Where: Little Window Shoppe
What: Girly Skull Diaper Bag and Bib
How To Enter: Leave a comment after visiting the sponsor\’s site
Deadline: July 12, 2008

Curse of the Bone Pirates: Nui Island Eco-Logical Adventures is a book any kid, especially boys, between the ages of 9 and 12 will love.  The Curse of the Bone Priates is about a teen boy who travels to Nui Island when he grandfather becomes ill.  Once he arrives at Nui Island though, things are not how he thought they would be.

“The Ma’ema’e reef is dying, his grandfather s brilliant mind has been infected, and creepy Island legends are coming to life. Big B and his new friends, Sam and Nalu, rely on logic, intuition, courage, and strength to unravel Nui’s ancient mysteries. What they uncover will help them save the island, restore his grandfather’s soul, and break the curse of the Bone Pirates.”

If you have a teen son then I would highly recommend this book.  You can purchase it directly from the Nui online store or from Amazon.  If you do decide to purchase this book you will also be helping a charity.  Nui donates “50% of its profits to partner charities that parallel Nui’s mission of empowering kids to improve physical, social, and environmental health”.

Thanks to Family Review Network for introducing me to this great book for kids.

I have a little survey I would be delighted if our Mom Giveaway readers would answer.  As a thank you for participating in the survey, I will be giving away 5 HP Photo Gift Cards. Just click on the link below, complete the survey, and then you will automatically be entered in the giveaway.  This giveaway will end on January 3, 2008.  Thanks.

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Where: Quilting and Patchwork
What: Mini book about quilting, QUILTS, The Great American Art, by Patricia Mainardi
How To Enter: Leave a comment on the giveaway/contest post
Deadline: December 28, 2008

Where: Peanut Butter and Pickle Reviews
What: Magabys Kid-ture Etsy Shop: Custom Appliqued Shirt
How To Enter: Leave a comment on the giveaway/contest post
Deadline: January 2, 2009

Do you love M&M’s? I know I do. I was really excited when Mom Central invited me to participate in their blog tour for MyM&Ms.com, a site where you can order custom and personalized M&M’s. When placing your order you are able to specify one or two photos to put on the M&M’s as well as a customized greeting.  You can also choose what colors of M&M’s you want.

I immediately picked the colors light pick and light blue since I was going to add photos of my children to the M&Ms.  The next thing I did was upload the two pictures I wanted to use.  I choose pictures that had a good face shot of my both my kids.  Once the pictures have been uploaded to the MyM&M’s site you can move them around and zoom in and out to get the photo exactly like you want it to appear on the M&M’s.  If you are adding two photos then you can either add one or two messages.  I chose to just add one message - I Love You.  The site will then show you a sample of what your M&M’s will look like.  The last step is just to choose what type of packing you want.  You can choose from just plastic blags to glass boxes, there are numerous options.

When I actually received the customized M&M’s I was suprised that I could really recongize my kids on the M&M’s.  The rendition was great!  I got 3 bags of the M&Ms and gave them as gifts to the kids’ grandparents and they were absolutely thrilled.  The entire process of easy and the end product was just wonderful.  The only problem was that I didn’t want to eat the M&M’s since they had pictures of my kids on them.

Did you know that nearly 47,000 household fires occur yearly just during the holiday season?  In preparation for this year’s holiday season, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Holly Robinson Peete, actress, philanthropist and mother of four are teaming up to raise awareness and spread simple tips to keep families safe this holiday by encouraging moms to set aside a few moments before the holiday rush to review fire safety precautions and response plans with their family at BeFireSmart.com.

BeFireSmart.com is a resource for parents to give them ideas on how to take to their kids about fire safety, fire prevention, and how to create a family escape plan.  There are coloring pages you can download and other online games and activities to help children learn possible fire hazards and how they can help keep their family safe.

BeFireSmart.com is a website all parents should visit at least once.  There is a ton of available information that will be a great help in fire prevention.

Thanks to The Game Factory and Family Review Network one Mom Giveaways reader will win 2 Zenses DS Games - Zenses Ocean and Zenses Rainforest.

The Zenses Ocean game is one where you can relax by playing puzzle games inspired by the movements of the tide, rippling water, riffs and corals, beach vegetation and sea life.  This game includes high quality visuals and ambient sounds inspired by the natural sounds of the sea.

The Zenses Rainforest game allows you to explore the Amazon while playing games infused with rain drops, exotic flowers, waterfalls and giant trees.

There are also another Zenses game, Escape The World Around You.   All of the Zenses games are made to help you relax and escape the stress of daily life.  The games have a  clean, fresh and “spa-like” interface and highlights the earth’s natural wonders and beauty along with a pleasant mixture of 2D and 3D.   Zenses is only controlled using the stylus. Not a single key press is necessary.

To enter this giveaway leave a comment on this blog post telling me your favorite way to relax.  You can earn extra entries by twitting about this giveaway, blogging about this giveaway, subscribing to our RSS feed and/or newsletter, or by adding our button to your site.  If you complete any of the extra entries please leave a separate comment for each.  The giveaway is for US residents only and will end on Friday, January 2, 2008.

If you have a smartphone, such as the Samsung Omnia, then you mot likely have Windows Mobile installed on the phone.  Windows Mobile makes it easy to stay up-to-date because it runs on the same platform as many personal computers and thus can be easily synced with your email, calendar, photos, to-do lists, and much much more. Plus you can even use Twitter from it.

While I have never used Windows Mobile myself, my uncle and husband both have and had nothing but great things to say about it. I am however looking for smart phone and the Samsung Omnia would be a great one to have.  It retails for $199 and includes a professional auto-focus camera that features panorama capture, cropping capabilities and smile/face recognition.

Do you have a smart phone that uses Windows Mobile?  If so, what do you think?

Where: Peanut Butter and Pickle Reviews
What: Book: Tiny Toes by Kelly Damron
How To Enter: Leave a comment on the giveaway/contest post
Deadline: December 30, 2008