beating heart: Pinterest
By mom4life | Category: Creating a Home, Home Crafts, Kids Crafts, Organize Me! | Posted Tuesday, April 26, 2011
My friend Kira recently introduced me to a website that I LOVE! Have you heard of Pinterest? It is like the marriage of Evernote and Facebook with a little Flickr thrown in for good measure. Or another way to describe it is an eye pleasing, super easy to use, share and find, idea garden for crafts, projects, tutorials and more. (Oh ya it is free too:) ).
Can’t be ‘beet’ deviled eggs
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Recipes & Kitchen Tips | Posted Monday, April 25, 2011
I am reposting this from last year. Some of my image links were broken and I looked and looked to find the original photos and couldn’t 
so I only have a photo of the final result rather than the step by step photos I had before, sorry!
So ya all know that I have fun finding ways to work beets into recipes. Here is a super fun way to use beets to dress up your deviled eggs. I have a feeling that there might be a lot of boiled eggs hanging around your house after yesterday. . . here is something you can do to really make your kids’ eyes pop!
1. Peel your hard boiled eggs, cut them in half and put the yolks in a separate small bowl (if you are lucky they will peel better than mine did oh MAN were they awful!!!)
2. Soak the egg white halves in beet juice (either reserved juice from boiling the beets, or just straight from a can of beets). I did mine for about 3-5 minutes. The longer they soak the darker pink they will be.
3. Lay them out to dry on a paper towel face down so that the extra juice can run off. If your counter is porous, put a cookie sheet under the paper towel unless you want to have a permanent memory of this project stained into your counter top :).
4. If you are pinched for time, you can dry the beet juice with a blow dryer. You get extra bonus points if your hair dryer matches your eggs!! (that last sentence was a lot funnier when I had a photo of my bright pink hair dryer to back it up with;) )
5. Arrange your eggs face up.
6. Fill them with your yolk mixture (here I mixed together about 6-8 T of mayo with 12 egg yolks, a small squirt of mustard to taste, 1/8 t pepper, 1/2 t salt).
7. Enjoy!
P.S. The beet juce adds little to no flavor to the deviled eggs!
Weekly Giveaway – Googly Goos
By mom4life | Category: 4 Free Friday Giveaway | Posted Friday, April 22, 2011
SafetyTat Quick Stick Write-On! Peel-and-Stick Kids’ Temporary Safety Tattoo
Retail Value: $9.95, marked down to $7.96
Congratulations to Kelly R, who won a pack of SafetyTats in the style of her choice!
All SafetyTat Quick Stick Write-On! Peel-and-Stick Kids’ Temporary Safety Tattoos will be 20% this week (until Thursday night)!
Even though I am on bed rest, I decided I could still make a video to explain how great I think the SafetyTats are. If you will forgive the “sitting on the bed” setting, I invite you to click on the video to watch my review:)!
It’s Earth Day!….and we’re proud to introduce….
Googly Goos Bodysuits and Googly Goos Organic Bodysuits!
Retail Value: $24.00- $28.00
One lucky winner will get to pick an Organic Bodysuit of their choice by Googly Goos!
Googly Goos prides itself on using premium quality interlock cotton bodysuits that exceed common construction standards. The high yarn count and interlock weave provide durability and ultra softness. They are also preshrunk and stand up beautifully to constant wash and wear.
Some of the 100% organic cotton styles…
Some of the non-organic styles…
Googly Goos makes original bodysuits to remind us that the messy challenges of parenting can not only be funny, they can be downright hysterical. Our onesies are designed to make you laugh, chuckle, giggle, grin, or gaffah while you are changing the third blow out of the day.
How Do You Win?
Visit the Googly Goos listing on Mom 4 Life and then “Share Your Thoughts” right here telling us your favorite style and why you’d want your little one to wear it.
You have until Tuesday night, April 26, to enter.
Good luck!
How to make your own “cream of _____ soup”
By mom4life | Category: Recipes & Kitchen Tips | Posted Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Have you ever taken the time to read the ingredients on the back of your “cream of whatever soups”? The last time I did, I walked out of the grocery store without “soup” crossed off my list. Unfortunately, avoiding some unhealthy food choices doesn’t offer a very good option unless you are able to discover a better alternative. Thankfully Kendra from The Queen of Brussel Sprouts blog was willing to share her homemade alternative that allows you to create your own “cream of _____ soups”. Here is how you can make it at home:
