Kix Cereal Review and Giveaway

Kix cereal is loved in households everywhere.  Not just by Moms but by kids as well.  My children love the taste.  As a picky Mom, I don't buy sweet cereals and really try not to buy cereals with artificial colors and preservatives added. If you're like me, its usually a struggle to find a cereal that is affordable, tasty and "good" for you.  Moms, you can rest some of that Mommy-guilt when buying Kix.  Its a sweet cereal and its OK to let your kids eat it!  Win-Win!  It doesn't have any artificial flavors, colors or preservatives.  Its not loaded down in sugar, just lightly sweetened.  Plus, its stood the test of time and has been around for more 70 years!  All good things in my book!  Don't believe me?  Check it out below.  

Take a moment, comment and let me know why Kix is approved in your household.  

The fine people of General Mills and MyBlogSpark are sweetening this post blog by allowing me to host a giveaway!  In one week {September 23rd at 5pm} I will choose a winner {using Random.org} and that person will be rewarded with 6 boxes of Kix cereal to enjoy!  Totally awesome, huh?!  And believe me, its 6 large boxes (12 oz)! 

Good luck!  

Disclosure: Kix cereal, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark

*Winner* of the RECARO carseat

Thanks to all who entered our giveaway!  What an exciting contest!  I truly wish I could give each one of the entries a free carseat!  This has been such a fabulous giveaway, I wish everyone could benefit from it.  But alas, I only have one to giveaway.  I used RANDOM.ORG to pick a winner and luck no. 32 entry was the winner!

Congrats to Amy for winning!  This is what she commented and this was her winning comment- 

The Parks said...

I like the blue oval. Awesome giveaway, Lauren!!

May 16, 2011 1:44 PM 

Thanks again to all who entered!  :o) And another big THANK YOU goes out to MomSelect and RECARO for the opportunity to review and giveaway such a wonderful product!

  Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!  

RECARO ProSPORT Child Seat Review and GIVEAWAY!

**Contest has closed**

I was recently given the opportunity to review a RECARO ProSport Child Seat.  When I first received an email asking if I were interested, I about fell off my chair! Of course I wanted to review one! Not only did we need a new seat for Baby Girl and had been praying for provisions but Hubbie and I had drooled over these when looking for seats for Bubbie and Peanut. Hubbie loved the look, safety features and harnessing similarities to the seats in race cars and of course, the sleek and stylish looks. Sadly, the price tag always brought us back down to reality.... over $250 was never a reality for us to spend on a car seat. We could always drool and dream though, right?!

One of the first things I noticed, after receiving the car seat, was the colors! I love the color options! Bright, contemporary and fun!! As I continued to look over the seat, I noticed all the “nice” features, like snack pockets on the side, the compact and easy to handle carseat (no bulkiness here), the soft fabrics that are hand washable and a pocket for the latch system and other belts so that things are always nicely in place.  Seems like RECARO thought of every detail!  

After doing more research I found out a few more tidbits that definitely make this seat worth checking into! 

"The RECARO ProSPORT currently features the highest weight capacity available for a 5-point harness seat, and is in line with the highest weight capacity available for a booster car seat. The ProSPORT is made in the USA, and is part of the ProSERIES collection of child safety seats, designed with premium Side Impact Protection to protect the five main vulnerable areas of a child's body - the head, neck, face, torso and pelvis."

One of the big selling points to me is that we can put Baby Girl in this seat and she can use it, in different variations, until she is 120 lbs! How neat is that?!  One seat, for her whole “car seat” life!  Definitely saves a bundle!

And check out these features:  

This seat is a definite winner and one that we should have taken a closer look at sooner!  I think RECARO has done a fabulous job with this children's seat.  

Watch this video to find out more!  

Nows the exciting part, not only did Mom Select and RECARO give me the opportunity to review this car seat, BUT I'm also being given the amazing privilege of giving one away to one of my readers!  What an exciting opportunity!

So, heres the deal, since this is such a COOL giveaway, I've gotta make you work for it!

