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So Easy Toddler Food Cookbook Review

My youngest is 17 months old. He’s at a point now where he has a few teeth. He can chew. He wants whatever we have. The problem is he can’t always have everything we’re having. Sure I make modifications to some of the food like chopping it up fine, maybe adding milk to make the texture smoother like in potatoes, or something like that. Not everything appeals to him though.

I had the opportunity to review the: So Easy Toddler Food Cookbook from Fresh Baby.

The So Easy Toddler Food Cookbook starts off with info about how to develop healthy eating habits in your toddler. There are tips for pick eaters, as well as a food terms section.

There are lots of fun recipes with colorful pictures of the dish. One of the things I was most impressed with however, is the they have a nutrition facts table for each and every recipe!

There are recipes for your ordinary toddler favorites like: homemade pizza and variations of Macaroni and cheese to recipes that are a little more different like: Sand Castle Couscous and Tropical Summer Soup. There’s also healthy toddler dessert recipes for Smooth and Creamy popsicles and Orange Frosty.

All of the recipes are easy to follow and make. Some have pictures of several steps. Also, all of the ingredients in the recipes are easy to find common ingredient.

I would definitely recomment the So Easy Toddler Cookbook to anyone that cares for a toddler. I like to think I’m crafty but sometimes I need some ideas when it comes to food. This book was a great help. This book is also available in Spanish.

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How to "catch" Santa at your house and provide proof #giveaway 12/20 5 winners!

My boys believe in Santa Clause. Last year they put the reindeer feed out. After opening gifts in the morning I had pretty much forgot about the reindeer feed. My oldest didn’t. He ran outside to see if the reindeer feed was gone. He came back in with a very excited voice saying “it’s gone, they ate the reindeer feed!”

I always thought it would be cute to find a way to “prove” Santa was here. Other than the presents of course. This year I found out about iCaughtSanta.com.

Use a picture from your own house and add a Santa pose to your picture. It’s really easy to do too! Go to: http://www.icaughtsanta.com upload a pic from your house, choose your Santa pose and move him around in the pic where you want. You can adjust the size of your background and/or Santa. You can adjust the brightness and color, and even add a border if you want to for only $9.99. You can download the picture and print pics out yourself OR you can order prints from the site.

You can even catch Santa on the go using the iphone app store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icaughtsanta/id341400468?mt=8

Here is my picture of proof of Santa at my house:

I’m planning on printing this out myself and setting it on the coffee table in the living room near the tree. I want to see if they notice it first. If not I’m going to show it to them. I can’t wait to hear their reaction.

Also if you want to add a little extra something you can get a video for $4.99 of Santa coming to life in your very own photo.

http://www.icaughtsanta.com is offering a 25% discount to Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More readers. Use coupon code: FREE-STUFF

It’s not just Santa you can catch though. You can also catch the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Cupid at your house at either http://www.icaughtsanta.com OR http://www.catchacharacter.com

iCaughtSanta.com is trying to spread the word about their cool site. They are giving away an ipad to one winner for helping spread the word. Here are the rules:

Send an email (to
ipad@icaughtsanta.com) with a link to your web page, published blog entry,
Facebook post or tweet – with your full name, email address, and phone number.
You will receive one entry for each post. {For example: if you blog about
iCaughtSanta.com 3 times and you post a link on Facebook 2 times and you tweet
about the site 2 times, you will receive 7 entries in the contest.} Limit 10
total entries per person. No purchase necessary to win.
When referring to iCaughtSanta.com make sure the “.com” is included NOT just iCaughtSanta.

I had so much fun with the site. I think it’s going to add a little extra Christmas wonder and magic to my boys Christmas morning. I’m so excited! I’m like a kid myself.

GIVEAWAY

iCaughtSanta.com is giving 5 Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More readers a code to make your own iCaughtSanta.com picture for FREE!

Open to US and Canada

As an added bonus these codes never expire so use them this year or use them next year it doesn’t matter.

