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Have you ever tried making your own baby food?  I have a few times, and the foods turned out really good.  Our kids have always seemed to like the homemade baby foods  better than the store bought foods. My mom always made our baby food.  I would really love to have the chance to publish one of her baby food recipes in a cookbook.  I know she would be proud.  How would you like to have your baby food recipe published in a cookbook? Don't miss your chance to be part of a published cook book! There is still time to submit your baby food recipe to the Baby Brezza Cookbook  and New Mom Mealtime Manual. And the good news for busy moms is that we've extended the deadline until April 8 th . That gives you 2 full weeks to whip up your baby food specialty!   Submit  Your Favorite Baby Food Recipe Today! Just a reminder of the benefits of being involved in the Baby Brezza Cookbook/Mealtime Manual: ·          A chance to be published: Every recipe in the Baby Brezza cookboo

T here’s no better time than now for you and your family to commit to more wholesome snacking options. Explore the many nourishing options that Yoplait has to offer - with varieties like Yoplait Light, Yoplait Original, Yoplait Fiber One, Yoplait Kids and Yoplait Delight Parfaits. Each product offers different benefits, and loads of variety, to make eating well a no-brainer. Here are five great ways to ‘get your snack on’ with Yoplait this March! Start spring off right with Yoplait Light’s Two Week Tune Up Plan – Replace breakfast and lunch with a cup of your favorite flavor of Yoplait Light, a whole grain and a piece of fruit and you could lose 5 pounds in two weeks. Go to Yoplait.com for full diet details. Get more calcium with Yoplait Original style yogurt - Now with two times the calcium of the leading yogurt (50 percent of the Recommended Daily Value) in one convenient 6-ounce cup*, Yoplait Original style yogurt is committed to women’s health, offering a

About Yoplait Kids Yogurt: Yoplait Kids has an excellent source of both calcium and vitamin D, a good source of protein and the delicious taste kids demand. It also contains 25% less sugar than the leading kids’ yogurt, and has no high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners. Yoplait Kids yogurt is a snack you can feel confident about serving to your kids! With tasty flavor options, as well as calcium, vitamin D and protein to help build strong bones, Yoplait Kids yogurt is sure to be popular with parents and kids alike. A great value at just $2.00 for a pack of four, this yogurt comes in three delicious flavors, including Strawberry, Strawberry Banana and Vanilla. Kids will love finding their favorite friends, like Dora the Explorer, Lightning McQueen from the hit movie “Cars” and the Disney Princesses, on every cup. Yoplait Kids has also partnered with well-known mom-blogger, Christine Coppa, Mama's Boy blogger at parenting.com

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Our hearts go out to the people of Japan and the other survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. Right now, we are working with the Japanese Red Cross to assess their needs and see how we can help. The Japanese Red Cross has extraordinary disaster response capabilities. They have been operating since 1887, and they run multiple hospitals and blood collection services across the country. Those who want to help can go to http://www.causes.com/campaigns/154523 and donate to the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fundraising project. Gifts to the American Red Cross will support our disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific. You can also donate at http://american.redcross.org/rcchatnews , make a $10 donation by texting REDCROSS to 90999 or donate by dialing 1-800-RED-CROSS. Learn more about the American Red Cross Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami response here: http://newsroom.redcross.org/

Congrats Terra H. !  You won the Mars Needs Moms Giveaway!

To celebrate the release of Mars Needs Moms, I am delighted to host a giveaway  for my readers to win some swagger!  Here's what is included in the prize pack that one lucky winner will win: - MARS NEEDS MOMS T-Shirt (Adult Size) - MARS NEEDS MOMS T-Shirt (Youth Size) - MARS NEEDS MOMS Temporary Tattoos (3-pack) Enter to win this great Prize Pack for your family by leaving me a comment with your favorite sci-fi movie or tell me whether or not your kids will be watching this movie.  No extra entries will be allowed during this giveaway.  Disclosure:  This Giveaway Ends 03/11/2010 11:59 PM MST, this giveaway is open to US residents only. The winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.   The opinions expressed in my post are my own. Disney Motion Pictures provided the prize pack for my readers.  The prize items were given to me by the aforementioned companies to facilitate my review.  

Mars Needs Moms ....blasts into theaters everywhere in 3D on March 11th! Synopsis: A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.

Am Number Four (Touchstone/Dreamworks) Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe, Kevin Durand, Jake Abel, Jeff Hochendoner, Patrick Sebes. Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Marti Noxon, based on the novels by Pittacus Lore (pen name for James Frey and Jobie Hughes). Directed by D.J. Caruso. Synopsis: Three are dead. He is Number Four. D.J. Caruso (“Eagle Eye,” “Disturbia”) helms a suspense-thriller about an extraordinary young man, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), who is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events—his first love (Dianna Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the