To enter, you must do the following things:  

1) Go to RECARO's website, check out the carseat, all that it has to offer and fabric options and then come back and comment here, telling me which color you like best. 

2) Follow me on Facebook and Twitter 

3)  Tweet/Email your friends or post on FB about this giveaway.  Make sure you link back to the giveaway.  If you're posting on FB or twitter, make sure to tag me as well!  

Now- you MUST comment 3 times on this blog post AND do all 3 entries in order to qualify for this giveaway!  

For 1 extra entry, you can do one of the following.  Feel free to do as many of these as you want! 

1) Follow my blogs- hyperactive lu, meet us in the kitchen and hyperactive lu reviews


2) Blog about this giveaway.  Again, make sure you link back to the giveaway.  


Remember, after you do each entry, come back and let me know that you did it!  


This giveaway will end May 20th at midnight!  I will announce the winner and contact them on May 21st!  Good luck!

*i received no monetary compensation for reviewing this item.  i did receive 1 RECARO car seat in exchange for my review from RECARO and MomSelect*

Chex Mix and Kroger- A Review and Giveaway

***Giveaway has ended.  Winner has been chosen.**

If you know our family, you know we love Chex cereal and the mixes that it allows us to make.  A few of our favorites are the Muddy Buddies (also known as "trash" or Monkey munch or Puppy Chow) and the original Chex mix or what I grew up calling it, Nuts and Bolts.  A few weeks ago we tried the new Lemon Buddies mix and that was really good too!  And I know my husband would LOVE the new Ginger-Honey crunch mix.
We have already made one batch of Muddy Buddies this year and will probably make at least 2 more!  And the new Chex PB and Chocolate Blast mix looks AWESOME!  Chex mix is the best treat and an awesome gift!

Looking for a neat Christmas gift for a teacher or co-worker?  How about one of these mixes in a colorful tin or jar?!  So simple and yummy!  I know I would enjoy a Christmas treat that I didn't have to prepare!!!

And Kroger wants to help and has sweetened the season with a special offer, for 3 weeks, beginning December 2nd thru December 25th, they will offer their lowest price on Chex cereals!  What a sweet deal!

Chex and Kroger, through My Blog Spark, has offered for me to do a giveaway!  You will receive 2 boxes of Chex cereals as well as a $25 gift card to Kroger!  What an awesome way to help out during this busy baking and goody making!

So, here is how to enter:

1) Comment telling me what mix you plan on making this Holiday season.
2) Like Hyperactive Lu Reviews (on the sidebar) or Hyperactive Lu on Facebook.  


And thats it folks!  Since its so close to Christmas, this giveaway will be short!  We will choose the winner on Monday, December 20th.  :o)  Good luck!


**A big thank you to Chex, Kroger and MyBlogSpark for allowing me to do the review and giveaway.  I received no monetary gift for posting about this giveaway or review.  I did receive the same "gift pack" that I am giving away, which was 2 boxes of Chex cereal and a $25 gift card to Kroger**

Chex Mix Get-Together and Giveaway

**Comments have been closed and a winner has been chosen**  

My family and I are long time fans of Chex Mixes and the chex cereals!  For as long as I can remember my Grandmother has been making "nuts and bolts" or the original chex mix.  Shortly after moving to Georgia, my parents neighbor brought over some delicious Chex Mix (Muddy Buddies) and I was won over!  Ever since Hubbie and I have been married, we've been making Muddy Buddies every Christmas as one of our yearly treats!!!  

On Tuesday, we were blessed to have some new friends come to our house for lunch and a playdate!  I had just received our Chex Mix pack which included a box of Chex cereal, the recipe (available at your local Wal-Mart) for a new Chex Lemon Buddies mix and a few other goodies!  I decided to go ahead and make the new Chex mix for our guests.... not knowing if the kids would like it!  I don't know why I thought they wouldn't, because the mix was gobbled up by EVERYONE....including my 15 mo old!  They all seemed to love the mix!  My older boys continued to ask for more!  It was definitely a hit!

our lunch spread with the yummy new Chex treat

MyBlogSpark and General Mills has given me the opportunity to spread the love and giveaway the Chex Mix Party pack to a lucky reader!  The party pack includes a box of Rice Chex, a measuring cup set and a Chex Mix tote bag (which is really big and heavy duty).