Mandatory Entry: Visit http://www.icaughtsanta.com and tell me what your favorite Santa pose is.
(Don’t forget to leave your email address so I can contact if you win and codes can be sent to you)

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2. Follow FFCM on twitter: @angiewith3 (+1)

3. Tweet about this giveaway using the RT button in upper Left corner OR use this message:

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6. Blog about iCaughtSanta.com and somewhere in the post say that you heard about it from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More with a link to this post. (Don’t forget you can have a chance to win an ipad for blogging too) (+5)

Leave a link to your post in a comment below.

7. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one(s) you entered (+1 for each one)

**Giveaway will end 12/20 at 10 PM EST. Open to US and Canada. Winner will be chosen using random.org. Winner will be notified by email and have 48 hours to respond to winning email. If no response within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.**

I received a coupon code to try iCaughtSanta.com for free in order to review the site. I also have a chance at winning an ipad for blogging. No monetary compensation was given. Any opinions expressed are my own.

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Cookiecutters4less.com Review and Giveaway 12/15 US–CLOSED

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ENTERING. RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 61, MANTHAS24. WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED AND HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY.

This time of the year I think a lot of people like to make Christmas cookies. Something about having a plate of homemade cookies on the table as a special treat just adds to the ambience. What about setting a plate of cookies out for Santa? Or giving a gift of a tray or box of handmade cookies to a neighbor or the mailman.

When I first got married I though I got a good deal on a bunch of cookie cutters. They were plastic. Not all of them are what I would call “open” cookie cutters. Some of them were solid or some areas where the details were were solid. Or some had extremely narrow areas and when you removed the cookie cutter from the dough your reindeer had now only had 2 legs instead of 4. It was frustrating to me when the dough got stuck in the cookie cutters. Some I just threw away because they didn’t work worth a spit. My “bargain” cookie cutters were anything but. I remembered the nice cookie cutters my mother used to have. You know the nice open ones made of either copper or a silver colored metal.

I had looked for them but found them to be very expensive. Cookiecutters4less.com offers cookie cutters in many themes and seasons. You can buy them individually or look at their great prices on sets. One of my favorite areas is the 10 for $10 cookie cutter category. Cookiecutters4less.com offers both metal and polyresin cookie cutters.

I was sent a mix of metal and polyresin cookie cutters to try for the review. They put my review items through like a regular order. I received my cookie cutters in 2 days! That was superfast shipping.

I had some Crayola cookie dough left from a baking activity with the kids. I decided to give the cookie cutters a try with the left over dough. All of my cookies maintain their shape. My reindeer had it’s legs, my bears had all of it’s extremities, etc. Here’s how they turned out.

These cookie cutters are very durable and well made. Easy to clean and you can’t bat the prices on the Cookiecutters4less.com site! Now these cookie cutters are a REAL bargain.

Cookiecutter4less.com Also sells: Wilton Products, cookie decorating supplies, gift baskets, and cookie kits.

Other than their website, you can find Cookiecutters4less on Facebook too: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/CookieCutters4Lesscom/140740109297861

Check out out their site for cookie recipes as well.

GIVEAWAY

Cookiecutters4less.com is going to give one of my readers a Polyresin Christmas Cookie Cutters Box Set Open to US 12/15 (with their super fast shipping you’ll have them days before Christmas)

Mandatory Entry: Like Cookiecutters4less on Facebook. and tell them your liking from FFCM blog.

Don’t forget to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.

Bonus Entries: Please leave a separate comment for each entry completed. If there is a +1 after the entry leave one comment, +2 leave 2 comments for that entry and so on.

