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Take & “Keep” Craft

Tara Bucci — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:05:04 +0000

I took these take & Toss cups and had Isabella decorate them for fun while I was cooking dinner one day. This has become a weekly craft! She loves when we get new cups!

Rockboard 2-in-1 Adjustable Self Propell Scooter $172

Tara Bucci — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:12:27 +0000

Ready to ROCK!?!? This Rockboard Scooter combines two great rides in one–a classic kick scooter that transforms in an instant to a high-speed scooter. This modern scooter is sure to get the kids out of the house and be active for hours! Included with the scooter is a instructional DVD, two allen keys, carrying case, and black hat with RB logo. There’s a comfort grip hand brake when in need of a stop, adjustable telescoping handle bars for different heights (children and adults) and folds easy for storage or travel. Anthony and I are still two big kids at heart and as soon as I saw this advertised on T.V I thought of Anthony right away. Heck, I would even use this thing then save it for Isabella on down the road. To get a better visual, take a look at the video clip here!

Project Mom Casting Submission Video

Tara Bucci — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:19:51 +0000

The other day I came across a facebook page with details: A major award-winning production company is now casting for an exciting new series featuring online moms. This groundbreaking show will showcase the untapped world of social media, moms and bloggers and the incredible influence they wield in our society.looking for mom bloggers who would want to be a part of a Mommy Blogger Reality TV show. They asked for a 1 min video (yes, very hard to do!!) about me and my blog…so here ya go!

P.S. I know it’s not that exciting but there was only so much I could in a Minute. I wish Isabella was awake to be in it but I’m already past the deadline!!! Below my submission video is a funny video I created for a Cisco contest a couple of months ago to make you laugh (I hope :p).

ABC Travel Guides for Kids $8

Tara Bucci — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:51:10 +0000

A local Philadelphia Publisher, Matthew Rosenberger, discovered ABC City Guides for Kids while traveling a ton with his wife and two young daughters. While seeing both beautiful and historic attractions in all different cities, he wanted the experience to be fun and educational. From A-Z, each book has images with a illustration to represent a specific location or historic landmark in that specific city.

The Philadelphia book has a couple of meaningful places for all of us, Anthony, Isabella and I, as we live in a very historic area. We live off of Elfreth’s Alley, mentioned with the letter Ee. Anthony graduated from Drexel, mentioned with the letter Dd.

Or how about the Betsy Ross House that we walk by pretty much every day while taking our walks around the block, to the market or dry cleaners, mentioned with the letter Bb. Using these books as a fun travel guide to the city your living in or visiting will be a great way to make that trip much more memorable. ABC City Guides for Kids has been Kid Tested Baby-Momma Approved!

Butterfly Bungalow Real Hatching Butterfly Kit $14.99

Tara Bucci — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:43:27 +0000

Let your little ones experience and learn the life cycle of a butterfly in the house. I received this kit while at a blogger conference a couple of months ago and couldn’t wait to try it out with Isabella. This Butterfly Bungalow was a fun project Isabella and I did together this past week and was a great experience, even for me!

The kit consists of an airy mesh tent with a zipper on the side by which you can access the insides. Enclosed is a mail in coupon for a charge of $3 to cover the shipping and handling. When you have the larvae, you’re ready to start. The caterpillar larvae arrive in a sealed container. You also get food in the package. You have to harvest the larvae within the container itself and wait for them to transform into chrysalides which attach themselves to the paper discs on the roof of the container. At this stage, you have to carefully transfer the chrysalides into the mesh bungalow. This has to be done delicately so as to avoid the chrysalides from falling down. Then, you wait until the butterflies begin to emerge. You can feed them sugar water sprinkled on flowers or just wet a paper towel and dip it in sugar (this is what I did because of not having any flowers).

The whole process was very streamlined and instructions are very easy to follow . As these are live creatures you’re dealing with, you got to be responsible and alert about changes in temperature etc. Sometimes, it may be possible that some of the larvae doesn’t turn into butterflies due to some inherent defect (one of ours actually passed ). Most times, however, you shouldn’t have a problem. We had a great time with this and had a great time experiencing and explaining the development to Isabella and learning about it myself. This Butterfly Bungalow Real Hatching Butterfly kit is Kid tested Baby-Momma Approved!