To enter, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite Chex Mix is!  

You already know my favorites and I want to hear yours!  Giveaway ends in one week from today!  

I will announce the winner next Saturday, December 18th.  

Good luck! 

**Disclosure:  All opinions and words are my own.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post.  I received the Chex Mix party pack from MyBlogSpark through General Mills which included a box of Chex cereal, a tote, a bowl and spoon and the measuring cup set.  As well as a $10 visa gift card to purchase supplies for the Chex Mix that was served at our playdate.**

Winner of the Family Flick Movie Night Pack

Hey folks!  We have a winner!  

Winner of the Family Flick Movie Night Pack is JC from here.

JC, you have 48 hrs to email me at hyperactivelu at gmail.com or I will need to choose another winner!  Thanks again to everyone who entered!  Quite a few more giveaways are coming up, so check back with us often!  

Family Flick Night Giveaway

**Contest is closed.  Winner will be announced later today. **

I don't know about you, but we love watching movies and who doesn't love a free visit to the movie theater?!  I was selected to be apart of MyBlogSpark and General Mills Family Flick Night Giveaway and its such an awesome thing, I can't wait to share with you!!  


We love General Mills products and we are huge fans of  the Cheerios varieties!!!  Cheerios with bananas and milk is a regular breakfast in our house!  

        Starting in November, you can receive a free movie ticket when you purchase two specially marked packages of Big G cereals including Honey Nut Cheerios® (17 oz.), Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (17 oz.), Lucky Charms® (16 oz.), Trix® (14.8 oz) and Reese´s Puffs® cereal (18 oz.).

       After purchasing two participating cereals, visit generalmills.com/moviecash to enter the unique code found inside each box of cereal and print your free Movie Cash certificate (good for one admission of up to a $12 value at participating theatres). To find a participating theater in your area, log onto http://emoviecash.com/dis_locator/. 


And because General Mills and MyBlogSpark is so awesome, they've allowed me to giveaway a prize pack to 1 lucky reader!  In the prize pack will be two boxes of specially marked packages of Big G cereals and movie cash certificates!!!  Score!!  Who wouldn't want to win this?!  And I'm making it super simple..... just comment here and tell me what your favorite General Mills cereals your family eats on a regular basis.  For extra entries post about it on 1)your blog  2)your Facebook page and/or 3)twitter.  Thats it!  Super simple!  So you can either enter once or four times!!!

The contest will end next Monday evening.  I will choose one winner using Random.org!  

Good luck!!

**A huge thank you to General Mills through MyBlogSpark for allowing me to host this giveaway.  I was given 2 boxes of Big G cereals and 4 movie cash certificates in return for this blog post.  All opinions are my own.  

We're Debt Free! Giveaway

Hey bloggers!  Guess what?  We're having a giveaway over at the Hyperactive Lu Facebook page!  This contest is open to those who have Facebook and don't.

My long time readers and family will know that Financial Peace University and Dave Ramsey have a special place in our hearts.  Because of the help that we love to give back.  Almost 5 years ago, my parents signed us up for FPU when we were at the lowest spot of our marriage- with each other, financially and spiritually.

Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University is a 13 week study that you attend at a local church or place in your community.   During the class you have a chance to connect with other attenders, answer some questions and watch a DVD of Dave Ramsey going through the financial steps that he believes will help you achieve financial freedom.

The lessons that we learned in FPU are very straight forward and common sense.  Nothing gimmicky here, but the steps that you follow "in the program" have helped us.  It gave us direction, some knowledge that if we had heard it before, seemed to "click" this time.