1. Suggest Cookiecutters4less Facebook page to your friends. (+1 for each person you suggest to their page. This is on the honor system so please don’t cheat)

2. Visit www.cookiecutters4less.com and tell me one product you’d like to have. (+1)

3. Follow FFCM with GFC, RSS feed, Email, and/or Networked Blogs (+1 for each one completed)

4. Make a purchase from www.cookiecutters4less.com and leave a comment with what you bought (+5)

5. Like FFCM on facebook (+1)

6. Follow me on twitter as @angiewith3 (+1)

7. Tweet this review/giveaway using the RT button in upper Left corner OR you can use this tweet:

” I entered to win a cookie cutter set from Cookiecutters4less on http://bit.ly/hqDHQG 12/15 US Just in time for christmas baking @angiewith3 “

Can tweet 2 X per day at least 2 hours apart. (+1 for each tweet)

8. Blog about this giveaway including a link to this giveaway in your post. Then leave a link to your post in a comment below (+5)

9. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one(s) you entered (+1 for each one you enter)

***Giveaway will end 12/15 at 10 PM EST. Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond to the winning email. If no reply, a new winner will be chosen. Winner will be chosen using Random.org. Open to the US***

I received cookie cutter samples from www.cookiecutters4less.com at no cost to complete a review. I was under no obligation to give a positive review. Any opinions expressed are my own.

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Send Out Cards Review and #Giveaway 12/16 US–CLOSED

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 13 MANTHAS24. WINNER HAS BEEN SENT AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION AND HAS 48 HRS TO REPLY.

Tracey Szurley, an Independent Distributor for Send Out Cards had got in contact with me about Send Out Cards great service they provide. I had never heard of Send Out Cards until she contacted me. I went to the website directly to see what Send Out Cards was all about. My first thought was that it was another e-greeting site. Had I run off that idea, I would have been very wrong.

Send Out Cards offers a convenient and affordable way to sent out real greeting cards. They even offer gifts if you’d like to send a gift too. Send Out Cards offers cards for any occasion including Holiday cards. Just think how easy it would be to type what you want in the card, choose your font, even add pictures of your family to the card. No trips to the post office, No worrying about running out of stamps, no running to the store to get a card. Send Out Cards sends the card for you. Add gifts to you cards if you like with items like brownies, bath sets and more there is lots to choose from at a reasonable price.

Tracey is donating 50 cents from each card sold from now until Dec. 25 to charity. Also, if you are looking start your own home business with Send Out Cards, Tracey can help you with that too.

I had the opportunity to send out a card to try the service. It was so easy to choose a card, type in whatever I wanted to say, and send it. I sent it to my husband as a nice little surprise love not. The card is a quality greeting cards. The printing turned out nice. My husband got the mail before I got home from work. He gave me a big hug and kiss and thanked me for the card. I think sometimes we under estimate the impact of just sending out a card to someone for no reason at all even. I will definitely be using Send Out Cards again in the future. This is going to be such a time saver for my holiday greeting cards this year.

You can set up an account by choosing al a carte options or by buying a package to load your account. You can check out Tracey’s “Card R’Easy” page too for even more info.

GIVEAWAY

Tracey from Send Out Cards is going to give everyone who enters 2 free cards to send out to try One winner will be set up with a gift account to send 10 FREE cards!

(Winner must be willing to give phone number OR work with Tracey over Instant Messenger to set up gift account) Open to US

Mandatory Entry: Like Tracey’s Send Out Card FB page and tell her you’re stopping by from FFCM blog

Don’t forget to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.

Bonus Entries: Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1. Visit Tracey’s Send Out Cards site and tell me what card you might like to send to someone.

2. Tell me who you might like to send a card to with your free cards.

3. Follow FFCM with GFC, RSS feed, and/or email. (+1 for each one completed. Please leave a separate comment for each one completed)

4. Like FFCM on facebook.

5. Follow me on twitter: @angiewith3

6. Blog about this giveaway including a link to this post your post. Leave a comment with a link to your blog post.

7. Tweet about this review and giveaway using the RT button in the upper Left hand corner Or you can use this message:

” I entered to win free greeting cards on http://bit.ly/SOCTracey through Send Out Cards great service 12/16 US “

Can tweet 2 X per day at least 2 hours apart. (+1 for each tweet)

Giveaway ends 12/16 at 10 PM EST. 1 winner will be chosen using Random.org and notified by email. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to winning email or a new winner will be chosen. Anyone who enters can get 2 free gift cards by filling out the form on the “Cards R’ Easy” site. Winner of the 10 greeting cards must be willing to be contacted by Tracey Szurley either via phone or Instant Messenger to set up your gift account.

