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Strider Childrens Bike Review and Giveaway

Wow! Summer just got the coolest bike called a Strider. It's a bike that has no pedals or chains on it. The idea behind it is that small children can learn to ride a bike without pedals, chains, and cables easier as they are only focusing on the balancing part of riding the bike. As they get more confident they learn to take their feet off the ground and glide on the bike. Summer has been walking around the house with her Strider. I was so impressed that she figured it out so quickly and confidently. My 12 year old son is having a blast on it too! The seat also adjusts as your child grows and the wheels are foam so the bike is light weight. Love it!



From the website " Tricycles tip over, scrape ankles, and are difficult to pedal. Bicycles with training wheels are tall, heavy, unstable and downright scary for young riders. Both have the potential to cause painful injuries and fear.
Not true with the Strider™.



The Strider™ running bike is free from any cables, chains, sprockets, pedals or protrusions that can harm your child.

And the Strider™ is steady, stable and safe. At the first feeling of instability, your child will instinctively place both feet securely on the ground. So there are no "tricycle tip-overs" or "training-wheel wobbles" that stir-up a fear, hesitancy, or dislike of bike riding.

The Strider’s lightweight design and low center of gravity make it easy to maneuver and control, giving your child a safe and secure feeling. And the bike’s adjustable seat height starts at 11 inches from the ground, accommodating the shortest of legs.

Control is further enhanced with a low and flat handlebar design. Kids can now reach forward rather than up, which gives them better leverage and maneuverability. And as the your child becomes more confident, the Strider’s integrated foot rests provide a place for both feet while coasting along.

The bottom line: The Strider™ running bike gives your child a safer and smarter bike riding experience.

Check out there You Tube Video


The great folks at Strider are generously giving away a yellow Strider bike to one lucky Simply ME Reader.

GIVEAWAY:

Required for Entry: (this must be followed or bonus entries will be voided)

To enter check out the Strider website and let me know one thing you like or learned about this bike or their company.

Bonus Entries:

1. Subscribe to my blog by email

2. Follow me on Twitter and tweet the following:
@mommyjen99 Enter to win a Strider bicycle for the child on your holiday wish list
http://mommyjen99.blogspot.com/

3. Follow my blog

4. Place my button on your sidebar for three extra entries (leave the url to your blog please)

5. Blog about my contest on your blog (Please leave your URL in comments 2 extra entries)

6. Follow me on networked blogs - It's located on the right sidebar




This contest will end on 12/12/09 at 11:59 pm PST. U.S residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and contacted the next day. If you don't have a blog please leave your email address with your entry. The winner will have 72 hours to respond before I draw another winner.


Good luck,
Genevieve

PS. I have several other contests running right now! Check the giveaway box on the upperhand right corner.

I received no compensation for this review. I did receive a Strider bicycle so I could give an honest review of it.

Mabels Labels Review

Today I am sharing a company with you called Mabels Labels. They have a product that is indispensable for all of us moms with little ones. They make sticky labels and clothing labels, which are dishwasher, microwave and laundry safe.

When I got my personalized labels with Summer's name on them I was so excited to start labeling everything. I labeled her bottles, sippy cups, all her clothes and more. I can't tell you how many times I have taken her stuff to the sitters or to friends house and have forgotten Summer's stuff there. It's awesome , since they are personalized with her name everything gets returned to me.

Another big plus is the fact that the clothing labels do not have to even be ironed on. Love it.......

Tag-Mates™ are the ideal alternative to iron-on labels. These labels peel and stick to clothing care tags. They do not require any ironing or sewing. Tag-Mates™ are designed to withstand washing, drying, and wear-and-tear. A must for school, camp and daycare! Use them on clothing, jackets and uniforms.

Tag-Mates™ are $21.00 for a pack of 75 labels.

From the website " Iron-Ons will adhere to just about any fabric and are perfect for uniforms, jackets and more. Tag-Mates™ are no sew, no iron clothing labels which peel and stick to the care tags on clothing. Shoe Labels are extra tough and fit nicely on the insole of boots, shoes and more. Bag Tags and Teeny Tags™ are sturdy metal tags that are perfect for labeling school bags, diaper bags and other luggage".

