Archive for August, 2007
We’re excited to be collaborating with The Best Little Dancer in a America Contest, a joint effort from Baby Loves Disco and their sponsor Stride Rite (with a portion of the proceeds being donated to Alex’s Lemonade Stand).
Check out all these cute little dancers today and add your own to the mix! You’ll be entered [...]
August 31st, 2007 | Posted in Blog Blasts | 2 Comments
If you only think video gaming involves blank stares at the screen and idle bodies stuck on the couch, then you haven’t seen the Nintendo Wii. They’re changing the face of gaming by getting kids and families up and off the sofa. We’re talking highly interactive participation from everyone involved.
And so our bloggers have been [...]
August 30th, 2007 | Posted in Media | 2 Comments
With the exercise and fitness markets growing by leaps and bounds every year, it’s amazing that there has yet to be a popular company that appeals just to women, not just men’s items in smaller sizes.
Enter Ryka, an athletic clothing and shoe company founded by women FOR women. That means the fit and comfort means [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in Clothing, Outdoor | 1 Comment
When I visited Paris with my husband and parents in 2001, I was designated official communicator. And even though I read, spoke, and comprehended the language better than my traveling companions - well enough, in fact, to crack a joke en francais that made our cab driver laugh - it would be truly laughable if [...]
August 28th, 2007 | Posted in Blog Blasts, Books | 3 Comments
With Labor Day right around the corner, that means two things. Lots of travel traffic and SCHOOL. Certainly parents have done everything they can to prepare their child — new clothes, new books, and new shoes. But how do you as a parent prepare for your child becoming a student?
Parenting a school aged child opens [...]
August 27th, 2007 | Posted in Books, Media | 4 Comments
Announcements and winners of the CarBlabber Blog Blast prizes below!
I may be a writer now, but I will always and forever be a science geek. And while I hope to encourage a love of words in my children, I also hope to encourage a love of science.
Thirty years ago, there wasn’t much children’s science [...]
August 26th, 2007 | Posted in Automotive, Blog Blasts, Elementary School, Giveaways, Kids, Media, Pre-school | 2 Comments
Even though school has started (or is about to start) doesn’t mean summer is anywhere near ending. And that means making sure you and your family are protected from the sun. Whereas the idea of covering your kids (and yourselves) in sunscreen made or broke your decision for outdoor activity, it seems as though our [...]
August 25th, 2007 | Posted in Bath & Beauty | No Comments
Do you love your car? Do you hate it? Has it been there for you through good times and bad, or has it left you in the dust - or worse, in a ditch?
We’re holding a Blog Blast today to publicize AskPatty’s newest initiative - CarBlabber.
AskPatty is a fantastic website providing automotive advice [...]
August 24th, 2007 | Posted in Automotive, Blog Blasts, Giveaways | 8 Comments
As a mother of two little girls - with a third set of X chromosomes on the way - I know that someday I’ll have to have some heavy conversations with my children. Even though I’m still several years away, the thought of those conversations is already enough to elevate my blood pressure - [...]
August 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Books | No Comments
With families getting busier and busier, finding together time that doesn’t involve driving in a car or sitting around the television is difficult. It’s not so much that parents don’t try, but engaging kids in meaningful activities in the house requires superhuman powers, or major incentives.
Until now, thanks to EA’s new Wii game Boogie.
Whatever you [...]
August 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Blog Blasts, Games, Media, Travel | 2 Comments