** I had the opportunity to try the service with 2 free greeting cards from Tracy of Send Out Cards. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own.***

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The Cutest Cooking Utensils: Head Chefs review and Giveaway! –CLOSED

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 44 TORI. WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED AND HAS 48 HRS TO REPLY TO WINNING EMAIL.
THANKS FOR READING AND ENTERING EVERYONE!

My 6 and 8 year old boys love to help me. Whether it’s helping with mopping, helping with their baby brother, or helping with cooking, they want to have a part in it.

I have the opportunity to try Head Chefs kids’ cooking utensils. They have to be THE cutest cooking utensils i have ever seen in my life. I have a picture below:

What kind of looks like a claymation scene on my counter top is actually fully functional kids cooking utensils from Head Chefs. The little arms and legs on the utensils are posable. The feet are suction cups so you can actually stand them up and they’ll stay. They are made of a high quality silicone. They are soft and easy to grip for your little chef.

My 6 year old could not wait to try them out. So we found a recipe that interested him and got started.

The cute little fushia colored Head Chef tool is a measuring spoon. It measure 1 Tablespoon on one side and 1 teaspoon on the other side of…what I’d guess you’d call it’s head..lol. Oh and by the way my son told me the measuring spoon was fuscia so that’s what I’m going with.

The purple spoon was great for him to hold on to. He was so proud to be cooking. Yes folks he is in his pajamas. I told him if he got his shower and got his pajamas on he could help me cook 🙂

He used the Yellow spatula to scrape the mix into the bowl to set.

When our Chocolate Coconut Creme Bar was finally set. He used his little red knife to help cut the pieces.

And finally he helped serve up the finished product in the cute little bowl with legs from Head Chefs.

I think I enjoyed watching him have fun with these tools the most. Head Chefs cool tools would be great for your little budding chef. They are quality tools that are easy to handle and keep kids interested in the task at hand. The silicone is soft and easy to grip but the utensils are durable.

I’d like to see quicker response times on the customer service end but the products are fantastic.

GIVEAWAY UPDATE

Head Chefs has offered to give one of my reader a set of Head Chefs kids cooking utensils similar to the package I received. Open to US

Mandatory Entry: Follow Head Chefs on twitter

Leave a comment with your twitter id. Don’t forget to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.

Bonus Entries: Please leave a separate comment for each entry. If there is a +1 for the entry leave one comment for that entry. +2 leave two comments for that entry and so on.

1. Like Head Chefs on facebook (+1)

2. Visit Head Chefs website and tell me which utensil you think you like the best. (+1)

3. Follow FFCM with GFC, RSS feed and/or email (email must be confirmed to count) You get (+1) for each one completed. Please leave a separate comment for each one.

4. Like FFCM on facebook (+1)

5. Blog about this giveaway with a link to this post on your blog. Leave a link to your blog post in a comment below (+5)

6. Follow me on twitter: @angiewith3 (+1)

7. Tweet this giveaway using the RT button in the upper Left corner OR you can use this tweet:

” I entered to win @headchefs kids cooking utensils pack on http://bit.ly/headchef 12/14 US “

Can tweet 2 X per day at least 2 hours apart. Leave a link to your tweet (+1 for each tweet)

Giveaway will end 12/14 at 10 PM EST. 1 winner will be chosen using Random.org on 12/14. Winner will be contacted via email and have 48 hours to reply to winning email. If no reply within 48 hrs, a new winner will be chosen. Open to US.

***I received the Head Chef products mentions above from Fiesta products at no cost in order to complete a review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. All opinions expressed are my own. I was under no obligation to give a positive review ***

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