By following the FPU program, we were able to save up $1000 in our emergency fund, go from 2 incomes down to 1, pay off $50,000 PLUS two babies medical bills during birth, etc (our insurance is NOT that great!) and are now on our way to adding 3 mos of living expenses to our emergency fund!

Becoming debt free, to me, is one of the best things you can do for your children and marriage.  Its amazing to think about the arguments we USE to have about money or maybe DIDN'T have about money.  Now, that we're on the same page mentally about our financial future and goals, we just fall in snyc with one another.  Sure, we both love to SPEND money, but when you have a goal and that goal will help you get places, it maybe saying No to each other a little easier!!!

OK, so here's the giveaway, we will be giving away a Financial Peace course in celebration of our 100 fans at the Facebook page.  It works wonderfully that it also coincides with our getting out of debt!

If you DO have Facebook, go "like" us!  If you don't have Facebook, comment here on the blog that you do not waste your time are not on Facebook and would still like to enter!

The more people you suggest to the Facebook page, the more entries you have.  Just make sure to write on the Facebook wall how many people that you suggested ended up "liking" the page.  If you don't use Facebook, then suggest this giveaway to friends, family, anyone who might be interested and once they've entered (by commented or going on to Facebook) leave a comment and let me know!

Thats it!  Easy as pie!  We'll leave the contest up and running for 2 weeks!  That means on October 10th we'll choose a winner using random.org!


We really do wish we could give everyone a free course to FPU.  We try to do these giveaways as often as we can afford.  And as always, if you do happen to win or go to an FPU, pass it on.  Give it to someone else that you know is having a rough time or to a young couple just starting off.  What a blessing this would have been for our marriage if we had taken this BEFORE we got married!  It would have saved us from countless mistakes during our first few years of marriage.

Good luck to all!

Winner of the Jump Start Wii Game!

Alright folks....its time to announce a winner of the Jump Start Wii game giveaway.  The winner is # 16 comment- Nellie the Great who said that her kiddos enjoy playing these games on the Wii.....

My young 'uns love playing Cooking with Momma...even our little dude Benjamin!!

 Another favorite is Lumberjacks.!  

A big congrats to Nellie!  And I appreciate everyone who entered this giveaway!  Deep down I wish I had a copy for each and every person who spent their valuable time to enter the giveaway!  

Also, I wanted to thank Jump Start again for allowing me to host such an awesome giveaway!!  :o)  

Jump Start Get Moving: Family Fitness Game Review and Giveaway

I was thrilled when Jennifer approached me about doing another review for JumpStart!  We love the products that we've gotten from Jump Start!  And this latest one has been a HIT!  Our family LOVES using our Wii and its been great to incorporate the Wii in our Friday "Family Nights"!  We started doing Family Nights around the beginning of December and over the last few months, we've been more consistent with our planning!  With Jump Start's newest Wii Game Get Moving Family Fitness, its given us the ability to allow our older children to safe and family friendly playing.

"Get Moving Family Fitness, JumpStart is making fitness fun too! Discover the ultimate family sports game with fitness expert and mom of 4, Brooke Burke. With more than 15 sports challenges in 11 exotic arenas, Get Moving is the fun, new way to keep your family active!" 

Some key features in our new Wii game make it all the more exciting! You can design your own character to race and play, build customized routines for extra challenge, compete head to head or play solo, play underwater, on a farm, in Egypt or 8 other exotic locations, and access expert tips for more ways to stay healthy!

Some more quick facts:

- The game is in stores now!

- It will be sold for $29.99

- It's rated E for Everyone with Comic Mischief by the ESRB

We have definitely had fun with this one....  We each created our own character and had fun with that.  You get oodles of options from hair color, clothing, shoes... you name it!

Also, the activities that you get to pick are engaging.  The colors are bright and vivid!  And user friendly!  Even Peanut has been able to play and he is just barely 2.5 yrs old and has little to no experience playing on computer games or the Wii!

This game has definitely been a blessing to our family!  We have enjoyed it so much!  The kids ask for it by name!