Another winner.......The winner of the General Mills Prize Pack is.......

The lucky winner is ...... Tj and Amy
You have 72 hours to respond before I have to draw another winner!
Have fun at the movies.

Jen

Winner of the Pur Options Flavor Picture is......

JC.........
The winner has 72 hours to respond.
Congratulations!
Stay tuned, I am going to be listing a bunch more giveways and reviews over this holiday weekend.

Gobble Gobble
Jen

Balloon Time Review and Giveaway

With four kids we host a lot of birthday party's. This year my oldest son will be turning 18 and also graduating from high school. So lots of celebrations this year! What is more fun then a house full of balloons to make the party more festive? Well being the frugal gal I am , I came across Balloon Time helium tanks. The kits retail for approx. $20 to $30 and are available at retail and party stores nationwide.

Balloon Time® 30 Latex Balloon Kit includes:

An 8.9 cubic-foot helium-filled tank
30 vibrant, assorted-color, 9" latex balloons
A spool of ribbon

Now through November 15, Balloon Time is also hosting a contest called “Put A Face On Fun”.. They are looking for the most energetic and exuberant child to put their face on their product. The winner will receive $1500 dollars towards their education. Fifty first place entrants will also win a Balloon Time 30 helium balloon kit.

Balloon Time has generously offered to giveaway a 30 helium balloon kit!

GIVEAWAY...

Required for Entry: (this must be followed or bonus entries will be voided)

To enter signed up for Balloon Times "Celebration Newsletter"

Bonus Entries:

1. Follow Balloon Time on Twitter

2. Retweet @BalloonTime Don’t forget our RT contest! #BalloonTime http://bit.ly/ZzATX Pls RT. Every 25th RT wins a free BT kit!

3. Subscribe to my blog by email

4. Follow me on Twitter and tweet this contest

5. Follow my blog - 2 entries ( leave 2 separate comments)

6. Place my button on your sidebar for three extra entries (leave the url to your blog please)

7. Blog about my contest on your blog (Please leave your URL in comments 2 extra entries)


This contest will end on 11/30/09 at 11:59 pm PST. U.S residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and contacted the next day. If you don't have a blog please leave your email address with your entry. The winner will have 72 hours to respond before I draw another winner.


Good luck,
Genevieve

I received no compensation for this review. I did receive a voucher for a Balloon Time kit.

Fiber One Yogurt Giveaway - 3 winners!!!

I love yogurt. Every morning at work I have a yogurt with a crunchy granola bar mixed into it. I have it five days a week and it's a treat. When the folks at MyBlogSpark offered me the chance to review Fiber One yogurt I jumped on the chance.
I used my coupon and bought the Peach flavor. I was a little leery because of the added fiber but the yogurt was creamy and had no after taste. They offer several other flavors such as strawberry, key lime and vanilla. The best part is they are only 50 calories! The only thing I would change would be to make the serving size a little bit larger.



Thanks to the folks at MyBlogSpark three Simply Me readers will win a "Healthy and Fit Weight Management" gift bag that includes a Fiber One yogurt VIP coupon (good for a free 4-pack of Fiber One yogurt), cooler pack, and other storage items for you to carry your snacks and yogurt- it's great for work and other on-the-go activities!

GIVEAWAY...

Required for Entry: (this must be followed or bonus entries will be voided)

To enter just answer this question : What do you do to manage your weight?

Bonus Entries:

1. Follow Simply Me on facebook. Look for the box on the right hand side that says Networked Blogs

2. Subscribe to my blog by email

3. Follow me on Twitter and tweet this contest

4. Follow my blog - 2 entries ( leave 2 separate comments)

6. Place my button on your sidebar for three extra entries (leave the url to your blog please)

7. Blog about my contest on your blog (Please leave your URL in comments 2 extra entries)


This contest will end on 11/28/09 at 11:59 pm PST. U.S residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and contacted the next day. If you don't have a blog please leave your email address with your entry. The winner will have 72 hours to respond before I draw another winner.


