Wednesday, March 3, 2010

A weekly roundup of happenings on the blogosphere.  Grab a cuppa, put your feet up and peruse away.

Great Blog Reads this Week
Lessons From the Hilltop – an Olympic wrap-up (Joe O’Connor)
Sharon’s Take on Winterlude (theinsidescoop)
Is Mom Enterpreneurship for you? (sweetmama.ca)
How much Extra-Curricular is Too Much? (savvymom.ca)
Let’s Get Ready to Rummmmble (balancethemotherload.com)
Great Reading for your Tweens and Teens
Deborah Ellis is the internationally acclaimed author of a number of award-winning titles for children, including the Breadwinner trilogy, A Company of Fools, The Heaven Shop, and Our Stories, Our Songs. A peace activist and humanitarian field worker, Deborah has traveled the world to meet with and hear the stories of children marginalized by poverty, war, and illness.
Ellis’ books are powerful stories that grip reader, young and old alike.  You and your child will need to rock-paper-scissors to see who gets to read it first!

Great Giveaways
Totyoga DVD (practicalmum.com)
Care4hire.com Free month membership (practicalmum.com)
pedsinapodcast.com 5 free downloads (practicalmum.com)
Crochet Baby Booties (makingtimeformommy.com)
Boogie Wipes (simplystacie)
SmartKid Knits Seamless Socks (Tara’s view)
Toronto Area Moms Giveaways

Win Two Tickets to see Secrets of a Soccer Mom (parentsource.ca)

Spring Fling (Toronto)- 2 opportunities to win a Family Pack to Spring Fling – Canada’s largest indoor midway at the Rogers Centre. March 16-21

(parentsource.ca) or (onceuponachildajax.com)

Kids- Fest (Hamilton area) Win a family pack of tickets (2 kids and 2 adults approx. value $57.50) (parentsource.ca)

March Break Carnival (Hamilton) Win a family 4 pack of tickets.

(onceuponachildburlington.com) and (onceuponachildhamilton.com)

Practicalmum Discounts!

Myscratchofflabels.com – 10% discount on any order of $10 or more.  Just enter 10BLOGOFF into the coupon code upon check out.

Littleladybugdesigns.com With a purchase of $50 or more, receive a set of free return address labels (140) $25 value. Simply enter ‘practicalmum’  into the additional comments section on the order form.

Who Doesn’t Love Getting Mail?
Have you seen the www.mail4kids.ca site?  Who doesn’t love receiving mail?  Not e-mail (though those are good too) but real snail mail. Once a month. The purpose of mail4kids is to encourage a love of reading and learning while receiving something fun, collectible and educational. Each month your child’s letter will include a new card and activity sheet. In addition, each subscriber receives a birthday gift and a gift at Christmas.
So who dreamed up mail4kids.ca? Sherri-Lee Pressman.  Sherri-Lee is a stay at home, homeschooling mom of two kids who constantly asks “is there any mail for me?”. Out of that love of getting mail, Sherri-Lee created mail4kids, an educational, collector’s card service for kids.
A Little Secret Indulgence
Read the blog behind the Amazing Race. (people.com)
For the best smut on the internet (Laineygossip.com)
Heidi Klum and baby Lou (celebritybabyscoop.com)

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