Now, here comes the BEST part... a giveaway!  The fabulous people at Jump Start have made an extra copy of this great Wii game available for my readers!!!  How awesome!!!


Okay, so here it is... super easy to enter.... just leave a comment telling what kinds of Wii games your children enjoy!  Thats it!

For extra entries (1)  "Like" my blog page on Facebook- Hyperactive Lu

(2) Become a follower on my personal blog- Hyperactive Lu

(3) Become a follower on this blog- the review blog

If you do the extra entries, you must come back here and leave a separate comment for each entry.  If you do not, the extra entries will not be counted.  :o)  Sorry folks!!  Gotta keep it fair!  

Winner will be chosen next Monday evening!  Good luck!  

The super generous and fantastic people at Jump Start provided me a copy of the Jump Start Get Moving: Family Fitness game for me to review! 

LikeWear Review and Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed and the winner has been notified.  Thanks to all who entered!  

When MomSelect asked for bloggers to review and participate in a giveaway with LikeWear, I was intrigued.  I had never heard of LikeWear, but it involved children's clothing, so I was hooked!  As a mother of 3 little boys, durable and fun children's clothing is a must for my children!   Once I was selected to participate, I was pleasantly surprised that the shirts were fun and I had a hard time picking out which designs I wanted!  

I chose the "Give Peas a Chance" with the Jolly Green Giant!  So cute!  

And, of course, Bubbie instantly picked these for him and his brother.....

"Big Boy Bike" is definitely their favorite!  

LikeWear is a modern day fusion of a high quality, casual boutique children's clothing line and a plan direct sales company.  We offer a flexible, fun way to have your own clothing "store" without the risk of carrying inventory.  Their fun, exclusive line of clothing and accessories is loved by kids- and only available through their team of independent LikeWear reps and a handful of leading boutique stores.  

With fun design features, family friendly and well-known brands like Lucky Charms, Tootsie Roll, Jr Mints, Dots, Honda motorcycles, the Pillsbury Doughboy and many others, it isn't hard to find something for everyone!

Also, if you're interesting in making some money, you should check out LikeWear's affiliate program.  You can earn 25% of everything sold at your "affiliate".

Now, here comes the best part, I am giving away a $25 gift certificate to LikeWear for you to pick out some fun stuff for your kids!  Just in time for back to school shopping too!

In order to enter this giveaway, just check out LikeWear's website and tell me what you'd pick out if you won!  If you want extra chances to win, blog/twitter/change your FB status telling others about this giveaway. Don't forget to come back and tell me what you've done with a link to it!

Its THAT easy!!!  And if you fall in love with the designs and can't wait until the giveaway ends, the fine folks at LikeWear have given me a coupon code to share.  Just enter HYPERACTIVELU for 25% off at the online store for the month!

*A big thank you to the fine folks at MomSelect and LikeWear.  I was given a $50 gift certificate to LikeWear in exchange for a review.  

RaceTrac Freefill Giveaway

If you have a RaceTrac convenience store near you, you are in for a treat!  From now until August 1st, RaceTrac is offering the new freefill cup while is available for $6.99 and entitles you to free refills from their impressive fountain.  

Since this was such a fabulous offer, I wanted to be apart of this!  From the wonderful friends at MomSelect and RaceTrac, I am giving away a $10 gift cards to RaceTrac.  You will have plenty of money for a freefill cup of your own and a tiny bit leftover for a snack or two!

If you'd like to enter this giveaway, leave a comment telling me your favorite cold and refreshing beverage to drink during the summer time!  I will pick a winner using Random.org in one week.



I was given a $10 gift card in return for this post by the fine folks at MomSelect and RaceTrac and also given the opportunity to give a gift card away.

Meet the Divas! Win $20 Amazon Gift Card!

Not too long ago, I became a member of Double Duty Divas!  I have thoroughly enjoyed being apart of this group of women!  They have it all- Great Reviews! Great giveaways! Helpful Articles! And wonderful perks too!  

