Slobproof Twitter Party!

Debbie Wiener wiill be hosting a Twitter Party tomorrow (August 17th @ 3pm) where she will be offering design advice for the back-to-school season! Concurrently, she'll be hosting giveaways of her Slobproof furniture items. As you know, Slobproof with Crypton is a line of furniture that is impervious to stains, spills and messes due to the nature of the fabrication process. Made in the USA, with a lifetime guarantee, it is furniture that is perfect for families, kids and pets!


RSVP Here
The hashtag for the event: #slobproof
Follow @debbiewiener

See you there!!

Zoodles {Review/Giveaway 3 Winners}

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I am probably not the only parent who has not been as trusting with their child playing online. Yeah, you can check your computers history, but it won't alway's tell you where they were, what happend, how long they were there and who they were talking to. This is where Zoodles comes in, Zoodles is a site for children 10 and under. It is safe and fun.

When Chucky and I tested Zoodles, I had no idea that we would be abe to play so many games and do as many acivities. The first day that we signed up, Chucky was on there almost all day! He enjoys playing so many different games in one place and I love that I don't have a bunch of little pieces of paper all over the desk with sites all over them! Chucky loved playing the  Clone Wars- gunship over Florrum, Star Wars sound board- this one was a lot of fun, he was able to use voices from different characters to mix and make some music. Swamp station sweep which had a few different activities such as shooter, action, puzzles & strategy.

Zoodles has compiled a great selection of popular games and learning tools in one place for your child/ren to be able to play and learn safely.Zoodles also only allows your child to access content that is appropriate for their age. Zoodles is geared towards children but they didn't leave us parents out. We are able to track our childs activity and get updates straight to our emails.

Zoodles offers some great options for memeberships, when you sign up for the FREE membership, you will be able to test out the premium membership for 14 days to see if it would be a great fit for your family. Memberships start as low as $5!

These are the diferences between the free and premium membership:
Free:
- Zoodles kid browser
- safe browsing to Zoodle approved url's
- educational content
- age & skill level appropriate content
- full screen capbility

Premium Memebership:
All items above plus-
- parental conttols
- play timer settings
- ad blocking
- promotes educational subjects {science, reading, match etc}
- violence filtering
- block unwanted sites, games and shows
- add sites & games
- parental monitoring
- access to parent dashboard
- weekly educational reports showing the skills your child has developed while on the site
- block content types {videos & printables}
- weekly activity reports showing your childs recent play history & top content

From Zoodles:
Zoodles basically scours the web to find the best educational content out there (games, puzzles, and videos) and puts it all in one place, presenting it to kids in a safe, simple web browser that adapts to your child's age and skill level. What this means is that a 3 year old would get games teaching shapes and numbers, letter recognition, attention and listening, and much more! A 5 year old would get games teaching early reading & addition, creativity and exploration, etc. All this learning is wrapped in engaging play that features some of their favorite characters!


The Zoodles browser is always free for kids to play, but for parents who want more control over their child's experience, Zoodles also offers a paid Premium Membership. With Premium Membership, parents can set play time limits, block ads, promote certain subjects to their child, and block unwanted sites and shows. They can also get great information about what their child has been playing – from the skills he or she has been building, to the sites he’s been visiting, to how much time he or she’s spent playing specific games.


When your child gets on Zoodles they have 5 choices to choose from- games, subjects, characters, animals and favorites. Your child will choose which games to play from the 5 choices above and get screen after screen of choices of games to play. When they choose their activity they will be given insturctions on how to play and how to exit if they are finished. They are then able to play for as long as they wish{or until mom or dad set the timer} and then move onto something else within their age specified activities.
When they have finished playing and are tucked sweetly in their beds mom & dad can check their progress either from the email sent from Zoodles or right on the parental site.

We liked Zoodles so much that we are going to continue to use it. Where else can you feel safe letting your child play online without you hovering like a helicopter? NOWHERE

Buy It:
If your interested in giving Zoodles a go or purchasing a memebership click the link and check it out!