Color Me House $55

Tara Bucci — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:48:10 +0000

Let your kids enjoy coloring on their own home with this Color Me House. Available in either a Color Me House and Color Me Rocket, your children’s imagination is endless. Isabella has been playing with this for about 3 hours now. I even put her little play kitchen inside to give it more of a homier feel. Designs are made of 100% recyclable cardboard, are super easy to assemble and didn’t require any other tools to put it all in place. The rocket stands 6′5 ft tall and is also easy to break down when not in use. Isabella’s toy kitchen was able to fit inside to make it more like “her house”. She loves it and has been baking all day. This also leaves us more space in the playroom. Coloring this rocket with Isabella has been a blast and has been kid tested, Mommy Approved!

Baby-Momma discount code BMB25 (25% off) is offered from July 15th-August 15th.

Pull-Ups Disney Kit Giveaway

Tara Bucci — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:08:37 +0000

Are you in the process of potty training? Like most moms, you’ll try anything to get this milestone out of the way and done! Pull-ups and I have teamed up to give one lucky Baby-Momma reader a chance to win a Pull-Ups Disney Kit to help you with this process. This kit is valued at over $100 and could be yours by submitting your entry!

Contents in this kit include:

• $50 AMEX gift card (so you can stock up on new Pull-Ups – while supplies last – and everything else you need to get started)
• Custom CD Rewards Tracker (to help track training progress)
• Big Kid Central Potty Training Success DVD (with techniques, tips, songs and games to help you and your child succeed)
• Toy Story 2 DVD and Princess and the Frog DVD
• Two coupons for FREE Pull-Ups

To enter, leave a comment below by July 14th. For additional entries, I encourage you to follow Pull-Ups on Facebook & Twitter. (All comments are pending until approval!)

If you missed Isabella and I’s review…take a look below or check out Baby-Momma’s other giveaways by clicking here!

Mystical Tree Review $3

Tara Bucci — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:11:56 +0000

With my nieces visiting for a week I had to gather and think of fun little activities to do to keep them occupied. One of them was to grow this mystical tree. Directions were very self explanatory, very easy to assemble and we saw complete results in about 6 hours. Place the paper cutout in the tray, add the water (as directed) and watch the colorful leaves appear on the branches. Tree’s are available in colors Pink (as shown), orange, green and yellow. This is also really fragile. If you touch the “leaves” they will easily fall off. Recommended for children 5 and up ( I wouldn’t let the kids touch, just watch).

Disney Pull-ups Review

Tara Bucci — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:52:43 +0000

You all know that ever since I heard that there was Toy Story 3 in the making I was ecstatic! For limited time only, Pull-ups is offering amazing designs for boys and girls featuring favorite characters for Disney Movies Toy Story 3 and Princess and the Frog. Isabella often pretends to be a princess so when I mention were going to be wearing princess pull-ups and go on the big girl potty, diapers have gone out the window! It’s been a long potty training process here at the Bucci household and I know it’s more of me needing to really crack down, block out a couple of days to stay inside and get the job done! I think we are just always on the go to much to really master being fully potty trained but were getting there.

To help encourage Isabella or your child, there is a code inside of the pull-ups package to print out fun stickers, rewards, clips from Toy Story 3, print outs and best of all a customizable phone call from Woody or Princess Tiana at www.Disney.com/BigKid. This has made potty training a ton more fun! Disney Pull-ups are stamped with Approval by Baby & Momma!

Nominate your Pink Power mom for a Chance to Win Bright Starts Products!

Tara Bucci — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:36:38 +0000

Bright Starts™ wants to honor eight women who have led an inspirational fight against breast cancer. These amazing women have persevered through their battle and have gone on to make a difference in the world, motivating and inspiring those around them. What does it take to be a Pink Power Mom? Read about our former winners at http://www.pinkpowermom.com. The eight winning Pink Power Moms will receive:

A $5,000 Donation to the breast cancer charity of her choice
A weekend of pampering with all 8 of the Pink Power Mom winners
A chance to be selected as the Bright Starts™ Pink Power Super Mom and to receive additional charity donations plus appear in a Bright Starts™ print advertising campaign

Share your stories about that amazing woman in your life and nominate your Pink Power mom. Recognize and empower these amazing women by submitting stories about your Pink Power Mom by commenting below and don’t forget to submit your stories to http://www.pinkpowermom.com by June 30th. In October, we will announce both Baby-Momma Blog and National winners!

The Baby-Momma Blog winner will have a choice of (1) one of the Bright Start products below:

Pretty In Pink™ Bounce-a-bout™ (Retail Value $59)

Pretty In Pink™ Baby’s Play Place™ Deluxe Edition (Retail Value $79)

Also, don’t forget to Become a Fan of Bright Starts on Facebook and Be a Giver. Through the month of June, Bright Starts™ will donate $1 for every new fan that joins us during the campaign to benefit Pink Power Mom charities. Good Luck!