Double Duty Divas started when Bridgette, from Experimental Mommy and Cecelia, from Cool Baby Kid, joined forces to offer a great place for review bloggers to meet and support one another!  And I love it!  

As a way to promote all of our blogs, Double Duty Divas is having a giveaway- Enter to win a $20 Amazon gift card by "Meeting the Divas."   Visit and subscribe to a Diva site (below) and comment back here telling us what you think of the site.  Leave a separate comment for each site.  Twenty-six (26) maximum entries per person.  U.S. Residents Only.  Expires 6/22/10.

Cool Baby Kid

Experimental Mommy

Just a mom's take on things...

The Bragging Mommy

A Mom's Impression

Simply Being Mommy

The Art of Being Mom

Real Moms Real Views

A Nut in a Nutshell

The B Keeps Us Honest

Moody Mama Says

Stuff Parents Need

Simply Stacie

Katie's Nesting Spot

Simply Living On a Budget

Mama's Money Savers

Out of the Notebook and Into the Blog

"Deal"icious Mom

Hyperactive Lu

Sweet Posh Baby

Keeper of the Cheerios

Champagne Living

Before the Baby Wakes

Little People Wealth

The 24/7 Mom

Lipstick to Crayons

So, get started!  Check out some of the blogs above and let me know what you think!!!  And don't forget to leave a separate comment for each site that you visit so that it gets counted!  You have up to 26 chances to enter!

Contest has closed.  Winner has been picked and notified.  Thanks for playing along!  

all Oxi-Active Laundry Detergent Review and Giveaway

When I was recently given the opportunity to review the new all Oxi-Active Laundry detergent and I jumped on it!  What mother wouldn't want to try a detergent offering to make the chore of laundry a tad bit easier?!



I received the detergent and immediately used it on the laundry that evening!  I tend to spray "stain remover" on all my stained laundry and then let it sit until I get to the washing.  Since the all Oxi Active laundry detergent claimed to "Contain innovative all Oxi-Active Stainlifters" I decided to put it to the test.... my three son's clothes!

We have all sorts of stains on a daily basis- blood, food, snot, spit up, grass- you name it- we get it just about every day and if not every day, at least once a week!  I typically have the most trouble with food stains.  If we don't use a bib, especially on the baby, and the clothing sits for a day or two, I have to REALLY work at getting those stains out.  It usually requires a wash or two and several applications of a separate stain remover.  I began to wash ALL my laundry with this new detergent and have been VERY pleased.  It did not get out a tough stain on a baby onesie the first time, but everything else (even blood from Peanut's busted lip) came out without any work or stain remover.

Features 

• Delivers 2-in-1 advanced cleaning power
• Vibrant whites and bright colors
• Safe for both traditional and high efficiency washing machines
• Cleans better than the leading Oxi liquid detergent on tough stains like: 

Grass- Blood- Wine- Grape Juice- Coffee with milk- Chocolate Ice Cream 

I have always loved all detergent.  Although, I don't have a favorite and am not partial to any brand.  I tend to go buy how much laundry detergent I can get for the price... and I am pleasantly surprised that this detergent is at about my price point for a bottle of detergent (without a coupon!).

Packaging 

• 50 oz (28 loads)- $4.49 average retail price
• 100 oz (56 loads)- $7.99 average retail price
• 150 oz (84 loads)- $10.99 average retail price
• 172 oz (96 loads)- $13.49 average retail price

New all Oxi-Active laundry detergent delivers 2-in-1 advanced cleaning power and cleans better than the leading Oxi liquid detergent on tough stains like grass.  Containing innovative all Oxi-Active Stainlifters, all Oxi-Active is the most powerful all product on the market.  

Oh and all my couponing friends, you can go here and read all about this new detergent and sign up to receive coupons!!  

For more information visit www.all-laundry.com or www.facebook.com/alllaundry 

Now comes the fun part!  The fine folks at MomSelect not only sent me a full size bottle of all Oxi-Active laundry detergent, but they also want to give you an opportunity to get one as well!  I have two bottles of detergent to give away!!  All you gotta do is comment!  I will pick two winners on Sunday, May 16th!  

