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Win a Sleep Number® p5 Queen bed set from Select Comfort!

Sleep Number bedSign up for the Must Sleep Fan Page for a chance to win a Sleep Number® p5 Queen bed set!

Entering the “You are what you sleep” contest is easy! All you have to do is become a “Must Sleep” Facebook Fan and enter the contest via the link on Must Sleep’s wall (or go to www.sleepnumber.com/sleep), and tell us why sleep is important to you! Has it been years since you’ve gotten a good night’s sleep? Whether its back pain, having a newborn, or stress, sleep deprivation happens to us all and the impact on your life is huge!  Be funny or be profound, but don’t put us to sleep!

The contest starts Monday, August 3 and entries will be submitted until August 22. Then come back to Facebook to vote on the top five finalists between August 27- September 3.The story with the most “likes” will win a Sleep Number p5 Queen bed set.
Good luck!

Alicia Hagan, Editor

Animal Fun Time iPhone app review + 5 readers will get a free copy!

Animal Fun Time iPhone appI’m having a blast trying out new iPhone apps and what’s even better is that I get to watch my kids enjoy them too! Yes, I try apps for organizing, apps for recipes, apps for travel, but apps for the kids are the most fun because my kids are involved and I love to see their reaction and desire to play or watch them over and over again.  My kids are on iPhone time limits.  I don’t recommend handing your iPhone over to your kids and letting them have at it for hours. I think about 10 minutes at a time is plenty.

Animal Fun Time (iTunes link), brought to us by people operating technology, provides interactive musical on-screen flashcards featuring the animals as the stars. Promoting interactive see, touch & recognition skills, with bright colors and great sound effects, it’s the perfect app for a busy toddler AND for a busy parent who needs a busy toddler!

So what is Animal Fun Time? It is an app that teaches toddlers ages 3+ animal recognition as well as hand-eye coordination.  There are 5 animals on the screen at a time and your child must ‘press’ on the correct animal to move to the next screen. Kids are awarded with realistic (if not real) animal sounds and enthusiastic praise when he/she presses on the correct animal.

Madelyn, 3 years old, has a great time with Animal Fun Time. She loves to hear the noise each animal makes when she chooses the correct animal. The game is randomized so the game is never the same and thus your kids won’t get bored with it. Oh, and don’t worry, there’s no need for instructions so you can count on handing your iPhone over to your toddler to play Animal Fun Time and she’ll be on her way to a super fun time!

GIVEAWAY!
Thanks to people operating technology, we are giving 5 lucky readers their own free copy of Animal Fun Time!
1 entry:
Just leave a comment below telling me why you want to win Animal Fun Time and/or tell us a funny story about your child and your iPhone.  Did something crazy happen when your kid had your iPhone?  Let us know!
2 extra entries:
Click the green ‘retweet’ button to share this post with your Twitter friends then leave a comment below with your Twitter ID.
Entries accepted until August 25th, 2009.

Alicia Hagan, Editor

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Kmart Footwear – for moms who demand style and value

Kmart shoesMoms who demand stylish shoes for themselves and their kids but are on a budget will love Kmart’s shoe line.  I particularly like the Route 66 Elodie pictured here.

Kmart’s variety of trusted brands and exclusive collections is designed to give moms value, quality and style–all at affordable prices.

Kmart’s summer collection features Summer Wedges which are very popular now.   I can’t wear heels.. I have absolutely no coordination but I think I could pull of a pair of wedges.

Shoes for kids include Fisher-Price toddler sandals, outdoor shoes, and I’m sure their Transformers shoes are selling like crazy these days!    A few shoe brands Kmart offers are Disney, Protege, and Wrangler Jeans.. yes they make shoes.  Who’d of thought?

GIVEAWAY!
We are giving 1 lucky reader a $20 Kmart gift card!  Simply leave a comment below related to Kmart and/or shoes and you’re email address will be entered to win!  Contest ends July 10th.

Bond with Your Baby Before Birth: How to Communicate with Your Unborn Child
Book review + Giveaway

Bond with Your Baby Before Birth by Kim O'NeillMy way of bonding with Sebastian when I was pregnant with him was to play Enya right next to my big, huge, gigantic pregnant tummy. I’m not sure how much that facilitated our bond but now, 9 years later, we have an incredible bond even though I wondered if it would fade away after his baby and toddler years.

Kim O’Neill, author of Bond with Your Baby Before Birth: How to Communicate with Your Unborn Child, helps pregnant moms tap into the deep intuitive powers of pregnancy and meet their unborn child before birth. If you are pregnant and are wondering what your baby will look like, what her personality will be like, or want in life, this book is for you.

This book introduces you to the phenomenon of communicating with your baby before birth and will help you receive messages from your unborn child, discover your child’s life purpose and destiny, and interpret pregnancy dreams.. I would have loved that!

For more information about Bond with Your Baby Before Birth: How to Communicate with Your Unborn Child visit Amazon.com here or Kim O’Neill’s website here.

GIVEAWAY!
We have 2 copies of Bond with Your Baby Before Birth to giveaway! Enter the contest here. Ends July 10th.

Fun News & Giveaway: What celebrities did before becoming famous

I stumbled across this information this morning, not sure how, and had to share it with you.  I find some of the pre-celebrity jobs fascinating such as the coffin polishing __________ (ya’ gotta keep reading!).   Do you know what a celebrity did before becoming famous? What about Prince, Kate Gosselin (yes, her), or Tom Cruise<UPDATE:  The celebrities I listed have all been listed by now.. be creative in your celebrity search! Do the research and leave the info, including a link to the source, in the comments below and I will give one random commenter a $10 Amazon.com gift certificate!  Entries will be accepted until 10pm May 29th and I will announce the winner right here in this post!

Whoopi Goldberg was a bricklayer.  That’s a tough job!

Russell Crowe was a waiter.  I’m sure he got some great tips from the ladies.

Gwen Stefani’s previous job was as a Dairy Queen cleaner.  Wacky huh?

Johnny Depp was a telemarketer!  What a bummer..wasting his good looks by sitting in a cubicle bugging people on the phone.

Pink was a McDonald’s worker.

Simon Cowell worked in the post room.

Madonna worked in a doughnut factory.  WHAT?

Colin Farrell was a dance teacher.  Not the suspected sexy kind of dancing.. line dancing!

Barack Obama was an ice cream seller.  How much more ‘all-American’ can you get?

Geri Halliwell, pre Spice Girls, was a Turkish game show hostess.  Huh, can you picture that?

Brad Pitt was a chicken dancer for a Mexican restaurant.  His job was to entice people to eat at the restaurant.  Couldn’t he have just stood there as himself, not a chicken?

Harrison Ford was a carpenter.  I can’t really vision that one.

Sean Connery was a coffin polisher.  I can vision that.

Annie Lennox was a waitress at a cafe in North London.

Source: Virgin Media

Congratulations to the winner of the amazon.com gift certificate, Lily K.!