Win It:
Zoodles is giving {3} Ma21cuteboy readers a 3 Month Premium Membership!

Please leave a seperate comment for each entry!!
Mandatory Entry:
Visit the Zoodles Website and let me know what your favorite feature is.

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Contest closes on September 3rd at 11:59 MT
Open to U.S. Residents & Canada
Winner will be chosen via Random.org
Winner will be sent an email and have 48 hours to respond.
Winner will also be posted in a winning post.

*Disclosure: I was provided with a Membership to Zoodles.com to faciliate our review, no other compensation was received. The opinions expressed are our own and others' may differ.*

Birthday Girl{GIVEAWAY}

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I don't know about you, but I L-O-V-E Birthday's! There is just something about having your day of birth celebrated. My Birthday is this weekend and I want to celebrate it with you!!

Since we are talking Birthday's how cool would it be to have your first birthday picture put onto a- print on canvas, or onto printing posters? Not only would it make a cool present for anyone but it would be one that they would keep forever and alway's remember who gave it to them!
Large Format Posters is a division of UPrinting so you know that you will be getting great quality at a resonable price.

Thanks to Largeformatposters.com one Ma21cuteboy reader will win a 16x20 Rolled Canvas Print!

How to Enter:
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#Win 16x20 Rolled Canvas @Ma21cuteboy 8/26
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- Contest ends August 26th at 11:59 MT
- Open to U.S. Residents 18+ only.
- The winner will be notified via email as well as in a post on my blog.
- Winner will be chosen via Random.org.
- Winner will have 48 hours after being contacted to claim their prize or another winner will be chosen.

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Randomness{Breastfeeding}...

I am a person who has a what do you call it.... strong personality and when people post random things that piss me off I just can't let it go and have to say something.
I was on Facebook and saw a post by Parenting.com. Apparently Gisele Bundchen thinks it should be a law that mother's have to breastfeed their babies for 6 months. It's true that mother's should breastfeed for 6 months and up through 2 years, but what about those mother's who can't because of many issues? Should they have to be penalized for actions that they have no control over?
As many of you know, I had my son at 28 weeks, he weighed 2lbs. 4.5oz. preemies don't usually latch on because they don't understand how to 'suck' yet.{their muscles aren't yet formed} I pumped my little tbsp every hour and put them in the fridge next to the real 'milk factories!' Man their bottles were overflowing and I am not exaggerating, there was literally milk running down the sides. I tried massages, and all that jazz that the 'lactation specialist' suggested but nada-nothing! I felt like crap, c'mon who wouldn't you are sitting there with this little guy who is depending on you to help make him bigger and stronger and you have nothing. Not only did I not have anything to give but couldn't even to get him to latch on. So while my son has nothing I have depression, feelings of incompatibility and a whole bunch of bottles of breastmilk staring me in the face! What's a mom to do? Steal someone elses' breast milk that is meant for their baby? Buy it at a ridiculously amount? HELL NO! Buy formula. My son's still alive!
I am not judging anyone, if I knew how painful it was I really don't think I would have went through all of that for even a few tbsp. It is unbearable, you get sores, not to mention the engorging, and then the weird looking ariola afterwards...lord knows all this isn't in any parenting book!
So my whole beef with the article is that Gisele should have done some homework before making such a bold statement, I didn't even mention half of the problems that occur and is the reason that mother's don't/can't breastfeed. Sometimes it isn't even the mother sometimes the baby won't/can't because of mouth issues. But how dare she say that and make mother's who can't breastfeed because of these issues feel like shit when we have enough going on....postpartum depression, no sleep, c-sections, etc. You can go here to read the short post.
I really would like to know your feelings on this, am I over exaggerating, do you think that it should be a law, did you breastfeed, did you have lactation problems, did your baby not latch on, did you choose not to breastfeed-tell me I want to know!!

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Terro Winner...

We have a winner for the Terro Mosquito Repellent. The winner is......Mari!
Congratulations Mari, you have 48 hours to respond or I will have to pick a new winner;{

Don't be sad if you didn't win, I have some great giveaway's coming soon!!