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Generation Huggies
Back in the 1970s, when I was born, my mother had a decision to make-cloth or disposable diapers. While to women today this doesn’t seem to be a big deal, merely having the choice between the two forms of diapers was a big deal back then. Disposable diapers were relatively new, and many women were still opting for the cloth variety.
I am a part of the Huggies Generation and the people at Huggies want to celebrate this…well, not celebrate me, but all women who are now moms. Huggies is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary and to help celebrate, they are doing a bunch of activities. First, Huggies is currently touring American cities, video taping women about what motherhood means to them to possibly be included in their national ad campaign. But you don’t have to wait to see if they come to a city near you-you can submit a video without leaving the comfort of your home! Here’s how you can do that:
Now through November 20, 2008, there are two ways for moms to create a video reflecting on “What Motherhood Means to Me.”
1. Videos can be uploaded to www.GenerationHuggies.com
2. Videos should be no longer than 60 seconds in length and
no larger than 5MB.
3. Everyone can participate by giving a hug, or vote, to their
favorite video through November 30, 2008.
5. Judging ends November 30, 2008.
Huggies is also having a sweepstakes where you can win $30,000!!! You have until November 30, 2008 to go to www.GenerationHuggies.com and enter. Just think, that could start an awesome college fund for your child or give you a great new wardrobe!!
Help Huggies celebrate the Huggies Generation by visiting their website for lots in invaluable information to help all moms.
Happy Anniversary, Huggies!
The Perfect Turkey
It’s a right of passage as an adult with a home to "take over" a family holiday. I still am trying to take over just one holiday from the older crowd in the family, but I have made it clear that it will NOT be Thanksgiving. I can do the Easter or Christmas ham, but I cannot do the turkey. No way. No how.
Until maybe now.
You’ve probably seen the recent commercials with Kelly Ripa for the Electrolux appliances. I am a girl who loves her some good appliances (even if I can’t afford them…) and these appliances just look awesome. Kelly Ripa, of course, makes it look fun to do daily housework, but let’s face it, the Thanksgiving Day turkey is intimidating. Well, Electrolux is revolutionizing the turkey experience with their Perfect Turkey button. Its special turkey probe and convection system gives you a yummy, juicy perfect turkey.
Now, I am sure you all have a turkey story from one holiday or another…and Electrolux wants to hear it. Head over to their website to enter their Turkey Tale contest. From now until November 14th, you can submit your turkey day story (whether it be funny, pathetic, or momentous) and you could an Electrolux wall over or range, just in time for the holidays!
And just think, if you win the contest, from that point forward, your turkey story will be a thing of the past.
Aqua Doodle & KidKleen Bath Blizzard
I have seen the Aqua Doodle toys in stores and on TV for quite a while now. I figured that it would be another one of those toys that just ends up on the pile of "played with twice" toys. I was wrong.
The Aqua Doodle toy is a wonderful thing. Filled up with only water, the Aqua Doodle does just that, doodles with water. My girls have spent hours sprawled out on their bellies drawing and ocassionally fighting over the Aqua Doodle pen. They then discovered that they could just get their hands wet in the sink and make hand prints. They were hooked. This toy is as cool as it looks online, requires no clean-up other than a place to let the doodle mat dry, and provides endless hours of fun. It truly is fantastic.
My only criticism of the Aqua Doodle is that I really wish it came with more than one pen. The mat is big enough to accomodate a few little artists, so I would really like to see at least two pens come in the pack. That is my only negative. It really is a cool toy.
We were also the lucky recipients of a KidKleen Bath Blizzard. Follow the simple directions, add a cap full of their bubbles and some warm water and turn on. My, my, my, talk about a jacuzzi for kids. The Bath Blizzard runs for a good 15 minutes and fills up the tub with perfect clear fun bubbles.
If you have kids with sensitive skin, there’s no reason to worry. I have the most sensitive girls on the planet and there was not a single problem. The bubble solution has been Dermatologist approved so there’s no need for concern. All you need to do is follow directions and turn on the fun.
These two toys have been the absolute best fun for the girls in a long time. For that reason, but taking into consideration that we would have really liked another Aqua Doodle pen, BBM gives the Aqua Doodle and the KidKleen Bath Blizzard. . .
And the Winner is. . .
I lost all track of time and forgot to do the drawing on Monday. However, this morning, Lil C picked the winning folded up post-it note from all the entries and the winner of the Sesame Street K’Nex set is:
Nurse Betty Boop!
Congratulations! Please email me with your address asap!
Thanks to everyone for entering and keep checking back. There will be more contests coming!
Ask a Ninja Presents “The Ninja Handbook”
If you like the "Ask a Ninja" series online, then you don’t want to miss "The Ninja Handbook" by Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols. This book has you laughing before it even gets started with a ninja will, just in case of the worst possible scenario. I don’t want to give it away but it’s a fill-in-the-blanks form that is just plain hysterical.
If you take this ninja business seriously, then you’ll appreciate the chapters telling one how to form a proper ninja clan and how to name that clan so as to be respected ninja folk. If you take the "Ask a Ninja" guy and squeeze his videos on to paper, you pretty much have the book.
Like the videos, "The Ninja Handbook" is full of sarcasm and dark humor that will have you laughing throughout. You better hurry up and read it fast though because like the videos, this book "looks forward to killing you soon" as well.
It takes a lot for a book to make me laugh out loud and that’s exactly what "The Ninja Handbook" does. If you are a fan of the internet ninja legend, then you don’t want to miss this book. There are humor infused chapters throughout.
One of the chapters on getting "ninjaish" details how to make your "mark" lose their way on a mission. "The Ninja Handbook" states:
. . .if your mark is stupid enough to be using a GPS system. Simply hack into the navigational program they are using and rewrite the algorithm from "shortest possible route" to "most round-about-and-ass-backward route possible. (75)
The book also provides some helpful insight to beginner ninja’s. Some of the suggestions are:
Replace all variations of hello in your vocabulary with head punches (43)
Get raving compliments about your great ideas and imput for at least 30 meetings or classes that you did not attend. Being a ninja is not about being there; it’s about having the impact of your presence felt whether you are there or not. (43)
Pick a fight with an inaminate object at least four times your body mass. (43)
This book is loaded with hysterical ninja training methods and with illustrations that are just as hysterical and useful. If you’re interested in picking up a copy for yourself (and trust me you’ll want to) go here. If you need more convincing and want to check out the ninja himself, go here and check out some of the videos.
For its laugh-out-loud humor and practical yet comical advice on becoming a "ninja," BBM gives the book. . .
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