If you would like to increase your chances of winning, you can favorite my review blog (on the side bar), follow me on Twitter and/or blog/tweet/change your Facebook status telling everyone about the contest going on here.  Make sure for each extra entry you do, to come back here and comment- telling me what you did with the link!  Good Luck!  

I was given a full sized bottle of all Oxi-Active laundry detergent and a fact sheet with details about all Oxi-Active in exchange for my review.  All opinions in this blog post are my own.  

Winner of BioGaia Probiotics

A big thank you to all who entered the BioGaia Probiotics giveaway!  

Its Sunday, which means time to announce the winner!  

And the winner is......

SHARON

I will be in touch with Sharon and she will get the choice of the BioGaia straws, drops or tablets!  

Another big thank you for the opportunity to host this giveaway from the fine folks at MomSelect!  

BioGaia Product Review and Giveaway

I was beyond thrilled when I got the opportunity to review and giveaway BioGaia probiotics for children for MomSelect.   

My husband and I were already a huge supporter of probiotics.  We have purchased Kefir from one of our local grocery stores since Peanut was about 9 mos.   I firmly believe in the power of probiotics which can help regulate your digestive health such IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), colic in babies, diarrhea and even, according to this website- yeast infections!

I have several friends who have had to start their children on probiotics because of a rough season/or year of stomach bugs and countless rounds of antibiotics.  I was even thrilled when I saw BioGaia products being promoted in my doctor's office!  SCORE!  The world is catching on to this powerful helper!

I could talk all day long about the power of probiotics!  Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE them which is why we do fork over "a lot" of money for Kefir.

When I received the samples of BioGaia, I was so excited about the ease of the product.  It wasn't something that I was going to have to fight or convince my children to take.

 Every morning, I use a straw for Bubbie's breakfast drink.  I have already seen a dramatic difference in Bubbie's "tummy" health, by using this product daily.  Its fabulous for any children who tend to stay kinda constipated.  

For the babies, I have been adding it to their yogurt or juice in the morning.   Flavorless and they never know it was in there!  

The tablets are great for Hubbie and myself.  

This product really couldn't be any simpler.  

Now, for the good stuff, the fabulous people over at MomSelect and BioGaia have given me the opportunity to give a lucky winner a choice of one of the following products:

1) package of 30 chewable tablets

2) 5 ml drops (safe for infants)

3)  30 individually wrapped straws

Just leave a comment and I will pick a winner on Sunday!  For an extra entry, become a follower on either my review blog and/or Twitter!

* I was given 1 packge each of BioGaia chewable tablets, straws and drops for my children to be to use and for me to review by MomSelect.  In no way did this affect my opinion of the product.  

Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack Review and Giveaway

You want a blast from the past?!  Do you remember Rainbow Brite and all her friends?!  Most of my friends are older than I am, so they all probably remember Rainbow Brite better than I do.  I know I had a Rainbow Brite doll, because I remember twirling her long colorful hair while watching boyish cartoons in my brother's room.  But I do remember watching the show!  In my self defense, I was only 4 or 5yrs old when the show went off the air, so my memories are very vague and tiny snap shots!  

I was given the new Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack from the wonderful MomSelect to review.  I didn't know whether the boys would watch the show or not, but they thought it was kinda neat since it was a show that Mommy watched when she was little.  I think Peanut loved watching Twink and Starlite more than the actual show.  And of course, they loved dancing to the song!  After a while, Bubbie said it was a girly show, but I enjoyed the walk down memory lane!  

Hallmark has a really neat website with games and activities and short stories!  Also, coming to a story near you, the Rainbow Brite doll that even comes with its own Twink sprite!  

If you would also like to take a walk down memory lane, leave a comment and I will send you your very own Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack which includes a short animated story, games and puzzles, the theme song and much much more!  I have 9 to give away so comment away!!!

I was given 1 cd to review and 9 to giveaway by the fabulous MomSelect!  Thank you for this opportunity!