Good luck,
Genevieve

I received no compensation except for the "Healthy and Fit Weight Management" gift bag to review.

Winners!

The lucky winner of the Unilever Beauty Box is JulieMoe. She won by becoming a follower of Simply Me! Yeah for her.

The two lucky winners of the Alphabulous Skull Patch giveaway are lilyk and Leslie.

All winners have 72 hours to get back to me before I have to draw another winner!
All winners have been emailed.

Congratulations and stay tuned for several more contests this weekend!
Genevieve

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See A Free Movie Tonight Promotion /Giveaway

I love going to the movies and seeing a movie on the big screen. Well with a family of six it can cost an arm and a leg to go to the movies. So you know we were doing the happy dance when we got four e-movie cash certificates ($12 each) and one (1) free coupon for a General Mills cereal.

Starting in November, you can receive a free movie ticket when you purchase two specially marked packages of General Mills’ Cereals. After purchasing two cereals, visit generalmills.com/moviecash to enter the code found inside each box of cereal and print your free movie certificate good for admission to any movie.

Participating brands include select sizes of: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix and Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs.

To find a participating theater near you, log onto
http://emoviecash.com/dis_locator/
.

Do you want to go to the movies too?
I have one “Movie Moment” prize pack to giveaway to one Simply Me reader.
The prize pack includes four e-movie cash certificates ($12 each) and one (1) free coupon for a General Mills cereal($6 value).

GIVEAWAY...

Required for Entry: (this must be followed or bonus entries will be voided)

To enter just share either your favorite movie moments or the name of your all time favorite movie.

Bonus Entries:

1. Follow Simply Me on facebook. Look for the box on the right hand side that says Networked Blogs

2. Follow me on Twitter

3. Subscribe to my blog by email

4. Tweet the following @mommyjen99 Movie Moment prize pack - 4 free movie tickets
http://mommyjen99.blogspot.com
(one entry - you may tweet daily for an extra entry every day)

5. Follow my blog

6. Place my button on your sidebar for three extra entries (leave the url to your blog please)

7. Blog about my contest on your blog (Please leave your URL in comments 3 entries)


This contest will end on 11/25/09 at 11:59 pm PST. U.S residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and contacted the next day. If you don't have a blog please leave your email address with your entry. The winner will have 72 hours to respond before I draw another winner.


Good luck,
Genevieve

Thanks to General Mills who provided me with movie tickets and a free box of cereal and to MyBlogSpark for hooking me up!

Arnold's Dutch Country 100% Whole Wheat Bread Review

I love wheat bread. I don't buy it to much as the kids wont eat it and will go to waste. Well when Arnolds Bread ( or Oroweat for us Californians) offered a sample loaf of their Dutch Country 100% Whole Wheat I jumped on the chance. My hubby and I actually ate the whole loaf. The bread was fluffy and soft , kind of like white bread. I made a peanut butter sandwich and a ham sandwich for my hubby and it was really good. Offered a sandwich to the kids , but being the picky kids they are I couldn't get them to try it. My hubby and I both give it a thumbs up!



To check if your grocery store carries this bread , click here to find out.

Take care,
Genevieve

My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure Review

I have a perfect stocking stuffer or Holiday gift for that special girl in your life. I got the oppurtunity to review the new My Little Pony DVD and boy was it fun to watch. I reviewed the Twinkle Wish Adventure. It is a cute story about the pony's Winter festival, where every year each pony gets a wish from the Wishing Star. Only this year the Wishing Star goes missing.

It is a sweet story that teaches kids about using their imagination and building friendships.

You can watch a trailer for this DVD here.


You can purchase this DVD at Amazon for only $9.99. It's regularly $14.99, great deal! Plus it's elgible for free shipping if you spend $25 bucks or more.




Bonus Features:

Six Sing-Alongs:

* My Little Pony Theme song

* The Thing-A-Ma-Do Song

* Dreams Do Come True

* Somewhere Super New

* Thats What Makes A Friend

* A Wonderful Winter Song

Waiting For The Winter Wishes Festival A prequel

Elefun and Friends A new animated short

Four Downloadable Activites:

* Coloring Sheet

* Pony Note to Santa

* How to Make a Snowman

* Cut out Pony Ornaments

Genevieve

Two of a kind, working on a full house: Step 2 LifeStyle Grand Walk-In Kitchen Review And Giveaway

Huge giveaway here that I wanted to share with my Simply Me readers. Check it out! Good luck Two of a kind, working on a full house: Step 2 LifeStyle Grand Walk-In Kitchen Review And Giveaway
Genevieve

Halloween Pics

So did everyone have a great Halloween? Ours was a little low key this year, but still fun. My oldest son Christian dressed up as Hugh Hefner and his girlfriends dressed up as the bunnies. Gotta love teenagers. My 15 year old son and 16 year old nephew were to cool to dress up. My 12 year old son dressed up as a scary guy and made a super cool haunted house with his buddy and scared kids all night. Lastly, my one year old Summer was a cute little ladybug. I was really surprised how fast she caught on to the concept of trick or treating. I do have to say trick or treating is sure different from when I was a kid. There were maybe 20 kids that came to our house.

Here are a couple of pics:


Genevieve

Pur Flavor Options Pitcher - Giveaway

Wow! Can you believe another awesome giveaway!

Today I want to introduce my readers to the Pur Flavor Options Pitcher thanks to the Product Review Place.



My pitcher arrived undamaged and was totally easy to put together. First you just pour your tap water into the pitcher and it filters it for you. While you're waiting you just pop your Pur Flavoring into the top of the lid. Pop the lid onto the top of the pitcher and press the filter button ( so it can tell you when you need to replace it) and you are ready to go. My pitcher came with raspberry flavoring. What is neat about this pitcher is that when you go to pour it, you can either have filtered water or flavored water. Want a little flavor just press the button on the handle once. Want a lot of flavor hold the button in as your pouring and get a lot of flavoring.
They offer the following flavors:
*GRAPE
*LEMON
*RASPBERRY
*PEACH
*STRAWBERRY

What is so cool about these flavors are that they are no sugar and no calories.

A little bit from the website :
About PUR Water Filtration

Environment & Money: Switching from bottled water to filtered and a reusable bottle can eliminate up to 3,200 plastic bottles and save one person up to $600 annually.
Health: PUR filters are certified to reduce many contaminants, including 98% of lead, 99.9% of microbial cysts, 99% of pharmaceuticals and 94% of the weed killer atrazine.
Philanthropy: With each purchase of a PUR filter, a donation is made to Children’s Safe Drinking Water which has, to date, provided over 1.5 billion liters of clean water to needy children and their families around the world.


About PUR Flavor Options

o PUR Flavor Options is the first and only filter for tap water that lets you add a touch of sugar-free, calorie-free fruit flavoring to your water.

o PUR Flavor Options was named “Household Product of the Year” by Product of the Year USA in January 2009 and comes in raspberry, lemon, grape and strawberry.

GIVEAWAY...

Required for Entry: (this must be followed or bonus entries will be voided)

Visit Club Pur

2. Follow me on Twitter

3. Subscribe to my blog by email

4. Tweet the following @mommyjen99 Pur Flavor Options Giveaway
http://mommyjen99.blogspot.com
(one entry - you may tweet daily for an extra entry every day)

5. Follow my blog

6. Place my button on your sidebar for three extra entries (leave the url to your blog please)

7. Blog about my contest on your blog (Please leave your URL in comments 3 entries)

8. Follow Simply Me on facebook. Look for the box on the right hand side that says Networked Blogs

DONT FORGET TO ENTER MY MOVIE PACK GIVEAWAY HERE


This contest will end on 11/22/09 at 11:59 pm PST. U.S residents only. The winner will be drawn via random.org and contacted the next day. If you don't have a blog please leave your email address with your entry. The winner will have 72 hours to respond before I draw another winner.


Good luck,
Genevieve

* I recevied no compensation for my review. I was provided with a Pur Flavor Options Pitcher so that I could review it at home.